| Pittsburgh Pirates at New York Giants |
| Game Statistics & Box Score |
| Date: November 19, 1939 Location: New York, NY Venue: Polo Grounds Attendance: 19372 |
| Weather: Clear Temp: 49 F Humidty: 56% Wind: 1 mph |
| Score By Quarters | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pittsburgh PiratesPIT | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 7 |
| New York GiantsNYG | 7 | 6 | 3 | 7 | 23 |
| Qtr | Team | Scoring Plays | PIT | NYG |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | New York GiantsNYG | Hank Soar 2 run (Ken Strong kick) | 0 | 7 |
| 2 | New York GiantsNYG | Len Barnum 37 FG | 0 | 10 |
| 2 | New York GiantsNYG | Len Barnum 28 FG | 0 | 13 |
| 3 | New York GiantsNYG | Ken Strong 24 FG | 0 | 16 |
| 4 | Pittsburgh PiratesPIT | Boyd Brumbaugh 19 run (Armand Niccolai kick) | 7 | 16 |
| 4 | New York GiantsNYG | Eddie Miller 21 run (Len Barnum kick) | 7 | 23 |
| LINEUPS | ||
|---|---|---|
| Pittsburgh Pirates | ||
| 33 | LOE/LDE | George Platukis |
| 36 | LOT/LDT | Ed Karpowich |
| 18 | LOG/LDG | Byron Gentry |
| 22 | C/MG | Joe Maras |
| 14 | ROG/RDG | George Kakasic |
| 17 | ROT/RDT | Armand Niccolai |
| 20 | ROE/RDE | Bill Sortet |
| 55 | BB/S | Rink Bond |
| 25 | TB/LDH | Hugh McCullough |
| 21 | WB/RDH | Lou Tomasetti |
| 15 | FB/LB | Carl Littlefield |
| New York Giants | ||
| 23 | LOE/LDE | Jim Poole |
| 36 | LOT/LDT | Frank Cope |
| 2 | LOG/LDG | Johnny Dell Isola |
| 7 | C/MG | Mel Hein |
| 42 | ROG/RDG | Orville Tuttle |
| 33 | ROT/RDT | John Mellus |
| 21 | ROE/RDE | Jim Lee Howell |
| 22 | TB/S | Ed Danowski |
| 15 | HB/LDH | Hank Soar |
| 30 | WB/RDH | Ken Strong |
| 28 | FB/LB | Nello Falaschi |
| TEAM STATS | TOP | FD | FDR | FDP | FDX | 3rdDownEff | 4thDownEff | PEN | PENY | FUM | Lost |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PIT | 5 | / | / | 2 | 10 | 2 | |||||
| NYG | 11 | / | / | 3 | 35 | 3 |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pittsburgh Pirates | |||||
| Boyd Brumbaugh | 5 | 35 | 7.0 | 19 | 1 |
| Carl Littlefield | 4 | 17 | 4.3 | 0 | |
| Swede Johnston | 3 | 14 | 4.7 | 0 | |
| Lou Tomasetti | 8 | 1 | 0.1 | 0 | |
| Hugh McCullough | 6 | -2 | -0.3 | 0 | |
| Coley McDonough | 1 | -2 | -2.0 | -2 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 27 | 63 | 2.3 | 1 | |
| New York Giants | |||||
| Eddie Miller | 5 | 31 | 6.2 | 1 | |
| Kink Richards | 11 | 21 | 1.9 | 0 | |
| Tuffy Leemans | 7 | 21 | 3.0 | 0 | |
| Len Barnum | 10 | 11 | 1.1 | 0 | |
| Bull Karcis | 4 | 10 | 2.5 | 0 | |
| Ed Danowski | 2 | 8 | 4.0 | 0 | |
| Leland Shaffer | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 3 | 0 |
| Al Owen | 2 | 2 | 1.0 | 0 | |
| Ken Strong | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 1 | 0 |
| Hank Soar | 5 | -1 | -0.2 | 2t | 1 |
| Team Totals | 48 | 107 | 2.2 | 2 | |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | TS | YL | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pittsburgh Pirates | |||||||||||
| Hugh McCullough | 18 | 3 | 16.7 | 5 | 29 | 1.6 | 0 | 0.0 | |||
| Lou Tomasetti | 7 | 1 | 14.3 | 1 | 7 | 1.0 | 7 | 0 | 0.0 | ||
| Team Totals | 25 | 4 | 16.0 | 6 | 36 | 1.4 | 0 | 13 | 0.0 | ||
| New York Giants | |||||||||||
| Ed Danowski | 9 | 5 | 55.6 | 1 | 70 | 7.8 | 0 | 41.2 | |||
| Len Barnum | 7 | 1 | 14.3 | 0 | 16 | 2.3 | 16 | 0 | 39.6 | ||
| Eddie Miller | 4 | 2 | 50.0 | 1 | 55 | 13.8 | 0 | 56.2 | |||
| Tuffy Leemans | 2 | 1 | 50.0 | 0 | 12 | 6.0 | 12 | 0 | 68.8 | ||
| Team Totals | 22 | 9 | 40.9 | 2 | 153 | 7.0 | 0 | 5 | 27.3 | ||
| RECEIVING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pittsburgh Pirates | |||||
| Bill Sortet | 2 | 9 | 4.5 | 0 | |
| Sam Boyd | 1 | 11 | 11.0 | 11 | 0 |
| Lou Tomasetti | 1 | 7 | 7.0 | 7 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 4 | 36 | 9.0 | 0 | |
| New York Giants | |||||
| Jim Poole | 3 | 48 | 16.0 | 0 | |
| Al Owen | 1 | 39 | 39.0 | 39 | 0 |
| Tuffy Leemans | 1 | 16 | 16.0 | 16 | 0 |
| Hank Soar | 1 | 14 | 14.0 | 14 | 0 |
| Chuck Gelatka | 1 | 12 | 12.0 | 12 | 0 |
| Kink Richards | 1 | 8 | 8.0 | 8 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 9 | 153 | 17.0 | 0 | |
| INTERCEPTIONS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pittsburgh Pirates | |||||
| Team Totals | 2 | 9 | 4.5 | 0 | |
| New York Giants | |||||
| Team Totals | 6 | 25 | 4.2 | 0 | |
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pittsburgh Pirates | |||||
| Coley McDonough | 2 | 78 | 39.0 | 44 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 9 | 261 | 29.0 | ||
| New York Giants | |||||
| Ken Strong | 1 | 69 | 69.0 | 69 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 4 | 188 | 47.0 | ||
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pittsburgh Pirates | ||||||
| Team Totals | 18 | 0 | ||||
| New York Giants | ||||||
| Team Totals | 57 | 0 | ||||
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pittsburgh Pirates | ||||||
| Team Totals | 0 | |||||
| New York Giants | ||||||
| Team Totals | 0 | |||||