1939 Pittsburgh Pirates (NFL) season

Infobox NFL season
team = Pittsburgh Pirates
year = 1939
record = 1-9-1
division_place = 5th NFL Eastern Division
coach = John McNally, Walt Kiesling
stadium = Forbes Field
playoffs = none
previous = 1938
next = 1940

Regular season

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Game Summaries

= Week 2 (Thursday September 14, 1939): Brooklyn Dodgers =

Linescore Amfootball
Road=Pirates
R1=0
R2=7
R3=0
R4=0
Home=Dodgers
H1=3
H2=7
H3=0
H4=2"at Ebbets Field, Brooklyn, New York"

* Game time:
* Game weather:
* Game attendance: 19,444
* Referee:

Scoring Drives:

* Brooklyn - FG Kercheval 27
* Pittsburgh - Platikus 30 pass from Wheeler (Niccolai kick)
* Brooklyn - Parker 10 run (Kinard kick)
* Brooklyn - Safety, Wheeler tackled in end zone by Hill

Week 3 (Sunday, September 24, 1939): Chicago Cardinals

Linescore Amfootball
Road=Cardinals
R1=7
R2=0
R3=0
R4=3
Home=Pirates
H1=0
H2=0
H3=0
H4=0"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 4 (Monday October 2, 1939): Chicago Bears

Linescore Amfootball
Road=Bears
R1=0
R2=13
R3=13
R4=6
Home=Pirates
H1=0
H2=0
H3=0
H4=0"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 from Masterson (kick failed)
* Chicago Bears - Maniaci 75 run (kick failed)
* Chicago Bears - Maniaci 4 run (Manders kick)
* Chicago Bears - MacLeod 29 pass from Patterson (kick failed)

Week 5 (Sunday September 29, 1939): New York Giants

Linescore Amfootball
Road=Giants
R1=0
R2=0
R3=14
R4=0
Home=Pirates
H1=0
H2=7
H3=0
H4=0"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 from Danowski (Cuff kick)
* New York - Cuff 5 pass from Danowski (Cuff kick)

Week 6 (Sunday October 15, 1939): Washington Redskins

Linescore Amfootball
Road=Pirates
R1=7
R2=7
R3=0
R4=0
Home=Redskins
H1=13
H2=6
H3=19
H4=6"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 from Tomasetti (Niccolai kick)
* Washington - Farkas 11 run (kick blocked)
* Washington - Farkas 99 pass from Filchock (kick failed)
* Washington - Todd 19 pass from Filchock (Todd kick)
* Washington - Todd 60 run (kick failed)
* Washington - Justice 33 run (kick failed)

Week 7 (Sunday October 22, 1939): Washington Redskins

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

* Game time:
* Game weather:
* Game attendance: 8,602
* Referee:

Scoring Drives:

* Washington - Millner 56 pass from Filchock (Russell kick)
* Washington - Farkas 40 pass from Filchock (Russell kick)
* Pittsburgh - Boyd pass from McDonough (Niccolai kick)
* Washington - Irwin 25 run (Farkas kick)
* Pittsburgh - Brumbaugh pass from McDonough (Niccolai kick)

Week 8 (Sunday October 29, 1939): Cleveland Rams

Linescore Amfootball
Road=Pirates
R1=0
R2=0
R3=0
R4=0
Home=Rams
H1=7
H2=0
H3=0
H4=7"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 from McCullough (Niccolai kick)
* Cleveland - Drake 3 run (Spadaccini kick)

= Week 9 (Monday November 6, 1939): Brooklyn Dodgers =

Linescore Amfootball
Road=Pirates
R1=0
R2=3
R3=3
R4=7
Home=Dodgers
H1=0
H2=7
H3=7
H4=3"at Ebbets Field, Brooklyn, New York"

* Game time:
* Game weather:
* Game attendance: 8,951
* Referee:

Scoring Drives:

* Brooklyn - Schwartz 9 pass from 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 from McCullough (Niccolai kick)

Week 11 (Sunday November 19, 1939): Pittsburgh Pirates

Linescore Amfootball
Road=Pirates
R1=0
R2=0
R3=0
R4=7
Home=Giants
H1=7
H2=7
H3=3
H4=7"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 12 (Thursday November 23, 1939): Philadelphia Eagles

Linescore Amfootball
Road=Pirates
R1=0
R2=0
R3=0
R4=14
Home=Eagles
H1=0
H2=7
H3=3
H4=7"at Shibe Park, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania"

* Game time:
* Game weather:
* Game attendance: 20,000
* Referee:

Scoring Drives:

* Philadelphia - Carter 65 pass from O'Brien (Murray kick)
* Philadelphia - FG Murray 32
* Pittsburgh - Brumbaugh 1 run (Niccolai kick)

Week 13 (Sunday November 26, 1939): Philadelphia Eagles

Linescore Amfootball
Road=Eagles
R1=0
R2=0
R3=6
R4=6
Home=Pirates
H1=3
H2=14
H3=7
H4=0"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 from Brumbaugh (Niccolai kick)
* Philadelphia - O'Brien 2 run (kick blocked)
* Philadelphia - Bukant 3 run (kick blocked)

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