1942 Pittsburgh Steelers season

Infobox NFL season
team = Pittsburgh Steelers
year = 1942
record = 7-4
division_place = 2nd NFL Eastern Division
coach = Walt Kiesling
stadium = Forbes Field
playoffs = none
previous = 1941
next = 1943

Regular season

chedule

Game Summaries

Week 1 (Sunday September 13, 1942): Philadelphia Eagles

Linescore Amfootball
Road=Eagles
R1=7
R2=7
R3=3
R4=7
Home=Steelers
H1=7
H2=0
H3=0
H4=7"at Forbes Field, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania"

* Game time:
* Game weather:
* Game attendance: 13,349
* Referee:

Scoring Drives:

* Pittsburgh - Dudley 44 run (Binotto kick)
* Philadelphia - Davis 3 run (Barnum kick)
* Philadelphia - Supulski 41 pass from Thompson (Graves kick)
* Philadelphia - FG Barnum 24
* Philadelphia Meyer 12 pass from Thompson (Barnum kick)
* Pittsburgh - Looney 24 pass from Dudley

Week 2 (Sunday, September 20, 1942): Washington Redskins

Linescore Amfootball
Road=Steelers
R1=0
R2=0
R3=14
R4=0
Home=Redskins
H1=0
H2=7
H3=7
H4=14"at Griffith Stadium, Washington, DC"

* Game time:
* Game weather:
* Game attendance: 25,000
* Referee:

Scoring Drives:

* Washington - Juzwik 2 run (Juzwik kick)
* Pittsburgh - Dudley 84 kick return (Sanders kick)
* Pittsburgh - Riffle 1 run (Sanders kick)
* Washington - Aldrich 50 blocked field goal return (Juzwik kick)
* Washington - Juzwik 39 run (Juzwik kick)
* Washington - Justice 3 pass from Baugh

Week 4 (Sunday October 4, 1942): New York Giants

Linescore Amfootball
Road=Giants
R1=3
R2=7
R3=0
R4=0
Home=Steelers
H1=0
H2=6
H3=0
H4=7"at Forbes Field, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania"

* Game time:
* Game weather:
* Game attendance: 9,600
* Referee:

Scoring Drives:

* New York - FG Cuff 37
* New York - Hapes 15 pass from Leemans (Cuff kick)
* Pittsburgh - Hoague 3 run (kick failed)
* Pittsburgh - Sandig 4 run (Niccolai kick)

= Week 5 (Sunday October 11, 1942): Brooklyn Dodgers =

Linescore Amfootball
Road=Steelers
R1=0
R2=7
R3=0
R4=0
Home=Dodgers
H1=0
H2=0
H3=0
H4=0"at Ebbets Field, Brooklyn, New York"

* Game time:
* Game weather:
* Game attendance: 17,689
* Referee:

Scoring Drives:

* Pittsburgh - Dudley 7 run (Niccolai kick)

Week 6 (Sunday October 18, 1942): Philadelphia Eagles

Linescore Amfootball
Road=Steelers
R1=0
R2=0
R3=7
R4=7
Home=Eagles
H1=0
H2=0
H3=0
H4=0"at Shibe Park, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania"

* Game time:
* Game weather:
* Game attendance: 12,500
* Referee:

Scoring Drives:

* Pittsburgh - Sandig 39 run (Niccolai kick)
* Pittsburgh - Riffle 1 run (Niccolai kick)

Week 7 (Sunday October 25, 1942): Washington Redskins

Linescore Amfootball
Road=Redskins
R1=0
R2=7
R3=7
R4=0
Home=Steelers
H1=0
H2=0
H3=0
H4=0"at Forbes Field, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania"

* Game time:
* Game weather:
* Game attendance: 37,746
* Referee:

Scoring Drives:

* Washington - Todd 3 pass from Baugh (Masterson kick)
* Washington - Cifers 9 blocked punt return (Masterson kick)

Week 8 (Sunday November 1, 1942): New York Giants

Linescore Amfootball
Road=Steelers
R1=0
R2=10
R3=0
R4=7
Home=Giants
H1=3
H2=0
H3=0
H4=6"at Polo Grounds, New York, New York"

* Game time:
* Game weather:
* Game attendance: 19,346
* Referee:

Scoring Drives:

* New York Giants - FG Cuff 18
* Pittsburgh - Sandig 64 punt return (Niccolai kick)
* Pittsburgh - FG Simington 16
* New York Giants - Cuff 35 pass from Cantor (Cuff kick)
* Pittsburgh - Dudley 66 run (Niccolai kick)

Week 9 (Sunday November 8, 1942): Detroit Lions

Linescore Amfootball
Road=Steelers
R1=0
R2=14
R3=14
R4=7
Home=Lions
H1=7
H2=0
H3=0
H4=0"at Briggs Stadium, Detroit, Michigan"

* Game time:
* Game weather:
* Game attendance: 16,473
* Referee:

Scoring Drives:

* Detroit - Hackney run (Lio kick)
* Pittsburgh - Sandig 8 run (Niccolai kick)
* Pittsburgh - Brown 9 lateral from Kichefski after 15 pass from Dudley (Sanders kick)
* Pittsburgh - Dudley 37 run (Sanders kick)
* Pittsburgh - Riffle 1 run (Sanders kick)
* Pittsburgh - Lamas 29 fumble run (Sommers kick)

Week 10 (Sunday November 22, 1942): Chicago Cardinals

Linescore Amfootball
Road=Cardinals
R1=3
R2=0
R3=0
R4=0
Home=Steelers
H1=7
H2=3
H3=0
H4=9"at Forbes Field, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania"

* Game time:
* Game weather:
* Game attendance: 20,711
* Referee:

Scoring Drives:

* Chicago Cardinals - FG Daddio 38
* Pittsburgh - Riffle 44 run (Sanders kick)
* Pittsburgh - FG Niccolai 22
* Pittsburgh - FG Nicolai 30
* Pittsburgh - Gonda 27 run (kick failed)

= Week 11 (Sunday November 29, 1942): Brooklyn Dodgers =

Linescore Amfootball
Road=Dodgers
R1=0
R2=0
R3=0
R4=0
Home=Steelers
H1=0
H2=7
H3=0
H4=6"at Forbes Field, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania"

* Game time:
* Game weather:
* Game attendance: 4,593
* Referee:

Scoring Drives:

* Pittsburgh - Tomasic 52 punt return (Niccolai kick)
* Pittsburgh - Gonda 68 run (kick failed)

Week 12 (Sunday December 6, 1942): Green Bay Packers

Linescore Amfootball
Road=Steelers
R1=0
R2=0
R3=7
R4=14
Home=Packers
H1=7
H2=3
H3=0
H4=14"at Wisconsin State Fair Park, Milwaukee, Wisconsin"

* Game time:
* Game weather:
* Game attendance: 5,138
* Referee:

Scoring Drives:

* Green Bay - Brock 20 pass from Isbell (Hutson kick)
* Green Bay - FG Hutson 20
* Pittsburgh - Martin 53 lateral from Riffle after run (Niccolai kick)
* Green Bay - Jacunski 49 pass from Isbell (Hutson kick)
* Green Bay - Rucinski 24 pass from Isbell (Hutson kick)
* Pittsburgh - Dudley 3 run (Simington kick)
* Pittsburgh - Martin 24 pass from Dudley (Sanders kick)

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