| Washington Redskins at Pittsburgh Steelers |
| Game Statistics & Box Score |
| 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 | LOE/DE | Wayne Millner |
| 36 | LOT/DT | Willie Wilkin |
| 21 | LOG/DG | Dick Farman |
| 26 | C/LB | Vic Carroll |
| 16 | ROG/DG | Steve Slivinski |
| 15 | ROT/DT | Jim Barber |
| 19 | ROE/DE | Charley Malone |
| 25 | BB/DB | Max Krause |
| 33 | TB/DB | Sammy Baugh |
| 13 | WB/DB | Ed Justice |
| 31 | FB/LB | Jimmy Johnston |
| Pittsburgh Steelers | ||
| 33 | LOE/DE | George Platukis |
| 29 | LOT/DT | Don Campbell |
| 55 | LOG/DG | Jack Sanders |
| 53 | C/LB | Ted Grabinski |
| 39 | ROG/DG | John Perko |
| 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 |
| 6 | FB/LB | 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 | |||||||||||
| Pittsburgh Steelers | |||||||||||
| 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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