1939 Pittsburgh Pirates (NFL) season

1939 Pittsburgh Pirates season
Head Coach	John McNally, Walt Kiesling
Home Field	Forbes Field
Results
Record	1–9–1
Place	5th NFL Eastern
Playoff Finish	did not qualify
Timeline
Previous season	Next season
1938	1940

Regular season

Schedule

Week 1 (Thursday September 14, 1939): Brooklyn Dodgers

	1	2	3	4	OT
Pirates	0	7	0	0	7
Dodgers	3	7	0	2	12

at Ebbets Field, Brooklyn, New York

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

Scoring Drives:

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

Week 2 (Sunday, September 24, 1939): Chicago Cardinals

	1	2	3	4	OT
Cardinals	7	0	0	3	10
Pirates	0	0	0	0	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 3 (Monday October 2, 1939): Chicago Bears

	1	2	3	4	OT
Bears	0	13	13	6	32
Pirates	0	0	0	0	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 4 (Sunday October 8, 1939): New York Giants

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

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 5 (Sunday October 15, 1939): Washington Redskins

	1	2	3	4	OT
Pirates	7	7	0	0	14
Redskins	13	6	19	6	44

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 6 (Sunday October 22, 1939): Washington Redskins

	1	2	3	4	OT
Redskins	14	0	7	0	21
Pirates	0	7	0	7	14

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 7 (Sunday October 29, 1939): Cleveland Rams

	1	2	3	4	OT
Pirates	0	7	7	0	14
Rams	7	0	0	7	14

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 8 (Monday November 6, 1939): Brooklyn Dodgers

	1	2	3	4	OT
Pirates	0	3	3	7	13
Dodgers	0	7	7	3	17

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 9 (Sunday November 19, 1939): New York Giants

	1	2	3	4	OT
Pirates	0	0	0	7	7
Giants	7	7	3	7	24

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 10 (Thursday November 23, 1939): Philadelphia Eagles

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

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 11 (Sunday November 26, 1939): Philadelphia Eagles

	1	2	3	4	OT
Eagles	0	0	6	6	12
Pirates	3	14	7	0	24

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)

Standings

NFL Eastern
	W	L	T	PCT	PF	PA	STK
New York Giants	9	1	1	.900	168	85	W-4
Washington Redskins	8	2	1	.800	242	94	L-1
Brooklyn Dodgers	4	6	1	.400	108	219	L-3
Pittsburgh Pirates	1	9	1	.100	114	216	W-1
Philadelphia Eagles	1	9	1	.100	105	200	L-2