| Brooklyn Dodgers at Pittsburgh Steelers Game Statistics |
| Date: September 29, 1940 Location: Pittsburgh, PA |
| Venue: Forbes Field Attendance: 26618 |
| Score By Quarters | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brooklyn DodgersBKN | 7 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 10 |
| Pittsburgh SteelersPIT | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| Qtr | Team | Scoring Plays | BKN | PIT |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Brooklyn DodgersBKN | Pug Manders 1 run (Ace Parker kick) | 7 | 0 |
| 2 | Pittsburgh SteelersPIT | Armand Niccolai 20 FG | 7 | 3 |
| 3 | Brooklyn DodgersBKN | Ralph Kercheval 27 FG | 10 | 3 |
| LINEUPS | ||
|---|---|---|
| Brooklyn Dodgers | ||
| 99 | LE | Perry Schwartz |
| 25 | LT | Bruiser Kinard |
| 31 | LG | Steve Petro |
| 18 | C | Earl Svendsen |
| 28 | RG | Jim Sivell |
| 17 | RT | John Golemgeske |
| 6 | RE | Waddy Young |
| 7 | TB | Ace Parker |
| 20 | BB | Ben Kish |
| 26 | HB | Banks McFadden |
| 9 | FB | Pug Manders |
| Pittsburgh Steelers | ||
| 33 | LE | George Platukis |
| 29 | LT | Don Campbell |
| 55 | LG | Jack Sanders |
| 53 | C | Ted Grabinski |
| 39 | RG | John Perko |
| 17 | RT | Armand Niccolai |
| 20 | RE | Bill Sortet |
| 12 | TB | Billy Patterson |
| 5 | BB | Hank Bruder |
| 21 | HB | Lou Tomasetti |
| 6 | FB | Swede Johnston |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brooklyn Dodgers | |||||
| Banks McFadden | 16 | 104 | 6.5 | 0 | |
| Pug Manders | 14 | 64 | 4.6 | 1 | |
| Sam Francis | 7 | 43 | 6.1 | 0 | |
| Ace Parker | 7 | 27 | 3.9 | 0 | |
| Dick Cassiano | 5 | 23 | 4.6 | 0 | |
| Waddy Young | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 1 | 0 |
| George Cafego | 3 | -1 | -0.3 | 0 | |
| Ralph Kercheval | 1 | -2 | -2.0 | -2 | 0 |
| Pittsburgh Steelers | |||||
| George Kiick | 6 | 34 | 5.7 | 0 | |
| Swede Johnston | 6 | 29 | 4.8 | 0 | |
| Lou Tomasetti | 4 | 14 | 3.5 | 0 | |
| Merl Condit | 9 | 6 | 0.7 | 0 | |
| Tommy Thompson | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 1 | 0 |
| Billy Patterson | 8 | -7 | -0.9 | 0 | |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | TS | YL | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brooklyn Dodgers | |||||||||||
| Ace Parker | 8 | 2 | 25.0 | 0 | 56 | 7.0 | 36 | 0 | 56.2 | ||
| Dick Cassiano | 5 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | |||
| Pittsburgh Steelers | |||||||||||
| Billy Patterson | 12 | 3 | 25.0 | 1 | 72 | 6.0 | 32 | 0 | 17.4 | ||
| Tommy Thompson | 3 | 1 | 33.3 | 0 | 31 | 10.3 | 31 | 0 | 72.9 | ||
| Lou Tomasetti | 1 | 1 | 100.0 | 0 | 8 | 8.0 | 8 | 0 | 100.0 | ||
| RECEIVING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brooklyn Dodgers | |||||
| Perry Schwartz | 1 | 36 | 36.0 | 36 | 0 |
| Banks McFadden | 1 | 20 | 20.0 | 20 | 0 |
| Pittsburgh Steelers | |||||
| Bill Sortet | 3 | 65 | 21.7 | 32 | 0 |
| John Noppenberg | 1 | 31 | 31.0 | 31 | 0 |
| George Platukis | 1 | 15 | 15.0 | 15 | 0 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brooklyn Dodgers | |||||
| Pittsburgh Steelers | |||||
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brooklyn Dodgers | |||||
| Pittsburgh Steelers | |||||
| Merl Condit | 2 | 69 | 34.5 | 36 | 0 |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brooklyn Dodgers | ||||||
| Pittsburgh Steelers | ||||||
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brooklyn Dodgers | ||||||
| Pittsburgh Steelers | ||||||
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