| Washington Redskins at Pittsburgh Steelers Game Statistics |
| Date: October 6, 1940 Location: Pittsburgh, PA |
| Venue: Forbes Field Attendance: 25213 |
| Score By Quarters | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Washington RedskinsWAS | 14 | 7 | 13 | 6 | 40 |
| Pittsburgh SteelersPIT | 3 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 10 |
| Qtr | Team | Scoring Plays | WAS | PIT |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Pittsburgh SteelersPIT | Armand Niccolai 48 FG | 0 | 3 |
| 1 | Washington RedskinsWAS | Jimmy Johnston 65 interception return (Sandy Sanford kick failed) | 6 | 3 |
| 1 | Washington RedskinsWAS | Bob Seymour 1 run (Bob Masterson kick) | 13 | 3 |
| 2 | Washington RedskinsWAS | Wayne Millner 30 pass from Frank Filchock (Bo Russell kick) | 20 | 3 |
| 3 | Washington RedskinsWAS | Jimmy Johnston 1 run (Bob Masterson kick) | 27 | 3 |
| 3 | Washington RedskinsWAS | Jimmy Johnston 2 run (Sandy Sanford kick) | 34 | 3 |
| 3 | Pittsburgh SteelersPIT | Merl Condit 18 pass from Tommy Thompson (Armand Niccolai kick) | 34 | 10 |
| 4 | Washington RedskinsWAS | Bob Seymour 10 run (Roy Zimmerman kick failed) | 40 | 10 |
| LINEUPS | ||
|---|---|---|
| Washington Redskins | ||
| 40 | LE | Wayne Millner |
| 36 | LT | Willie Wilkin |
| 21 | LG | Dick Farman |
| 26 | C | Vic Carroll |
| 16 | RG | Steve Slivinski |
| 15 | RT | Jim Barber |
| 19 | RE | Charley Malone |
| 33 | TB | Sammy Baugh |
| 25 | BB | Max Krause |
| 13 | WB | Ed Justice |
| 31 | FB | Jimmy Johnston |
| Pittsburgh Steelers | ||
| 33 | LE | George Platukis |
| 29 | LT | Don Campbell |
| 55 | LG | Jack Sanders |
| 53 | C | Ted Grabinski |
| 39 | RG | John Perko |
| 17 | RT | Armand Niccolai |
| 20 | RE | Bill Sortet |
| 12 | TB | Billy Patterson |
| 5 | BB | Hank Bruder |
| 21 | HB | Lou Tomasetti |
| 6 | FB | Swede Johnston |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Washington Redskins | |||||
| Dick Todd | 2 | 42 | 21.0 | 0 | |
| Jimmy Johnston | 12 | 32 | 2.7 | 2 | |
| Bob Seymour | 7 | 25 | 3.6 | 2 | |
| Wilbur Moore | 1 | 22 | 22.0 | 22 | 0 |
| Jim Meade | 7 | 19 | 2.7 | 0 | |
| Roy Zimmerman | 4 | 6 | 1.5 | 0 | |
| Ray Hare | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 2 | 0 |
| Frank Filchock | 4 | 1 | 0.3 | 0 | |
| Ed Justice | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Pittsburgh Steelers | |||||
| Swede Johnston | 7 | 34 | 4.9 | 0 | |
| Merl Condit | 9 | 25 | 2.8 | 0 | |
| Lou Tomasetti | 1 | 24 | 24.0 | 24 | 0 |
| Billy Patterson | 7 | 6 | 0.9 | 0 | |
| George Kiick | 4 | 3 | 0.8 | 0 | |
| Tommy Thompson | 4 | 3 | 0.8 | 0 | |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | TS | YL | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Washington Redskins | |||||||||||
| Sammy Baugh | 12 | 9 | 75.0 | 0 | 129 | 10.8 | 0 | 109.4 | |||
| Frank Filchock | 7 | 3 | 42.9 | 1 | 57 | 8.1 | 1 | 71.7 | |||
| Roy Zimmerman | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 39.6 | |||
| Pittsburgh Steelers | |||||||||||
| Billy Patterson | 11 | 2 | 18.2 | 3 | 23 | 2.1 | 0 | 0.0 | |||
| Tommy Thompson | 7 | 3 | 42.9 | 0 | 52 | 7.4 | 1 | 108.3 | |||
| Merl Condit | 7 | 1 | 14.3 | 1 | 13 | 1.9 | 13 | 0 | 0.0 | ||
| Coley McDonough | 4 | 2 | 50.0 | 0 | 5 | 1.3 | 0 | 56.2 | |||
| RECEIVING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Washington Redskins | |||||
| Jimmy Johnston | 3 | 84 | 28.0 | 64 | 0 |
| Wayne Millner | 3 | 54 | 18.0 | 23 | 1 |
| Ed Justice | 3 | 10 | 3.3 | 0 | |
| Bob McChesney | 2 | 27 | 13.5 | 0 | |
| Charley Malone | 1 | 11 | 11.0 | 11 | 0 |
| Pittsburgh Steelers | |||||
| Merl Condit | 3 | 23 | 7.7 | 1 | |
| George Platukis | 2 | 23 | 11.5 | 0 | |
| John Noppenberg | 1 | 19 | 19.0 | 19 | 0 |
| Bill Sortet | 1 | 15 | 15.0 | 15 | 0 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Washington Redskins | |||||
| Jimmy Johnston | 1 | 61 | 61.0 | 61t | 1 |
| Jim Meade | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Sammy Baugh | 1 | 0 | |||
| Ray Hare | 0 | 27 | 27L | 0 | |
| Pittsburgh Steelers | |||||
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Washington Redskins | |||||
| Pittsburgh Steelers | |||||
| Merl Condit | 6 | 186 | 31.0 | 59 | 1 |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Washington Redskins | ||||||
| Pittsburgh Steelers | ||||||
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Washington Redskins | ||||||
| Pittsburgh Steelers | ||||||
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