1941 Pittsburgh Steelers season

Infobox NFL season
team = Pittsburgh Steelers
year = 1941
record = 1-9-1
division_place = 5th NFL Eastern Division
coach = Aldo Donelli, Bert Bell, Walt Kiesling
stadium = Forbes Field
playoffs = none
previous = 1940
next = 1942

Regular season

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Game Summaries

Week 1 (Sunday September 7, 1941): Cleveland Rams

Linescore Amfootball
Road=Steelers
R1=0
R2=14
R3=0
R4=0
Home=Rams
H1=10
H2=7
H3=0
H4=0"at Rubber Bowl, Akron, Ohio"

* Game time:
* Game weather:
* Game attendance: 23,720
* Referee:

Scoring Drives:

* Cleveland - Magnani 93 kick return (Adams kick)
* Cleveland - FG Adams 40
* Pittsburgh - Hackney 4 run (Sanders kick)
* Pittsburgh - Jones 34 run (Sanders kick)
* Cleveland - McDonough 10 pass from Hall (Adams kick)

Week 3 (Sunday, September 21, 1941): Philadelphia Eagles

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

* Game time:
* Game weather:
* Game attendance: 12,893
* Referee:

Scoring Drives:

* Philadelphia - FG Barnum 43
* Pittsburgh - Brumbaugh 4 run (Sanders kick)
* Philadelphia - Tomasetti 40 pass from DeSantis (Barnum kick)

Week 5 (Sunday October 5, 1941): New York Giants

Linescore Amfootball
Road=Giants
R1=3
R2=0
R3=14
R4=20
Home=Steelers
H1=3
H2=0
H3=7
H4=0"at Forbes Field, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania"

* Game time:
* Game weather:
* Game attendance: 13,458
* Referee:

Scoring Drives:

* Pittsburgh - FG Niccolai 22
* New York - FG Marefos 24
* New York - Cuff 9 pass from Leemans (Cuff kick)
* Pittsburgh - Cichefski 72 pass from Brumbaugh (Niccolai kick)
* New York - Yeager 53 pass from Pugh (Marefos kick)
* New York - Poole 16 pss from Eshmont (Cuff kick)
* New York - Reagan 21 run (kick failed)
* New York - Reagan 8 run (Cuff kick)

Week 6 (Sunday October 12, 1941): Washington Redskins

Linescore Amfootball
Road=Redskins
R1=7
R2=3
R3=14
R4=0
Home=Steelers
H1=0
H2=7
H3=0
H4=13"at Forbes Field, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania"

* Game time:
* Game weather:
* Game attendance: 30,842
* Referee:

Scoring Drives:

* Washington - Todd 35 pass from Filchock (Materson kick)
* Pittsburgh - Riffle 10 pass from Donelli (Niccolai kick)
* Washington - FG Aguirre 39
* Washington - Todd 7 run (Masterson kick)
* Washington - R. Hare 7 run (Masterson kick)
* Pittsburgh - Jones 59 pass from McDonough (Niccolai kick)
* Pittsburgh - Brumbaugh 1 run (kick failed)

Week 7 (Sunday October 19, 1941): New York Giants

Linescore Amfootball
Road=Steelers
R1=0
R2=7
R3=0
R4=0
Home=Giants
H1=0
H2=7
H3=7
H4=14"at Polo Grounds, New York, New York"

* Game time:
* Game weather:
* Game attendance: 34,604
* Referee:

Scoring Drives:

* New York - Cope recovered blocked kick in end zone (Marefos kick)
* Pittsburgh - Looney 66 pass from Brumbaugh (Sanders kick)
* New York - Leemans 1 run (Cuff kick)
* New York - Marefos 1 run (Marefos kick)
* New York - Reagan 3 run (Marefos kick)

Week 8 (Sunday October 26, 1941): Chicago Bears

Linescore Amfootball
Road=Steelers
R1=0
R2=7
R3=0
R4=0
Home=Bears
H1=7
H2=14
H3=7
H4=6"at Wrigley Field, Chicago, Illinois"

* Game time:
* Game weather:
* Game attendance: 17,212
* Referee:

Scoring Drives:

* Chicago Bears - Osmanski 13 run (Snyder kick)
* Chicago Bears - McAfee 33 run (Snyder kick)
* Chicago Bears - Kavanaugh 45 pass from Luckman (Maniaci kick)
* Pittsburgh - Hoague 14 pass from Rivvle (Niccolai kick)
* Chicago Bears - Pool 56 pass from Luckman
* Chicago Bears - Gallameau 1 run (kick failed)

Week 9 (Sunday November 2, 1941): New York Giants

Linescore Amfootball
Road=Steelers
R1=0
R2=3
R3=0
R4=0
Home=Redskins
H1=7
H2=10
H3=0
H4=6"at Griffith Stadium, Washington, DC"

* Game time:
* Game weather:
* Game attendance: 30,755
* Referee:

Scoring Drives:

* Washington - Moore 42 run (Masterson kick)
* Washington - FG Aldrich 17
* Pittsburgh - FG Niccolai 19
* Washington - Farkas 1 run (Aguirre kick)
* Washington - Carroll 25 interception (kick failed)

Week 10 (Sunday November 9, 1941): Philadelphia Eagles

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

* Game time:
* Game weather:
* Game attendance: 15,601
* Referee:

Scoring Drives:

* Philadelphia - Castiglia 47 run (Basca kick)
* Pittsburgh - Jones 25 run (Sanders kick)

= Week 11 (Sunday November 16, 1941): Brooklyn Dodgers =

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

* Game time:
* Game weather:
* Game attendance: 20,843
* Referee:

Scoring Drives:

* Brooklyn - Manders 3 run (Condit kick)
* Pittsburgh - Riffle 1 run (Niccolai kick)
* Pittsburgh - Jones 25 run (Niccolai kick)

Week 12 (Sunday November 23, 1941): Green Bay Packers

Linescore Amfootball
Road=Packers
R1=0
R2=26
R3=7
R4=21
Home=Steelers
H1=7
H2=0
H3=0
H4=0"at Forbes Field, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania"

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

Scoring Drives:

* Pittsburgh - Hoague 1 run (Niccolai kick)
* Green Bay - Hinkle 3 run (kick failed)
* Green Bay - Hutson 8 pass from Isbell (kick failed)
* Green Bay - Hinkle 1 run (Hutson kick)
* Green Bay - Panell 26 fumble run (Hutson kick)
* Green Bay - Urban 12 pass from Canadeo (Adkins kick)
* Green Bay - Van Every 5 run (Adkins kick)
* Green Bay - Van Every 31 run (Adkins kick)
* Green Bay - Van Every 86 interception (Rohrig kick)

= Week 13 (Sunday November 30, 1941): Brooklyn Dodgers =

Linescore Amfootball
Road=Steelers
R1=0
R2=7
R3=0
R4=0
Home=Dodgers
H1=14
H2=7
H3=7
H4=7"at Ebbets Field, Brooklyn, New York"

* Game time:
* Game weather:
* Game attendance: 12,336
* Referee:

Scoring Drives:

* Brooklyn - Condit 6 run (Condit kick)
* Brooklyn - Condit 43 run (Condit kick)
* Brooklyn - Kracum 1 run (McAdams kick)
* Pittsburgh - Jones 6 run (Niccolai kick)
* Brooklyn - Shetley 25 lateral from Schwartz after 32 pass from Parker (Condit kick)
* Brooklyn - Kracum 17 run (Peace kick)

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