1941 Pittsburgh Steelers (NFL) |
| 5th place • Eastern Division • 1-9-1 .100 |
| Head Coach: Bert Bell (0-2-0); Aldo Donelli (0-5); Walt Kiesling (1-2-1) |
| Walt Kiesling | Assistant Coach |
| SCORES | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Day | Date | Opponent | Result | Location | Venue | Attendance | |||
| Mon | 9/1/1941 | H | Detroit Lions | 7-0 | W | PIttsburgh, PA | Forbes Field | 10917 | |
| Sun | 9/7/1941 | A | Cleveland Rams | 14-17 | L | Akron, OH | Rubber Bowl | 23720 | |
| Sun | 9/21/1941 | H | Philadelphia Eagles | 7-10 | L | Pittsburgh, PA | Forbes Field | 12893 | |
| Sun | 10/5/1941 | H | New York Giants | 10-37 | L | Pittsburgh, PA | Forbes Field | 13458 | |
| Sun | 10/12/1941 | H | Washington Redskins | 20-24 | L | Pittsburgh, PA | Forbes Field | 18733 | |
| Sun | 10/19/1941 | A | New York Giants | 7-28 | L | New York, NY | Polo Grounds | 24604 | |
| Sun | 10/26/1941 | A | Chicago Bears | 7-34 | L | Chicago, IL | Wrigley Field | 17217 | |
| Sun | 11/2/1941 | A | Washington Redskins | 3-23 | L | Washington, DC | Griffith Stadium | 30755 | |
| Sun | 11/9/1941 | A | Philadelphia Eagles | 7-7 | T | Philadelphia, PA | Shibe Park | 15601 | |
| Sun | 11/16/1941 | H | Brooklyn Dodgers | 14-7 | W | Pittsburgh, PA | Forbes Field | 20843 | |
| Sun | 11/23/1941 | H | Green Bay Packers | 7-54 | L | Pittsburgh, PA | Forbes Field | 15202 | |
| Sun | 11/30/1941 | A | Brooklyn Dodgers | 7-35 | L | New York, NY | Ebbets Field | 12336 | |
| ROSTER | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Player | No | Pos | Ht | Wt | Age | College | GP | GS |
| Jay Arnold | 34 | HB-RDH-BB-S | 6-1 | 210 | 29 | Texas | 10 | 4 |
| Dick Bassi | 35 | ROG-RDG | 5-11 | 214 | 26 | Santa Clara | 11 | 11 |
| Boyd Brumbaugh | 10 | TB-LDH-FB-LB-BB-S | 5-11 | 195 | 26 | Duquesne | 10 | 7 |
| Chuck Cherundolo | 21 | C-LB | 6-1 | 215 | 25 | Penn State | 11 | 9 |
| Joe Coomer | 24 | LOT-LDT-ROT-RDT | 6-5 | 281 | 24 | Texas A&M: Austin | 10 | 6 |
| Les Dodson | 5 | TB-LDH | 6-1 | 180 | 25 | Mississippi | 2 | 0 |
| Dick Dolly | 32 | LOE-LDE | 6-3 | 211 | 24 | West Virginia | 8 | 4 |
| Al Donelli | 3 | TB-LDH | 5-7 | 165 | 24 | Duquesne | 7 | 0 |
| Ted Doyle | 28 | ROT-RDT | 6-2 | 224 | 27 | Nebraska | 9 | 2 |
| Elmer Hackney | 20 | FB-LB | 6-1 | 202 | 25 | Kansas State | 11 | 4 |
| Red Hickey | 39 | OE-DE | 6-2 | 204 | 24 | Arkansas | 1 | 0 |
| Joe Hoague | 37 | FB-LB-WB-RDH | 6-2 | 203 | 23 | Colgate | 10 | 1 |
| Art Jones | 12 | WB-RDH-TB-LDH | 6-2 | 186 | 22 | Richmond | 11 | 9 |
| Royal Kahler | 46 | OT-DT | 6-2 | 226 | 23 | Nebraska | 8 | 0 |
| Walt Kichefski | 45 | ROE-RDE-LOE-LDE | 6-1 | 212 | 25 | Miami (Florida) | 11 | 5 |
| Elmer Kolberg | 8/16 | OE-DE-QB-S | 6-4 | 201 | 25 | Oregon State | 5 | 0 |
| Don Looney | 30 | ROE-RDE | 6-2 | 182 | 25 | Texas Christian | 9 | 0 |
| Frank Maher | 76 | HB-DH | 6-1 | 195 | 23 | Toledo | 2 | 0 |
| Coley McDonough | 11 | TB | 6-1 | 189 | 26 | North Carolina State; Dayton | 6 | 1 |
| Carl Nery | 40 | OG-DG | 6-0 | 217 | 24 | Duquesne | 10 | 0 |
| Armand Niccolai | 5 | LOT-LDT-ROT-RDT | 6-2 | 226 | 30 | Duquesne | 8 | 0 |
| John Noppenberg | 50 | TB-LDH-WB-RDH | 6-0 | 196 | 24 | Miami (Florida) | 4 | 2 |
| John Patrick | 17 | BB-S-FB-LB | 6-0 | 202 | 23 | Penn State | 11 | 8 |
| Rocco Pirro | 23 | BB-S-C-LB | 6-0 | 226 | 25 | Catholic | 11 | 1 |
| George Platukis | 33 | LOE-LDE | 6-0 | 196 | 26 | Duquesne | 11 | 7 |
| Dick Riffle | 39/22 | TB-LDH-FB-LB | 6-1 | 200 | 26 | Albright | 10 | 7 |
| Jack Sanders | 55 | LOG-LD-ROG-RDG | 6-0 | 219 | 24 | Southern Methodist | 10 | 3 |
| Johnny Schiechl | 44 | C-LB | 6-3 | 244 | 24 | Santa Clara | 5 | 2 |
| Elbie Schultz | 48 | LOG-LDG-LOT-LDT | 6-4 | 252 | 24 | Oregon State | 10 | 9 |
| George Somers | 14 | LOT-LDT | 6-2 | 253 | 26 | La Salle | 10 | 5 |
| Ben Starrett | 15 | TB-LDH | 5-10 | 213 | 24 | St. Mary's (California); Northeastern Louisiana JC | 4 | 0 |
| Joe Wendlick | 59 | ROE-RDE | 6-0 | 213 | 26 | Oregon State | 11 | 6 |
| Don Williams | 38 | OG-DG | 5-8 | 210 | 22 | Texas | 6 | 0 |
| John Woudenberg | 36 | ROT-RDT | 6-3 | 226 | 23 | Denver | 11 | 8 |
| Frank Zoppetti | 76 | TB-LDH | 5-11 | 185 | 25 | Duquesne | 4 | 0 |
| DRAFT LIST | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Round | Overall | Player | Pos | College |
| 2 | 12 | Chet Gladchuk | C | Boston College |
| 3 | 18 | Johnny Knolla | B | Creighton |
| 4 | 27 | Jimmy Ringgold | B | Wake Forest |
| 5 | 33 | Vic Sears | T | Oregon State |
| 6 | 42 | Bob Suffridge | G | Tennessee |
| 7 | 53 | Jim Roberts | C | Marshall |
| 9 | 73 | Erwin Elrod | E | Mississippi State |
| 10 | 82 | Ralph Fritz | G | Michigan |
| 11 | 93 | Emil Uremovich | T | Indiana |
| 12 | 102 | Paul Severin | E | North Carolina |
| 13 | 113 | Russ Cotton | B | Texas-El Paso |
| 14 | 122 | J.W. Goree | G | Louisiana State |
| 15 | 133 | John Eibner | T | Kentucky |
| 16 | 142 | Wes McAfee | B | Duke |
| 17 | 153 | Terry Fox | B | Miami (Florida) |
| 18 | 162 | Bill Cornwell | T | Furman |
| 19 | 173 | George Kerr | G | Boston College |
| 20 | 182 | Bob Bjorklund | E | Minnesota |
| 21 | 192 | Jim Castiglia | B | Georgetown (DC) |
| 22 | 199 | Mort Landsberg | B | Cornell |
| SCORING BY QUARTERS | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team Totals | 10 | 52 | 21 | 20 | 103 |
| Opponents Totals | 62 | 70 | 70 | 74 | 276 |
| TEAM STATS | TOP | 1st Downs | FDR | FDP | FDX | 3rd Down Efficiency | 4th Down Efficiency | PEN | PENY |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team Totals | 75 | 49 | 18 | 8 | / % | / % | 44 | 363 | |
| Opponents Totals | 116 | 72 | 34 | 10 | / % | / % | 54 | 495 |
| SCORING | TD | X1 | X1A | PCT | FG | FGA | PCT | SAF | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Art Jones | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30 | ||
| Armand Niccolai | 0 | 8 | 9 | 88.9 | 2 | 4 | 50.0 | 0 | 14 |
| Boyd Brumbaugh | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | ||
| Joe Hoague | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | ||
| Dick Riffle | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | ||
| Elmer Hackney | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Walt Kichefski | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Don Looney | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Jack Sanders | 0 | 5 | 5 | 100.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | |
| George Somers | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Team Totals | 14 | 13 | 14 | 92.9 | 2 | 6 | 33.3 | 0 | 103 |
| Opponents Totals | 38 | 36 | 38 | 94.7 | 5 | 12 | 41.7 | 0 | 276 |
| FIELD GOALS | MADE | ATT | PCT | BL | LG | 1-19 | 20-29 | 30-39 | 40-49 | 50+ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Armand Niccolai | 2 | 4 | 50.0 | 0 | 22 | 1/1 | 1/3 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0/0 |
| George Somers | 0 | 2 | 0.0 | 0 | 0/2 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | |
| Team Totals | 2 | 6 | 33.3 | 0 | 22 | 1/3 | 1/3 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0/0 |
| Opponents Totals | 5 | 12 | 41.7 | 1/ | 1/ | 1/ | 2/ | 0/ |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dick Riffle | 109 | 388 | 3.6 | 54 | 1 |
| Elmer Hackney | 63 | 253 | 4.0 | 31 | 1 |
| Art Jones | 62 | 239 | 3.9 | 34t | 4 |
| Boyd Brumbaugh | 68 | 114 | 1.7 | 8 | 2 |
| Joe Hoague | 33 | 112 | 3.4 | 29 | 1 |
| Coley McDonough | 20 | 64 | 3.2 | 28 | 0 |
| John Noppenberg | 10 | 21 | 2.1 | 0 | |
| Al Donelli | 15 | 20 | 1.3 | 7 | 0 |
| Ben Starrett | 7 | 9 | 1.3 | 15 | 0 |
| Jay Arnold | 2 | 4 | 2.0 | 4 | 0 |
| Dick Dolly | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 2 | 0 |
| Rocco Pirro | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 1 | 0 |
| Les Dodson | 2 | -4 | -2.0 | 6 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 393 | 1223 | 3.1 | 54 | 9 |
| Opponents Totals | 426 | 1556 | 3.7 | 23 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INC | YDS | Y/ATT | Y/COM | LG | TD | TD% | INT | INT% | TS | YL | NYP | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Boyd Brumbaugh | 41 | 13 | 31.7 | 20 | 260 | 6.3 | 20.0 | 72t | 2 | 4.9 | 8 | 19.5 | 31.6 | |||
| Coley McDonough | 41 | 12 | 29.3 | 22 | 200 | 4.9 | 16.7 | 59 | 1 | 2.4 | 7 | 17.1 | 16.0 | |||
| Dick Riffle | 39 | 8 | 20.5 | 22 | 88 | 2.3 | 11.0 | 22 | 1 | 2.6 | 9 | 23.1 | 8.5 | |||
| Art Jones | 23 | 6 | 26.1 | 14 | 86 | 3.7 | 14.3 | 19 | 0 | 0.0 | 3 | 13.0 | 3.1 | |||
| Al Donelli | 8 | 2 | 25.0 | 3 | 13 | 1.6 | 6.5 | 10 | 1 | 12.5 | 3 | 37.5 | 39.6 | |||
| Les Dodson | 8 | 1 | 12.5 | 4 | 7 | 0.9 | 7.0 | 7 | 0 | 0.0 | 3 | 37.5 | 0.0 | |||
| Elmer Hackney | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 39.6 | |||||
| Joe Hoague | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 39.6 | |||||
| Frank Zoppetti | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 39.6 | |||||
| Ben Starrett | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 50.0 | 0.0 | |||||
| John Noppenberg | 3 | 0 | 0.0 | 3 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 39.6 | |||||
| Team Totals | 168 | 42 | 25.0 | 92 | 654 | 3.9 | 15.6 | 72t | 5 | 3.0 | 34 | 20.2 | 13.6 | |||
| Opponents Totals | 189 | 84 | 44.4 | 86 | 1168 | 6.2 | 13.9 | 10 | 5.3 | 19 | 10.1 | 42.9 |
| RECEIVING | REC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Don Looney | 10 | 186 | 18.6 | 66t | 1 |
| Joe Wendlick | 7 | 84 | 12.0 | 19 | 0 |
| Walt Kichefski | 5 | 111 | 22.2 | 72t | 1 |
| Art Jones | 4 | 121 | 30.3 | 59 | 1 |
| Al Donelli | 2 | 25 | 12.5 | 14 | 0 |
| Joe Hoague | 2 | 21 | 10.5 | 14 | 1 |
| Rocco Pirro | 2 | 31 | 15.5 | 19 | 0 |
| George Platukis | 2 | 15 | 7.5 | 11 | 0 |
| Dick Riffle | 2 | 24 | 12.0 | 14 | 1 |
| Jay Arnold | 1 | 5 | 5.0 | 5 | 0 |
| Dick Bassi | 1 | 6 | 6.0 | 6 | 0 |
| Boyd Brumbaugh | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 1 | 0 |
| Elmer Hackney | 1 | 10 | 10.0 | 10 | 0 |
| Elmer Kolberg | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 2 | 0 |
| John Patrick | 1 | 12 | 12.0 | 12 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 42 | 654 | 15.6 | 72t | 5 |
| Opponents Totals | 84 | 1168 | 13.9 | 10 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Art Jones | 7 | 35 | 5.0 | 12 | 0 |
| Dick Riffle | 6 | 93 | 15.5 | 29 | 0 |
| John Patrick | 1 | 25 | 25.0 | 25 | 0 |
| Al Donelli | 1 | 18 | 18.0 | 18 | 0 |
| Chuck Cherundolo | 1 | 13 | 13.0 | 13 | 0 |
| Rocco Pirro | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 2 | 0 |
| Jay Arnold | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Johnny Schiechl | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 19 | 186 | 9.8 | 29 | 0 |
| Opponents Totals | 34 | 596 | 17.5 | 2 |
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL | TB | I20 | RYDS | NYDS | NET |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Art Jones | 47 | 1772 | 37.7 | 51 | 0 | |||||
| Joe Hoague | 17 | 631 | 37.1 | 55 | 0 | |||||
| John Noppenberg | 7 | 270 | 38.6 | 44 | 0 | |||||
| Coley McDonough | 7 | 260 | 37.1 | 65 | 0 | |||||
| Dick Riffle | 7 | 246 | 35.1 | 51 | 1 | |||||
| Al Donelli | 1 | 41 | 41.0 | 41 | 0 | |||||
| Les Dodson | 1 | 34 | 34.0 | 34 | 0 | |||||
| Team Totals | 87 | 3254 | 37.4 | 65 | 1 | 516 | ||||
| Opponents Totals | 65 | 372 |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Art Jones | 14 | 232 | 16.6 | 61 | 0 | |
| Boyd Brumbaugh | 7 | 60 | 8.6 | 11 | 0 | |
| Dick Riffle | 3 | 38 | 12.7 | 16 | 0 | |
| Coley McDonough | 2 | 28 | 14.0 | 23 | 0 | |
| Al Donelli | 1 | 11 | 11.0 | 11 | 0 | |
| Elmer Hackney | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 3 | 0 | |
| Team Totals | 28 | 372 | 13.3 | 61 | 0 | |
| Opponents Totals | 45 | 516 | 11.5 | 0 |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Boyd Brumbaugh | 11 | 271 | 24.6 | 53 | 0 | |
| Dick Riffle | 9 | 237 | 26.3 | 56 | 0 | |
| Art Jones | 7 | 122 | 17.4 | 0 | ||
| Al Donelli | 4 | 83 | 20.8 | 0 | ||
| Coley McDonough | 4 | 77 | 19.3 | 0 | ||
| Ben Starrett | 2 | 42 | 21.0 | 0 | ||
| John Noppenberg | 1 | 24 | 24.0 | 24 | 0 | |
| Walt Kichefski | 1 | 18 | 18.0 | 18 | 0 | |
| Joe Hoague | 1 | 17 | 17.0 | 17 | 0 | |
| Don Looney | 1 | 16 | 16.0 | 16 | 0 | |
| John Patrick | 1 | 12 | 12.0 | 12 | 0 | |
| Jack Sanders | 1 | 8 | 8.0 | 8 | 0 | |
| Royal Kahler | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 3 | 0 | |
| Team Totals | 44 | 930 | 21.1 | 0 | ||
| Opponents Totals | 21 | 536 | 25.5 | 1 |
| FUMBLES | NO | LOST | OWN | OPP | REC | YDS | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team Totals | 32 | 15 | 17 | 8 | 25 | 0 | |
| Opponents Totals | 17 | 8 | 9 | 15 | 24 |
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