| Pittsburgh Steelers at New York Giants |
| Game Statistics & Box Score |
| Date: October 19, 1941 Location: New York, NY Venue: Polo Grounds Attendance: 24604 |
| Weather: Obscured Temp: 67 F Humidty: 61% Wind: 10 mph |
| Score By Quarters | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pittsburgh SteelersPIT | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 7 |
| New York GiantsNYG | 0 | 7 | 7 | 14 | 28 |
| Qtr | Team | Scoring Plays | PIT | NYG |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 | New York GiantsNYG | Frank Cope EZ blocked punt recovery (Andy Marefos kick) | 0 | 7 |
| 2 | Pittsburgh SteelersPIT | Don Looney 66 pass from Boyd Brumbaugh (Jack Sanders kick) | 7 | 7 |
| 3 | New York GiantsNYG | Tuffy Leemans 1 run (Ward Cuff kick) | 7 | 14 |
| 4 | New York GiantsNYG | Andy Marefos 1 run (Andy Marefos kick) | 7 | 21 |
| 4 | New York GiantsNYG | Frank Reagan 3 run (Andy Marefos kick) | 7 | 28 |
| LINEUPS | ||
|---|---|---|
| Pittsburgh Steelers | ||
| 32 | LE | Dick Dolly |
| 14 | LT | George Somers |
| 48 | LG | Elbie Schultz |
| 21 | C | Chuck Cherundolo |
| 35 | RG | Dick Bassi |
| 36 | RT | John Woudenberg |
| 59 | RE | Joe Wendlick |
| 11 | TB | Coley McDonough |
| 12 | HB | Art Jones |
| 17 | BB | John Patrick |
| 39/22 | FB | Dick Riffle |
| New York Giants | ||
| 23 | LE | Jim Poole |
| 33 | LT | John Mellus |
| 60 | LG | Monk Edwards |
| 7 | C | Mel Hein |
| 39 | RG | Doug Oldershaw |
| 66 | RT | Win Pedersen |
| 21 | RE | Jim Lee Howell |
| 8 | TB | Frank Reagan |
| 26 | BB | Nello Falaschi |
| 14 | WB | Ward Cuff |
| 4 | FB | Tuffy Leemans |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pittsburgh Steelers | |||||
| Dick Riffle | 9 | 62 | 6.9 | 54 | 0 |
| Coley McDonough | 4 | 17 | 4.3 | 10 | 0 |
| Art Jones | 5 | 12 | 2.4 | 7 | 0 |
| Elmer Hackney | 6 | 11 | 1.8 | 6 | 0 |
| Joe Hoague | 4 | 10 | 2.5 | 5 | 0 |
| Al Donelli | 3 | 8 | 2.7 | 7 | 0 |
| Boyd Brumbaugh | 5 | -20 | -4.0 | 0 | 0 |
| New York Giants | |||||
| Tuffy Leemans | 12 | 91 | 7.6 | 1 | |
| Frank Reagan | 9 | 31 | 3.4 | 1 | |
| Len Eshmont | 7 | 27 | 3.9 | 9 | 0 |
| Ward Cuff | 2 | 5 | 2.5 | 5 | 0 |
| Marion Pugh | 2 | 5 | 2.5 | 0 | |
| Hank Soar | 2 | 5 | 2.5 | 6 | 0 |
| Andy Marefos | 6 | 1 | 0.2 | 1 | 1 |
| Kay Eakin | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 17 | 0 |
| George Franck | 2 | -1 | -0.5 | 0 | 0 |
| Howie Yeager | 2 | -14 | -7.0 | 0 | 0 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | TS | YL | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pittsburgh Steelers | |||||||||||
| Dick Riffle | 3 | 2 | 66.7 | 1 | 18 | 6.0 | 0 | 43.1 | |||
| Boyd Brumbaugh | 1 | ||||||||||
| New York Giants | |||||||||||
| Tuffy Leemans | 6 | 2 | 33.3 | 0 | 46 | 7.7 | 0 | 61.8 | |||
| Marion Pugh | 3 | 1 | 33.3 | 0 | 10 | 3.3 | 10 | 0 | 43.8 | ||
| RECEIVING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pittsburgh Steelers | |||||||||||
| Al Donelli | 5 | 1 | 20.0 | 2 | 3 | 0.6 | 3 | 0 | 0.0 | ||
| Don Looney | 3 | 78 | 26.0 | 66t | 1 | ||||||
| Art Jones | 1 | 16 | 16.0 | 16 | 0 | ||||||
| Al Donelli | 1 | 11 | 11.0 | 11 | 0 | ||||||
| Joe Wendlick | 1 | 9 | 9.0 | 9 | 0 | ||||||
| New York Giants | |||||||||||
| Ward Cuff | 2 | 46 | 23.0 | 30 | 0 | ||||||
| George Franck | 1 | 10 | 10.0 | 10 | 0 | ||||||
| INTERCEPTIONS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pittsburgh Steelers | |||||
| Art Jones | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| New York Giants | |||||
| George Franck | 2 | 40 | 20.0 | 25 | 0 |
| Frank Reagan | 1 | 28 | 28.0 | 28 | 0 |
| Len Younce | 1 | 18 | 18.0 | 18 | 0 |
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pittsburgh Steelers | |||||||||||
| Art Jones | 6 | 251 | 41.8 | 54 | 0 | ||||||
| Coley McDonough | 4 | 117 | 29.3 | 48 | 0 | ||||||
| Art Jones | 1 | 1 | 100.0 | 0 | 11 | 11.0 | 11 | 0 | 112.5 | ||
| Coley McDonough | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 39.6 | |||
| New York Giants | |||||||||||
| Frank Reagan | 3 | 129 | 43.0 | 52 | 0 | ||||||
| Kay Eakin | 2 | 88 | 44.0 | 50 | 0 | ||||||
| George Franck | 1 | 42 | 42.0 | 42 | 0 | ||||||
| Len Eshmont | 1 | 26 | 26.0 | 26 | 0 | ||||||
| Kay Eakin | 3 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 39.6 | |||
| Frank Reagan | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 39.6 | |||
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pittsburgh Steelers | ||||||
| New York Giants | ||||||
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pittsburgh Steelers | ||||||
| New York Giants | ||||||
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