1942 Pittsburgh Steelers season

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1942 Pittsburgh Steelers season
Head Coach Walt Kiesling
Home Field Forbes Field
Results
Record 7-4
Place 2nd NFL Eastern Division
Playoff Finish none
Timeline
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1941 1943

Contents

[edit] Regular season

[edit] Schedule

[edit] Game Summaries

[edit] Week 1 (Sunday September 13, 1942): Philadelphia Eagles

1 2 3 4 Total
Eagles 7 7 3 7 24
Steelers 7 0 0 7 14

at Forbes Field, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

  • Game time:
  • Game weather:
  • Game attendance: 13,349
  • Referee:

Scoring Drives:

  • Pittsburgh - Dudley 44 run (Binotto kick)
  • Philadelphia - Davis 3 run (Barnum kick)
  • Philadelphia - Supulski 41 pass from Thompson (Graves kick)
  • Philadelphia - FG Barnum 24
  • Philadelphia Meyer 12 pass from Thompson (Barnum kick)
  • Pittsburgh - Looney 24 pass from Dudley

[edit] Week 2 (Sunday, September 20, 1942): Washington Redskins

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

at Griffith Stadium, Washington, DC

  • Game time:
  • Game weather:
  • Game attendance: 25,000
  • Referee:

Scoring Drives:

  • Washington - Juzwik 2 run (Juzwik kick)
  • Pittsburgh - Dudley 84 kick return (Sanders kick)
  • Pittsburgh - Riffle 1 run (Sanders kick)
  • Washington - Aldrich 50 blocked field goal return (Juzwik kick)
  • Washington - Juzwik 39 run (Juzwik kick)
  • Washington - Justice 3 pass from Baugh

[edit] Week 4 (Sunday October 4, 1942): New York Giants

1 2 3 4 Total
Giants 3 7 0 0 10
Steelers 0 6 0 7 13

at Forbes Field, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

  • Game time:
  • Game weather:
  • Game attendance: 9,600
  • Referee:

Scoring Drives:

  • New York - FG Cuff 37
  • New York - Hapes 15 pass from Leemans (Cuff kick)
  • Pittsburgh - Hoague 3 run (kick failed)
  • Pittsburgh - Sandig 4 run (Niccolai kick)

[edit] Week 5 (Sunday October 11, 1942): Brooklyn Dodgers

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

at Ebbets Field, Brooklyn, New York

  • Game time:
  • Game weather:
  • Game attendance: 17,689
  • Referee:

Scoring Drives:

  • Pittsburgh - Dudley 7 run (Niccolai kick)

[edit] Week 6 (Sunday October 18, 1942): Philadelphia Eagles

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

at Shibe Park, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

  • Game time:
  • Game weather:
  • Game attendance: 12,500
  • Referee:

Scoring Drives:

  • Pittsburgh - Sandig 39 run (Niccolai kick)
  • Pittsburgh - Riffle 1 run (Niccolai kick)

[edit] Week 7 (Sunday October 25, 1942): Washington Redskins

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

at Forbes Field, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

  • Game time:
  • Game weather:
  • Game attendance: 37,746
  • Referee:

Scoring Drives:

  • Washington - Todd 3 pass from Baugh (Masterson kick)
  • Washington - Cifers 9 blocked punt return (Masterson kick)

[edit] Week 8 (Sunday November 1, 1942): New York Giants

1 2 3 4 Total
Steelers 0 10 0 7 17
Giants 3 0 0 6 9

at Polo Grounds, New York, New York

  • Game time:
  • Game weather:
  • Game attendance: 19,346
  • Referee:

Scoring Drives:

  • New York Giants - FG Cuff 18
  • Pittsburgh - Sandig 64 punt return (Niccolai kick)
  • Pittsburgh - FG Simington 16
  • New York Giants - Cuff 35 pass from Cantor (Cuff kick)
  • Pittsburgh - Dudley 66 run (Niccolai kick)

[edit] Week 9 (Sunday November 8, 1942): Detroit Lions

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

at Briggs Stadium, Detroit, Michigan

  • Game time:
  • Game weather:
  • Game attendance: 16,473
  • Referee:

Scoring Drives:

  • Detroit - Hackney run (Lio kick)
  • Pittsburgh - Sandig 8 run (Niccolai kick)
  • Pittsburgh - Brown 9 lateral from Kichefski after 15 pass from Dudley (Sanders kick)
  • Pittsburgh - Dudley 37 run (Sanders kick)
  • Pittsburgh - Riffle 1 run (Sanders kick)
  • Pittsburgh - Lamas 29 fumble run (Sommers kick)

[edit] Week 10 (Sunday November 22, 1942): Chicago Cardinals

1 2 3 4 Total
Cardinals 3 0 0 0 3
Steelers 7 3 0 9 19

at Forbes Field, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

  • Game time:
  • Game weather:
  • Game attendance: 20,711
  • Referee:

Scoring Drives:

  • Chicago Cardinals - FG Daddio 38
  • Pittsburgh - Riffle 44 run (Sanders kick)
  • Pittsburgh - FG Niccolai 22
  • Pittsburgh - FG Nicolai 30
  • Pittsburgh - Gonda 27 run (kick failed)

[edit] Week 11 (Sunday November 29, 1942): Brooklyn Dodgers

1 2 3 4 Total
Dodgers 0 0 0 0 0
Steelers 0 7 0 6 13

at Forbes Field, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

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

Scoring Drives:

  • Pittsburgh - Tomasic 52 punt return (Niccolai kick)
  • Pittsburgh - Gonda 68 run (kick failed)

[edit] Week 12 (Sunday December 6, 1942): Green Bay Packers

1 2 3 4 Total
Steelers 0 0 7 14 21
Packers 7 3 0 14 24

at Wisconsin State Fair Park, Milwaukee, Wisconsin

  • Game time:
  • Game weather:
  • Game attendance: 5,138
  • Referee:

Scoring Drives:

  • Green Bay - Brock 20 pass from Isbell (Hutson kick)
  • Green Bay - FG Hutson 20
  • Pittsburgh - Martin 53 lateral from Riffle after run (Niccolai kick)
  • Green Bay - Jacunski 49 pass from Isbell (Hutson kick)
  • Green Bay - Rucinski 24 pass from Isbell (Hutson kick)
  • Pittsburgh - Dudley 3 run (Simington kick)
  • Pittsburgh - Martin 24 pass from Dudley (Sanders kick)

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