| Pittsburgh Pirates at Washington Redskins Game Statistics |
| Date: October 17, 1937 Location: Washington, DC |
| Venue: Griffith Stadium Attendance: 12835 |
| Weather: Obscured Temp: 60 F Humidty: 44% Wind: 10 mph |
| Score By Quarters | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pittsburgh PiratesPIT | 0 | 13 | 0 | 7 | 20 |
| Washington RedskinsWAS | 7 | 0 | 13 | 14 | 34 |
| Qtr | Team | Scoring Plays | PIT | WAS |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Washington RedskinsWAS | Cliff Battles 65 interception return (Riley Smith kick) | 0 | 7 |
| 2 | Pittsburgh PiratesPIT | Johnny Blood 40 pass from Max Fiske (Izzy Weinstock kick) | 7 | 7 |
| 2 | Pittsburgh PiratesPIT | Tuffy Thompson 72 pass from Johnny Blood (Izzy Weinstock kick blocked) | 13 | 7 |
| 3 | Washington RedskinsWAS | Charley Malone 7 pass from Sammy Baugh (Riley Smith kick failed) | 13 | 13 |
| 3 | Washington RedskinsWAS | Ed Justice 1 pass from Riley Smith (Riley Smith kick) | 13 | 20 |
| 4 | Washington RedskinsWAS | Cliff Battles 60 run (Riley Smith kick) | 13 | 27 |
| 4 | Washington RedskinsWAS | Cliff Battles 62 run (Riley Smith kick) | 13 | 34 |
| 4 | Pittsburgh PiratesPIT | Johnny Blood 2 pass from Bull Karcis (Armand Niccolai kick) | 20 | 34 |
| LINEUPS | ||
|---|---|---|
| Pittsburgh Pirates | ||
| 25 | LE | Vince Sites |
| 28 | LT | Sandy Sandberg |
| 18 | LG | Byron Gentry |
| 11 | C | Mike Basrak |
| 14 | RG | George Kakasic |
| 30 | RT | Joe Cardwell |
| 10 | RE | Dom Cara |
| 12 | TB | Bill Davidson |
| 33 | BB | Johnny Gildea |
| 29 | HB | Stu Smith |
| 47 | FB | Izzy Weinstock |
| Washington Redskins | ||
| 40 | LE | Wayne Millner |
| 17 | LT | Turk Edwards |
| 21 | LG | Les Olsson |
| 39 | C | Eddie Kawal |
| 26 | RG | Jim Karcher |
| 15 | RT | Jim Barber |
| 19 | RE | Charley Malone |
| 22 | TB | Erny Pinckert |
| 35 | BB | Riley Smith |
| 20 | WB | Cliff Battles |
| 23 | FB | Don Irwin |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pittsburgh Pirates | |||||
| Bull Karcis | 15 | 84 | 5.6 | 0 | |
| Bill Davidson | 5 | 16 | 3.2 | 0 | |
| Stu Smith | 7 | 15 | 2.1 | 0 | |
| Johnny Blood | 1 | 5 | 5.0 | 5 | 0 |
| Izzy Weinstock | 5 | 4 | 0.8 | 0 | |
| Max Fiske | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 1 | 0 |
| Silvio Zaninelli | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 1 | 0 |
| Tuffy Thompson | 2 | -2 | -1.0 | 0 | |
| Johnny Gildea | 5 | -9 | -1.8 | 0 | |
| Washington Redskins | |||||
| Cliff Battles | 18 | 135 | 7.5 | 2 | |
| Sammy Baugh | 4 | 21 | 5.3 | 0 | |
| Don Irwin | 1 | 11 | 11.0 | 11 | 0 |
| Riley Smith | 2 | 9 | 4.5 | 0 | |
| Max Krause | 4 | 5 | 1.3 | 0 | |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | TS | YL | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pittsburgh Pirates | |||||||||||
| Max Fiske | 9 | 3 | 33.3 | 0 | 67 | 7.4 | 1 | 97.9 | |||
| Johnny Blood | 5 | 3 | 60.0 | 0 | 79 | 15.8 | 1 | 143.8 | |||
| Johnny Gildea | 3 | 1 | 33.3 | 1 | 11 | 3.7 | 11 | 0 | 5.6 | ||
| Bill Davidson | 2 | 1 | 50.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 56.2 | ||
| Bull Karcis | 1 | 2 | 2t | 1 | |||||||
| Washington Redskins | |||||||||||
| Sammy Baugh | 13 | 5 | 38.5 | 1 | 78 | 6.0 | 1 | 52.7 | |||
| Cliff Battles | 2 | 1 | 50.0 | 1 | 14 | 7.0 | 14 | 0 | 33.3 | ||
| Riley Smith | 1 | 1 | 100.0 | 0 | 1 | 1.0 | 1t | 1 | 118.8 | ||
| RECEIVING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pittsburgh Pirates | |||||
| Tuffy Thompson | 2 | 79 | 39.5 | 72t | 1 |
| Johnny Blood | 2 | 42 | 21.0 | 40t | 2 |
| Bill Breeden | 2 | 2 | 1.0 | 11 | 0 |
| Ed Brett | 1 | 11 | 11.0 | 11 | 0 |
| Max Fiske | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Washington Redskins | |||||
| Charley Malone | 3 | 46 | 15.3 | 25 | 1 |
| Cliff Battles | 2 | 26 | 13.0 | 18 | 0 |
| Erny Pinckert | 1 | 20 | 20.0 | 20 | 0 |
| Ed Justice | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 1t | 1 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pittsburgh Pirates | |||||
| Washington Redskins | |||||
| Cliff Battles | 1 | 65 | 65.0 | 65t | 1 |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pittsburgh Pirates | ||||||
| Washington Redskins | ||||||
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pittsburgh Pirates | ||||||
| Washington Redskins | ||||||
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