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1934 Pittsburgh Pirates (NFL)

5th place • Eastern Division • 2-10-0 .167

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Head Coach: Luby Di Meolo

Cad Reese	Assistant Coach
J.P. Rooney	Assistant Coach

SCORES
Day	Date		Opponent	Result				Location	Venue	Attendance
Sun	9/9/1934	H	Cincinnati Reds	13	0	W		Pittsburgh, PA	Forbes Field	14164
Sun	9/16/1934	H	Boston Redskins	0	7	L		Pittsburgh, PA	Forbes Field	17171
Wed	9/26/1934	H	Philadelphia Eagles	0	17	L		Pittsburgh, PA	Forbes Field	11559
Wed	10/3/1934	H	New York Giants	12	14	L		Pittsburgh, PA	Forbes Field	13020
Sun	10/7/1934	A	Philadelphia Eagles	9	7	W		Philadelphia, PA	Baker Bowl	9000
Wed	10/10/1934	H	Chicago Bears	0	28	L		Pittsburgh, PA	Forbes Field	19386
Sun	10/14/1934	A	Boston Redskins	0	39	L		Boston, MA	Fenway Park	15515
Sun	10/21/1934	A	New York Giants	7	17	L		New York, NY	Polo Grounds	11000
Sun	10/28/1934	A	Brooklyn Dodgers	3	21	L		New York, NY	Ebbets Field	8000
Sun	11/4/1934	A	Detroit Lions	7	40	L		Detroit, MI	University of Detroit Stadium	6000
Tue	11/6/1934	A	Warren Hyvis Oils	33	6	W		Warren, PA	Russell Field	3000
Sun	11/11/1934	A	St. Louis Gunners	0	6	L		St. Louis, MO	Sportsman's Park	13678
Sun	11/18/1934	H	Brooklyn Dodgers	0	10	L		Pittsburgh, PA	Forbes Field	9087
Sun	11/25/1934	A	St. Louis Gunners	0	10	L		St. Louis, MO	Sportsman Park	8500
Sun	12/2/1934	H	College All-Stars	20	7	W		Pittsburgh, PA	Forbes Field	18000

Exhibition game. Playoff game. A=Away game. H=Home game. N=Neutral site game. W=Win. L=Loss. T=Tie. OT=Overtime.

ROSTER
Player	No	Pos	Ht	Wt	Age	College	GP	GS
Johnny Blood	10	WB-RDH-TB-LDH	6-1	188	31	St. John's (Minnesota)	5	1
Angie Brovelli	14	FB-LB-WB-RDH	6-0	193	24	St. Mary's (California)	5	5
Ben Ciccone	16	C-MG	5-9	207	25	Duquesne	10	0
Jimmy Clark	27	FB-LB-WB-RDH-TB-LDH	5-9	174	30	Pittsburgh	8	3
Forrest Douds	44	LOG-LDG-ROG-RDG-ROT-RDT	5-10	216	29	Washington & Jefferson	10	8
Norm Greeney	30	LOG-LDG-ROG-RDG-LOT-LDT	5-11	212	24	Notre Dame	10	3
Warren Heller	15	TB-LDH-FB-LB	5-11	195	24	Pittsburgh	12	12
George Kavel	14	WB-RDH	5-11	170	24	Carnegie Mellon	1	1
Mose Kelsch	37	FB-LB-TB-LDH	5-10	223	37	none	7	0
Zvonimir Kvaternik	19	OG-DG	5-11	210	23	Kansas	1	0
Jim Levey		WB-RDH	5-10	156	28	none	1	1
Basilio Marchi	24	ROG-RDG	6-2	220	26	New York University	5	4
Harry Marker	13	BB-S	5-6	155	24	West Virginia	1	0
Norm Mott	13	BB-S	5-8	193	25	Georgia	1	0
Armand Niccolai	17	ROT-RDT	6-2	226	23	Duquesne	12	12
Johnny Oehler	33	C-MG	6-0	204	24	Purdue	12	12
Jesse Quatse	11	LOT-LDT	5-11	226	26	Pittsburgh	12	12
Alex Rado	12	WB-RDH	6-1	200	23	West Virginia Tech	9	4
Pete Rajkovich	19	FB-LB	5-10	190	23	Detroit Mercy	3	3
Dave Ribble	18	ROG-RDG-LOG-LDG	6-1	216	27	Hardin-Simmons	10	8
Jack Roberts	19	FB-LB-BB-S	6-0	210	24	Georgia	5	0
Syl Saumer	36	FB-LB-WB-RDH	6-1	195	24	St. Olaf	2	0
Joe Skladany	23	ROE-RDE	5-10	210	23	Pittsburgh	12	12
Ben Smith	29	LOE-LDE	6-3	208	23	Alabama	11	10
Bill Snyder	25	ROG-RDG-LOG-LDG-OT-DT	6-2	230	23	Ohio University	4	0
Bill Sortet	20	LOE-LDE-ROE-RDE	6-1	187	25	West Virginia	11	1
Ray Tesser	40	LOE-LDE-ROE-RDE	6-2	204	22	Carnegie Mellon	11	1
Harp Vaughan	21	BB-S-WB-RDH-BB-S	5-7	150	31	Indiana (Pennsylvania)	11	7
Henry Weinberg	26	LOG-LDG-ROG-RDG	5-7	190	24	Duquesne	7	1
Silvio Zaninelli	22	BB-S-FB-LB-WB-RDH	5-10	207	21	Duquesne	11	11

SCORING BY QUARTERS	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	PTS
Team Totals	19	13	0	19	51
Opponents Totals	44	39	71	52	206

TEAM STATS	TOP	1st Downs	FDR	FDP	FDX	3rd Down Efficiency	4th Down Efficiency	PEN	PENY
Team Totals						/ %	/ %
Opponents Totals						/ %	/ %

SCORING	TD	X1	X1A	PCT	FG	FGA	PCT	SAF	PTS
Joe Skladany	2	0	0		0			0	12
Armand Niccolai	0	1	2	50.0	3			0	10
Angie Brovelli	1	0	0		0			0	6
Jimmy Clark	1	0	0		0			0	6
Warren Heller	1	0	0		0			0	6
Bill Sortet	1	0	0		0			0	6
Mose Kelsch	0	2	4	50.0	1			0	5
Team Totals	6	3	6	50.0	4			0	51
Opponents Totals	28	23	28	82.1	5			0	206

FIELD GOALS	MADE	ATT	PCT	BL	LG	1-19	20-29	30-39	40-49	50+
Armand Niccolai	3				50	1/	1/	0/	0/	1/
Mose Kelsch	1				13	1/	0/	0/	0/	0/
Team Totals	4				50	2/	1/	0/	0/	1/
Opponents Totals	5					2/	1/	1/	1/	0/

RUSHING	ATT	YDS	AVG	LG	TD
Warren Heller	132	528	4.0		1
Alex Rado	38	210	5.5		0
Harp Vaughan	58	196	3.4		0
Pete Rajkovich	39	140	3.6		0
Angie Brovelli	37	112	3.0		1
Jimmy Clark	31	84	2.7		0
Jim Levey	9	69	7.7		0
Silvio Zaninelli	24	60	2.5		0
Jack Roberts	24	55	2.3		0
Norm Mott	5	24	4.8		0
Syl Saumer	7	21	3.0		0
Johnny Oehler	2	14	7.0		0
Mose Kelsch	3	11	3.7		0
George Kavel	5	5	1.0		0
Johnny Blood	3	3	1.0		0
Ben Ciccone	1	-5	-5.0	-5	0
Team Totals	418	1527	3.7		2
Opponents Totals	517	2569	5.0		15

PASSING	ATT	COM	PCT	INC	YDS	Y/ATT	Y/COM	LG	TD	TD%	INT	INT%	TS	YL	NYP	RTG
Warren Heller	112	31	27.7	66	511	4.6	16.5		2	1.8	15	13.4				12.5
Harp Vaughan	42	19	45.2	18	262	6.2	13.8		2	4.8	5	11.9				42.1
Alex Rado	24	8	33.3	14	179	7.5	22.4		0	0.0	2	8.3				26.2
Johnny Blood	1	0	0.0	1	0	0.0			0	0.0	0	0.0				39.6
Jimmy Clark	1	0	0.0	1	0	0.0			0	0.0	0	0.0				39.6
Jesse Quatse	1	0	0.0	1	0	0.0			0	0.0	0	0.0				39.6
Ray Tesser	1	0	0.0	1	0	0.0			0	0.0	0	0.0				39.6
Silvio Zaninelli	1	0	0.0	1	0	0.0			0	0.0	0	0.0				39.6
Syl Saumer	3	0	0.0	2	0	0.0			0	0.0	1	33.3				0.0
Team Totals	186	58	31.2	105	952	5.1	16.4		4	2.2	23	12.4				17.0
Opponents Totals	133	45	33.8	68	610	4.6	13.6		10	7.5	20	15.0				34.9

RECEIVING	REC	YDS	AVG	LG	TD
Ben Smith	14	218	15.6		0
Joe Skladany	9	222	24.7		2
Bill Sortet	7	93	13.3		1
Warren Heller	6	96	16.0	28	0
Alex Rado	5	93	18.6	30	0
Ray Tesser	5	67	13.4		0
Harp Vaughan	2	56	28.0	51	0
Silvio Zaninelli	2	14	7.0	10	0
Jimmy Clark	1	28	28.0	28t	1
Johnny Blood	1	10	10.0	10	0
Team Totals	58	952	16.4		4
Opponents Totals	45	610	13.6		10

INTERCEPTIONS	INT	YDS	AVG	LG	TD
Team Totals	20				0
Opponents Totals	23				2

PUNTING	NO	YDS	AVG	LG	BL	TB	I20	RYDS	NYDS	NET
Team Totals
Opponents Totals

PUNT RETURNS	NO	FC	YDS	AVG	LG	TD
Team Totals						0
Opponents Totals						1

KICKOFF RETURNS	NO	FC	YDS	AVG	LG	TD
Team Totals						0
Opponents Totals						0

FUMBLES	NO	LOST	OWN	OPP	REC	YDS	TD
Team Totals							0
Opponents Totals							0

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