1941 Pittsburgh Steelers season

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1941 Pittsburgh Steelers season
Head Coach Aldo Donelli, Bert Bell, Walt Kiesling
Home Field Forbes Field
Results
Record 1-9-1
Place 5th NFL Eastern Division
Playoff Finish none
Timeline
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1940 1942

Contents

[edit] Regular season

[edit] Schedule

[edit] Game Summaries

[edit] Week 1 (Sunday September 7, 1941): Cleveland Rams

1 2 3 4 Total
Steelers 0 14 0 0 14
Rams 10 7 0 0 17

at Rubber Bowl, Akron, Ohio

  • Game time:
  • Game weather:
  • Game attendance: 23,720
  • Referee:

Scoring Drives:

  • Cleveland - Magnani 93 kick return (Adams kick)
  • Cleveland - FG Adams 40
  • Pittsburgh - Hackney 4 run (Sanders kick)
  • Pittsburgh - Jones 34 run (Sanders kick)
  • Cleveland - McDonough 10 pass from Hall (Adams kick)

[edit] Week 3 (Sunday, September 21, 1941): Philadelphia Eagles

1 2 3 4 Total
Eagles 0 3 7 0 10
Steelers 0 0 7 0 7

at Forbes Field, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

  • Game time:
  • Game weather:
  • Game attendance: 12,893
  • Referee:

Scoring Drives:

  • Philadelphia - FG Barnum 43
  • Pittsburgh - Brumbaugh 4 run (Sanders kick)
  • Philadelphia - Tomasetti 40 pass from DeSantis (Barnum kick)

[edit] Week 5 (Sunday October 5, 1941): New York Giants

1 2 3 4 Total
Giants 3 0 14 20 37
Steelers 3 0 7 0 10

at Forbes Field, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

  • Game time:
  • Game weather:
  • Game attendance: 13,458
  • Referee:

Scoring Drives:

  • Pittsburgh - FG Niccolai 22
  • New York - FG Marefos 24
  • New York - Cuff 9 pass from Leemans (Cuff kick)
  • Pittsburgh - Cichefski 72 pass from Brumbaugh (Niccolai kick)
  • New York - Yeager 53 pass from Pugh (Marefos kick)
  • New York - Poole 16 pss from Eshmont (Cuff kick)
  • New York - Reagan 21 run (kick failed)
  • New York - Reagan 8 run (Cuff kick)

[edit] Week 6 (Sunday October 12, 1941): Washington Redskins

1 2 3 4 Total
Resdkins 7 3 14 0 24
Steelers 0 7 0 13 20

at Forbes Field, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

  • Game time:
  • Game weather:
  • Game attendance: 30,842
  • Referee:

Scoring Drives:

  • Washington - Todd 35 pass from Filchock (Materson kick)
  • Pittsburgh - Riffle 10 pass from Donelli (Niccolai kick)
  • Washington - FG Aguirre 39
  • Washington - Todd 7 run (Masterson kick)
  • Washington - R. Hare 7 run (Masterson kick)
  • Pittsburgh - Jones 59 pass from McDonough (Niccolai kick)
  • Pittsburgh - Brumbaugh 1 run (kick failed)

[edit] Week 7 (Sunday October 19, 1941): New York Giants

1 2 3 4 Total
Steelers 0 7 0 0 7
Giants 0 7 7 14 28

at Polo Grounds, New York, New York

  • Game time:
  • Game weather:
  • Game attendance: 34,604
  • Referee:

Scoring Drives:

  • New York - Cope recovered blocked kick in end zone (Marefos kick)
  • Pittsburgh - Looney 66 pass from Brumbaugh (Sanders kick)
  • New York - Leemans 1 run (Cuff kick)
  • New York - Marefos 1 run (Marefos kick)
  • New York - Reagan 3 run (Marefos kick)

[edit] Week 8 (Sunday October 26, 1941): Chicago Bears

1 2 3 4 Total
Steelers 0 7 0 0 7
Bears 7 14 7 6 34

at Wrigley Field, Chicago, Illinois

  • Game time:
  • Game weather:
  • Game attendance: 17,212
  • Referee:

Scoring Drives:

  • Chicago Bears - Osmanski 13 run (Snyder kick)
  • Chicago Bears - McAfee 33 run (Snyder kick)
  • Chicago Bears - Kavanaugh 45 pass from Luckman (Maniaci kick)
  • Pittsburgh - Hoague 14 pass from Rivvle (Niccolai kick)
  • Chicago Bears - Pool 56 pass from Luckman
  • Chicago Bears - Gallameau 1 run (kick failed)

[edit] Week 9 (Sunday November 2, 1941): New York Giants

1 2 3 4 Total
Steelers 0 3 0 0 3
Redskins 7 10 0 6 23

at Griffith Stadium, Washington, DC

  • Game time:
  • Game weather:
  • Game attendance: 30,755
  • Referee:

Scoring Drives:

  • Washington - Moore 42 run (Masterson kick)
  • Washington - FG Aldrich 17
  • Pittsburgh - FG Niccolai 19
  • Washington - Farkas 1 run (Aguirre kick)
  • Washington - Carroll 25 interception (kick failed)

[edit] Week 10 (Sunday November 9, 1941): Philadelphia Eagles

1 2 3 4 Total
Steelers 0 0 7 0 7
Eagles 7 0 0 0 7

at Shibe Park, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

  • Game time:
  • Game weather:
  • Game attendance: 15,601
  • Referee:

Scoring Drives:

  • Philadelphia - Castiglia 47 run (Basca kick)
  • Pittsburgh - Jones 25 run (Sanders kick)

[edit] Week 11 (Sunday November 16, 1941): Brooklyn Dodgers

1 2 3 4 Total
Dodgers 7 0 0 0 7
Steelers 0 7 0 7 14

at Forbes Field, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

  • Game time:
  • Game weather:
  • Game attendance: 20,843
  • Referee:

Scoring Drives:

  • Brooklyn - Manders 3 run (Condit kick)
  • Pittsburgh - Riffle 1 run (Niccolai kick)
  • Pittsburgh - Jones 25 run (Niccolai kick)

[edit] Week 12 (Sunday November 23, 1941): Green Bay Packers

1 2 3 4 Total
Packers 0 26 7 21 54
Steelers 7 0 0 0 7

at Forbes Field, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

  • Game time:
  • Game weather:
  • Game attendance: 4,593
  • Referee:

Scoring Drives:

  • Pittsburgh - Hoague 1 run (Niccolai kick)
  • Green Bay - Hinkle 3 run (kick failed)
  • Green Bay - Hutson 8 pass from Isbell (kick failed)
  • Green Bay - Hinkle 1 run (Hutson kick)
  • Green Bay - Panell 26 fumble run (Hutson kick)
  • Green Bay - Urban 12 pass from Canadeo (Adkins kick)
  • Green Bay - Van Every 5 run (Adkins kick)
  • Green Bay - Van Every 31 run (Adkins kick)
  • Green Bay - Van Every 86 interception (Rohrig kick)

[edit] Week 13 (Sunday November 30, 1941): Brooklyn Dodgers

1 2 3 4 Total
Steelers 0 7 0 0 7
Dodgers 14 7 7 7 35

at Ebbets Field, Brooklyn, New York

  • Game time:
  • Game weather:
  • Game attendance: 12,336
  • Referee:

Scoring Drives:

  • Brooklyn - Condit 6 run (Condit kick)
  • Brooklyn - Condit 43 run (Condit kick)
  • Brooklyn - Kracum 1 run (McAdams kick)
  • Pittsburgh - Jones 6 run (Niccolai kick)
  • Brooklyn - Shetley 25 lateral from Schwartz after 32 pass from Parker (Condit kick)
  • Brooklyn - Kracum 17 run (Peace kick)

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