| New York Giants at Pittsburgh Pirates Game Statistics |
| Date: September 11, 1938 Location: Pittsburgh, PA |
| Venue: Forbes Field Attendance: 17340 |
| Score By Quarters | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New York GiantsNYG | 6 | 14 | 0 | 7 | 27 |
| Pittsburgh PiratesPIT | 7 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 14 |
| Qtr | Team | Scoring Plays | NYG | PIT |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Pittsburgh PiratesPIT | Whizzer White 4 run (Armand Niccolai kick) | 0 | 7 |
| 1 | New York GiantsNYG | Tuffy Leemans 1 run (Tillie Manton kick blocked) | 6 | 7 |
| 2 | Pittsburgh PiratesPIT | Ed Manske 23 pass from Frank Filchock (Armand Niccolai kick) | 6 | 14 |
| 2 | New York GiantsNYG | Leland Shaffer 3 pass from Ed Danowski (Hank Soar kick) | 13 | 14 |
| 2 | New York GiantsNYG | Leland Shaffer 11 pass from Ed Danowski (Ward Cuff kick) | 20 | 14 |
| 4 | New York GiantsNYG | Hank Soar 1 run (Ward Cuff kick) | 27 | 14 |
| LINEUPS | ||
|---|---|---|
| New York Giants | ||
| 23 | LE | Jim Poole |
| 50 | LT | Ed Widseth |
| 2 | LG | Johnny Dell Isola |
| 7 | C | Mel Hein |
| 42 | RG | Orville Tuttle |
| 44 | RT | Ox Parry |
| 29 | RE | Chuck Gelatka |
| 4 | TB | Tuffy Leemans |
| 17 | BB | Johnny Gildea |
| 14 | WB | Ward Cuff |
| 10 | FB | Len Barnum |
| Pittsburgh Pirates | ||
| 10 | LE | Dom Cara |
| 36 | LT | Ed Karpowich |
| 18 | LG | Byron Gentry |
| 11 | C | Mike Basrak |
| 39 | RG | John Perko |
| 17 | RT | Armand Niccolai |
| 20 | RE | Bill Sortet |
| 24 | TB | Whizzer White |
| 47 | BB | Izzy Weinstock |
| 19 | WB | Max Fiske |
| 44 | FB | Stu Smith |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New York Giants | |||||
| Tuffy Leemans | 12 | 22 | 1.8 | 1 | |
| Ed Danowski | 5 | 19 | 3.8 | 0 | |
| Hank Soar | 9 | 12 | 1.3 | 1 | |
| Len Barnum | 5 | 12 | 2.4 | 0 | |
| Ward Cuff | 4 | 12 | 3.0 | 0 | |
| Hugh Wolfe | 3 | 10 | 3.3 | 0 | |
| Dale Burnett | 2 | 7 | 3.5 | 0 | |
| Kink Richards | 4 | -6 | -1.5 | 0 | |
| Pittsburgh Pirates | |||||
| Swede Hanson | 3 | 41 | 13.7 | 0 | |
| Whizzer White | 14 | 33 | 2.4 | 1 | |
| Stu Smith | 5 | 23 | 4.6 | 0 | |
| Bull Karcis | 6 | 18 | 3.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Ed Farrell | 1 | 11 | 11.0 | 11 | 0 |
| Bill Davidson | 1 | 4 | 4.0 | 4 | 0 |
| Frank Filchock | 1 | -2 | -2.0 | -2 | 0 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | TS | YL | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New York Giants | |||||||||||
| Ed Danowski | 9 | 7 | 77.8 | 0 | 81 | 9.0 | 2 | 143.8 | |||
| Tuffy Leemans | 3 | 2 | 66.7 | 0 | 54 | 18.0 | 0 | 109.7 | |||
| Len Barnum | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 39.6 | |||
| Pittsburgh Pirates | |||||||||||
| Frank Filchock | 9 | 4 | 44.4 | 1 | 54 | 6.0 | 1 | 61.6 | |||
| Max Fiske | 9 | 2 | 22.2 | 2 | 14 | 1.6 | 0 | 0.0 | |||
| Whizzer White | 1 | 1 | 100.0 | 0 | 5 | 5.0 | 5 | 0 | 87.5 | ||
| Tom Burnette | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 39.6 | |||
| RECEIVING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New York Giants | |||||
| Chuck Gelatka | 2 | 21 | 10.5 | 0 | |
| Ward Cuff | 1 | 40 | 40.0 | 40 | 0 |
| Dale Burnett | 1 | 26 | 26.0 | 26 | 0 |
| Hank Soar | 1 | 10 | 10.0 | 10 | 0 |
| Hugh Wolfe | 1 | 8 | 8.0 | 8 | 0 |
| Leland Shaffer | 2 | ||||
| Pittsburgh Pirates | |||||
| Whizzer White | 2 | 28 | 14.0 | 0 | |
| Bill Sortet | 2 | 10 | 5.0 | 0 | |
| Dom Cara | 1 | 9 | 9.0 | 9 | 0 |
| Tom Burnette | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 3 | 0 |
| Ed Manske | 1 | ||||
| INTERCEPTIONS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New York Giants | |||||
| Pittsburgh Pirates | |||||
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New York Giants | ||||||
| Pittsburgh Pirates | ||||||
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New York Giants | ||||||
| Pittsburgh Pirates | ||||||
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