| New York Giants at Pittsburgh Steelers Game Statistics |
| Date: October 4, 1942 Location: Pittsburgh, PA |
| Venue: Forbes Field Attendance: 9600 |
| Score By Quarters | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New York GiantsNYG | 3 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 10 |
| Pittsburgh SteelersPIT | 0 | 6 | 0 | 7 | 13 |
| Qtr | Team | Scoring Plays | NYG | PIT |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | New York GiantsNYG | Ward Cuff 37 FG | 3 | 0 |
| 2 | New York GiantsNYG | Merle Hapes 16 pass from Tuffy Leemans (Ward Cuff kick) | 10 | 0 |
| 2 | Pittsburgh SteelersPIT | Joe Hoague 3 run (Milt Simington kick failed) | 10 | 6 |
| 4 | Pittsburgh SteelersPIT | Curt Sandig 4 run (Armand Niccolai kick) | 10 | 13 |
| LINEUPS | ||
|---|---|---|
| New York Giants | ||
| 30 | LE | O'Neale Adams |
| 36 | LT | Frank Cope |
| 55 | LG | Chuck Avedisian |
| 7 | C | Mel Hein |
| 60 | RG | Monk Edwards |
| 32 | RT | Al Blozis |
| 24 | RE | Willie Walls |
| 4 | TB | Tuffy Leemans |
| 39 | BB | John Chickerneo |
| 44 | HB | Merle Hapes |
| 14 | WB | Ward Cuff |
| Pittsburgh Steelers | ||
| 30 | LE | Don Looney |
| 48 | LT | Elbie Schultz |
| 40 | LG | Mike Rodak |
| 42/21 | C | Chuck Cherundolo |
| 55 | RG | Milt Simington |
| 36 | RT | John Woudenberg |
| 45 | RE | Walt Kichefski |
| 35 | TB | Bill Dudley |
| 15 | BB | Vern Martin |
| 11 | HB | Curt Sandig |
| 12 | FB | Dick Riffle |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New York Giants | |||||
| Tuffy Leemans | 9 | 46 | 5.1 | 0 | |
| Merle Hapes | 9 | 44 | 4.9 | 16 | 0 |
| Ward Cuff | 7 | 31 | 4.4 | 9 | 0 |
| Leo Cantor | 2 | 3 | 1.5 | 2 | 0 |
| Andy Marefos | 2 | 2 | 1.0 | 2 | 0 |
| Al Owen | 1 | -3 | -3.0 | -3 | 0 |
| Pittsburgh Steelers | |||||
| Bill Dudley | 14 | 60 | 4.3 | 14 | 0 |
| Dick Riffle | 11 | 44 | 4.0 | 14 | 0 |
| Joe Hoague | 14 | 42 | 3.0 | 8 | 1 |
| Curt Sandig | 9 | 35 | 3.9 | 8 | 1 |
| Johnny Binotto | 1 | -1 | -1.0 | -1 | 0 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | TS | YL | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New York Giants | |||||||||||
| Tuffy Leemans | 8 | 3 | 37.5 | 1 | 37 | 4.6 | 1 | 52.6 | |||
| Merle Hapes | 1 | 1 | 100.0 | 0 | -10 | -10.0 | -10 | 0 | 79.2 | ||
| Leo Cantor | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 39.6 | |||
| Pittsburgh Steelers | |||||||||||
| Bill Dudley | 10 | 4 | 40.0 | 0 | 41 | 4.1 | 0 | 52.5 | |||
| Andy Tomasic | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | |||
| RECEIVING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New York Giants | |||||
| Merle Hapes | 1 | 16 | 16.0 | 16t | 1 |
| Ward Cuff | 1 | 12 | 12.0 | 12 | 0 |
| Willie Walls | 1 | 9 | 9.0 | 9 | 0 |
| Pittsburgh Steelers | |||||
| Curt Sandig | 1 | 18 | 18.0 | 18 | 0 |
| Walt Kichefski | 1 | 10 | 10.0 | 10 | 0 |
| Dick Riffle | 1 | 7 | 7.0 | 7 | 0 |
| Don Looney | 1 | 6 | 6.0 | 6 | 0 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New York Giants | |||||
| Merle Hapes | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 3 | 0 |
| Pittsburgh Steelers | |||||
| Bill Dudley | 1 | 14 | 14.0 | 14 | 0 |
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New York Giants | |||||
| Leo Cantor | 3 | 129 | 43.0 | 47 | 0 |
| Pittsburgh Steelers | |||||
| Curt Sandig | 5 | 195 | 39.0 | 48 | 0 |
| Andy Tomasic | 1 | 33 | 33.0 | 33 | 0 |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New York Giants | ||||||
| Pittsburgh Steelers | ||||||
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New York Giants | ||||||
| Pittsburgh Steelers | ||||||
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