1939 Pittsburgh Pirates (NFL) season

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1939 Pittsburgh Pirates season
Head Coach John McNally, Walt Kiesling
Home Field Forbes Field
Results
Record 1-9-1
Place 5th NFL Eastern Division
Playoff Finish none
Timeline
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1938 1940

Contents

[edit] Regular season

[edit] Schedule

[edit] Game Summaries

[edit] Week 2 (Thursday September 14, 1939): Brooklyn Dodgers

1 2 3 4 Total
Pirates 0 7 0 0 7
Dodgers 3 7 0 2 12

at Ebbets Field, Brooklyn, New York

  • Game time:
  • Game weather:
  • Game attendance: 19,444
  • Referee:

Scoring Drives:

  • Brooklyn - FG Kercheval 27
  • Pittsburgh - Platikus 30 pass from Wheeler (Niccolai kick)
  • Brooklyn - Parker 10 run (Kinard kick)
  • Brooklyn - Safety, Wheeler tackled in end zone by Hill

[edit] Week 3 (Sunday, September 24, 1939): Chicago Cardinals

1 2 3 4 Total
Cardinals 7 0 0 3 10
Pirates 0 0 0 0 0

at Forbes Field, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

  • Game time:
  • Game weather:
  • Game attendance: 19,008
  • Referee:

Scoring Drives:

  • Chicago Cardinals - Goldberg 4 run (Monahan kick)
  • Chicago Cardinals - FG Monahan 32

[edit] Week 4 (Monday October 2, 1939): Chicago Bears

1 2 3 4 Total
Bears 0 13 13 6 32
Pirates 0 0 0 0 0

at Forbes Field, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

  • Game time:
  • Game weather:
  • Game attendance: 10,325
  • Referee:

Scoring Drives:

  • Chicago Bears - Omanski 21 run (Stydahar kick)
  • Chicago Bears - Manske 24 pass from Masterson (kick failed)
  • Chicago Bears - Maniaci 75 run (kick failed)
  • Chicago Bears - Maniaci 4 run (Manders kick)
  • Chicago Bears - MacLeod 29 pass from Patterson (kick failed)

[edit] Week 5 (Sunday September 29, 1939): New York Giants

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

at Forbes Field, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

  • Game time:
  • Game weather:
  • Game attendance: 9,663
  • Referee:

Scoring Drives:

  • Pittsburgh - Johnson 1 run (Niccolai kick)
  • New York - Cuff 20 pass from Danowski (Cuff kick)
  • New York - Cuff 5 pass from Danowski (Cuff kick)

[edit] Week 6 (Sunday October 15, 1939): Washington Redskins

1 2 3 4 Total
Pirates 7 7 0 0 14
Redskins 13 6 19 6 44

at Griffith Stadium, Washington, DC

  • Game time:
  • Game weather:
  • Game attendance: 25,982
  • Referee:

Scoring Drives:

  • Washington - German 15 run (kick failed)
  • Pittsburgh - Francis run (Niccolai kick)
  • Washington - German 14 run (Russell kick)
  • Pittsburgh - McDonough 3 pass from Tomasetti (Niccolai kick)
  • Washington - Farkas 11 run (kick blocked)
  • Washington - Farkas 99 pass from Filchock (kick failed)
  • Washington - Todd 19 pass from Filchock (Todd kick)
  • Washington - Todd 60 run (kick failed)
  • Washington - Justice 33 run (kick failed)

[edit] Week 7 (Sunday October 22, 1939): Washington Redskins

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

at Forbes Field, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

  • Game time:
  • Game weather:
  • Game attendance: 8,602
  • Referee:

Scoring Drives:

  • Washington - Millner 56 pass from Filchock (Russell kick)
  • Washington - Farkas 40 pass from Filchock (Russell kick)
  • Pittsburgh - Boyd pass from McDonough (Niccolai kick)
  • Washington - Irwin 25 run (Farkas kick)
  • Pittsburgh - Brumbaugh pass from McDonough (Niccolai kick)

[edit] Week 8 (Sunday October 29, 1939): Cleveland Rams

1 2 3 4 Total
Pirates 0 0 0 0 0
Rams 7 0 0 7 14

at Cleveland Municipal Stadium, Cleveland, Ohio

  • Game time:
  • Game weather:
  • Game attendance: 11,579
  • Referee:

Scoring Drives:

  • Cleveland - Hall 88 run (Spadaccini kick)
  • Pittsburgh - McCullough 9 run (Niccolai kick)
  • Pittsburgh - Boyd 27 pass from McCullough (Niccolai kick)
  • Cleveland - Drake 3 run (Spadaccini kick)

[edit] Week 9 (Monday November 6, 1939): Brooklyn Dodgers

1 2 3 4 Total
Pirates 0 3 3 7 13
Dodgers 0 7 7 3 17

at Ebbets Field, Brooklyn, New York

  • Game time:
  • Game weather:
  • Game attendance: 8,951
  • Referee:

Scoring Drives:

  • Brooklyn - Schwartz 9 pass from Parker (Kinard kick)
  • Pittsburgh - FG Niccolai 25
  • Pittsburgh - FG Niccolai 37
  • Brooklyn - Parker 28 run (Kinard kick)
  • Brooklyn - FG Parker 28
  • Pittsburgh - Sortet 22 pass from McCullough (Niccolai kick)

[edit] Week 11 (Sunday November 19, 1939): Pittsburgh Pirates

1 2 3 4 Total
Pirates 0 0 0 7 7
Giants 7 7 3 7 24

at Polo Grounds, New York, NY

  • Game time:
  • Game weather:
  • Game attendance: 19,372
  • Referee:

Scoring Drives:

  • New York - Soar 2 run (Strong kick)
  • New York - FG Barnum 37
  • New York - FG Barnum 28
  • New York - FG Strong 24
  • Pittsburgh - Brumbaugh 19 run (Niccolai kick)
  • New York - Miller 21 run (Barnum kick)

[edit] Week 12 (Thursday November 23, 1939): Philadelphia Eagles

1 2 3 4 Total
Pirates 0 0 0 14 14
Eagles 0 7 3 7 17

at Shibe Park, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

  • Game time:
  • Game weather:
  • Game attendance: 20,000
  • Referee:

Scoring Drives:

  • Philadelphia - Carter 65 pass from O'Brien (Murray kick)
  • Philadelphia - FG Murray 32
  • Pittsburgh - Brumbaugh 1 run (Niccolai kick)

[edit] Week 13 (Sunday November 26, 1939): Philadelphia Eagles

1 2 3 4 Total
Eagles 0 0 6 6 12
Pirates 3 14 7 0 24

at Forbes Field, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

  • Game time:
  • Game weather:
  • Game attendance: 8,788
  • Referee:

Scoring Drives:

  • Pittsburgh - FG Niccolai 28
  • Pittsburgh - Johnston 2 run (Niccolai kick)
  • Pittsburgh - Tomasetti 1 run (Niccolai kick)
  • Pittsburgh - Platukis 37 pss from Brumbaugh (Niccolai kick)
  • Philadelphia - O'Brien 2 run (kick blocked)
  • Philadelphia - Bukant 3 run (kick blocked)

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