1934 Pittsburgh Pirates (NFL) season

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1934 Pittsburgh Pirates season
Head Coach Luby DiMelio
Home Field Forbes Field
Results
Record 2-10
Place 5th Eastern Division
Playoff Finish none
Timeline
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1933 1935

The 1934 Pittsburgh Pirates (later becoming the Pittsburgh Steelers in 1940) begin the season with a new coach, Luby DiMelio, but again find themselves finishing in 5th place in the Eastern Division. The Pirates suffer a miserable 2-10 season, in which they were shut out in 5 games and only scored more than 10 points in 3 games.

One point of interest of the season is the arrival of John McNally for one season from the Green Bay Packers. Unfortunately this All-Pro and future Hall of Famer did not have much of an impact for the Pirates before returning to the Packers the next season.

Contents

[edit] Regular Season

[edit] Schedule

Week Date Opponent Result
1 September 9th Cincinnati Reds W 13-0
2 September 16th Boston Redskins L 0-7
3 September 26th Philadelphia Eagles L 0-7
4 October 3rd New York Giants L 12-14
5 October 7th @Philadelphia Eagles W 9-7
6 October 10th Chicago Bears L 0-28
7 October 14th @Boston Redskins L 0-39
8 October 21th @New York Giants L 7-17
9 October 28th @Brooklyn Dodgers L 3-21
10 November 4th @Detroit Lions L 7-40
11 November 11th @St. Louis Gunners L 0-6
12 November 18th Brooklyn Dodgers L 0-10

[edit] Game Summaries

[edit] Week 1 (Sunday September 9, 1934): Cincinnati Reds

1 2 3 4 Total
Reds 0 0 0 0 0
Pirates 0 7 0 6 13

at Forbes Field, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

  • Game time:
  • Game weather:
  • Game attendance: 14,164
  • Referee:
  • TV announcers:

Scoring drives:

  • Pittsburgh - Clark 27 lateral from Sorlet after pass from Heller (Kelsch kick)
  • Pittsburgh - FG Kelsch 13
  • Pittsburgh - FG Niccolai 13

[edit] Week 2 (Sunday September 16, 1934): Boston Redskins

1 2 3 4 Total
Redskins 0 0 7 0 7
Pirates 0 0 0 0 0

at Forbes Field, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

  • Game time:
  • Game weather:
  • Game attendance: 17,171
  • Referee:
  • TV announcers:

Scoring drives:

  • Boston - Malone 16 pass from Hokuf (Battles kick)

[edit] Week 4 (Wednesday September 26, 1934): Philadelphia Eagles

1 2 3 4 Total
Eagles 0 7 7 3 17
Pirates 0 0 0 0 0

at Forbes Field, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

  • Game time:
  • Game weather:
  • Game attendance: 11,559
  • Referee:
  • TV announcers:

Scoring drives:

  • Philadelphia - Hanson 16 run (Hanson kick)
  • Philadelphia - Hanson 34 pass from Kirkman (Hajek kick)
  • Philadelphia - FG Wiener 17

[edit] Week 5 (Wednesday October 3, 1934): New York Giants

1 2 3 4 Total
Giants 7 0 7 0 14
Pirates 6 6 0 0 12

at Forbes Field, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

  • Game time:
  • Game weather:
  • Game attendance: 13,020
  • Referee:
  • TV announcers:

Scoring drives:

  • New York - Badgro 25 pass from Newman (Newman kick)
  • Pittsburgh - Skladany 28 pass from Heller (kick failed)
  • Pittsburgh - Heller 2 run (kick failed)
  • New York - Strong 7 run (Newman kick)

[edit] Week 5 (Sunday October 7, 1934): Philadelphia Eagles

1 2 3 4 Total
Pirates 3 0 0 6 9
Eagles 0 0 0 7 7

at Baker Bowl, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

  • Game time:
  • Game weather:
  • Game attendance: 9,000
  • Referee:
  • TV announcers:

Scoring drives:

  • Pittsburgh - FG Niccolai 28
  • Pittsburgh - Brovelli 5 run (kick blocked)
  • Philadelphia - Gonya 4 pass from Barnhardt (Kirkman kick)

[edit] Week 6 (Wednesday October 10, 1934): Chicago Bears

1 2 3 4 Total
Bears 7 7 0 14 28
Pirates 0 0 0 0 0

at Forbes Field, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

  • Game time:
  • Game weather:
  • Game attendance: 19,386
  • Referee:
  • TV announcers:

Scoring drives:

  • Chicago Bears - Ronzani 6 pass from Burmbaugh (Manders kick)
  • Chicago Bears - Feathers 82 run (Manders kick)
  • Chicago Bears - Molesworth 2 run (Manders kick)
  • Chicago Bears - Johnsos 3 pass from Molesworth (Manders kick)

[edit] Week 6 (Sunday October 14, 1934): Boston Redskins

1 2 3 4 Total
Pirates 0 0 0 0 0
Redskins 13 6 20 0 39

at Fenway Park, Boston, Massachusetts

  • Game time:
  • Game weather:
  • Game attendance: 15,515
  • Referee:
  • TV announcers:

Scoring drives:

  • Boston - Malone pass from Hokuf (kick failed)
  • Boston - Battles run (Wright kick)
  • Boston - Battles 19 run (kick failed)
  • Boston - Wright 59 run (Wright kick)
  • Boston - Pinckert run (kick failed)
  • Boston - McPhail 14 fumble return (McPhail kick)

[edit] Week 7 (Sunday October 21, 1934): New York Giants

1 2 3 4 Total
Pirates 0 0 0 7 7
Giants 3 0 7 7 17

at Polo Grounds, New York, New York

  • Game time:
  • Game weather:
  • Game attendance: 11,000
  • Referee:
  • TV announcers:

Scoring drives:

  • New York - FG Strong 44
  • New York - Strong 2 run (Strong kick)
  • New York - Smith 3 run (Molenda kick)
  • Pittsburgh - Sortet 21 pass from Vaughn (Kelsck kick)

[edit] Week 8 (Sunday October 28, 1934): Brooklyn Dodgers

1 2 3 4 Total
Pirates 3 0 0 0 3
Dodgers 7 0 0 14 21

at Ebbets Field, Brooklyn, New York

  • Game time:
  • Game weather:
  • Game attendance: 8,000
  • Referee:
  • TV announcers:

Scoring drives:

  • Brooklyn - Grossman 72 punt return (Kercheval kick)
  • Pittsburgh - FG Niccolai 50
  • Brooklyn - Grossman 26 pass from Cagle (Kercheval kick)
  • Brooklyn - Kercheval 15 pass from Montgomery (Kercheval kick)

[edit] Week 9 (Sunday November 4, 1934): Detroit Lions

1 2 3 4 Total
Pirates 7 0 0 6 13
Lions 7 13 13 7 40

"at University of Detroit Stadium, Detroit, Michigan

  • Game time:
  • Game weather:
  • Game attendance: 6,000
  • Referee:
  • TV announcers:

Scoring drives:

  • Pittsburgh - Skladany 62 pass from Vaughn (Niccolai kick)
  • Detroit - F. Christensen 1 run (Clark kick)
  • Detroit - Clark 45 run (kick failed)
  • Detroit - Ebding 37 pass from Caddel (Clark kick)

[edit] Week 10 (Sunday November 11, 1934): St. Louis Gunners

1 2 3 4 Total
Pirates 0 0 0 0 0
Gunners 0 6 0 0 6

at Sportsman's Park, St. Louis, Missouri

  • Game time:
  • Game weather:
  • Game attendance: 13,678
  • Referee:
  • TV announcers:

Scoring drives:

  • St. Louis - FG Senn 35
  • St. Louis - FG Alford 12

[edit] Week 11 (Sunday November 18, 1934): Brooklyn Dodgers

1 2 3 4 Total
Dodgers 0 0 10 0 10
Pirates 0 0 0 0 0

at Forbes Field, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

  • Game time:
  • Game weather:
  • Game attendance: 9,087
  • Referee:
  • TV announcers:

Scoring drives:

  • Brooklyn - Kercheval 23 pass from Cagle (Kercheval kick)
  • Brooklyn - FG Kercheval 22

[edit] Roster

Player Age Pos G GS Wt Ht College/Univ BirthDate Yrs
Angelo Brovelli 24 B 5 5 193 6’0 St. Mary's (CA) 8/21/1910 1
Ben Ciccone 25 C 11 0 197 5’10 Duquesne 10/10/1909 R
James Clark -- B 9 3 170 5’9 Pittsburgh unknown 1
Jack Dempsey 22 T 1 1 225 6’2 Bucknell 3/12/1912 R
Jap Douds 29 T-G-C 11 8 216 5’10 Washington & Jefferson 4/21/1905 4
Norm Greeney 24 G 11 3 212 5’11 Notre Dame 5/7/1910 1
Warren Heller 24 HB-TB 12 12 195 5’11 Pittsburgh 11/24/1910 R
George Kavel 24 HB 1 1 170 5’11 Carnegie Mellon 3/3/1910 R
Mose Kelsch 37 FB-HB 8 0 223 5’10 none 1/31/1897 1
Zvonimir Kvaternik 23 G 1 0 210 5’11 Kansas 10/18/1911 R
Jim Levey 28 B 1 1 156 5’10 none 9/13/1906 R
Basilio Marchi 25 G-C 5 4 220 6’2 NYU 7/14/1909 R
Harry Marker 24 B 1 0 155 5’6 West Virginia 9/17/1910 R
Johnny (Blood) McNally 31 TB-HB-WB-BB-DB 5 1 188 6’1 N.D., St. John's (MN), Wis-River Falls 11/27/1903 9
Buster Mott 25 B 1 0 193 5’8 Georgia 6/21/1909 1
Armand Niccolai 23 T-G 12 12 226 6’2 Duquesne 11/8/1911 R
Cap Oehler 24 C-LB 12 12 204 6’0 Purdue 8/5/1910 1
Bill Potts -- HB 1 0 200 Villanova unknown R
Jess Quatse 26 T 12 12 226 5’11 Pittsburgh 4/4/1908 1
Alex Rado 23 HB-DB 8 4 200 6’1 West Virginia Tech 7/19/1911 R
Peter Rajkovich 23 FB-LB 3 3 190 5’10 Detroit Mercy 1/17/1911 R
Dave Ribble 27 G-T 10 8 225 6’1 Hardin-Simmons 3/28/1907 2
Jack Roberts 24 B 6 0 210 6’0 Georgia 9/27/1910 2
Pete Saumer 24 B 3 0 195 6’1 St. Olaf 4/30/1910 R
Joe Skladany 23 E 12 12 210 5’10 Pittsburgh 5/25/1911 R
Ben Smith 23 E-BB-DE 11 10 208 6’3 Alabama 6/16/1911 1
Bull Snyder 23 G 5 0 230 6’2 Ohio 10/29/1911 R
Bill Sortet 22 E 12 1 187 6’1 West Virginia 6/25/1912 1
Ray Tesser 22 E-DE 12 1 204 6’2 Carnegie Mellon 6/2/1912 1
Harp Vaughan 31 B 11 7 150 5’7 none 11/19/1903 1
Henry Weinberg 24 G-T 8 1 190 5’7 Duquesne 3/4/1910 R
Silvio Zaninelli 21 B 11 11 207 5’10 Duquesne 12/9/1913 R

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