| Philadelphia Eagles at Pittsburgh Pirates Game Statistics |
| Date: September 5, 1937 Location: Pittsburgh, PA |
| Venue: Forbes Field Attendance: 8588 |
| Score By Quarters | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Philadelphia EaglesPHI | 0 | 7 | 0 | 7 | 14 |
| Pittsburgh PiratesPIT | 7 | 0 | 7 | 13 | 27 |
| Qtr | Team | Scoring Plays | PHI | PIT |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Pittsburgh PiratesPIT | Ed Brett 34 pass from Tuffy Thompson (Izzy Weinstock kick) | 0 | 7 |
| 2 | Philadelphia EaglesPHI | Swede Hanson 3 run (Dave Smukler kick) | 7 | 7 |
| 3 | Pittsburgh PiratesPIT | Bill Davidson 57 pass from Johnny Gildea (Armand Niccolai kick) | 7 | 14 |
| 4 | Pittsburgh PiratesPIT | Johnny Blood 44 pass from Max Fiske (Bill Breeden kick) | 14 | 14 |
| 4 | Philadelphia EaglesPHI | Bill Hewitt 7 pass from Dave Smukler (Dave Smukler kick) | 14 | 21 |
| 4 | Pittsburgh PiratesPIT | Johnny Blood 92 kickoff return (Bill Davidson kick blocked) | 14 | 27 |
| LINEUPS | ||
|---|---|---|
| Philadelphia Eagles | ||
| 56 | LE | Bill Hewitt |
| 12 | LT | Art Buss |
| 21 | LG | Herschel Stockton |
| 25 | C | Hank Reese |
| 22 | RG | Jim Russell |
| 11 | RT | Fritz Ferko |
| 28 | RE | Joe Pilconis |
| 13 | TB | Dave Smukler |
| 32 | BB | Glenn Frey |
| 30 | WB | Bob Masters |
| 31 | FB | Emmett Mortell |
| Pittsburgh Pirates | ||
| 27 | LE | Tuffy Thompson |
| 28 | LT | Sandy Sandberg |
| 14 | LG | George Kakasic |
| 13 | C | Buster Raborn |
| 39 | RG | John Perko |
| 26 | RT | Bill Holcomb |
| 20 | RE | Bill Sortet |
| 19 | TB | Max Fiske |
| 15 | HB | Johnny Blood |
| 22 | BB | Silvio Zaninelli |
| 47 | FB | Izzy Weinstock |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Philadelphia Eagles | |||||
| Swede Hanson | 11 | 38 | 3.5 | 1 | |
| Dave Smukler | 13 | 30 | 2.3 | 0 | |
| Bob Masters | 5 | 22 | 4.4 | 0 | |
| Johnny Kusko | 5 | 14 | 2.8 | 0 | |
| Emmett Mortell | 3 | 5 | 1.7 | 0 | |
| Pittsburgh Pirates | |||||
| Bill Davidson | 7 | 53 | 7.6 | 0 | |
| Izzy Weinstock | 9 | 37 | 4.1 | 0 | |
| Tuffy Thompson | 12 | 19 | 1.6 | 0 | |
| Max Fiske | 5 | 9 | 1.8 | 0 | |
| Bull Karcis | 3 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | |
| Johnny Blood | 1 | -2 | -2.0 | -2 | 0 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | TS | YL | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Philadelphia Eagles | |||||||||||
| Dave Smukler | 18 | 6 | 33.3 | 1 | 89 | 4.9 | 1 | 45.8 | |||
| Emmett Mortell | 4 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | |||
| Swede Hanson | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 39.6 | |||
| Johnny Kusko | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | |||
| Pittsburgh Pirates | |||||||||||
| Max Fiske | 7 | 2 | 28.6 | 0 | 77 | 11.0 | 1 | 112.5 | |||
| Bill Davidson | 5 | 2 | 40.0 | 1 | 19 | 3.8 | 0 | 11.7 | |||
| Johnny Blood | 5 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 39.6 | |||
| Tuffy Thompson | 4 | 2 | 50.0 | 2 | 55 | 13.8 | 1 | 95.8 | |||
| Johnny Gildea | 3 | 2 | 66.7 | 0 | 65 | 21.7 | 1 | 149.3 | |||
| RECEIVING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Philadelphia Eagles | |||||
| Bob Masters | 2 | 32 | 16.0 | 0 | |
| Joe Carter | 2 | 30 | 15.0 | 0 | |
| Jay Arnold | 1 | 20 | 20.0 | 20 | 0 |
| Bill Hewitt | 1 | 7 | 7.0 | 7t | 1 |
| Pittsburgh Pirates | |||||
| Bill Davidson | 2 | 96 | 48.0 | 57 | 1 |
| Johnny Blood | 2 | 60 | 30.0 | 44 | 1 |
| Bill Sortet | 2 | 19 | 9.5 | 0 | |
| Ed Brett | 1 | 34 | 34.0 | 34t | 1 |
| Vince Sites | 1 | 8 | 8.0 | 8 | 0 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Philadelphia Eagles | |||||
| Pittsburgh Pirates | |||||
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Philadelphia Eagles | ||||||
| Pittsburgh Pirates | ||||||
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Philadelphia Eagles | ||||||
| Pittsburgh Pirates | ||||||
| Johnny Blood | 1 | |||||
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