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1935 Pittsburgh Pirates season
Head Coach Joe Bach
Home Field Forbes Field
Results
Record 4–8
Place 3rd NFL Eastern
Playoff Finish did not qualify
Timeline
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1934 1936

Regular season[]

Schedule[]

Week Date Opponent Result
1 September 13, 1935 at Philadelphia Eagles W 17–7
2 September 22, 1935 New York Giants L 42–7
3 September 29, 1935 Chicago Bears L 23–7
4 October 6, 1935 at Green Bay Packers L 27–0
5 October 9, 1935 Philadelphia Eagles L 17–6
6 October 20, 1935 Chicago Cardinals W 17–13
7 October 27, 1935 Boston Redskins W 6–0
8 November 3, 1935 Brooklyn Dodgers L 13–7
9 November 10, 1935 at Brooklyn Dodgers W 16–7
10 November 24, 1935 Green Bay Packers L 34–14
11 December 1, 1935 at Boston Redskins L 13–3
12 December 8, 1935 at Brooklyn Dodgers L 13–0

Standings[]

NFL Eastern
W L T PCT PF PA STK
New York Giants 9 3 0 .750 180 96 W-5
Brooklyn Dodgers 5 6 1 .455 90 141 T-1
Pittsburgh Pirates 4 8 0 .333 100 209 L-3
Boston Redskins 2 8 1 .200 65 123 T-1
Philadelphia Eagles 2 9 0 .182 60 179 L-5

Game summaries[]

Week 1 (Friday September 13, 1935): Philadelphia Eagles[]

1 2 3 4 OT
Pirates 14 0 0 3 17
Eagles 7 0 0 0 7



at Temple Stadium, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

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

Scoring Drives:

  • Philadelphia – Manske 1 pass from Kirkman (Kirkman kick)
  • Pittsburgh – Casper 1 run (Niccolai kick)
  • Pittsburgh – Ribble blocked punt recovery in end zone (Niccolai kick)
  • Pittsburgh – FG Niccolai 47

Week 2 (Sunday September 22, 1935): New York Giants[]

1 2 3 4 OT
Giants 7 21 0 14 42
Pirates 0 0 0 7 7



at Forbes Field, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

  • Game time:
  • Game weather:
  • Game attendance: 23,298
  • Referee:

Scoring Drives:

Week 3 (Sunday September 29, 1935): Chicago Bears[]

1 2 3 4 OT
Bears 0 23 0 0 23
Pirates 0 0 7 0 7



at Forbes Field, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

  • Game time:
  • Game weather:
  • Game attendance: 11,858
  • Referee:

Scoring Drives:

Week 4 (Sunday October 6, 1935): Green Bay[]

1 2 3 4 OT
Pirates 0 0 0 0 0
Packers 0 20 0 7 27



at East Stadium, Green Bay, Wisconsin

  • Game time:
  • Game weather:
  • Game attendance: 5,000
  • Referee:

Scoring Drives:

Week 5 (Wednesday October 9, 1935): Philadelphia Eagles[]

1 2 3 4 OT
Eagles 10 0 0 7 17
Pirates 0 0 0 6 6



at Forbes Field, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

  • Game time:
  • Game weather:
  • Game attendance: 6,271
  • Referee:

Scoring Drives:

  • Philadelphia – Matesic 2 run (Reese kick)
  • Philadelphia – FG Reese 40
  • Philadelphia – Carter 58 pass from Storm (Reese kick)
  • Pittsburgh – Weisenbaugh 10 pass from Doehring (kick failed)

Week 6 (Sunday October 20, 1935): Chicago Cardinals[]

1 2 3 4 OT
Cardinals 0 7 0 0 7
Pirates 6 6 0 14 26



at Forbes Field, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

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

Scoring Drives:

  • Pittsburgh – Casper 14 pass from Doehring (Niccolai kick)
  • Chicago Cardinals – Sarboe 80 punt return (Smith kick)
  • Pittsburgh – FG Niccolai 22
  • Chicago Cardinals – Nichelini 5 run (kick blocked)
  • Pittsburgh – Strutt 74 interception (Niccolai kick)

Week 7 (Sunday October 27, 1935): Boston Redskins[]

1 2 3 4 OT
Redskins 0 0 0 0 0
Pirates 0 3 3 0 6



at Forbes Field, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

  • Game time:
  • Game weather:
  • Game attendance: 12,000
  • Referee:

Scoring Drives:

Week 8 (Sunday November 3, 1935): Brooklyn Dodgers[]

1 2 3 4 OT
Dodgers 7 6 0 0 13
Pirates 0 0 7 0 7



at Forbes Field, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

  • Game time:
  • Game weather:
  • Game attendance: 13,390
  • Referee:

Scoring Drives:

  • Brooklyn – Becker pass from Franklin (Kercheval kick)
  • Brooklyn – Hubbard 56 pass from Kercheval (kick blocked)
  • Pittsburgh – Wetzel 1 run (Niccolai kick)

Week 9 (Sunday November 10, 1935): Brooklyn Dodgers[]

1 2 3 4 OT
Pirates 6 0 3 7 16
Dodgers 7 0 0 0 7



at Ebbets Field, Brooklyn, New York

  • Game time:
  • Game weather:
  • Game attendance: 18,000
  • Referee:

Scoring Drives:

  • Brooklyn – Grossman 5 run (Kercheval kick)
  • Pittsburgh – Levey 34 pass from Gildea (kick blocked)
  • Pittsburgh – FG Niccolai 25
  • Pittsburgh – Levey run (Niccolai kick)

Week 11 (Sunday November 24, 1935): Green Bay Packers[]

1 2 3 4 OT
Packers 6 14 0 14 34
Pirates 0 7 7 0 14



at Forbes Field, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

  • Game time:
  • Game weather:
  • Game attendance: 12,902
  • Referee:

Scoring Drives:

Week 12 (Sunday December 1, 1935): Boston Redskins[]

1 2 3 4 OT
Pirates 0 3 0 0 3
Redskins 0 0 0 13 13



at Fenway Park, Boston, Massachusetts

  • Game time:
  • Game weather:
  • Game attendance: 5,000
  • Referee:

Scoring Drives:

  • Pittsburgh – FG Niccolai 27
  • Boston – Musick run (Musick kick)
  • Boston – Renter 19 run (kick failed)

Week 13 (Sunday December 8, 1935): New York Giants[]

1 2 3 4 OT
Pirates 0 0 0 0 0
Giants 3 7 0 3 13



at Polo Grounds, New York, New York

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

Scoring Drives:

References[]

Eastern Division Western Division
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Brooklyn Chicago Cardinals
New York Detroit
Philadelphia Green Bay
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