| Pittsburgh Steelers at Detroit Lions Game Statistics |
| Date: September 22, 1940 Location: Detroit, MI |
| Venue: University of Detroit Stadium Attendance: 15310 |
| Weather: Overcast Temp: 71 F Humidty: 73% Wind: 7 mph |
| Score By Quarters | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pittsburgh SteelersPIT | 0 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 10 |
| Detroit LionsDET | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 7 |
| Qtr | Team | Scoring Plays | PIT | DET |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 | Detroit LionsDET | Lloyd Cardwell 33 run (Whizzer White kick) | 0 | 7 |
| 3 | Pittsburgh SteelersPIT | Armand Niccolai 35 FG | 3 | 7 |
| 4 | Pittsburgh SteelersPIT | Lou Tomasetti 3 run (Armand Niccolai kick) | 10 | 7 |
| LINEUPS | ||
|---|---|---|
| Pittsburgh Steelers | ||
| 33 | LE | George Platukis |
| 64 | LT | Clark Goff |
| 55 | LG | Jack Sanders |
| 53 | C | Ted Grabinski |
| 30 | RG | Stan Pavkov |
| 17 | RT | Armand Niccolai |
| 20 | RE | Bill Sortet |
| 12 | TB | Billy Patterson |
| 5 | BB | Hank Bruder |
| 21 | HB | Lou Tomasetti |
| 10 | FB | Boyd Brumbaugh |
| Detroit Lions | ||
| 10 | LE | Bill Fisk |
| 16 | LT | Jack Johnson |
| 48 | LG | John Wiethe |
| 42 | C | Tony Calvelli |
| 28 | RG | Bill Feldhaus |
| 33 | RT | Harry Smith |
| 40 | RE | Bobby Winslow |
| 24 | TB | Whizzer White |
| 22 | BB | Fred Vanzo |
| 3 | WB | Lloyd Cardwell |
| 5 | FB | Howie Weiss |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pittsburgh Steelers | |||||
| Merl Condit | 7 | 72 | 10.3 | 0 | |
| Billy Patterson | 8 | 62 | 7.8 | 0 | |
| Lou Tomasetti | 10 | 20 | 2.0 | 1 | |
| Tommy Thompson | 6 | 17 | 2.8 | 0 | |
| Swede Johnston | 6 | 12 | 2.0 | 0 | |
| George Kiick | 2 | 4 | 2.0 | 0 | |
| Boyd Brumbaugh | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Detroit Lions | |||||
| Lloyd Cardwell | 5 | 68 | 13.6 | 1 | |
| Kent Ryan | 2 | 28 | 14.0 | 0 | |
| Dwight Sloan | 8 | 25 | 3.1 | 0 | |
| Whizzer White | 10 | 22 | 2.2 | 0 | |
| Bill Shepherd | 7 | 17 | 2.4 | 0 | |
| Howie Weiss | 3 | 10 | 3.3 | 0 | |
| Bill Fisk | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 2 | 0 |
| Jack Morlock | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | TS | YL | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pittsburgh Steelers | |||||||||||
| Billy Patterson | 12 | 3 | 25.0 | 1 | 24 | 2.0 | 0 | 4.9 | |||
| Merl Condit | 3 | 1 | 33.3 | 0 | 20 | 6.7 | 20 | 0 | 57.6 | ||
| Detroit Lions | |||||||||||
| Dwight Sloan | 9 | 4 | 44.4 | 1 | 37 | 4.1 | 13 | 0 | 16.7 | ||
| RECEIVING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pittsburgh Steelers | |||||
| Walt Kichefski | 1 | 10 | 10.0 | 10 | 0 |
| Lou Tomasetti | 1 | 10 | 10.0 | 10 | 0 |
| Bill Sortet | 1 | 8 | 8.0 | 8 | 0 |
| Detroit Lions | |||||
| Ray Morse | 1 | 13 | 13.0 | 13 | 0 |
| Dave Diehl | 1 | 8 | 8.0 | 8 | 0 |
| Stillman Rouse | 1 | 8 | 8.0 | 8 | 0 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pittsburgh Steelers | |||||
| Detroit Lions | |||||
| Whizzer White | 1 | 25 | 25.0 | 25 | 0 |
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pittsburgh Steelers | |||||
| Merl Condit | 1 | 52 | 52.0 | 52 | 0 |
| Detroit Lions | |||||
| Whizzer White | 6 | 246 | 41.0 | 0 | |
| Bill Shepherd | 1 | 40 | 40.0 | 40 | 0 |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pittsburgh Steelers | ||||||
| Detroit Lions | ||||||
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pittsburgh Steelers | ||||||
| Detroit Lions | ||||||
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