| Pittsburgh Steelers at New York Giants Game Statistics |
| Date: October 20, 1940 Location: New York, NY |
| Venue: Polo Grounds Attendance: 19798 |
| Weather: Clear Temp: 46 F Humidty: 35% Wind: 6 mph |
| Score By Quarters | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pittsburgh Steelers | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| New York Giants | 7 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 12 |
| Qtr | Team | Scoring Plays | PIT | NYG |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | New York Giants | Ward Cuff 60 pass from Eddie Miller (Ward Cuff kick) | 0 | 7 |
| 2 | New York Giants | Ward Cuff 23 FG | 0 | 10 |
| 4 | New York Giants | Safety, Rocco Pirro recovered blocked punt in end zone | 0 | 12 |
| LINEUPS | ||
|---|---|---|
| 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 |
| 9 | FB | George Kiick |
| New York Giants | ||
| 23 | LE | Jim Poole |
| 36 | LT | Frank Cope |
| 42 | LG | Orville Tuttle |
| 7 | C | Mel Hein |
| 2 | RG | Johnny Dell Isola |
| 33 | RT | John Mellus |
| 21 | RE | Jim Lee Howell |
| 9 | TB | Eddie Miller |
| 8 | BB | Walt Nielsen |
| 14 | WB | Ward Cuff |
| 28 | FB | Nello Falaschi |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pittsburgh Steelers | |||||
| Lou Tomasetti | 6 | 14 | 2.3 | 0 | |
| George Kiick | 7 | 12 | 1.7 | 0 | |
| Billy Patterson | 8 | 10 | 1.3 | 0 | |
| John Noppenberg | 2 | 4 | 2.0 | 0 | |
| Boyd Brumbaugh | 3 | 1 | 0.3 | 0 | |
| Swede Johnston | 1 | -1 | -1.0 | -1 | 0 |
| New York Giants | |||||
| Eddie Miller | 13 | 40 | 3.1 | 0 | |
| Walt Nielsen | 9 | 37 | 4.1 | 0 | |
| Len Barnum | 11 | 34 | 3.1 | 0 | |
| Tuffy Leemans | 6 | 28 | 4.7 | 0 | |
| Bolo Perdue | 2 | 28 | 14.0 | 0 | |
| Leland Shaffer | 2 | 13 | 6.5 | 0 | |
| Ward Cuff | 3 | 6 | 2.0 | 0 | |
| Hank Soar | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | TS | YL | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pittsburgh Steelers | |||||||||||
| Billy Patterson | 19 | 5 | 26.3 | 2 | 62 | 3.3 | 0 | 1.1 | |||
| Boyd Brumbaugh | 5 | 2 | 40.0 | 1 | 46 | 9.2 | 0 | 34.2 | |||
| Merl Condit | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | |||
| New York Giants | |||||||||||
| Eddie Miller | 9 | 7 | 77.8 | 0 | 117 | 13.0 | 1 | 155.8 | |||
| Tuffy Leemans | 5 | 2 | 40.0 | 0 | 25 | 5.0 | 0 | 56.2 | |||
| RECEIVING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pittsburgh Steelers | |||||
| Ev Fisher | 2 | 12 | 6.0 | 0 | |
| Lou Tomasetti | 1 | 30 | 30.0 | 30 | 0 |
| New York Giants | |||||
| Bolo Perdue | 2 | 28 | 14.0 | 0 | |
| Chuck Gelatka | 2 | 23 | 11.5 | 0 | |
| Ward Cuff | 1 | 60 | 60.0 | 60t | 1 |
| John McLaughry | 1 | -1 | -1.0 | -1 | 0 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pittsburgh Steelers | |||||
| New York Giants | |||||
| Doug Oldershaw | 1 | 15 | 15.0 | 15 | 0 |
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pittsburgh Steelers | |||||
| John Noppenberg | 2 | 50 | 25.0 | 50 | 0 |
| New York Giants | |||||
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pittsburgh Steelers | ||||||
| New York Giants | ||||||
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pittsburgh Steelers | ||||||
| New York Giants | ||||||
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