| Pittsburgh Steelers at Detroit Lions Game Statistics |
| Date: September 22, 1940 Location: Detroit, MI |
| Venue: University of Detroit Stadium Attendance: 15310 |
| Weather: Overcast Temp: 71 F Humidty: 73% Wind: 7 mph |
| Score By Quarters | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pittsburgh Steelers | 0 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 10 |
| Detroit Lions | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 7 |
| Qtr | Team | Scoring Plays | PIT | DET |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 | Detroit Lions | Lloyd Cardwell 33 run (Whizzer White kick) | 0 | 7 |
| 3 | Pittsburgh Steelers | Armand Niccolai 35 FG | 3 | 7 |
| 4 | Pittsburgh Steelers | Lou Tomasetti 3 run (Armand Niccolai kick) | 10 | 7 |
| RUSHING | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TEAM | PLAYER | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
| PIT | Merl Condit | 7 | 72 | 10.3 | 0 | |
| PIT | Billy Patterson | 8 | 62 | 7.8 | 0 | |
| PIT | Lou Tomasetti | 10 | 20 | 2.0 | 1 | |
| PIT | Tommy Thompson | 6 | 17 | 2.8 | 0 | |
| PIT | Swede Johnston | 6 | 12 | 2.0 | 0 | |
| PIT | George Kiick | 2 | 4 | 2.0 | 0 | |
| PIT | Boyd Brumbaugh | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| DET | Lloyd Cardwell | 5 | 68 | 13.6 | 1 | |
| DET | Kent Ryan | 2 | 28 | 14.0 | 0 | |
| DET | Dwight Sloan | 8 | 25 | 3.1 | 0 | |
| DET | Whizzer White | 10 | 22 | 2.2 | 0 | |
| DET | Bill Shepherd | 7 | 17 | 2.4 | 0 | |
| DET | Howie Weiss | 3 | 10 | 3.3 | 0 | |
| DET | Bill Fisk | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 2 | 0 |
| DET | Jack Morlock | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| PASSING | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TEAM | PLAYER | ATT | COM | PCT | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | TS | YL | RTG |
| PIT | Billy Patterson | 12 | 3 | 25.0 | 1 | 24 | 2.0 | 0 | 4.9 | |||
| PIT | Merl Condit | 3 | 1 | 33.3 | 0 | 20 | 6.7 | 20 | 0 | 57.6 | ||
| DET | Dwight Sloan | 9 | 4 | 44.4 | 1 | 37 | 4.1 | 13 | 0 | 16.7 | ||
| RECEIVING | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TEAM | PLAYER | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
| PIT | Walt Kichefski | 1 | 10 | 10.0 | 10 | 0 |
| PIT | Lou Tomasetti | 1 | 10 | 10.0 | 10 | 0 |
| PIT | Bill Sortet | 1 | 8 | 8.0 | 8 | 0 |
| DET | Ray Morse | 1 | 13 | 13.0 | 13 | 0 |
| DET | Dave Diehl | 1 | 8 | 8.0 | 8 | 0 |
| DET | Stillman Rouse | 1 | 8 | 8.0 | 8 | 0 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TEAM | PLAYER | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
| DET | Whizzer White | 1 | 25 | 25.0 | 25 | 0 |
| PUNTING | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TEAM | PLAYER | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL |
| PIT | Merl Condit | 1 | 52 | 52.0 | 52 | 0 |
| DET | Whizzer White | 6 | 246 | 41.0 | 0 | |
| DET | Bill Shepherd | 1 | 40 | 40.0 | 40 | 0 |
| PUNT RETURNS | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TEAM | PLAYER | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TEAM | PLAYER | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
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