1944 Chicago Cardinals-Pittsburgh Steelers (NFL) |
| 5th place Western Division 0-10-0 .000 |
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| Co-Head Coaches : Phil Handler and Walt Kiesling |
| Jim Leonard | Assistant Coach |
| Buddy Parker | Assistant Coach |
| SCORES | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Day | Date | Opponent | Score | Location | Venue | Attendance | |||
| Tue | 9/12/1944 | A | Philadelphia Eagles | 0-22 | L | Philadelphia, PA | Shibe Park | 20000 | |
| Mon | 9/18/1944 | H | Washington Redskins | 0-3 | L | PIttsburgh, PA | Forbes Field | 20000 | |
| Sun | 9/24/1944 | H | Cleveland Rams | 28-30 | L | Pittsburgh, PA | Forbes Field | 20968 | |
| Sun | 10/1/1944 | H | New York Giants | 17-16 | W | PIttsburgh, PA | Forbes Field | 20428 | |
| Sun | 10/8/1944 | A | Green Bay Packers | 7-37 | L | Green Bay, WI | City Stadium | 16535 | |
| Sun | 10/15/1944 | A | Chicago Bears | 7-34 | L | Chicago, IL | Wrigley Field | 20940 | |
| Sun | 10/22/1944 | A | New York Giants | 0-23 | L | New York, NY | Polo Grounds | 40734 | |
| Sun | 10/29/1944 | A | Washington Redskins | 20-42 | L | Washington, DC | Griffith Stadium | 35540 | |
| Sun | 11/5/1944 | H | Detroit Lions | 6-27 | L | Pittsburgh, PA | Forbes Field | 17743 | |
| Sun | 11/12/1944 | A | Detroit Lions | 7-21 | L | Detroit, MI | Briggs Stadium | 13239 | |
| Sun | 11/19/1944 | H | Cleveland Rams | 6-33 | L | Chicago, IL | Comiskey Park | 14632 | |
| Sun | 11/26/1944 | H | Green Bay Packers | 20-35 | L | Chicago, IL | Comiskey Park | 7158 | |
| Sun | 12/3/1944 | H | Chicago Bears | 7-49 | L | Pittsburgh, PA | Forbes Field | 9069 | |
Exhibition game. Playoff game. A=Away game. H=Home game. N=Neutral site game. W=Win. L=Loss. T=Tie. OT=Overtime.
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| ROSTER | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No | Player | Pos | Ht | Wt | Age | College | GP | GS |
| 22 | Conway Baker | LOG-LDG-OT-DT | 5-11 | 228 | 33 | Centenary | 10 | 7 |
| 42 | Vince Banonis | C-LB | 6-1 | 230 | 23 | Detroit Mercy | 2 | 0 |
| 43 | Clarence Booth | OT-DT-OG-DG | 6-0 | 223 | 25 | Southern Methodist | 5 | 0 |
| 41 | Tony Bova | LOE-LDE | 6-1 | 190 | 27 | St. Francis (Pennsylvania) | 9 | 8 |
| 79 | Chet Bulger | ROT-RDT | 6-3 | 239 | 27 | Auburn | 10 | 7 |
| 23 | Johnny Butler | LOH-LDH | 5-10 | 185 | 25 | Tennessee | 3 | 3 |
| 63 | Don Currivan | ROE-RDE | 6-0 | 193 | 24 | Boston College | 10 | 0 |
| 29 | Ted Doyle | ROT-RDT | 6-2 | 224 | 30 | Nebraska | 9 | 3 |
| 69 | Gil Duggan | LOT-LDT | 6-3 | 229 | 30 | Oklahoma | 10 | 8 |
| 66 | Johnny Grigas | FB-LB | 6-0 | 204 | 24 | Holy Cross | 9 | 9 |
| 45 | Walt Kichefski | ROE-RDE | 6-1 | 212 | 28 | Miami (Florida) | 10 | 8 |
| 53 | George Magulick | LOH-LDFH-ROH--RDH | 5-9 | 150 | 25 | St. Francis (Pennsylvania) | 9 | 6 |
| 64 | Lou Marotti | OG-DG | 5-10 | 210 | 29 | Toledo | 7 | 0 |
| 23 | John Martin | HB-DH | 6-1 | 195 | 26 | Oklahoma | 1 | 0 |
| 40 | Walt Masters | BB-S | 5-10 | 192 | 37 | Pennsylvania | 3 | 0 |
| 24 | John McCarthy | BB-S | 5-8 | 160 | 28 | St. Francis (Pennsylvania) | 7 | 2 |
| 55 | Coley McDonough | BB-S | 6-1 | 189 | 29 | North Carolina State; Dayton | 2 | 0 |
| 17 | Al Merkovsky | ROG-RDG-OT-DT | 6-1 | 223 | 27 | Pittsburgh | 7 | 1 |
| 39 | John Perko | ROG-RDG | 6-1 | 207 | 30 | Duquesne | 10 | 8 |
| 40 | Johnny Popovich | FB-LB | 5-8 | 160 | 26 | St. Vincent | 5 | 1 |
| 28 | Walt Rankin | BB-S | 5-11 | 197 | 25 | Texas Tech | 10 | 8 |
| 21 | Marshall Robnett | C-LB | 6-0 | 205 | 26 | Texas A&M | 8 | 7 |
| 75 | Eddie Rucinski | LOE-LDE-LOH-LDG | 6-2 | 198 | 28 | Indiana | 10 | 6 |
| 48 | Elbie Schultz | LOG-LDG-LOT-LDT | 6-4 | 252 | 27 | Oregon State | 10 | 6 |
| 33 | Bernie Semes | ROH-RDH | 5-7 | 188 | 25 | Duquesne | 8 | 2 |
| 39 | Bob Thurbon | ROH-RDH | 5-10 | 176 | 26 | Pittsburgh | 10 | 7 |
| 69 | Clint Wager | OE-DE | 6-5 | 218 | 24 | St. Mary's (Minnesota) | 8 | 0 |
| 50 | Al Wukits | C-LB | 6-3 | 213 | 27 | Duquesne | 10 | 3 |
| SCORING BY QUARTERS | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | OT |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team Totals | 7 | 20 | 27 | 54 | |
| Opponents Totals | 72 | 83 | 41 | 132 |
| TEAM STATS | TOP | 1st Downs | FDR | FDP | FDX | 3rd Down Efficiency | 4th Down Efficiency | PEN | PENY |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team Totals | 109 | 56 | 44 | 9 | / % | / % | 65 | 479 | |
| Opponents Totals | 109 | 56 | 46 | 7 | / % | / % | 77 | 633 |
| SCORING | TD | X1 | X1A | PCT | FG | FGA | PCT | SAF | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bob Thurbon | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30 | ||
| Johnny Grigas | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | ||
| Tony Bova | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | ||
| Johnny Butler | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | ||
| Don Currivan | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | ||
| Conway Baker | 0 | 11 | 15 | 73.3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 | |
| Eddie Rucinski | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Elbie Schultz | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Marshall Robnett | 0 | 1 | 1 | 100.0 | 0 | 2 | 0.0 | 0 | 1 |
| Team Totals | 16 | 12 | 16 | 75.0 | 0 | 2 | 0.0 | 0 | 108 |
| Opponents Totals | 47 | 41 | 47 | 87.2 | 1 | 7 | 14.3 | 1 | 328 |
| FIELD GOALS | MADE | ATT | PCT | BL | LG | 1-19 | 20-29 | 30-39 | 40-49 | 50+ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Marshall Robnett | 0 | 2 | 0.0 | 0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0/2 | 0/0 | |
| Team Totals | 0 | 2 | 0.0 | 0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0/2 | 0/0 | |
| Opponents Totals | 1 | 7 | 14.3 | 0/ | 1/ | 0/ | 0/ | 0/ |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Johnny Grigas | 185 | 610 | 3.3 | 29 | 3 |
| Bob Thurbon | 69 | 185 | 2.7 | 25t | 4 |
| George Magulick | 17 | 102 | 6.0 | 49 | 0 |
| Eddie Rucinski | 16 | 72 | 4.5 | 22 | 0 |
| Johnny Butler | 20 | 48 | 2.4 | 0 | |
| Bernie Semes | 18 | 38 | 2.1 | 3 | 0 |
| Johnny Popovich | 8 | 29 | 3.6 | 9 | 0 |
| Walt Rankin | 3 | 13 | 4.3 | 6 | 0 |
| Coley McDonough | 3 | 7 | 2.3 | 4 | 0 |
| Walt Masters | 1 | -14 | -14.0 | -14 | 0 |
| Tony Bova | 14 | -22 | -1.6 | 3 | 0 |
| John McCarthy | 6 | -49 | -8.2 | -8 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 360 | 1019 | 2.8 | 49 | 7 |
| Opponents Totals | 366 | 1381 | 3.8 | 23 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INC | YDS | Y/ATT | Y/COM | LG | TD | TD% | INT | INT% | TS | YL | NYP | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Johnny Grigas | 131 | 50 | 50 | 60 | 690 | 5.3 | 13.8 | 72t | 6 | 4.6 | 21 | 16.0 | 31.5 | |||
| John McCarthy | 67 | 20 | 20 | 34 | 250 | 3.7 | 12.5 | 38 | 0 | 0.0 | 13 | 19.4 | 3.0 | |||
| Coley McDonough | 23 | 10 | 10 | 9 | 208 | 9.0 | 20.8 | 67t | 2 | 8.7 | 4 | 17.4 | 65.4 | |||
| Tony Bova | 30 | 6 | 6 | 23 | 96 | 3.2 | 16.0 | 34 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 3.3 | 26.5 | |||
| Walt Masters | 7 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 13 | 1.9 | 13.0 | 13 | 0 | 0.0 | 2 | 28.6 | 0.0 | |||
| Team Totals | 258 | 87 | 87 | 130 | 1257 | 4.9 | 14.4 | 72t | 8 | 3.1 | 41 | 15.9 | 21.2 | |||
| Opponents Totals | 204 | 98 | 98 | 90 | 1575 | 7.7 | 16.1 | 22 | 10.8 | 16 | 7.8 | 77.6 |
| RECEIVING | REC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Eddie Rucinski | 22 | 284 | 12.9 | 40t | 1 |
| Tony Bova | 19 | 287 | 15.1 | 46t | 2 |
| Don Currivan | 7 | 163 | 23.3 | 72t | 2 |
| Bob Thurbon | 7 | 134 | 19.1 | 37t | 1 |
| Walt Kichefski | 6 | 85 | 14.2 | 34 | 0 |
| George Magulick | 6 | 50 | 8.3 | 21 | 0 |
| Clint Wager | 5 | 73 | 14.6 | 38 | 0 |
| Walt Rankin | 4 | 18 | 4.5 | 8 | 0 |
| Johnny Butler | 3 | 109 | 36.3 | 67t | 2 |
| Johnny Popovich | 3 | -1 | -0.3 | 1 | 0 |
| Bernie Semes | 3 | 22 | 7.3 | 10 | 0 |
| Johnny Grigas | 2 | 33 | 16.5 | 36 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 87 | 1257 | 14.4 | 72t | 8 |
| Opponents Totals | 98 | 1575 | 16.1 | 22 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Eddie Rucinski | 4 | 35 | 8.8 | 22 | 0 |
| Johnny Butler | 2 | 16 | 8.0 | 9 | 0 |
| Bob Thurbon | 2 | 14 | 7.0 | 8 | 0 |
| George Magulick | 2 | 12 | 6.0 | 12 | 0 |
| Walt Rankin | 2 | 9 | 4.5 | 7 | 0 |
| Marshall Robnett | 1 | 48 | 48.0 | 48 | 0 |
| John Perko | 1 | 10 | 10.0 | 10 | 0 |
| Johnny Grigas | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 2 | 0 |
| Bernie Semes | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 16 | 146 | 9.1 | 48 | 0 |
| Opponents Totals | 41 | 690 | 16.8 | 2 |
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL | TB | I20 | RYDS | NYDS | NET |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| John McCarthy | 24 | 801 | 33.4 | 52 | 1 | |||||
| Johnny Grigas | 12 | 424 | 35.3 | 64 | 0 | |||||
| Bob Thurbon | 15 | 450 | 30.0 | 43 | 1 | |||||
| John Martin | 6 | 184 | 30.7 | 0 | ||||||
| Walt Masters | 2 | 91 | 45.5 | 52 | 0 | |||||
| Marshall Robnett | 1 | 14 | 14.0 | 14 | 0 | |||||
| Team Totals | 60 | 1964 | 32.7 | 64 | 1 | 26.4 | ||||
| Opponents Totals | 50 | 159 | 34.1 |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| George Magulick | 7 | 86 | 12.3 | 28 | 0 | |
| Johnny Grigas | 5 | 40 | 8.0 | 11 | 0 | |
| Johnny Butler | 3 | 22 | 7.3 | 0 | ||
| John McCarthy | 1 | 9 | 9.0 | 9 | 0 | |
| Bob Thurbon | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 2 | 0 | |
| Team Totals | 17 | 159 | 9.4 | 28 | 0 | |
| Opponents Totals | 39 | 9.9 | 46 | 0 |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bob Thurbon | 12 | 291 | 24.3 | 55 | 0 | |
| Johnny Grigas | 23 | 471 | 20.5 | 35 | 0 | |
| George Magulick | 5 | 101 | 20.2 | 30 | 0 | |
| Johnny Popovich | 3 | 75 | 25.0 | 28 | 0 | |
| Johnny Butler | 3 | 72 | 24.0 | 29 | 0 | |
| Eddie Rucinski | 3 | 67 | 22.3 | 28 | 0 | |
| Don Currivan | 1 | 14 | 14.0 | 14 | 0 | |
| Chet Bulger | 1 | 5 | 5.0 | 5 | 0 | |
| John Perko | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 3 | 0 | |
| Lou Marotti | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 2 | 0 | |
| Elbie Schultz | 0 | 1 | ||||
| Team Totals | 53 | 1119 | 21.1 | 55 | 1 | |
| Opponents Totals | 25 | 0 |
| FUMBLES | NO | LOST | OWN | OPP | REC | YDS | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team Totals | 30 | 12 | 18 | 12 | 30 | 0 | |
| Opponents Totals | 23 | 12 | 11 | 12 | 23 | 0 |
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