1940 Pittsburgh Steelers (NFL) |
| 4th place • Eastern Division • 2-7-2 .222 |
| Head Coach: Walt Kiesling |
| Bill Sortet | Assistant Coach |
| SCORES | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Day | Date | Opponent | Score | Location | Venue | Attendance | |||
| Fri | 8/30/1940 | N | Chicago Bears | 10-9 | W | Erie, PA | Memorial Stadium | 8000 | |
| Sun | 9/8/1940 | H | Chicago Cardinals | 7-7 | T | Pittsburgh, PA | Forbes Field | 22000 | |
| Sun | 9/15/1940 | H | New York Giants | 10-10 | T | Pittsburgh, PA | Forbes Field | 18601 | |
| Sun | 9/22/1940 | A | Detroit Lions | 10-7 | W | Detroit, MI | University of Detroit Stadium | 15310 | |
| Sun | 9/29/1940 | H | Brooklyn Dodgers | 3-10 | L | Pittsburgh, PA | Forbes Field | 26618 | |
| Sun | 10/6/1940 | H | Washington Redskins | 10-40 | L | Pittsburgh, PA | Forbes Field | 25213 | |
| Sun | 10/13/1940 | A | Brooklyn Dodgers | 0-21 | L | New York, NY | Ebbets Field | 19468 | |
| Sun | 10/20/1940 | A | New York Giants | 0-12 | L | New York, NY | Polo Grounds | 19798 | |
| Sun | 10/27/1940 | A | Green Bay Packers | 3-24 | L | West Allis, WI | Wisconsin State Fair Park | 13703 | |
| Sun | 11/3/1940 | A | Washington Redskins | 10-37 | L | Washington, DC | Griffith Stadium | 31204 | |
| Sun | 11/10/1940 | H | Philadelphia Eagles | 7-3 | W | Pittsburgh, PA | Forbes Field | 9556 | |
| Thu | 11/28/1940 | A | Philadelphia Eagles | 0-7 | L | Philadelphia, PA | Shibe Park | 4200 | |
Exhibition game. Playoff game. A=Away game. H=Home game. N=Neutral site game. W=Win. L=Loss. T=Tie. OT=Overtime.
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| ROSTER | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Player | No | Pos | Ht | Wt | Age | College | GP | GS |
| Sam Boyd | 41/42 | LOE-LDE | 6-2 | 190 | 26 | Baylor | 3 | 0 |
| Hank Bruder | 5 | BB-S | 6-0 | 200 | 33 | Northwestern | 8 | 7 |
| Boyd Brumbaugh | 10 | FB-LB | 5-11 | 195 | 25 | Duquesne | 8 | 4 |
| Frank Bykowski | 4 | LOG-LDG | 6-0 | 205 | 25 | Purdue | 1 | 0 |
| Don Campbell | 29 | LOT-LDT | 6-0 | 237 | 23 | Carnegie Mellon | 11 | 6 |
| Merl Condit | 1 | TB-LDH | 5-11 | 187 | 23 | Carnegie Mellon | 10 | 2 |
| Ted Doyle | 28 | LOT-LDT | 6-2 | 224 | 26 | Nebraska | 8 | 0 |
| Ev Fisher | 8 | BB-S | 5-11 | 205 | 26 | Santa Clara | 4 | 0 |
| Clark Goff | 64 | LOT-LDT | 6-3 | 235 | 23 | Florida | 11 | 5 |
| Ted Grabinski | 53 | C-LB | 6-3 | 195 | 24 | Duquesne | 11 | 9 |
| Pop Ivy | 22 | ROE-RDE | 6-3 | 208 | 24 | Oklahoma | 4 | 0 |
| Swede Johnston | 6 | FB-LB | 5-10 | 197 | 30 | Marquette; Elmhurst | 10 | 3 |
| Ed Karpowich | ROT-RDT | 6-4 | 223 | 28 | Catholic | 1 | 0 | |
| Walt Kichefski | 45 | ROE-RDE-LOE-LDE | 6-1 | 212 | 24 | Miami (Florida) | 11 | 3 |
| George Kiick | 9 | FB-LB | 6-0 | 200 | 23 | Bucknell | 11 | 4 |
| John Klumb | 22 | OE-DE | 6-3 | 200 | 24 | Washington State | 4 | 0 |
| Carl Littlefield | 44 | HB-DB | 6-0 | 200 | 24 | Sacramento CC; Washington State | 1 | 0 |
| Joe Maras | 14 | C-LB | 6-1 | 208 | 24 | Hibbing JC; Duquesne | 2 | 0 |
| Coley McDonough | 25 | TB-LDH | 6-1 | 189 | 25 | North Carolina State; Dayton | 5 | 0 |
| Carl Nery | 40 | LOG-LDG | 6-0 | 217 | 23 | Duquesne | 11 | 4 |
| Armand Niccolai | 17 | ROT-RDT | 6-2 | 226 | 29 | Duquesne | 11 | 11 |
| John Noppenberg | 50 | BB-S-OE-DE | 6-0 | 196 | 23 | Miami (Florida) | 8 | 4 |
| Billy Patterson | 12 | TB-LDH | 5-10 | 167 | 22 | Baylor | 11 | 9 |
| Stan Pavkov | 30 | ROG-RDG | 6-0 | 212 | 24 | Idaho | 11 | 2 |
| John Perko | 39 | ROG-RDG | 6-1 | 207 | 26 | Duquesne | 11 | 9 |
| Rocco Pirro | 23 | WB-RDH | 6-0 | 226 | 24 | Catholic | 9 | 0 |
| George Platukis | 33 | LOE-LDE | 6-0 | 196 | 25 | Duquesne | 11 | 11 |
| Jack Sanders | 55 | LOG-LDG | 6-0 | 219 | 23 | Southern Methodist | 10 | 7 |
| John Schmidt | 11 | C-LB | 6-3 | 210 | 22 | Carnegie Mellon | 1 | 0 |
| Bill Sortet | 20 | ROE-RDE | 6-1 | 187 | 31 | West Virginia | 11 | 8 |
| Frank Sullivan | 18 | C-LB | 6-3 | 205 | 28 | Loyola (Louisiana) | 10 | 2 |
| Tommy Thompson | 3/2 | WB-RDH-TB-LDH | 6-1 | 192 | 22 | Tulsa | 10 | 2 |
| Lou Tomasetti | 21 | WB-RDH | 6-0 | 198 | 24 | Bucknell | 11 | 9 |
| John Woudenberg | 36 | OT-DT | 6-3 | 226 | 22 | Denver | 7 | 0 |
| John Yurchey | 11 | BB-S | 5-11 | 188 | 23 | Duquesne | 1 | 0 |
| DRAFT LIST | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Round | Overall | Player | Pos | College |
| 1 | 3 | Kay Eakin | B | Arkansas |
| 2 | 12 | Ralph Wenzel | E | Tulane |
| 3 | 18 | George Kiick | B | Bucknell |
| 4 | 27 | Pop Ivy | E | Oklahoma |
| 5 | 33 | Clark Goff | T | Florida |
| 6 | 42 | Frank Bykowski | G | Purdue |
| 7 | 53 | Pete Cignetti | B | Boston College |
| 8 | 62 | Carl Nery | G | Duquesne |
| 9 | 73 | Dick Boisseau | T | Washington & Lee |
| 10 | 82 | Paul Shu | B | Virginia Military Institute |
| 11 | 93 | Carey Cox | C | Alabama |
| 12 | 102 | Rocco Pirro | B | Catholic |
| 13 | 113 | John Noppenberg | B | Miami (Florida) |
| 14 | 122 | Nick Stubler | T | Santa Clara |
| 15 | 133 | Ray McCarthy | B | Santa Clara |
| 16 | 142 | Leon Gajecki | C | Penn State |
| 17 | 153 | Mickey Sullivan | E | North Carolina State |
| 18 | 162 | Seaton Daly | T | Gonzaga |
| 19 | 173 | Tad Harvey | T | Notre Dame |
| 20 | 182 | Marvin Katzenstein | T | Colorado Mines |
| SCORING BY QUARTERS | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team Totals | 19 | 17 | 17 | 7 | 60 |
| Opponents Totals | 58 | 27 | 37 | 56 | 178 |
| TEAM STATS | TOP | 1st Downs | FDR | FDP | FDX | 3rd Down Efficiency | 4th Down Efficiency | PEN | PENY |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team Totals | 97 | / % | / % | 336 | |||||
| Opponents Totals | 121 | / % | / % | 368 |
| SCORING | TD | X1 | X1A | PCT | FG | FGA | PCT | SAF | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Armand Niccolai | 0 | 6 | 6 | 100.0 | 6 | 14 | 42.9 | 0 | 24 |
| George Platukis | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | ||
| Lou Tomasetti | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | ||
| Merl Condit | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Coley McDonough | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Team Totals | 6 | 6 | 6 | 100.0 | 6 | 14 | 42.9 | 0 | 60 |
| Opponents Totals | 23 | 20 | 23 | 87.0 | 6 | 1 | 178 |
| FIELD GOALS | MADE | ATT | PCT | BL | LG | 1-19 | 20-29 | 30-39 | 40-49 | 50+ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Armand Niccolai | 6 | 14 | 42.9 | 0 | 48 | 1/0 | 2/4 | 1/4 | 2/4 | 0/2 |
| Team Totals | 6 | 14 | 42.9 | 0 | 48 | 0/0 | 2/4 | 2/4 | 2/4 | 0/2 |
| Opponents Totals | 6 | 0/ | 3/ | 3/ | 0/ | 0/ |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lou Tomasetti | 68 | 246 | 3.6 | 1 | |
| George Kiick | 66 | 212 | 3.2 | 0 | |
| Merl Condit | 52 | 205 | 3.9 | 0 | |
| Billy Patterson | 87 | 171 | 2.0 | 0 | |
| Swede Johnston | 41 | 113 | 2.8 | 0 | |
| Boyd Brumbaugh | 32 | 79 | 2.5 | 0 | |
| Tommy Thompson | 40 | 39 | 1.0 | 0 | |
| Coley McDonough | 15 | 33 | 2.2 | 1 | |
| John Noppenberg | 2 | 4 | 2.0 | 0 | |
| Team Totals | 403 | 1102 | 2.7 | 2 | |
| Opponents Totals | 438 | 1491 | 3.4 | 12 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INC | YDS | Y/ATT | Y/COM | LG | TD | TD% | INT | INT% | TS | YL | NYP | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Billy Patterson | 117 | 34 | 29.1 | 68 | 529 | 4.5 | 15.6 | 45 | 3 | 2.6 | 15 | 12.8 | 14.9 | |||
| Tommy Thompson | 28 | 9 | 32.1 | 16 | 145 | 5.2 | 16.1 | 31 | 1 | 3.6 | 3 | 10.7 | 22.8 | |||
| Coley McDonough | 14 | 8 | 57.1 | 3 | 92 | 6.6 | 11.5 | 30 | 0 | 0.0 | 3 | 21.4 | 37.5 | |||
| Lou Tomasetti | 6 | 3 | 50.0 | 1 | 30 | 5.0 | 10.0 | 12 | 0 | 0.0 | 2 | 33.3 | 25.0 | |||
| Boyd Brumbaugh | 7 | 2 | 28.6 | 4 | 46 | 6.6 | 23.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 14.3 | 14.9 | ||||
| Merl Condit | 15 | 2 | 13.3 | 11 | 33 | 2.2 | 16.5 | 20 | 0 | 0.0 | 2 | 13.3 | 0.0 | |||
| George Kiick | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 50.0 | 0.0 | |||||
| Team Totals | 189 | 58 | 30.7 | 104 | 875 | 4.6 | 15.1 | 4 | 2.1 | 27 | 14.3 | 14.4 | ||||
| Opponents Totals | 192 | 83 | 43.2 | 101 | 1231 | 6.4 | 14.8 | 9 | 4.7 | 8 | 4.2 | 63.1 |
| RECEIVING | REC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| George Platukis | 15 | 290 | 19.3 | 2 | |
| Bill Sortet | 7 | 112 | 16.0 | 0 | |
| Lou Tomasetti | 6 | 129 | 21.5 | 1 | |
| Hank Bruder | 5 | 49 | 9.8 | 0 | |
| Merl Condit | 4 | 30 | 7.5 | 1 | |
| Walt Kichefski | 4 | 26 | 6.5 | 0 | |
| John Noppenberg | 4 | 74 | 18.5 | 0 | |
| Tommy Thompson | 4 | 55 | 13.8 | 0 | |
| George Kiick | 3 | 22 | 7.3 | 12 | 0 |
| John Klumb | 3 | 76 | 25.3 | 0 | |
| Ev Fisher | 2 | 12 | 6.0 | 0 | |
| Boyd Brumbaugh | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 58 | 875 | 15.1 | 4 | |
| Opponents Totals | 83 | 1231 | 14.8 | 9 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team Totals | 8 | 62 | 7.8 | 0 | |
| Opponents Totals | 27 | 2 |
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL | TB | I20 | RYDS | NYDS | NET |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| John Yurchey | 3 | 121 | 40.3 | 41 | ||||||
| Swede Johnston | 8 | 321 | 40.1 | 50 | ||||||
| Coley McDonough | 4 | 160 | 40.0 | 47 | ||||||
| Billy Patterson | 43 | 1693 | 39.4 | 68 | ||||||
| Merl Condit | 12 | 453 | 37.8 | 59 | ||||||
| John Noppenberg | 4 | 136 | 34.0 | 50 | ||||||
| Boyd Brumbaugh | 6 | 194 | 32.3 | 44 | ||||||
| Team Totals | 80 | 38.5 | 68 | |||||||
| Opponents Totals | 441 |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team Totals | 441 | 0 | ||||
| Opponents Totals | 0 |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team Totals | 843 | 0 | ||||
| Opponents Totals | 0 |
| FUMBLES | NO | LOST | OWN | OPP | REC | YDS | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team Totals | 26 | 15 | 0 | ||||
| Opponents Totals | 15 | 0 |
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