1938 Pittsburgh Pirates (NFL)

5th place Eastern Division 2-9-0 .182

Assistant Coach

SCORES
Day	Date		Opponent	Score		Location	Venue	Attendance
Sat	9/3/1938	A	St. Rosalia Preps	54-0	W	Wilkinsburg, PA	Wilkinsburg High School Field
Sun	9/4/1938	A	Modern A.C. All-Stars	46-0	W	Jeannette, PA	McKee Stadium
Fri	9/9/1938	A	Detroit Lions	7-16	L	Detroit, MI	University of Detroit Stadium	17000
Sun	9/11/1938	H	New York Giants	14-27	L	Pittsburgh, PA	Forbes Field	17340
Fri	9/16/1938	H	Philadelphia Eagles	7-27	L	Buffalo, NY	Civic Stadium	19749
Fri	9/23/1938	A	Brooklyn Dodgers	17-3	W	New York, NY	Ebbets Field	21494
Mon	9/26/1938	A	Boston Shamrocks	16-6	W	Boston, MA	Fenway Park	2000
Mon	10/3/1938	A	New York Giants	13-10	W	New York, NY	Polo Grounds	18805
Sun	10/9/1938	H	Brooklyn Dodgers	7-17	L	Pittsburgh, PA	Forbes Field	8372
Tue	10/11/1938	A	Cincinnati Bengals	0-27	L	Cincinnati, OH	Xavier University Stadium	11000
Sun	10/23/1938	A	Green Bay Packers	0-20	L	Green Bay, WI	City Stadium	12142
Sun	10/30/1938	A	Warren Red Jackets	23-0	W	Warren, PA	Russell Field	4000
Mon	10/31/1938	A	McKeesport Olympics	21-6	W	McKeesport, PA	Cycler Park
Sun	11/6/1938	H	Washington Redskins	0-7	L	Pittsburgh, PA	Forbes Field	12910
Fri	11/11/1938	N	Los Angeles Bulldogs	6-17	L	Colorado Springs, CO	Will Rogers Memorial Stadium	12500
Sun	11/13/1938	A	Los Angeles Bulldogs	14-14	T	Los Angeles, CA	Gilmore Stadium	18500
Sun	11/20/1938	A	Philadelphia Eagles	7-14	L	Charleston, WV	Laidley Field	6500
Sun	11/27/1938	A	Washington Redskins	0-15	L	Washington, DC	Griffith Stadium	22000
Sun	12/4/1938	H	Cleveland Rams	7-13	L	New Orleans, LA	Tulane Stadium	7500

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

Game Score Notes
9/26/1938	Boston Shamrocks	Postponed from 9/19
12/4/1938	Cleveland Rams	Postponed from 10/16 at Pittsburgh, PA

ROSTER
No	Player	Pos	Ht	Wt	Age	College	GP	GS
11	Mike Basrak	C-LB	6-2	220	26	Duquesne	5	5
15	Johnny Blood	BB-S	6-1	188	35	St. John's (Minnesota)	10	4
25	Tom Burnette	BB-S	6-1	194	23	North Carolina	6	1
10	Dom Cara	LOE-LDE	5-10	193	24	North Carolina State	8	3
30	Joe Cardwell	LOT-LDT-ROG-RDG	6-3	235	26	Duke	11	7
12	Bill Davidson	WB-RDH-TB-LDH-BB-S	6-0	182	23	Temple	10	2
53	Bob Douglass	FB-LB	6-0	195	24	Kansas State	1	0
28	Ted Doyle	ROT-RDT	6-2	224	24	Nebraska	9	0
25	Vince Farrar	ROG-RDG	5-10	200	27	North Carolina State	2	0
23	Ed Farrell	FB-LB	5-9	204	23	Muhlenberg	5	2
9	Frank Filchock	WB-RDH	5-10	193	22	Indiana	6	3
19	Max Fiske	WB-RDH	6-0	199	25	DePaul	10	2
18	Byron Gentry	LOG-LDG	5-11	227	25	Southern California	11	11
33	Swede Hanson	FB-LB-HB-DH	6-1	192	31	Temple	5	1
14	George Kakasic	ROG-RDG-LOG-LDG	5-10	200	26	Duquesne	4	2
	Bull Karcis	FB-LB	5-9	223	30	Carnegie Mellon	4	0
36	Ed Karpowich	LOT-LDT-LOE-LDE	6-4	223	26	Catholic	8	6
35	Walt Kiesling	LOG-LDG-OT-DT	6-2	249	35	St. Thomas (Minnesota)	6	0
45	Lou Lassahn	OE-DE	6-0	205	23	McDaniel	2	0
42	Bernie Lee	BB-S	5-11	190	26	Villanova	4	1
53	Ed Manske	LOE-LDE	6-0	185	26	Northwestern	6	4
47/22	Joe Maras	C-LB	6-1	208	22	Hibbing JC; Duquesne	5	1
40	Lindy Mayhew	OG-DG	6-1	223	31	Texas-El Paso	6	0
22	Karl McDade	C-LB	6-3	195	23	Portland	6	1
21	Paul McDonough	ROE-RDE	6-4	222	22	Utah	8	3
17	Armand Niccolai	ROT-RDT	6-2	226	27	Duquesne	11	10
29	John Nosich	ROT-RDT	6-3	230	23	Duquesne	2	0
40	John Oelerich	TB-LDH	6-0	192	22	St. Ambrose	3	1
39	John Perko	ROG-RDG	6-1	207	24	Duquesne	10	8
33	George Platukis	LOE-LDE	6-0	196	23	Duquesne	5	2
29	Jack Robinson	ROT-RDT	6-2	220	27	Truman State	2	1
26	Jim Rorison	LOT-LDT	6-3	250	22	Southern California	6	1
44	Stu Smith	FB-LB-BB-S	6-0	195	23	Bucknell	11	11
20	Bill Sortet	ROE-RDE	6-1	187	29	West Virginia	8	3
47	Jess Tatum	ROE-RDE	6-1	215	24	North Carolina State	5	4
27	Tuffy Thompson	WB-RDH	5-11	172	24	Minnesota	9	3
16	Clarence Tommerson	FB-LB	6-2	196	23	Wisconsin	3	0
23	Lou Tsoutsouvas	C-LB	5-11	210	23	Stanford	5	4
47	Izzy Weinstock	BB-S	6-0	211	25	Pittsburgh	2	2
24	Whizzer White	TB-LDH-WB-RDH	6-1	187	21	Colorado	11	11
42	Billy Wilson	ROE-RDE	5-10	185	27	Gonzaga	3	1

DRAFT LIST
Round	Overall	Player	Pos	College
1	4	Whizzer White	B	Colorado
2	14	Frank Filchock	B	Indiana
3	19	Hugh Wolfe	B	Texas
4	29	Tony Matisi	T	Pittsburgh
5	34	Lou Midler	T	Minnesota
6	44	George Platukis	E	Duquesne
7	54	Ray King	E	Minnesota
8	64	Tom Burnette	B	North Carolina
9	74	Paul McDonough	E	Utah
10	84	Pat McCarty	C	Notre Dame
11	94	Bill Krause	T	Baldwin-Wallace
12	104	Joe Kuharich	G	Notre Dame

SCORING BY QUARTERS	1st	2nd	3rd	4th
Team Totals	7	21	14	37
Opponents Totals	56	44	22	47

TEAM STATS	TOP	1ST DOWNS	FDR	FDP	FDX	3RD DOWN EFFICIENCY	4TH DOWN EFFICIENCY	PEN	PENY
Team Totals		103				/ %	/ %		225
Opponents Totals						/ %	/ %

SCORING	TD	X1	X1A	PCT	FG	FGA	PCT	PTS
Bill Sortet	4	0	0		0	0		24
Whizzer White	4	0	0		0	0		24
Armand Niccolai	0	10	10	100.0	1	5	20.0	13
Ed Manske	2	0	0		0	0		12
Tuffy Thompson	1	0	0		0	0		6
Johnny Blood	0	0	1	0.0	0	0		0
Team Totals	11	10	11	90.9	1	6	16.7	79
Opponents Totals	23	16	23	69.6	5			169

FIELD GOALS	MADE	ATT	PCT	1-19	20-29	30-39	40-49	50+
Armand Niccolai	1	5	20.0	1/	0/	0/	0/	0/
Team Totals	1	6	16.7	1/	0/	0/	0/	0/
Opponents Totals	5			2/	2/	1/	0/	0/

RUSHING	ATT	YDS	AVG	LG	TD
Whizzer White	152	567	3.7		4
Stu Smith	80	241	3.0		0
Ed Farrell	46	176	3.8		0
Tuffy Thompson	39	139	3.6		1
Max Fiske	29	83	2.9		0
Bill Davidson	33	52	1.6		0
Swede Hanson	15	50	3.3		0
Bull Karcis	16	31	1.9		0
Ed Manske	5	29	5.8		0
John Oelerich	12	21	1.8		0
Frank Filchock	17	20	1.2		0
Bob Douglass	4	10	2.5		0
George Platukis	3	6	2.0		0
Tom Burnette	1	0	0.0	0	0
Izzy Weinstock	1	0	0.0	0	0
Dom Cara	1	-1	-1.0	-1	0
Johnny Blood	2	-5	-2.5		0
Bill Sortet	1	-5	-5.0	-5	0
Team Totals	457	1414	3.1		5
Opponents Totals	425	1368	3.2		7

PASSING	ATT	COM	PCT	INC	YDS	Y/ATT	Y/COM	TD	TD%	INT	INT%	RTG
Frank Filchock	74	30	40.5	37	392	5.3	13.1	3	4.1	7	9.5	32.0
Whizzer White	73	29	39.7	26	393	5.4	13.6	2	2.7	18	24.7	27.2
Max Fiske	37	11	29.7	22	121	3.3	11.0	0	0.0	4	10.8	1.1
Bill Davidson	2	2	100.0	0	10	5.0	5.0	0	0.0	0	0.0	87.5
Tom Burnette	1	0	0.0	1	0	0.0		0	0.0	0	0.0	39.6
Tuffy Thompson	7	0	0.0	4	0	0.0		0	0.0	3	42.9	0.0
Team Totals	194	72	37.1	90	916	4.7	12.7	5	2.6	32	16.5	21.7
Opponents Totals	185	74	40.0	97	1213	6.6	16.4	13	7.0	14	7.6	54.6

RECEIVING	REC	YDS	AVG	LG	TD
Bill Davidson	12	229	19.1		0
Bill Sortet	11	166	15.1		4
Ed Manske	9	113	12.6		1
Tuffy Thompson	9	55	6.1		0
Whizzer White	7	88	12.6		0
Paul McDonough	6	86	14.3		0
Dom Cara	4	18	4.5		0
George Platukis	4	82	20.5		0
Stu Smith	3	30	10.0		0
Johnny Blood	2	5	2.5		0
John Oelerich	2	23	11.5		0
Tom Burnette	1	3	3.0	3	0
Swede Hanson	1	2	2.0	2	0
Jess Tatum	1	16	16.0	16	0
Team Totals	72	916	12.7		5
Opponents Totals	74	1213	16.4		13

INTERCEPTIONS	INT	YDS	AVG	LG	TD
Team Totals	14				0
Opponents Totals	32				2

PUNTING	NO	YDS	AVG	LG	BL	TB	I20	RYDS	NYDS	NET
Team Totals
Opponents Totals								512

PUNT RETURNS	NO	FC	YDS	AVG	LG	TD
Team Totals			512			0
Opponents Totals						0

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

FUMBLES	NO	LOST	OPP	TD
Ed Manske				1
Team Totals	14		8	1
Opponents Totals		8