Regular season 1939 Pittsburgh Pirates (NFL) season

1 regular season

1.1 schedule
1.2 game summaries

1.2.1 week 1 (thursday september 14, 1939): brooklyn dodgers
1.2.2 week 2 (sunday, september 24, 1939): chicago cardinals
1.2.3 week 3 (monday october 2, 1939): chicago bears
1.2.4 week 4 (sunday october 8, 1939): new york giants
1.2.5 week 5 (sunday october 15, 1939): washington redskins
1.2.6 week 6 (sunday october 22, 1939): washington redskins
1.2.7 week 7 (sunday october 29, 1939): cleveland rams
1.2.8 week 8 (monday november 6, 1939): brooklyn dodgers
1.2.9 week 9 (sunday november 19, 1939): new york giants
1.2.10 week 10 (thursday november 23, 1939): philadelphia eagles
1.2.11 week 11 (sunday november 26, 1939): philadelphia eagles

regular season
schedule

game summaries
week 1 (thursday september 14, 1939): brooklyn dodgers

at ebbets field, brooklyn, new york

game time:
game weather:
game attendance: 19,444
referee:

scoring drives:

brooklyn – fg kercheval 27
pittsburgh – platukis 30 pass wheeler (niccolai kick)
brooklyn – parker 10 run (kinard kick)
brooklyn – safety, wheeler tackled in end zone hill

week 2 (sunday, september 24, 1939): chicago cardinals

at forbes field, pittsburgh, pennsylvania

game time:
game weather:
game attendance: 19,008
referee:

scoring drives:

chicago cardinals – goldberg 4 run (monahan kick)
chicago cardinals – fg monahan 32

week 3 (monday october 2, 1939): chicago bears

at forbes field, pittsburgh, pennsylvania

game time:
game weather:
game attendance: 10,325
referee:

scoring drives:

chicago bears – omanski 21 run (stydahar kick)
chicago bears – manske 24 pass masterson (kick failed)
chicago bears – maniaci 75 run (kick failed)
chicago bears – maniaci 4 run (manders kick)
chicago bears – macleod 29 pass patterson (kick failed)

between game , next, pirates shoehorned in midseason exhibition game against mckeesport olympics, in mckeesport on october 4. pirates won game, 9–6.

week 4 (sunday october 8, 1939): new york giants

at forbes field, pittsburgh, pennsylvania

game time:
game weather:
game attendance: 9,663
referee:

scoring drives:

pittsburgh – johnson 1 run (niccolai kick)
new york – cuff 20 pass danowski (cuff kick)
new york – cuff 5 pass danowski (cuff kick)

week 5 (sunday october 15, 1939): washington redskins

at griffith stadium, washington, dc

game time:
game weather:
game attendance: 25,982
referee:

scoring drives:

washington – german 15 run (kick failed)
pittsburgh – francis run (niccolai kick)
washington – german 14 run (russell kick)
pittsburgh – mcdonough 3 pass tomasetti (niccolai kick)
washington – farkas 11 run (kick blocked)
washington – farkas 99 pass filchock (kick failed)
washington – todd 19 pass filchock (todd kick)
washington – todd 60 run (kick failed)
washington – justice 33 run (kick failed)

week 6 (sunday october 22, 1939): washington redskins

at forbes field, pittsburgh, pennsylvania

game time:
game weather:
game attendance: 8,602
referee:

scoring drives:

washington – millner 56 pass filchock (russell kick)
washington – farkas 40 pass filchock (russell kick)
pittsburgh – boyd pass mcdonough (niccolai kick)
washington – irwin 25 run (farkas kick)
pittsburgh – brumbaugh pass mcdonough (niccolai kick)

week 7 (sunday october 29, 1939): cleveland rams

at cleveland municipal stadium, cleveland, ohio

game time:
game weather:
game attendance: 11,579
referee:

scoring drives:

cleveland – hall 88 run (spadaccini kick)
pittsburgh – mccullough 9 run (niccolai kick)
pittsburgh – boyd 27 pass mccullough (niccolai kick)
cleveland – drake 3 run (spadaccini kick)

week 8 (monday november 6, 1939): brooklyn dodgers

at ebbets field, brooklyn, new york

game time:
game weather:
game attendance: 8,951
referee:

scoring drives:

brooklyn – schwartz 9 pass parker (kinard kick)
pittsburgh – fg niccolai 25
pittsburgh – fg niccolai 37
brooklyn – parker 28 run (kinard kick)
brooklyn – fg parker 28
pittsburgh – sortet 22 pass mccullough (niccolai kick)

week 9 (sunday november 19, 1939): new york giants

at polo grounds, new york, ny

game time:
game weather:
game attendance: 19,372
referee:

scoring drives:

new york – soar 2 run (strong kick)
new york – fg barnum 37
new york – fg barnum 28
new york – fg strong 24
pittsburgh – brumbaugh 19 run (niccolai kick)
new york – miller 21 run (barnum kick)

week 10 (thursday november 23, 1939): philadelphia eagles

at shibe park, philadelphia, pennsylvania

game time:
game weather:
game attendance: 20,000
referee:

scoring drives:

philadelphia – carter 65 pass o brien (murray kick)
philadelphia – fg murray 32
pittsburgh – brumbaugh 1 run (niccolai kick)

week 11 (sunday november 26, 1939): philadelphia eagles

at forbes field, pittsburgh, pennsylvania

game time:
game weather:
game attendance: 8,788
referee:

scoring drives:

pittsburgh – fg niccolai 28
pittsburgh – johnston 2 run (niccolai kick)
pittsburgh – tomasetti 1 run (niccolai kick)
pittsburgh – platukis 37 pss brumbaugh (niccolai kick)
philadelphia – o brien 2 run (kick blocked)
philadelphia – bukant 3 run (kick blocked)




^ ten interesting things 1939 nfl season couldn t fit other article season archived april 28, 2012, @ wayback machine. john hogrogian.