1936 Pittsburgh Pirates (NFL) season

Infobox NFL season
team = Pittsburgh Pirates
year = 1936
record = 6-6
division_place = 2nd NFL Eastern Division
coach = Joe Bach
stadium = Forbes Field
playoffs = none
previous = 1935
next = 1937

Regular season

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Game Summaries

Week 1 (Sunday September 13, 1936): Boston Redskins

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

* Game time:
* Game weather:
* Game attendance: 15,622
* Referee:

Scoring Drives:

* Pittsburgh - Kakasic 26 fumble run (Niccolai kick)
* Pittsburgh - FG Kakasic 30

=Week 2 (Wednesday September 23, 1936): Brooklyn Dodgers=

Linescore Amfootball
Road=Pirates
R1=7
R2=3
R3=0
R4=0
Home=Dodgers
H1=0
H2=0
H3=0
H4=6"at Ebbets Field, Brooklyn, New York"

* Game time:
* Game weather:
* Game attendance: 10,000
* Referee:

Scoring Drives:

* Pittsburgh - Strutt 3 run (Niccolai kick)
* Pittsburgh - FG Niccolai 26
* Brooklyn - Franklin 19 run (kick failed)

Week 3 (Sunday September 27, 1936): New York Giants

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

* Game time:
* Game weather:
* Game attendance: 25,800
* Referee:

Scoring Drives:

* Pittsburgh - Sortet 11 pass from Matesic (Niccolai kick)
* New York - Richards 59 lateral from Burnett after pass from Danowski (Sarausky kick)
* Pittsburgh - FG Niccolai 11

Week 4 (Sunday October 4, 1936): Chicago Bears

Linescore Amfootball
Road=Bears
R1=7
R2=7
R3=13
R4=0
Home=Pirates
H1=0
H2=0
H3=0
H4=9"at Forbes Field, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania"

* Game time:
* Game weather:
* Game attendance: 29,000
* Referee:

Scoring Drives:

* Chicago Bears - Karr 8 pass from Nagurski (Manders kick)
* Chicago Bears - Brumbaugh 14 pass from Molesworth (Nagurski kick)
* Chicago Bears - Karr 40 pass from Ronzani (kick failed)
* Chicago Bears - Johnsos 36 pass from Molesworth (Stydahar kick)
* Pittsburgh - Heller 4 pass from Gildea (Kakasic kick)
* Pittsburgh - Safety, Feathers tackled in end zone by Brett

Week 6 (Wednesday October 14, 1936): Philadelphia Eagles

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

* Game time:
* Game weather:
* Game attendance: 10,042
* Referee:

Scoring Drives:

* Pittsburgh - Heller 16 pass from Matesic (Niccolai kick)
* Pittsburgh - Skoronski 19 pass from Matesic (Niccolai kick)
* Pittsburgh - FG Kakasic 36

Week 6 (Sunday October 18, 1936): Chicago Bears

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

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

Scoring Drives:

* Chicago Bears - Feathers 2 run (kick blocked)
* Chicago Bears - Ronzani 38 pass from Brumbaugh (kick failed)
* Pittsburgh - Zaninelli 2 run (Niccolai kick)
* Chicago Bears - Nagurski 1 run (Manders kick)
* Chicago Bears - Feathers 8 run (Manders kick)

Week 7 (Sunday October 25, 1936): Green Bay Packers

Linescore Amfootball
Road=Pirates
R1=3
R2=0
R3=0
R4=7
Home=Packers
H1=3
H2=21
H3=14
H4=0"at Wisconsin State Fair Park, Milwaukee, Wisconsin"

* Game time:
* Game weather:
* Game attendance: 10,000
* Referee:

Scoring Drives:

* Pittsburgh - FG Niccolai 30
* Green Bay - Laws 12 pass from Monnett (Engebretsen kick)
* Green Bay - Hutson 21 pass from Herber (Schwammel kick)
* Green Bay - P. Miller 2 run (Smith kick)
* Green Bay - McNally 28 interception (Hinkle kick)
* Green Bay - P. Miller 7 pass from McNally (McNally run)
* Green Bay - Hutson 11 pass from Herber (Schwammel kick)
* Pittsburgh - Karcis 1 run (Karcis run)

=Week 8 (Sunday November 1, 1936): Brooklyn Dodgers=

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

* Game time:
* Game weather:
* Game attendance: 10,000
* Referee:

Scoring Drives:

* Pittsburgh - FG Niccolai 21
* Pittsburgh - Karcis 1 run (Niccolai kick)
* Brooklyn - Crayne 2 run (Kercheval kick)

Week 9 (Thursday November 5, 1936): Philadelphia Eagles

Linescore Amfootball
Road=Pirates
R1=0
R2=0
R3=0
R4=6
Home=Eagles
H1=0
H2=0
H3=0
H4=0"at Point Stadium, Johnstown, Pennsylvania"

* Game time:
* Game weather:
* Game attendance: 7,891
* Referee:

Scoring Drives:

* Pittsburgh - FG Niccolai 41
* Pittsburgh - FG Niccolai 31

Week 9 (Sunday November 8, 1936): Detroit Lions

Linescore Amfootball
Road=Pirates
R1=3
R2=0
R3=0
R4=0
Home=Lions
H1=0
H2=21
H3=0
H4=7"at Titan Stadium, Detroit, Michigan"

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

Scoring Drives:

* Pittsburgh - FG Niccolai 25
* Detroit - Caddel run (Clark kick)
* Detroit - Ebding pass from Clark (Clark kick)
* Detroit - Gutowsky run (Clark kick)
* Detroit - Peterson 84 run (Presnell kick)

Week 10 (Sunday November 15, 1936): Chicago Cardinals

Linescore Amfootball
Road=Pirates
R1=0
R2=6
R3=0
R4=0
Home=Cardinals
H1=7
H2=7
H3=0
H4=0"at Wrigley FIeld, Chicago, Illinois"

* Game time:
* Game weather:
* Game attendance: 3,856
* Referee:

Scoring Drives:

* Chicago Cardinals - Grosvenor 9 run (Kellogg kick)
* Chicago Cardinals - Smith 38 pass from Vaughan (Kellogg kick)
* Pittsburgh - Heller 48 pass from Matesic (kick failed)

Week 12 (Sunday November 29, 1936): Boston Redskins

Linescore Amfootball
Road=Pirates
R1=0
R2=0
R3=0
R4=0
Home=Redskins
H1=7
H2=10
H3=0
H4=13"at Fenway Park, Boston, Massachusetts"

* Game time:
* Game weather:
* Game attendance: 7,000
* Referee:

Scoring Drives:

* Boston - Battles 2 run (Smith kick)
* Boston - FG Busich 14
* Boston - Carroll 35 interception (Busich kick)
* Boston - Tosi recovered fumble in end zone (Smith kick)
* Boston - Irwin 24 run (kick failed)

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