| Pittsburgh Pirates at New York Giants |
| Game Statistics & Box Score |
| Date: October 3, 1938 Location: New York, NY Venue: Polo Grounds Attendance: 18805 |
| Weather: Overcast Temp: 50 F Humidty: 61% Wind: 6 mph |
| Score By Quarters | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pittsburgh PiratesPIT | 0 | 7 | 0 | 6 | 13 |
| New York GiantsNYG | 7 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 10 |
| Qtr | Team | Scoring Plays | PIT | NYG |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | New York GiantsNYG | Ward Cuff 18 pass from Ed Danowski (Ward Cuff kick) | 0 | 7 |
| 2 | Pittsburgh PiratesPIT | Bill Sortet 24 pass from Frank Filchock (Armand Niccolai kick) | 7 | 7 |
| 3 | New York GiantsNYG | Ward Cuff 10 FG | 7 | 10 |
| 4 | Pittsburgh PiratesPIT | Bill Sortet 13 pass from Frank Filchock (kick failed) | 13 | 10 |
| LINEUPS | ||
|---|---|---|
| Pittsburgh Pirates | ||
| 53 | LOE/LDE | Ed Manske |
| 36 | LOT/LDT | Ed Karpowich |
| 18 | LOG/LDG | Byron Gentry |
| 11 | C/MG | Mike Basrak |
| 39 | ROG/RDG | John Perko |
| 17 | ROT/RDT | Armand Niccolai |
| 21 | ROE/RDE | Paul McDonough |
| 44 | BB/S | Stu Smith |
| 24 | TB/LDH | Whizzer White |
| 12 | WB/RDH | Bill Davidson |
| 33 | FB/LB | Swede Hanson |
| New York Giants | ||
| 23 | LOE/LDE | Jim Poole |
| 50 | LOT/LDT | Ed Widseth |
| 5 | LOG/LDG | Ken Lunday |
| 7 | C/MG | Mel Hein |
| 66 | ROG/RDG | Art White |
| 44 | ROT/RDT | Ox Parry |
| 29 | ROE/RDE | Chuck Gelatka |
| 22 | TB/S | Ed Danowski |
| 15 | LOH/LDH | Hank Soar |
| 14 | WB/RDH | Ward Cuff |
| 20 | BB/LB | Leland Shaffer |
| TEAM STATS | TOP | FD | FDR | FDP | FDX | 3rdDownEff | 4thDownEff | PEN | PENY | FUM | Lost |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PIT | 10 | / | / | 1 | 5 | 0 | |||||
| NYG | 7 | / | / | 3 | 33 | 3 |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pittsburgh Pirates | |||||
| Whizzer White | 18 | 75 | 4.2 | 0 | |
| Ed Farrell | 11 | 61 | 5.5 | 0 | |
| Stu Smith | 4 | 11 | 2.8 | 0 | |
| Bill Davidson | 7 | 10 | 1.4 | 0 | |
| Swede Hanson | 4 | 4 | 1.0 | 0 | |
| Tuffy Thompson | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 3 | 0 |
| Frank Filchock | 3 | 2 | 0.7 | 0 | |
| Team Totals | 48 | 166 | 3.5 | 0 | |
| New York Giants | |||||
| Hank Soar | 13 | 40 | 3.1 | 0 | |
| Tuffy Leemans | 8 | 21 | 2.6 | 0 | |
| Len Barnum | 5 | 12 | 2.4 | 0 | |
| Ed Danowski | 4 | 9 | 2.3 | 0 | |
| Ward Cuff | 2 | 7 | 3.5 | 0 | |
| Hugh Wolfe | 2 | 3 | 1.5 | 0 | |
| Team Totals | 34 | 92 | 2.7 | 0 | |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | TS | YL | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pittsburgh Pirates | |||||||||||
| Frank Filchock | 10 | 4 | 40.0 | 1 | 50 | 5.0 | 2 | 56.2 | |||
| Whizzer White | 3 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | |||
| Team Totals | 12 | 4 | 33.3 | 2 | 50 | 4.2 | 2 | 47.2 | |||
| New York Giants | |||||||||||
| Ed Danowski | 11 | 7 | 63.6 | 0 | 81 | 7.4 | 1 | 116.1 | |||
| Tuffy Leemans | 6 | 1 | 16.7 | 2 | 23 | 3.8 | 23 | 0 | 3.5 | ||
| Hank Soar | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | |||
| Team Totals | 18 | 8 | 44.4 | 3 | 104 | 5.8 | 1 | 42.1 | |||
| RECEIVING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pittsburgh Pirates | |||||
| Bill Sortet | 3 | 45 | 15.0 | 25 | 2 |
| Dom Cara | 1 | 5 | 5.0 | 5 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 4 | 50 | 12.5 | 2 | |
| New York Giants | |||||
| Hank Soar | 2 | 39 | 19.5 | 34 | 0 |
| Willie Walls | 1 | 23 | 23.0 | 23 | 0 |
| Ward Cuff | 1 | 18 | 18.0 | 18t | 1 |
| Dale Burnett | 1 | 8 | 8.0 | 8 | 0 |
| Tuffy Leemans | 1 | 8 | 8.0 | 8 | 0 |
| Chuck Gelatka | 1 | 4 | 4.0 | 4 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 8 | 104 | 13.0 | 1 | |
| INTERCEPTIONS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pittsburgh Pirates | |||||
| Team Totals | 3 | 0 | |||
| New York Giants | |||||
| Team Totals | 2 | 0 | |||
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pittsburgh Pirates | ||||||
| Team Totals | 103 | 0 | ||||
| New York Giants | ||||||
| Team Totals | 87 | 0 | ||||
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pittsburgh Pirates | ||||||
| Team Totals | 0 | |||||
| New York Giants | ||||||
| Team Totals | 0 | |||||