1941 Pittsburgh Steelers 1-7 Score By Quarter 1st 2nd 3rd 4th OT Tot 1941 Pittsburgh 17 16 7 20 0 60 Opponent 38 61 61 30 0 190 Team Opp W/L Game Scores Points 60 190 1-0 14 @Cleveland 10 57ø 15-25 First Downs 66 98 1-1 7 Philadelphia 26 69ø 0-5 Rain Rush 38 55 1-2 3 New York (N) 30 77ø 0-5 Pass 24 40 1-3 27 Washington 28 67ø 0-10 Pen 4 3 1-4 6 @New York (N) 24 58ø 15-25 Rain Penalties 38 44 1-5 3 @Chicago B 41 48ø 0-5 Rain Yards 275 288 1-6 0 @Washington 14 64ø 0-5 Rain 1-7 0 @Philadelphia 17 66ø 10-20 Rushing Att 254 284 Yards 979 995 Ave 3.9 3.5 TD 0 14 Passing Att 134 122 Comp 30 56 % 22.4 45.9 Int 40 12 % 29.9 9.8 TD 4 5 % 3.0 4.1 Yards 614 766 Sacked 4 5 Punt Return 18 24 Yards 275 257 Ave 15.3 10.7 Kick Return 28 11 Yards 531 245 Ave 19.0 22.3 Punts 36 40 Yards 1417 1769 Ave 39.4 44.2 FG Att 11 15 Made 6 10 % 54.5 66.7 Third Downs 100 94 Made 25 33 % 25.0 35.1 Fourth Downs 5 2 Made 3 2 % 60.0 100.0 Safeties 0 0 Fumbles 19 16 Lost 7 12 Turnovers 47 24 Net Offense 1561 1724 Per Play 4.0 4.2 1941 Pittsburgh Steelers Rushing Att Yds Ave 10 FD Lg TD Receiving Rec Dp Yds Ave 25 FD Lg TD Riffle 64 306 4.8 11 14 58 0 Looney 11 4 238 21.6 4 10 50 1 Jones,A 47 261 5.6 9 9 34 0 Kichefski 7 3 219 31.3 3 6 77 3 Hackney 57 195 3.4 2 7 31 0 Wendlick 5 2 76 15.2 0 5 16 0 Hoague 24 83 3.5 3 3 14 0 Hoague 2 1 17 8.5 0 1 11 0 McDonough 9 60 6.7 1 1 28 0 Hackney 2 0 13 6.5 0 0 7 0 Brumbaugh 32 53 1.7 0 3 4 0 Riffle 1 3 12 12.0 0 1 12 0 Noppenberg 10 11 1.1 0 1 6 0 Jones 1 3 30 30.0 1 1 30 0 Starret 5 7 1.4 0 0 3 0 Platukas 1 0 9 9.0 0 0 9 0 Dodson 2 3 1.5 0 0 2 0 30 16 614 20.5 8 24 77 4 Arnold 2 3 1.5 0 0 2 0 Woudenberg 1 -1 -1.0 0 0 0 0 Donelli 1 -2 -2.0 0 0 0 0 254 979 3.9 26 38 58 0 Passing Att Cmp C% Yds Ave Lg Bd 25 In I% Sk TD TD% Rate Zopetti 1 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 1 0 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 39.6 Brumbaugh 42 11 26.2 272 24.7 77 7 3 13 31.0 2 3 7.1 38.3 McDonough 40 13 32.5 208 16.0 30 6 3 6 15.0 1 1 2.5 19.6 Riffle 20 3 15.0 102 34.0 50 2 2 7 35.0 1 0 0.0 8.8 Donelli 7 1 14.3 13 13.0 13 2 0 4 57.1 0 0 0.0 0.0 Dodson 6 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 2 0 4 66.7 0 0 0.0 0.0 Jones,A 18 2 11.1 19 9.5 12 3 0 6 33.3 0 0 0.0 0.0 134 30 22.4 614 20.5 77 23 8 40 29.9 4 4 3.0 16.5 Kicking XPA XPM XP% FGA FGM FG% 40+ 50+ Lg Pts Niccolai 5 5 100.0 9 5 55.6 0.0 0.0 35 20 Somers 1 1 100.0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0 1 Sanders 0 0 0.0 2 1 50.0 0.0 0.0 24 3 Punting No Yards Lg TB BK 20 Ret Yds Net Gross Jones,A 4 158 44 0 0 1 4 38 30.0 39.5 Hoague 21 803 57 2 0 2 13 138 29.8 38.2 Noppenberg 11 456 60 1 0 2 7 81 32.3 41.5 Kick Returns No Yards Ave Lg TD Punt Returns No FC Yards Ave Lg TD McDonough 1 27 27.0 27 0 Jones,A 17 7 277 16.3 29 0 Jones,A 21 411 19.6 29 0 Brumbaugh 1 0 -2 -2.0 0 0 Riffle 3 54 18.0 28 0 18 7 275 15.3 29 0 Brumbaugh 3 39 13.0 16 0 28 531 19.0 29 0 Fumbles Hackney 6 Riffle 3 Looney 1 Brumbaug 1 Starret 1 Hackney 6 Jones,A 4 Hoague 2 Starret 1 McDonoug 1 Hoague 2 Sacks Hurries Stuffs Deflections Forced Fmb Fumble Rec Wendlick 3 Wendlick 4 Somers 7 Kichefsk 4 Cherundo 4 Cherundo 3 Kichefsk 2 Kichefsk 3 Wendlick 6 Cherundo 4 Arnold 3 Somers 3 Platukas 1 Kichefsk 5 Jones,A 2 Niccolai 2 Wendlick 2 Niccolai 1 Arnold 4 Arnold 2 Somers 2 Niccolai 2 Coomer 1 Niccolai 3 McDonoug 1 Kichefsk 1 Donelli 2 Cherundo 3 Pirro 1 Wendlick 1 Jones,A 1 Coomer 2 Riffle 1 Hackney 1 Hackney 1 Donelli 1 Donelli 1 Jones,A 1 Hoague 1 Pirro 1 Riffle 1 Looney 1 McDonoug 1 Coomer 1 Doyle 1 Sanders 1 Tackles Cherundo 45 Pirro 24 Coomer 13 Hackney 4 Woudenbe 2 Nery 1 Arnold 42 Kichefsk 24 Brumbaug 12 Schiechl 3 Harper 2 Zopetti 1 Wendlick 36 Donelli 23 McDonoug 12 Bassi 3 Patrick 2 Williams 1 Jones,A 33 Somers 22 Doyle 8 Schultz 3 Dolly 1 Niccolai 26 Riffle 20 Kahler 5 Starret 2 Looney 1 Ints No Yds Ave Lg TD Jones,A 4 49 12.3 21 0 Donelli 2 19 9.5 12 0 Riffle 2 36 18.0 36 0 Cherundol 2 13 6.5 13 0 Pirro 1 0 0.0 0 0 Arnold 1 0 0.0 0 0 12 117 9.8 36 0 1941 Pittsburgh Steelers Coach: Walt Kiesling Quarterbacks Dur Run Sho Bkwy Special QB Brumbaugh,Boyd 4 B 3 3 RET QB McDonough,Corley 5 B 3 3 ALL QB Jones,Art 5 B 3 4 ALL QB Riffle,Dick 4 B 3 3 ALL QB Donelli,Al 3 B 3 3 ALL QB Dodson,Les 1 B 1 3 P QB Zopetti,Frank 5 B 1 3 Skill Players BkR BkP Dur Att Yds Lg Ave Rec No Yds Lg Ave Special RB Hackney,Elmer 2 1 4 63 253 31 4.0 1 1 10 10 10.0 RET RB Hoague,Joe 2 1 4 33 112 29 3.4 1 2 21 14 10.5 P RB Noppenberg,John 2 1 1 11 16 8 1.5 0 0 0 0 0.0 P RB Starret,Ben 2 1 5 7 9 15 1.3 0 0 0 0 0.0 RB Arnold,Jay 2 1 4 2 4 4 2.0 1 1 5 5 5.0 RB Pirro,Rocco 2 1 5 1 1 1 1.0 1 2 31 19 15.5 RB Patrick,John 2 1 5 0 0 0 0.0 1 1 12 12 12.0 QB-RB Riffle,Dick 1 0 4 109 388 54 3.6 1 2 24 14 12.0 ALL QB-RB Brumbaugh,Boyd 1 0 4 68 114 8 1.7 1 1 1 1 1.0 RET QB-RB Jones,Art 1 0 5 52 239 34 4.6 1 4 121 59 30.3 ALL QB-RB McDonough,Corley 1 0 5 20 64 28 3.2 0 0 0 0 0.0 ALL QB-RB Donelli,Al 1 0 3 15 32 7 2.1 1 2 25 14 12.5 ALL TE-WR Looney,Don 2 0 4 0 0 0 0.0 4 10 186 66 18.6 TE-WR Wendlick,Joe 2 0 5 0 0 0 0.0 2 7 84 19 12.0 TE-WR Kichefski,Walt 2 0 5 0 0 0 0.0 1 5 111 72 22.2 QB-RB Dodson,Les 1 0 1 2 -4 6 -2.0 0 0 0 0 0.0 P TE-WR Platukas,George 2 0 5 0 0 0 0.0 1 2 15 11 7.5 TE-WR Kolberg,Elmer 2 0 2 0 0 0 0.0 1 1 2 2 2.0 TE-WR Dolly,Dick 1 0 4 1 2 2 2.0 0 0 0 0 0.0 QB-RB Zopetti,Frank 1 0 5 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0.0 Lineman BkR BkP Dur Special C Cherundolo,Chuck 6 6 5 C Schiechl,John 5 5 5 C Harper,Moose 4 4 5 G Bassi,Dick 6 6 5 G Sanders,Jack 6 6 4 K G Nery,Carl 4 4 4 G Schultz,Elbie 4 4 4 G Williams,Don 4 4 3 T Somers,George 6 6 4 K T Niccolai,Armand 6 6 4 K T Doyle,Ted 4 4 4 T Kahler,Royal 4 4 4 T Woudenberg,John 4 4 5 T Coomer,Joe 4 4 4 Defense Overall Run Pass Rush Dur Sacks Int Special DT Niccolai,Armand 5 5 0 1 4 0 0 K DT Somers,George 5 5 0 1 4 0 0 K DT Coomer,Joe 4 4 0 1 4 0 0 DT Doyle,Ted 4 4 0 1 4 0 0 DT Kahler,Royal 4 4 0 1 4 0 0 DT Woudenberg,John 4 4 0 1 5 0 0 DE Wendlick,Joe 6 4 0 6 5 12 0 DE Kichefski,Walt 6 4 0 6 5 12 0 DE Platukas,George 4 3 0 3 5 8 0 DE Kolberg,Elmer 4 3 0 3 2 8 0 DE Dolly,Dick 3 2 0 2 4 0 0 LB Cherundolo,Chuck 5 4 2 0 5 0 1 LB Arnold,Jay 5 4 2 0 4 0 1 LB Patrick,John 4 4 1 0 5 0 1 LB Schiechl,John 4 4 1 0 5 0 1 LB Pirro,Rocco 4 4 1 0 5 0 1 LB Harper,Moose 3 2 1 0 5 0 0 LB Starret,Ben 3 2 1 0 5 0 0 DB Jones,Art 8 2 6 0 5 0 7 ALL DB Riffle,Dick 8 2 6 0 4 0 6 ALL DB Donelli,Al 4 1 3 0 3 0 1 ALL DB Brumbaugh,Boyd 4 1 3 0 4 0 0 RET DB McDonough,Corley 4 1 3 0 5 0 0 ALL DB Looney,Don 4 1 3 0 4 0 0 DB Hackney,Elmer 4 1 3 0 4 0 0 RET DB Zopetti,Frank 3 1 2 0 5 0 0 DB Dodson,Les 3 1 2 0 1 0 0 P DB Hoague,Joe 3 1 2 0 4 0 0 P DB Noppenberg,John 3 1 2 0 1 0 0 P Special Teams