1937 Pittsburgh Pirates (NFL) |
| 3rd place • Eastern Division • 4-7-0 .364 |
| Head Coach: Johnny Blood |
| Walt Kiesling | Assistant Coach |
| SCORES | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Day | Date | Opponent | Score | Location | Venue | Attendance | |||
| Sun | 9/5/1937 | H | Philadelphia Eagles | 27-14 | W | Pittsburgh, PA | Forbes Field | 8588 | |
| Sun | 9/19/1937 | A | Brooklyn Dodgers | 21-0 | W | New York, NY | Ebbets Field | 18000 | |
| Sun | 9/26/1937 | H | New York Giants | 7-10 | L | Pittsburgh, PA | Forbes Field | 33095 | |
| Mon | 10/4/1937 | H | Chicago Bears | 0-7 | L | Pittsburgh, PA | Forbes Field | 22511 | |
| Sun | 10/10/1937 | A | Detroit Lions | 3-7 | L | Detroit, MI | University of Detroit Stadium | 16000 | |
| Sun | 10/17/1937 | A | Washington Redskins | 20-34 | L | Washington, DC | Griffith Stadium | 12835 | |
| Sun | 10/24/1937 | H | Chicago Cardinals | 7-13 | L | Pittsburgh, PA | Forbes Field | 8963 | |
| Sun | 10/31/1937 | H | Philadelphia Eagles | 16-7 | W | Pittsburgh, PA | Forbes Field | 2772 | |
| Sun | 11/7/1937 | A | New York Giants | 0-17 | L | New York, NY | Polo Grounds | 21447 | |
| Sun | 11/14/1937 | H | Washington Redskins | 21-13 | W | Pittsburgh, PA | Forbes Field | 12242 | |
| Sun | 11/21/1937 | H | Brooklyn Dodgers | 0-23 | L | Pittsburgh, PA | Forbes Field | 3706 | |
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 | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Player | No | Pos | Ht | Wt | Age | College | GP | GS |
| Mike Basrak | 11 | C-LB | 6-2 | 220 | 25 | Duquesne | 11 | 10 |
| Frank Billock | 18 | LOG-LDG-OT-DT | 6-0 | 230 | 25 | St. Mary's (Minnesota) | 2 | 1 |
| Johnny Blood | 15 | WB-RDH-TB-LDH-BB-S | 6-1 | 188 | 34 | St. John's (Minnesota) | 9 | 2 |
| Bill Breeden | 44 | ROE-RDE-B | 6-1 | 210 | 24 | Oklahoma | 9 | 3 |
| Ed Brett | 24 | LOE-LDE | 6-2 | 203 | 23 | Washington State | 10 | 7 |
| Dom Cara | 10 | ROE-RDE-LOE-LDE | 5-10 | 193 | 23 | North Carolina State | 10 | 4 |
| Joe Cardwell | 30 | ROT-RDT-LOG-LDG | 6-3 | 235 | 25 | Duke | 7 | 3 |
| Bill Davidson | 12 | TB-LDH-WB-RDH | 6-0 | 182 | 22 | Temple | 11 | 10 |
| Max Fiske | 19 | WB-RDH-BB-S-TB-LDH | 6-0 | 199 | 24 | DePaul | 7 | 1 |
| Byron Gentry | 18 | LOG-LDG | 5-11 | 227 | 24 | Southern California | 3 | 2 |
| Johnny Gildea | 33 | BB-S-WB-RDH | 6-0 | 205 | 27 | St. Bonaventure | 11 | 8 |
| By Haines | 53 | WB-RDH | 5-11 | 185 | 23 | Washington | 6 | 1 |
| Bill Harris | OE-DE | 6-2 | 196 | 23 | Oklahoma; Hardin-Simmons | 1 | 0 | |
| Bill Holcomb | 26 | ROT-RDT | 6-2 | 235 | 24 | Texas Tech | 7 | 3 |
| George Kakasic | 14 | LOG-LDG-ROG-RDG | 5-10 | 200 | 25 | Duquesne | 11 | 8 |
| Bull Karcis | 64 | FB-LB | 5-9 | 223 | 29 | Carnegie Mellon | 11 | 2 |
| Ed Karpowich | 36 | LOT-LDT-ROT-RDT | 6-4 | 223 | 25 | Catholic | 10 | 4 |
| Walt Kiesling | 35 | ROG-RDG-OT-DT | 6-2 | 249 | 34 | St. Thomas (Minnesota) | 7 | 1 |
| Lindy Mayhew | 40 | LOT-LDT-LOG-LDG | 6-1 | 223 | 30 | Texas-El Paso | 10 | 3 |
| Armand Niccolai | 17 | ROT-RDT | 6-2 | 226 | 26 | Duquesne | 11 | 5 |
| John Perko | 39 | ROG-RDG | 6-1 | 207 | 23 | Duquesne | 10 | 8 |
| Buster Raborn | 13 | C-LB | 6-0 | 198 | 24 | Southern Methodist | 11 | 1 |
| George Rado | 53 | OG-DG | 5-9 | 194 | 25 | Duquesne | 1 | 0 |
| Sandy Sandberg | 28 | LOT-LDT | 6-1 | 228 | 27 | Iowa Wesleyan | 6 | 6 |
| Dick Sandefur | 10 | FB-LB | 5-10 | 195 | 25 | Purdue | 1 | 0 |
| Vince Sites | 25 | LOE-LDE | 6-2 | 215 | 25 | Pittsburgh | 7 | 1 |
| Stu Smith | 29 | FB-LB-TB-LDH | 6-0 | 195 | 22 | Bucknell | 10 | 6 |
| Bill Sortet | 20 | ROE-RDE | 6-1 | 187 | 28 | West Virginia | 9 | 6 |
| Tuffy Thompson | 27 | TB-LDH-WB-RDH-LOE-LDE | 5-11 | 172 | 23 | Minnesota | 7 | 4 |
| Izzy Weinstock | 47 | FB-LB-BB-S | 6-0 | 211 | 24 | Pittsburgh | 11 | 6 |
| Silvio Zaninelli | 22 | BB-S | 5-10 | 207 | 24 | Duquesne | 10 | 5 |
| DRAFT LIST | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Round | Overall | Player | Pos | College |
| 1 | 5 | Mike Basrak | C | Duquesne |
| 2 | 15 | Bob Finley | B | Southern Methodist |
| 3 | 25 | Bill Breeden | E | Oklahoma |
| 4 | 35 | Elmo Hewes | B | Oklahoma |
| 5 | 45 | Jack Frye | B | Missouri |
| 6 | 55 | Walt Roach | E | Texas Christian |
| 7 | 65 | By Haines | E | Washington |
| 8 | 75 | Marty Kordick | G | St. Mary's (California) |
| 9 | 85 | Matt Patanelli | E | Michigan |
| 10 | 95 | Stan Nevers | T | Kentucky |
| SCORING BY QUARTERS | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team Totals | 20 | 28 | 31 | 43 | 122 |
| Opponents Totals | 20 | 21 | 50 | 54 | 145 |
| TEAM STATS | TOP | 1st Downs | FDR | FDP | FDX | 3rd Down Efficiency | 4th Down Efficiency | PEN | PENY |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team Totals | 105 | / % | / % | 358 | |||||
| Opponents Totals | / % | / % |
| SCORING | TD | X1 | X1A | PCT | FG | FGA | PCT | SAF | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Johnny Blood | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30 | |||
| Bill Davidson | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | |||
| Bull Karcis | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | |||
| Armand Niccolai | 0 | 5 | 7 | 71.4 | 4 | 0 | 17 | ||
| Ed Brett | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Johnny Gildea | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||
| Bill Sortet | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||
| Tuffy Thompson | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||
| Izzy Weinstock | 0 | 4 | 5 | 80.0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | ||
| George Kakasic | 0 | 3 | 3 | 100.0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | ||
| Lindy Mayhew | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | |||
| Team Totals | 16 | 12 | 16 | 75.0 | 4 | 1 | 122 | ||
| Opponents Totals | 20 | 16 | 20 | 80.0 | 3 | 0 | 145 |
| FIELD GOALS | MADE | ATT | PCT | BL | LG | 1-19 | 20-29 | 30-39 | 40-49 | 50+ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Armand Niccolai | 4 | 41 | 1/ | 2/ | 0/ | 1/ | 0/ | |||
| Team Totals | 4 | 41 | 1/ | 2/ | 0/ | 1/ | 0/ | |||
| Opponents Totals | 3 | 1/ | 1/ | 1/ | 0/ | 0/ |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bull Karcis | 127 | 513 | 4.0 | 3 | |
| Bill Davidson | 101 | 293 | 2.9 | 1 | |
| Stu Smith | 66 | 211 | 3.2 | 0 | |
| Izzy Weinstock | 30 | 88 | 2.9 | 0 | |
| Tuffy Thompson | 43 | 80 | 1.9 | 0 | |
| Johnny Gildea | 49 | 65 | 1.3 | 1 | |
| Max Fiske | 28 | 44 | 1.6 | 0 | |
| Johnny Blood | 9 | 37 | 4.1 | 0 | |
| By Haines | 24 | 29 | 1.2 | 0 | |
| Bill Breeden | 10 | 25 | 2.5 | 0 | |
| Ed Karpowich | 1 | 15 | 15.0 | 15 | 0 |
| Silvio Zaninelli | 4 | 14 | 3.5 | 6 | 0 |
| John Perko | 1 | 5 | 5.0 | 5 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 493 | 1419 | 2.9 | 5 | |
| Opponents Totals | 405 | 1311 | 3.2 | 7 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INC | YDS | Y/ATT | Y/COM | LG | TD | TD% | INT | INT% | TS | YL | NYP | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Max Fiske | 43 | 17 | 17 | 22 | 318 | 7.4 | 18.7 | 4 | 9.3 | 4 | 9.3 | 58.1 | ||||
| Johnny Gildea | 47 | 14 | 14 | 24 | 288 | 6.1 | 20.6 | 2 | 4.3 | 9 | 19.1 | 27.2 | ||||
| Johnny Blood | 25 | 10 | 10 | 13 | 115 | 4.6 | 11.5 | 1 | 4.0 | 2 | 8.0 | 34.6 | ||||
| Tuffy Thompson | 14 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 100 | 7.1 | 16.7 | 1 | 7.1 | 4 | 28.6 | 51.8 | ||||
| Bill Davidson | 24 | 8 | 8 | 11 | 81 | 3.4 | 10.1 | 0 | 0.0 | 5 | 20.8 | 4.3 | ||||
| By Haines | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 14 | 2.3 | 14.0 | 14 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 16.7 | 0.0 | |||
| Bull Karcis | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0.7 | 2.0 | 2t | 1 | 33.3 | 1 | 33.3 | 42.4 | |||
| Stu Smith | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 50.0 | 0.0 | |||||
| Team Totals | 164 | 57 | 57 | 80 | 918 | 5.6 | 16.1 | 9 | 5.5 | 27 | 16.5 | 33.1 | ||||
| Opponents Totals | 185 | 60 | 60 | 108 | 902 | 4.9 | 15.0 | 9 | 4.9 | 17 | 9.2 | 27.4 |
| RECEIVING | REC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Johnny Blood | 10 | 168 | 16.8 | 4 | |
| Bill Sortet | 9 | 121 | 13.4 | 1 | |
| Ed Brett | 8 | 135 | 16.9 | 1 | |
| Tuffy Thompson | 6 | 126 | 21.0 | 1 | |
| Bill Breeden | 6 | 59 | 9.8 | 0 | |
| Bill Davidson | 4 | 169 | 42.3 | 65t | 2 |
| Johnny Gildea | 3 | 47 | 15.7 | 0 | |
| Dom Cara | 2 | 36 | 18.0 | 29 | 0 |
| Bull Karcis | 2 | 18 | 9.0 | 11 | 0 |
| By Haines | 2 | 17 | 8.5 | 11 | 0 |
| Silvio Zaninelli | 2 | 12 | 6.0 | 8 | 0 |
| Vince Sites | 2 | 10 | 5.0 | 8 | 0 |
| Max Fiske | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 57 | 918 | 16.1 | 9 | |
| Opponents Totals | 60 | 902 | 15.0 | 9 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bill Davidson | 1 | ||||
| Team Totals | 17 | 1 | |||
| Opponents Totals | 27 | 2 |
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL | TB | I20 | RYDS | NYDS | NET |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team Totals | ||||||||||
| Opponents Totals | 544 |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team Totals | 544 | 0 | ||||
| Opponents Totals | 1 |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Johnny Blood | 1 | |||||
| Team Totals | 1 | |||||
| Opponents Totals | 0 |
| FUMBLES | NO | LOST | OWN | OPP | REC | YDS | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team Totals | 31 | 0 | |||||
| Opponents Totals | 1 |
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