Pittsburgh Steelers

Walt Kiesling



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

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