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1937 Pittsburgh Pirates (NFL)

3rd place Eastern Division 4-7-0 .364

1937 NFL • Previous Season • Next Season • Roster Key • Stat Key

Head Coach: Johnny Blood

Assistant Coach

SCORES
Day	Date		Opponent	Score			Location	Venue	Attendance
Sun	9/5/1937	H	Philadelphia Eagles	27-14	W		Pittsburgh, PA	Forbes Field	8588
Sun	9/19/1937	A	Brooklyn Dodgers	21-0	W		New York, NY	Ebbets Field	18000
Sun	9/26/1937	H	New York Giants	7-10	L		Pittsburgh, PA	Forbes Field	33095
Mon	10/4/1937	H	Chicago Bears	0-7	L		Pittsburgh, PA	Forbes Field	22511
Sun	10/10/1937	A	Detroit Lions	3-7	L		Detroit, MI	University of Detroit Stadium	16000
Sun	10/17/1937	A	Washington Redskins	20-34	L		Washington, DC	Griffith Stadium	12835
Sun	10/24/1937	H	Chicago Cardinals	7-13	L		Pittsburgh, PA	Forbes Field	8963
Sun	10/31/1937	H	Philadelphia Eagles	16-7	W		Pittsburgh, PA	Forbes Field	2772
Sun	11/7/1937	A	New York Giants	0-17	L		New York, NY	Polo Grounds	21447
Sun	11/14/1937	H	Washington Redskins	21-13	W		Pittsburgh, PA	Forbes Field	12242
Sun	11/21/1937	H	Brooklyn Dodgers	0-23	L		Pittsburgh, PA	Forbes Field	3706

Exhibition game. Playoff game. A=Away game. H=Home game. N=Neutral site game. W=Win. L=Loss. T=Tie. OT=Overtime.

ROSTER
No	Player	Pos	Ht	Wt	Age	College	GP	GS
11	Mike Basrak	C-LB	6-2	220	25	Duquesne	11	10
18	Frank Billock	LOG-LDG-OT-DT	6-0	230	25	St. Mary's (Minnesota)	2	1
15	Johnny Blood	WB-RDH-TB-LDH-BB-S	6-1	188	34	St. John's (Minnesota)	9	2
44	Bill Breeden	ROE-RDE-B	6-1	210	24	Oklahoma	9	3
24	Ed Brett	LOE-LDE	6-2	203	23	Washington State	10	7
10	Dom Cara	ROE-RDE-LOE-LDE	5-10	193	23	North Carolina State	10	4
30	Joe Cardwell	ROT-RDT-LOG-LDG	6-3	235	25	Duke	7	3
12	Bill Davidson	TB-LDH-WB-RDH	6-0	182	22	Temple	11	10
19	Max Fiske	WB-RDH-BB-S-TB-LDH	6-0	199	24	DePaul	7	1
18	Byron Gentry	LOG-LDG	5-11	227	24	Southern California	3	2
33	Johnny Gildea	BB-S-WB-RDH	6-0	205	27	St. Bonaventure	11	8
53	By Haines	WB-RDH	5-11	185	23	Washington	6	1
	Bill Harris	OE-DE	6-2	196	23	Oklahoma; Hardin-Simmons	1	0
26	Bill Holcomb	ROT-RDT	6-2	235	24	Texas Tech	7	3
14	George Kakasic	LOG-LDG-ROG-RDG	5-10	200	25	Duquesne	11	8
64	Bull Karcis	FB-LB	5-9	223	29	Carnegie Mellon	10	2
36	Ed Karpowich	LOT-LDT-ROT-RDT	6-4	223	25	Catholic	10	4
35	Walt Kiesling	ROG-RDG-OT-DT	6-2	249	34	St. Thomas (Minnesota)	7	1
40	Lindy Mayhew	LOT-LDT-LOG-LDG	6-1	223	30	Texas-El Paso	10	3
17	Armand Niccolai	ROT-RDT	6-2	226	26	Duquesne	11	5
39	John Perko	ROG-RDG	6-1	207	23	Duquesne	10	8
13	Buster Raborn	C-LB	6-0	198	24	Southern Methodist	11	1
53	George Rado	OG-DG	5-9	194	25	Duquesne	1	0
28	Sandy Sandberg	LOT-LDT-ROT-RDT	6-1	228	27	Iowa Wesleyan	7	6
10	Dick Sandefur	FB-LB	5-10	195	25	Purdue	1	0
25	Vince Sites	LOE-LDE	6-2	215	25	Pittsburgh	7	1
29	Stu Smith	FB-LB-TB-LDH	6-0	195	22	Bucknell	10	6
20	Bill Sortet	ROE-RDE	6-1	187	28	West Virginia	9	6
27	Tuffy Thompson	TB-LDH-WB-RDH-LOE-LDE	5-11	172	23	Minnesota	7	4
47	Izzy Weinstock	FB-LB-BB-S	6-0	211	24	Pittsburgh	11	6
22	Silvio Zaninelli	BB-S	5-10	207	24	Duquesne	10	5

DRAFT LIST
Round	Overall	Player	Pos	College
1	5	Mike Basrak	C	Duquesne
2	15	Bob Finley	B	Southern Methodist
3	25	Bill Breeden	E	Oklahoma
4	35	Elmo Hewes	B	Oklahoma
5	45	Jack Frye	B	Missouri
6	55	Walt Roach	E	Texas Christian
7	65	By Haines	E	Washington
8	75	Marty Kordick	G	St. Mary's (California)
9	85	Matt Patanelli	E	Michigan
10	95	Stan Nevers	T	Kentucky

SCORING BY QUARTERS	1st	2nd	3rd	4th
Team Totals	20	28	31	43
Opponents Totals	20	21	50	54

TEAM STATS	TOP	1ST DOWNS	FDR	FDP	FDX	3RD DOWN EFFICIENCY	4TH DOWN EFFICIENCY	PEN	PENY
Team Totals		105				/ %	/ %		358
Opponents Totals						/ %	/ %

SCORING	TD	X1	X1A	PCT	FG	FGA	PCT	SAF	PTS
Johnny Blood	5	0	0		0			0	30
Bill Davidson	4	0	0		0			0	24
Bull Karcis	3	0	0		0			0	18
Armand Niccolai	0	5	7	71.4	4			0	17
Ed Brett	1	0	1	0.0	0			0	6
Johnny Gildea	1	0	0		0			0	6
Bill Sortet	1	0	0		0			0	6
Tuffy Thompson	1	0	0		0			0	6
Izzy Weinstock	0	4	5	80.0	0			0	4
George Kakasic	0	3	3	100.0	0			0	3
Lindy Mayhew	0	0	0		0			1	2
Team Totals	16	12	16	75.0	4			1	122
Opponents Totals	20	16	20	80.0	3			0	145

FIELD GOALS	MADE	ATT	PCT	1-19	20-29	30-39	40-49	50+
Armand Niccolai	4			1/	2/	0/	1/	0/
Team Totals	4			1/	2/	0/	1/	0/
Opponents Totals	3			1/	1/	1/	0/	0/

RUSHING	ATT	YDS	AVG	LG	TD
Bull Karcis	127	513	4.0		3
Bill Davidson	101	293	2.9		1
Stu Smith	66	211	3.2		0
Izzy Weinstock	30	88	2.9		0
Tuffy Thompson	43	80	1.9		0
Johnny Gildea	49	65	1.3		1
Max Fiske	28	44	1.6		0
Johnny Blood	9	37	4.1		0
By Haines	24	29	1.2		0
Bill Breeden	10	25	2.5		0
Ed Karpowich	1	15	15.0	15	0
Silvio Zaninelli	4	14	3.5		0
John Perko	1	5	5.0	5	0
Team Totals	493	1419	2.9		5
Opponents Totals	405	1311	3.2		7

PASSING	ATT	COM	PCT	INC	YDS	Y/ATT	Y/COM	LG	TD	TD%	INT	INT%	TS	YL	NYP	RTG
Max Fiske	43	17	39.5	22	318	7.4	18.7		4	9.3	4	9.3				58.1
Johnny Gildea	47	14	29.8	24	288	6.1	20.6		2	4.3	9	19.1				27.2
Johnny Blood	25	10	40.0	13	115	4.6	11.5		1	4.0	2	8.0				34.6
Tuffy Thompson	14	6	42.9	4	100	7.1	16.7		1	7.1	4	28.6				51.8
Bill Davidson	24	8	33.3	11	81	3.4	10.1		0	0.0	5	20.8				4.3
By Haines	6	1	16.7	4	14	2.3	14.0	14	0	0.0	1	16.7				0.0
Bull Karcis	3	1	33.3	1	2	0.7	2.0	2t	1	33.3	1	33.3				42.4
Stu Smith	2	0	0.0	1	0	0.0			0	0.0	1	50.0				0.0
Team Totals	164	57	34.8	80	918	5.6	16.1		9	5.5	27	16.5				33.1
Opponents Totals	185	60	32.4	108	902	4.9	15.0		9	4.9	17	9.2				27.4

RECEIVING	REC	YDS	AVG	LG	TD
Johnny Blood	10	168	16.8		4
Bill Sortet	9	121	13.4		1
Ed Brett	8	135	16.9		1
Bill Breeden	6	59	9.8		0
Tuffy Thompson	6	126	21.0		1
Bill Davidson	4	169	42.3		2
Johnny Gildea	3	47	15.7		0
Dom Cara	2	36	18.0		0
By Haines	2	17	8.5		0
Bull Karcis	2	18	9.0		0
Vince Sites	2	10	5.0		0
Silvio Zaninelli	2	12	6.0		0
Max Fiske	1	0	0.0	0	0
Team Totals	57	918	16.1		9
Opponents Totals	60	902	15.0		9

INTERCEPTIONS	INT	YDS	AVG	LG	TD
Bill Davidson					1
Team Totals	17				1
Opponents Totals	27				2

PUNTING	NO	YDS	AVG	LG	BL	TB	I20	RYDS	NYDS	NET
Team Totals
Opponents Totals								544

PUNT RETURNS	NO	FC	YDS	AVG	LG	TD
Team Totals			544			0
Opponents Totals						1

KICKOFF RETURNS	NO	FC	YDS	AVG	LG	TD
Johnny Blood						1
Team Totals						1
Opponents Totals						0

FUMBLES	NO	LOST	OWN	OPP	REC	YDS	TD
Team Totals	31						0
Opponents Totals							1

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