| 1935 Pittsburgh Pirates (NFL) |
| 3rd place Eastern Division 4-8-0 .333 |
| Head Coach: Joe Bach |
| Cad Reese | Assistant Coach |
| J.P. Rooney | Assistant Coach |
| SCORES |
|---|
| Day | Date | Opponent | Score | Location | Venue | Attendance | Notes | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sun | 9/8/1935 | A | Portage Bulldogs | 46-0 | W | Portage, PA | Portage Field | 3000 | ||
| Fri | 9/13/1935 | A | Philadelphia Eagles | 17-7 | W | Philadelphia, PA | Temple Stadium | 20000 | ||
| Sun | 9/22/1935 | H | New York Giants | 7-42 | L | Pittsburgh, PA | Forbes Field | 23298 | ||
| Sun | 9/29/1935 | H | Chicago Bears | 7-23 | L | Pittsburgh, PA | Forbes Field | 11858 | ||
| Sun | 10/6/1935 | A | Green Bay Packers | 0-27 | L | Green Bay, WI | City Stadium | 4000 | ||
| Wed | 10/9/1935 | H | Philadelphia Eagles | 6-17 | L | Pittsburgh, PA | Forbes Field | 6271 | ||
| Sun | 10/20/1935 | H | Chicago Cardinals | 17-13 | W | Pittsburgh, PA | Forbes Field | 6991 | ||
| Sun | 10/27/1935 | H | Boston Redskins | 6-0 | W | Pittsburgh, PA | Forbes Field | 11379 | ||
| Sun | 11/3/1935 | H | Brooklyn Dodgers | 7-13 | L | Pittsburgh, PA | Forbes Field | 13390 | ||
| Sun | 11/10/1935 | A | Brooklyn Dodgers | 16-7 | W | New York, NY | Ebbets Field | 18000 | ||
| Sun | 11/24/1935 | H | Green Bay Packers | 14-34 | L | Pittsburgh, PA | Forbes Field | 12902 | ||
| Sun | 12/1/1935 | A | Boston Redskins | 3-13 | L | Boston, MA | Fenway Park | 6500 | ||
| Sun | 12/8/1935 | A | New York Giants | 0-13 | L | New York, NY | Polo Grounds | 8500 | ||
| Sat | 12/14/1935 | H | College All-Stars | 14-0 | W | Pittsburgh, PA | Forbes Field | 7500 |
| ROSTER |
|---|
| No | Player | Pos | Ht | Wt | Age | College | GP | GS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 40 | Al Arndt | LOG-DG | 5-11 | 205 | 24 | South Dakota State | 7 | 2 |
| 14 | Gene Augusterfer | BB-DB | 5-9 | 180 | 22 | Catholic | 1 | 0 |
| 11 | Maurice Bray | LOT-DT | 6-1 | 220 | 26 | Southern Methodist | 12 | 1 |
| Glenn Campbell | LOE-DE | 5-11 | 199 | 31 | Emporia State | 1 | 0 | |
| 21 | Cy Casper | BB-DB | 6-0 | 190 | 23 | Texas Christian | 9 | 4 |
| 16 | Ben Ciccone | C-LB | 5-9 | 207 | 26 | Duquesne | 12 | 6 |
| Ray Cosgrove | B-DB | 5-10 | 175 | 25 | Ohio State | 1 | 0 | |
| 26 | John Doehring | HB-DB | 6-0 | 216 | 26 | none | 2 | 1 |
| 25 | Cliff Dolaway | ROG-DG | 6-0 | 215 | 22 | Carnegie Mellon | 4 | 0 |
| 10 | Swede Ellstrom | FB-LB | 6-1 | 203 | 29 | Waynesburg; Northern Oklahoma JC; Oklahoma | 3 | 1 |
| 33/23 | Johnny Gildea | TB-DB | 6-0 | 205 | 25 | St. Bonaventure | 12 | 10 |
| 24 | Norm Greeney | OG-DG | 5-11 | 212 | 25 | Notre Dame | 1 | 0 |
| 14 | Henry Hayduk | ROG-DG | 6-0 | 200 | 22 | Washington State | 8 | 0 |
| 15 | Warren Heller | HB-DB | 5-11 | 195 | 25 | Pittsburgh | 12 | 1 |
| 47 | Bob Hoel | ROG-DG | 5-11 | 208 | 22 | Pittsburgh | 12 | 9 |
| Joe Kresky | LOG-DG | 5-11 | 215 | 29 | Wisconsin | 1 | 0 | |
| 12 | Jim Levey | TB-DB | 5-10 | 156 | 29 | none | 8 | 1 |
| 24/23 | Joe Malkovich | C-LB | 6-3 | 205 | 23 | Duquesne | 2 | 1 |
| 18 | Lee Mulleneaux | C-LB | 6-1 | 221 | 27 | Northern Arizona | 6 | 5 |
| 17 | Armand Niccolai | ROT-DT | 6-2 | 226 | 24 | Duquesne | 12 | 10 |
| 12 | Mike Nixon | HB-DB | 5-11 | 181 | 24 | Pittsburgh | 2 | 0 |
| 30 | Stan Olejniczak | ROT-DT | 6-0 | 215 | 23 | Pittsburgh | 12 | 6 |
| 40 | Mel Pittman | C-LB | 6-0 | 215 | 29 | Hardin-Simmons | 1 | 0 |
| 13/23 | George Rado | LOG-DG | 5-9 | 194 | 23 | Duquesne | 10 | 8 |
| 18 | Dave Ribble | LOG-DG | 6-1 | 216 | 28 | Hardin-Simmons | 3 | 2 |
| 28 | Sandy Sandberg | LOT-DT | 6-1 | 228 | 25 | Iowa Wesleyan | 11 | 9 |
| 33 | Mike Sebastian | HB-DB | 5-11 | 185 | 25 | Pittsburgh | 2 | 0 |
| 26 | Ed Skoronski | C-LB | 6-2 | 213 | 25 | Georgetown (DC); Purdue | 3 | 0 |
| 29 | Ben Smith | ROE-DE | 6-3 | 208 | 24 | Alabama | 11 | 6 |
| 25 | Bill Snyder | ROG-DG | 6-2 | 230 | 24 | Ohio University | 7 | 3 |
| 20 | Bill Sortet | ROE-DE | 6-1 | 187 | 23 | West Virginia | 12 | 8 |
| 44 | Art Strott | HB-DB | 6-0 | 202 | 23 | Duquesne | 9 | 5 |
| 24 | John Turley | BB-DB | 5-10 | 185 | 23 | Ohio Wesleyan | 10 | 9 |
| 19 | Vic Vidoni | LOE-DE | 6-2 | 211 | 23 | Duquesne | 10 | 8 |
| 27 | Heinie Weisenbaugh | HB-DB | 5-11 | 192 | 21 | Pittsburgh | 5 | 5 |
| 10 | Damon Wetzel | FB-LB | 5-10 | 190 | 25 | Ohio State | 9 | 5 |
| 26 | Joe Wiehl | OT-DT | 5-11 | 235 | 25 | Washington & Jefferson; Duquesne | 2 | 0 |
| 22 | Silvio Zaninelli | FB-LB | 5-10 | 207 | 22 | Duquesne | 11 | 6 |
| SCORING BY QUARTERS | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team Totals | 27 | 16 | 27 | 30 |
| Opponents Totals | 47 | 98 | 0 | 64 |
| TEAM STATS | TOP | 1ST DOWNS | Rushing | Passing | Penalty | 3RD DOWN EFFICIENCY | 4TH DOWN EFFICIENCY | PEN | YDS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team Totals | 64 | / % | / % | 201 | |||||
| Opponents Totals | / % | / % |
| SCORING | TD | X1 | X1A | PCT | FG | FGA | PCT | SAF | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Armand Niccolai | 0 | 10 | 10 | 100.0 | 6 | 0 | 28 | ||
| Jim Levey | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | |||
| Cy Casper | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | |||
| Heinie Weisenbaugh | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | |||
| Dave Ribble | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||
| Art Strott | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||
| Damon Wetzel | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||
| (Team) | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Team Totals | 12 | 10 | 12 | 83.3 | 6 | 0 | 100 | ||
| Opponents Totals | 29 | 23 | 26 | 88.5 | 4 | 0 | 209 |
| FIELD GOALS | MADE | ATT | PCT | 1-19 | 20-29 | 30-39 | 40-49 | 50+ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Armand Niccolai | 6 | 0/ | 3/ | 0/ | 3/ | 0/ | ||
| Team Totals | 6 | 0/ | 3/ | 0/ | 3/ | 0/ | ||
| Opponents Totals | 4 | 0/ | 2/ | 0/ | 2/ | 0/ |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Warren Heller | 37 | 112 | 3.0 | 0 | |
| Art Strott | 46 | 111 | 2.4 | 0 | |
| Cy Casper | 56 | 102 | 1.8 | 2 | |
| Jim Levey | 42 | 61 | 1.5 | 1 | |
| Damon Wetzel | 19 | 41 | 2.2 | 1 | |
| Al Arndt | 1 | 21 | 21.0 | 21 | 0 |
| Ray Cosgrove | 3 | 18 | 6.0 | 0 | |
| Silvio Zaninelli | 22 | 15 | 0.7 | 0 | |
| Swede Ellstrom | 10 | 14 | 1.4 | 0 | |
| Heinie Weisenbaugh | 21 | 11 | 0.5 | 0 | |
| Glenn Campbell | 1 | 6 | 6.0 | 6 | 0 |
| Mike Nixon | 7 | 5 | 0.7 | 0 | |
| Henry Hayduk | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 3 | 0 |
| Mike Sebastian | 4 | 3 | 0.8 | 0 | |
| Johnny Gildea | 49 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | |
| John Turley | 4 | -3 | -0.8 | 0 | |
| John Doehring | 3 | -6 | -2.0 | 0 | |
| Team Totals | 327 | 508 | 1.6 | 4 | |
| Opponents Totals | 543 | 1957 | 3.6 | 12 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INC | YDS | Y/ATT | Y/COM | LG | TD | TD% | INT | INT% | TS | YL | NYP | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Johnny Gildea | 105 | 28 | 26.7 | 57 | 529 | 5.0 | 18.9 | 3 | 2.9 | 20 | 19.0 | 18.0 | ||||
| John Turley | 27 | 12 | 44.4 | 9 | 144 | 5.3 | 12.0 | 1 | 3.7 | 6 | 22.2 | 34.1 | ||||
| Warren Heller | 41 | 9 | 22.0 | 24 | 88 | 2.1 | 9.8 | 0 | 0.0 | 8 | 19.5 | 0.0 | ||||
| John Doehring | 8 | 4 | 50.0 | 3 | 83 | 10.4 | 20.8 | 1 | 12.5 | 1 | 12.5 | 87.0 | ||||
| Swede Ellstrom | 7 | 6 | 85.7 | 1 | 68 | 9.7 | 11.3 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 107.1 | ||||
| Glenn Campbell | 5 | 2 | 40.0 | 3 | 38 | 7.6 | 19.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 67.1 | ||||
| Damon Wetzel | 8 | 2 | 25.0 | 5 | 21 | 2.6 | 10.5 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 12.5 | 0.0 | ||||
| Heinie Weisenbaugh | 11 | 1 | 9.1 | 9 | 14 | 1.3 | 14.0 | 14 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 9.1 | 1.7 | |||
| Jim Levey | 4 | 1 | 25.0 | 3 | 4 | 1.0 | 4.0 | 4 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 39.6 | |||
| Silvio Zaninelli | 8 | 1 | 12.5 | 5 | 4 | 0.5 | 4.0 | 4 | 0 | 0.0 | 2 | 25.0 | 0.0 | |||
| Cy Casper | 4 | 1 | 25.0 | 3 | 3 | 0.8 | 3.0 | 3 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 39.6 | |||
| Mike Nixon | 3 | 0 | 0.0 | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 33.3 | 0.0 | |||||
| Mike Sebastian | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 39.6 | |||||
| Art Strott | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 39.6 | |||||
| Team Totals | 234 | 67 | 28.6 | 127 | 996 | 4.3 | 14.9 | 5 | 2.1 | 40 | 17.1 | 12.4 | ||||
| Opponents Totals | 209 | 68 | 32.5 | 120 | 1208 | 5.8 | 17.8 | 13 | 6.2 | 21 | 10.0 | 34.4 |
| RECEIVING | REC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Vic Vidoni | 11 | 111 | 10.1 | 0 | |
| Ben Smith | 9 | 166 | 18.4 | 0 | |
| Jim Levey | 7 | 112 | 16.0 | 2 | |
| Bill Sortet | 7 | 178 | 25.4 | 0 | |
| Art Strott | 7 | 112 | 16.0 | 0 | |
| Heinie Weisenbaugh | 6 | 67 | 11.2 | 2 | |
| Cy Casper | 5 | 94 | 18.8 | 1 | |
| Johnny Gildea | 4 | 61 | 15.3 | 0 | |
| Damon Wetzel | 4 | 18 | 4.5 | 0 | |
| Cliff Dolaway | 2 | 42 | 21.0 | 0 | |
| Warren Heller | 2 | 16 | 8.0 | 0 | |
| Swede Ellstrom | 1 | 12 | 12.0 | 12 | 0 |
| Armand Niccolai | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Silvio Zaninelli | 1 | 7 | 7.0 | 7 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 67 | 996 | 14.9 | 5 | |
| Opponents Totals | 68 | 1208 | 17.8 | 13 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Art Strott | 1 | ||||
| Team Totals | 21 | 1 | |||
| Opponents Totals | 40 | 3 |
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL | TB | I20 | RYDS | NYDS | NET |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team Totals | ||||||||||
| Opponents Totals | 384 |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team Totals | 384 | 0 | ||||
| Opponents Totals | 1 |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team Totals | 0 | |||||
| Opponents Totals | 0 |
| FUMBLES | NO | LOST | OWN | OPP | REC | YDS | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team Totals | 30 | 0 | |||||
| Opponents Totals | 0 |
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