| New York Giants at Pittsburgh Steelers |
| Game Statistics & Box Score |
| Date: September 15, 1940 Location: Pittsburgh, PA Venue: Forbes Field Attendance: 18601 |
| Score By Quarters | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New York GiantsNYG | 0 | 0 | 7 | 3 | 10 |
| Pittsburgh SteelersPIT | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 |
| Qtr | Team | Scoring Plays | NYG | PIT |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Pittsburgh SteelersPIT | Armand Niccolai 48 FG | 0 | 3 |
| 1 | Pittsburgh SteelersPIT | Lou Tomasetti 26 pass from Billy Patterson (Armand Niccolai kick) | 0 | 10 |
| 3 | New York GiantsNYG | Leland Shaffer 1 run (Ward Cuff kick) | 7 | 10 |
| 4 | New York GiantsNYG | Len Barnum 32 FG | 10 | 10 |
| LINEUPS | ||
|---|---|---|
| New York Giants | ||
| 23 | LOE/DE | Jim Poole |
| 36 | LOT/DT | Frank Cope |
| 2 | LOG/DG | Johnny Dell Isola |
| 7 | C/LB | Mel Hein |
| 42 | ROG/DG | Orville Tuttle |
| 66 | ROT/DT | Gerry Dennerlein |
| 31 | ROE/DE | Max Harrison |
| 20 | BB/DB | Leland Shaffer |
| 22 | TB/DB | Grenny Lansdell |
| 14 | WB/DB | Ward Cuff |
| 4 | FB/LB | Tuffy Leemans |
| Pittsburgh Steelers | ||
| 33 | LOE/DE | George Platukis |
| 64 | LOT/DT | Clark Goff |
| 55 | LOG/DG | Jack Sanders |
| 18 | C/LB | Frank Sullivan |
| 30 | ROG/DG | Stan Pavkov |
| 17 | ROT/DT | Armand Niccolai |
| 20 | ROE/DE | Bill Sortet |
| 5 | BB/DB | Hank Bruder |
| 12 | TB/DB | Billy Patterson |
| 21 | HB/DB | Lou Tomasetti |
| 10 | FB/LB | Boyd Brumbaugh |
| TEAM STATS | TOP | FD | FDR | FDP | FDX | 3rdDownEff | 4thDownEff | PEN | PENY | FUM | Lost |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| NYG | 9 | / | / | 3 | 33 | 2 | 1 | ||||
| PIT | 8 | 7 | 0 | 1 | / | / | 7 | 55 | 1 | 1 |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New York Giants | |||||
| Tuffy Leemans | 18 | 54 | 3.0 | 0 | |
| Eddie Miller | 9 | 26 | 2.9 | 0 | |
| Len Barnum | 6 | 14 | 2.3 | 0 | |
| Hank Soar | 4 | 5 | 1.3 | 0 | |
| Ward Cuff | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 3 | 0 |
| Kay Eakin | 2 | 1 | 0.5 | 0 | |
| Leland Shaffer | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 1t | 1 |
| Team Totals | 41 | 104 | 2.5 | 1 | |
| Pittsburgh Steelers | |||||
| Merl Condit | 6 | 37 | 6.2 | 0 | |
| George Kiick | 8 | 29 | 3.6 | 0 | |
| Billy Patterson | 7 | 27 | 3.9 | 0 | |
| Swede Johnston | 8 | 19 | 2.4 | 0 | |
| Lou Tomasetti | 6 | 14 | 2.3 | 0 | |
| Boyd Brumbaugh | 6 | 11 | 1.8 | 0 | |
| Team Totals | 41 | 137 | 3.3 | 0 | |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | TS | YL | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New York Giants | |||||||||||
| Eddie Miller | 8 | 1 | 12.5 | 1 | 45 | 5.6 | 45 | 0 | 10.9 | ||
| Tuffy Leemans | 4 | 2 | 50.0 | 0 | 15 | 3.8 | 13 | 0 | 59.4 | ||
| Kay Eakin | 2 | 1 | 50.0 | 0 | 51 | 25.5 | 51 | 0 | 95.8 | ||
| Len Barnum | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 39.6 | |||
| Team Totals | 16 | 4 | 25.0 | 1 | 111 | 6.9 | 51 | 0 | 29.9 | ||
| Pittsburgh Steelers | |||||||||||
| Billy Patterson | 8 | 2 | 25.0 | 1 | 40 | 5.0 | 26 | 1 | 47.9 | ||
| Tommy Thompson | 3 | 1 | 33.3 | 0 | 20 | 6.7 | 20 | 0 | 57.6 | ||
| George Kiick | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | |||
| Merl Condit | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 39.6 | |||
| Team Totals | 15 | 3 | 20.0 | 2 | 60 | 4.0 | 26 | 1 | 26.4 | ||
| RECEIVING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New York Giants | |||||
| Max Harrison | 2 | 64 | 32.0 | 51 | 0 |
| Jim Lee Howell | 1 | 45 | 45.0 | 45 | 0 |
| Ward Cuff | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 2 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 4 | 111 | 27.8 | 51 | 0 |
| Pittsburgh Steelers | |||||
| Lou Tomasetti | 1 | 26 | 26.0 | 26t | 1 |
| George Platukis | 1 | 20 | 20.0 | 20 | 0 |
| Bill Sortet | 1 | 14 | 14.0 | 14 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 3 | 60 | 20.0 | 26 | 1 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New York Giants | |||||
| Doug Oldershaw | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 2 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 2 | 0 | |||
| Pittsburgh Steelers | |||||
| Merl Condit | 1 | 4 | 4.0 | 4 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 1 | 4 | 4.0 | 4 | 0 |
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New York Giants | |||||
| Kay Eakin | 1 | 44 | 44.0 | 44 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 6 | 306 | 51.0 | ||
| Pittsburgh Steelers | |||||
| Team Totals | 8 | 304 | 38.0 | ||
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New York Giants | ||||||
| Team Totals | 23 | 0 | ||||
| Pittsburgh Steelers | ||||||
| Team Totals | 86 | 0 | ||||
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New York Giants | ||||||
| Team Totals | 0 | |||||
| Pittsburgh Steelers | ||||||
| Team Totals | 0 | |||||