| Pittsburgh Pirates at Chicago Bears |
| Game Statistics & Box Score |
| Date: October 18, 1936 Location: Chicago, IL Venue: Wrigley Field Attendance: 19877 |
| Score By Quarters | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pittsburgh PiratesPIT | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 7 |
| Chicago BearsCHIB | 6 | 6 | 0 | 14 | 26 |
| Qtr | Team | Scoring Plays | PIT | CHIB |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Chicago BearsCHIB | Beattie Feathers 2 run (Jack Manders kick blocked) | 0 | 6 |
| 2 | Chicago BearsCHIB | Gene Ronzani 38 pass from Carl Brumbaugh (Carl Brumbaugh kick failed) | 0 | 12 |
| 2 | Pittsburgh PiratesPIT | Silvio Zaninelli 2 run (Armand Niccolai kick) | 7 | 12 |
| 4 | Chicago BearsCHIB | Bronko Nagurski 1 run (Jack Manders kick) | 7 | 19 |
| 4 | Chicago BearsCHIB | Beattie Feathers 8 run (Jack Manders kick) | 7 | 26 |
| LINEUPS | ||
|---|---|---|
| Pittsburgh Pirates | ||
| 23 | LOE/LDE | Ed Brett |
| 36 | LOT/LDT | Ed Karpowich |
| 53 | LOG/LDG | George Rado |
| 18 | C/MG | Lee Mulleneaux |
| 14 | ROG/RDG | George Kakasic |
| 40 | ROT/RDT | Lindy Mayhew |
| 25 | ROE/RDE | Vince Sites |
| 33 | BB/S | Johnny Gildea |
| 15 | HB/LDH | Warren Heller |
| 47 | TB/RDH | Ed Matesic |
| 64 | FB/LB | Bull Karcis |
| Chicago Bears | ||
| 56 | LOE/LDE | Bill Hewitt |
| 13 | LOT/LDT | Joe Stydahar |
| 18 | LOG/LDG | Eddie Michaels |
| 19 | C/MG | Eddie Kawal |
| 21 | ROG/RDG | Danny Fortmann |
| 29 | ROT/RDT | Russ Thompson |
| 24 | ROE/RDE | Luke Johnsos |
| 33 | QB/S | Bernie Masterson |
| 48 | LOH/LDH | Beattie Feathers |
| 25 | ROH/RDH | Ray Nolting |
| 10 | FB/LB | Jack Manders |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pittsburgh Pirates | |||||
| Warren Heller | 8 | 19 | 2.4 | 0 | |
| Bull Karcis | 5 | 17 | 3.4 | 0 | |
| Silvio Zaninelli | 6 | 13 | 2.2 | 1 | |
| Max Fiske | 10 | 11 | 1.1 | 0 | |
| Ed Matesic | 3 | 4 | 1.3 | 0 | |
| Johnny Gildea | 3 | -31 | -10.3 | 0 | |
| Chicago Bears | |||||
| Bronko Nagurski | 19 | 86 | 4.5 | 1 | |
| Keith Molesworth | 7 | 69 | 9.9 | 0 | |
| Beattie Feathers | 13 | 55 | 4.2 | 2 | |
| Ray Nolting | 11 | 50 | 4.5 | 0 | |
| Gene Ronzani | 5 | 45 | 9.0 | 0 | |
| Jack Manders | 5 | 16 | 3.2 | 0 | |
| Bill Hewitt | 1 | -9 | -9.0 | -9 | 0 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | TS | YL | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pittsburgh Pirates | |||||||||||
| Ed Matesic | 19 | 11 | 57.9 | 2 | 151 | 7.9 | 0 | 43.9 | |||
| Johnny Gildea | 3 | 2 | 66.7 | 0 | 13 | 4.3 | 0 | 75.7 | |||
| Max Fiske | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | |||
| Chicago Bears | |||||||||||
| Gene Ronzani | 3 | 3 | 100.0 | 0 | 41 | 13.7 | 0 | 118.8 | |||
| Carl Brumbaugh | 3 | 1 | 33.3 | 1 | 38 | 12.7 | 38t | 1 | 121.5 | ||
| Bernie Masterson | 3 | 1 | 33.3 | 1 | 20 | 6.7 | 20 | 0 | 18.1 | ||
| Keith Molesworth | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 39.6 | |||
| George Corbett | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 39.6 | |||
| Ray Nolting | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 39.6 | |||
| RECEIVING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pittsburgh Pirates | |||||
| Warren Heller | 3 | 23 | 7.7 | 0 | |
| Bill Sortet | 2 | 30 | 15.0 | 0 | |
| Bull Karcis | 2 | 10 | 5.0 | 0 | |
| Ed Skoronski | 1 | 14 | 14.0 | 14 | 0 |
| Max Fiske | 1 | 12 | 12.0 | 12 | 0 |
| Chicago Bears | |||||
| Ray Nolting | 1 | 20 | 20.0 | 20 | 0 |
| Gene Ronzani | 1 | ||||
| INTERCEPTIONS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pittsburgh Pirates | |||||
| Chicago Bears | |||||
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pittsburgh Pirates | ||||||
| Chicago Bears | ||||||
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pittsburgh Pirates | ||||||
| Chicago Bears | ||||||
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