| Pittsburgh Pirates at New York Giants Game Statistics |
| Date: October 3, 1938 Location: New York, NY |
| Venue: Polo Grounds Attendance: 18805 |
| Weather: Overcast Temp: 50 F Humidty: 61% Wind: 6 mph |
| Score By Quarters | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pittsburgh PiratesPIT | 0 | 7 | 0 | 6 | 13 |
| New York GiantsNYG | 7 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 10 |
| Qtr | Team | Scoring Plays | PIT | NYG |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | New York GiantsNYG | Ward Cuff 18 pass from Ed Danowski (Ward Cuff kick) | 0 | 7 |
| 2 | Pittsburgh PiratesPIT | Bill Sortet 24 pass from Frank Filchock (Armand Niccolai kick) | 7 | 7 |
| 3 | New York GiantsNYG | Ward Cuff 10 FG | 7 | 10 |
| 4 | Pittsburgh PiratesPIT | Bill Sortet 13 pass from Frank Filchock (kick failed) | 13 | 10 |
| LINEUPS | ||
|---|---|---|
| Pittsburgh Pirates | ||
| 53 | LE | Ed Manske |
| 36 | LT | Ed Karpowich |
| 18 | LG | Byron Gentry |
| 11 | C | Mike Basrak |
| 39 | RG | John Perko |
| 17 | RT | Armand Niccolai |
| 21 | RE | Paul McDonough |
| 24 | TB | Whizzer White |
| 44 | BB | Stu Smith |
| 12 | WB | Bill Davidson |
| 33 | FB | Swede Hanson |
| New York Giants | ||
| 23 | LE | Jim Poole |
| 50 | LT | Ed Widseth |
| 5 | LG | Ken Lunday |
| 7 | C | Mel Hein |
| 66 | RG | Art White |
| 44 | RT | Ox Parry |
| 29 | RE | Chuck Gelatka |
| 22 | TB | Ed Danowski |
| 20 | BB | Leland Shaffer |
| 15 | LH | Hank Soar |
| 14 | WB | Ward Cuff |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pittsburgh Pirates | |||||
| Whizzer White | 18 | 75 | 4.2 | 0 | |
| Ed Farrell | 11 | 61 | 5.5 | 0 | |
| Stu Smith | 4 | 11 | 2.8 | 0 | |
| Bill Davidson | 7 | 10 | 1.4 | 0 | |
| Swede Hanson | 4 | 4 | 1.0 | 0 | |
| Tuffy Thompson | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 3 | 0 |
| Frank Filchock | 3 | 2 | 0.7 | 0 | |
| New York Giants | |||||
| Hank Soar | 13 | 40 | 3.1 | 0 | |
| Tuffy Leemans | 8 | 21 | 2.6 | 0 | |
| Len Barnum | 5 | 12 | 2.4 | 0 | |
| Ed Danowski | 4 | 9 | 2.3 | 0 | |
| Ward Cuff | 2 | 7 | 3.5 | 0 | |
| Hugh Wolfe | 2 | 3 | 1.5 | 0 | |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | TS | YL | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pittsburgh Pirates | |||||||||||
| Frank Filchock | 10 | 4 | 40.0 | 1 | 50 | 5.0 | 2 | 56.2 | |||
| Whizzer White | 3 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | |||
| New York Giants | |||||||||||
| Ed Danowski | 11 | 7 | 63.6 | 0 | 81 | 7.4 | 1 | 116.1 | |||
| Tuffy Leemans | 6 | 1 | 16.7 | 2 | 23 | 3.8 | 23 | 0 | 3.5 | ||
| Hank Soar | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | |||
| RECEIVING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pittsburgh Pirates | |||||
| Bill Sortet | 3 | 45 | 15.0 | 25 | 2 |
| Dom Cara | 1 | 5 | 5.0 | 5 | 0 |
| New York Giants | |||||
| Hank Soar | 2 | 39 | 19.5 | 34 | 0 |
| Willie Walls | 1 | 23 | 23.0 | 23 | 0 |
| Ward Cuff | 1 | 18 | 18.0 | 18t | 1 |
| Dale Burnett | 1 | 8 | 8.0 | 8 | 0 |
| Tuffy Leemans | 1 | 8 | 8.0 | 8 | 0 |
| Chuck Gelatka | 1 | 4 | 4.0 | 4 | 0 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pittsburgh Pirates | |||||
| New York Giants | |||||
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pittsburgh Pirates | ||||||
| New York Giants | ||||||
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pittsburgh Pirates | ||||||
| New York Giants | ||||||
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