1940 Pittsburgh Steelers season

Infobox NFL season
team = Pittsburgh Steelers
year = 1940
record = 2-7-2
division_place = 4th NFL Eastern Division
coach = Walt Kiesling
stadium = Forbes Field
playoffs = none
previous = 1939
next = 1941

Regular season

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Game Summaries

Week 1 (Sunday September 8, 1940): Chicago Cardinals

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

* Game time:
* Game weather:
* Game attendance: 22,000
* Referee:

Scoring Drives:

* Pittsburgh - Platukis 45 pass from Patterson (Niccolai kick)
* Chicago Cardinals - Hall 44 pass from Clark (Clark kick)

Week 2 (Sunday, September 15, 1940): New York Giants

Linescore Amfootball
Road=Giants
R1=0
R2=0
R3=7
R4=3
Home=Steelers
H1=10
H2=0
H3=0
H4=0"at Forbes Field, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania"

* Game time:
* Game weather:
* Game attendance: 18,601
* Referee:

Scoring Drives:

* Pittsburgh - FG Niccolai 48
* Pittsburgh - Tomasetti 26 pass from Patterson (Niccolai kick)
* New York - Shaffer 1 run (Cuff kick)
* New York - FG Barnum 31

Week 3 (Sunday September 22, 1940): Detroit Lions

Linescore Amfootball
Road=Steelers
R1=0
R2=0
R3=3
R4=7
Home=Lions
H1=0
H2=7
H3=0
H4=0"at Briggs Stadium, Detroit, Michigan"

* Game time:
* Game weather:
* Game attendance: 15,310
* Referee:

Scoring Drives:

* Detroit - Cardwell 33 run (White kick)
* Pittsburgh - FG Niccolai 28
* Pittsburgh - Tomasetti 3 run (Niccolai kick)

= Week 4 (Sunday September 29, 1940): Brooklyn Dodgers =

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

* Game time:
* Game weather:
* Game attendance: 26,618
* Referee:

Scoring Drives:

* Brooklyn - Manders 1 run (Parker kick)
* Pittsburgh - FG Niccolai 21
* Brooklyn - FG Kercheval 27

Week 5 (Sunday October 6, 1940): Washington Redskins

Linescore Amfootball
Road=Redskins
R1=14
R2=7
R3=13
R4=6
Home=Steelers
H1=3
H2=0
H3=7
H4=0"at Forbes Field, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania"

* Game time:
* Game weather:
* Game attendance: 25,213
* Referee:

Scoring Drives:

* Pittsburgh - FG Niccolai 48
* Washington - Johnston 64 interception (kick failed)
* Washington - Seymour 1 run (Masterson kick)
* Washington - Millner 30 pass from Filchock (Russell kick)
* Washington - Johnston 1 run (Masterson kick)
* Washington - Johnston 2 run (Sanford kick)
* Pittsburgh - Condit pass from Thompson (Niccolai kick)
* Washington - Seymour 10 run (kick failed)

= Week 6 (Sunday October 13, 1940): Brooklyn Dodgers =

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

* Game time:
* Game weather:
* Game attendance: 19,468
* Referee:

Scoring Drives:

* Brooklyn - Manders 2 run (Parker kick)
* Brooklyn - Schwartz - 7 pass from Parker (Parker kick)
* Brooklyn - Leckonby 8 pass from Kercheval (Kercheval kick)

Week 7 (Sunday October 20, 1940): New York Giants

Linescore Amfootball
Road=Steelers
R1=0
R2=0
R3=0
R4=0
Home=Giants
H1=7
H2=3
H3=0
H4=2"at Polo Grounds, New York, New York"

* Game time:
* Game weather:
* Game attendance: 19,798
* Referee:

Scoring Drives:

* New York - Cuff 60 pass from Miller (Cuff kick)
* New York - FG Cuff 23
* New York - Safety, Pirro tackled in end zone

Week 8 (Sunday October 27, 1940): Green Bay Packers

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

* Game time:
* Game weather:
* Game attendance: 13,703
* Referee:

Scoring Drives:

* Green Bay - Adkins 35 interception (Engebretsen kick)
* Pittsburgh - FG Niccolai 36
* Green Bay - FG Hinkle 33
* Green Bay - Balazs 2 run (Hutson kick)
* Green Bay - Hutson 19 pass from Van Every (Engebretsen kick)

Week 9 (Sunday November 3, 1940): Washington Redskins

Linescore Amfootball
Road=Steelers
R1=3
R2=7
R3=0
R4=0
Home=Redskins
H1=6
H2=7
H3=7
H4=17"at Griffith Stadium, Washington, DC"

* Game time:
* Game weather:
* Game attendance: 31,204
* Referee:

Scoring Drives:

* Pittsburgh - FG Niccolai 25
* Washington - Johnston 39 pass from Baugh (kick failed)
* Washington - Filchock 12 run (Russell kick)
* Pittsburgh - Platukis 31 pass from Patterson (Niccolai kick)
* Washington - Johnston 45 pass from Baugh (Masterson kick)
* Washington - Masterson 15 pass from Filchock (Russell kick)
* Washington - Todd 1 run (Russell kick)
* Washington - FG Masterson 20

Week 10 (Sunday November 10, 1940): Philadelphia Eagles

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

* Game time:
* Game weather:
* Game attendance: 9,556
* Referee:

Scoring Drives:

* Philadelphia - FG Sommers 36
* Pittsburgh - McDonough 1 run (Niccolai kick)

Week 13 (Sunday November 28, 1940): Philadelphia Eagles

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

* Game time:
* Game weather:
* Game attendance: 4,200
* Referee:

Scoring Drives:

* Philadelphia - Riffle 17 run (Somers kick)

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