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1936 Pittsburgh Pirates

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Record: 6-6-0, Finished 2nd in NFL East Division
NFL Season Summary

Scored 98 points (8.2/g), 6th of 9 in the NFL.
 Allowed 187 points (15.6/g), 8th.
 Differential of -89 points (-7.4/g), 8th.
 Expected W-L: 2.1-9.9.

 Takeaway/Giveaway Differential +23 (1.9/g), 7th.

Coached by Joe Bach (6-6-0)

1936 Statistics / Starters & Roster / Games & Schedule / Team Draftees

Team Games & Schedule

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Score Offense Defense
Week Date Rec Opp Tm Opp 1stD TotYd PassY RushY TO 1stD TotYd PassY RushY TO
1 Sun September 13 W 1-0 Boston Redskins 10 0
2 Wed September 23 W 2-0 @ Brooklyn Dodgers 10 6 10 178 62 116 1 8 202 28 174 2
3 Sun September 27 W 3-0 New York Giants 10 7 9 184 61 123 1 11 327 86 241 2
4 Sun October 4 L 3-1 Chicago Bears 9 27
5 Wed October 14 W 4-1 Philadelphia Eagles 17 0
6 Sun October 18 L 4-2 @ Chicago Bears 7 26
7 Sun October 25 L 4-3 @ Green Bay Packers 10 42
8 Sun November 1 W 5-3 Brooklyn Dodgers 10 7 12 211 211 2 6 206 206
9 Thu November 5 W 6-3 @ Philadelphia Eagles 6 0
10 Sun November 8 L 6-4 @ Detroit Lions 3 28
11 Sun November 15 L 6-5 @ Chicago Cardinals 6 14
12 Sun November 29 L 6-6 @ Boston Redskins 0 30 2 32 34 -2 3 10 237 10 227 6

Team Stats and Rankings

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Passing Rushing
Pts Yds Ply Y/P 1stD Cmp Att Yds TD Int NY/A 1stD Att Yds TD Y/A 1stD TO FL 1stPy
Team Offense 98 2178 670 3.3 117 81 198 1078 5 28 5.4 472 1100 4 2.3 117 28 0
Team Defense 187 3057 707 4.3 52 164 907 13 25 5.5 543 2150 11 4.0 51 26
Lg Rank Offense 6 7 6 3 5 5 8 5 7 9 7 9 8 1
Lg Rank Defense 8 9 1 3 3 9 3 7 8 9 5 8 4 5

Passing

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Age Pos G GS QBrec Cmp Att Cmp% Yds TD TD% Int Int% Lng Y/A AY/A Y/C Y/G Rate Sk Yds NY/A ANY/A Sk%
Ed Matesic 29 TB 12 11 64 138 46.4 850 4 2.9 16 11.6 0 6.2 1.2 13.3 70.8 36.5
Johnny Gildea 26 BB 12 9 9 29 31.0 147 1 3.4 5 17.2 0 5.1 -2.3 16.3 12.3 21.0
Max Fiske 23 11 0 6 15 40.0 64 0 0.0 3 20.0 0 4.3 -4.7 10.7 5.8 13.6
Silvio Zaninelli 23 12 3 1 6 16.7 2 0 0.0 1 16.7 2 0.3 -7.2 2.0 0.2 0.0
Warren Heller 26 HB 12 4 0 5 0.0 0 0 0.0 1 20.0 0 0.0 -9.0 0.0 0.0
Bull Karcis 28 FB 12 12 0 4 0.0 0 0 0.0 2 50.0 0 0.0 -22.5 0.0 0.0
Art Strutt 24 hb 10 5 1 1 100.0 15 0 0.0 0 0.0 15 15.0 15.0 15.0 1.5 118.7
Team Total 25.6 12 81 198 40.9 1078 5 2.5 28 14.1 15 5.4 -0.7 13.3 89.8 27.7
Opp Total 12 52 164 31.7 907 13 7.9 25 15.2 5.5 -0.5 17.4 75.6 38.4 0 0 5.5 -0.5

Rushing & Receiving

Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · CSV · PRE
Rushing Receiving
Age Pos G GS Att Yds TD Lng Y/A Y/G A/G Rec Yds Y/R TD Lng R/G Y/G YScm RRTD Fmb
Warren Heller 26 HB 12 4 106 332 0 0 3.1 27.7 8.8 12 160 13.3 3 0 1.0 13.3 492 3 0
Bull Karcis 28 FB 12 12 89 272 2 0 3.1 22.7 7.4 8 71 8.9 0 0 0.7 5.9 343 2 0
Art Strutt 24 hb 10 5 84 180 1 0 2.1 18.0 8.4 11 166 15.1 0 0 1.1 16.6 346 1 0
Max Fiske 23 11 0 58 92 0 0 1.6 8.4 5.3 7 96 13.7 0 0 0.6 8.7 188 0 0
Ed Matesic 29 TB 12 11 46 58 0 0 1.3 4.8 3.8 1 13 13.0 0 13 0.1 1.1 71 0 0
Johnny Gildea 26 BB 12 9 35 31 0 0 0.9 2.6 2.9 5 70 14.0 0 0 0.4 5.8 101 0 0
Silvio Zaninelli 23 12 3 31 61 1 0 2.0 5.1 2.6 2 12 6.0 0 0 0.2 1.0 73 1 0
Jim McDonald 25 5 0 9 18 0 0 2.0 3.6 1.8 1 8 8.0 0 8 0.2 1.6 26 0 0
Dick Sandefur 24 8 0 7 13 0 0 1.9 1.6 0.9 13 0 0
Jim Levey 30 4 0 4 3 0 0 0.8 0.8 1.0 3 0 0
Bill Sortet 24 re 12 5 1 47 0 47 47.0 3.9 0.1 14 197 14.1 1 55 1.2 16.4 244 1 0
George Kakasic 24 RG 12 7 1 -8 0 -8 -8.0 -0.7 0.1 -8 0 0
Bill Lajousky 23 rg 11 5 1 1 0 1 1.0 0.1 0.1 1 0 0
Ed Skoronski 26 LE 12 6 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 8 95 11.9 1 19 0.7 7.9 95 1 0
Jeep Brett 22 8 4 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 7 139 19.9 0 0 0.9 17.4 139 0 0
Vinnie Sites 24 RE 12 7 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 2 22 11.0 0 0 0.2 1.8 22 0 0
Vic Vidoni 24 2 2 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 2 35 17.5 0 0 1.0 17.5 35 0 0
Ed Karpowich 24 11 3 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 1 -6 -6.0 0 -6 0.1 -0.5 -6 0 0
Team Total 25.6 12 472 1100 4 47 2.3 91.7 39.3 81 1078 13.3 5 55 6.8 89.8 2178 9 0
Opp Total 12 543 2150 11 4.0 179.2 45.3 52 907 17.4 13 4.3 75.6 3057 24 0

Scoring Summary

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Age Pos G GS RshTD RecTD PR TD KR TD FblTD IntTD OthTD 2PM XPM FGM Sfty Pts
Armand Niccolai 25 RT 11 4 7 7 28
Warren Heller 26 HB 12 4 3 18
George Kakasic 24 RG 12 7 1 1 2 13
Bull Karcis 28 FB 12 12 2 1 13
Ed Skoronski 26 LE 12 6 1 6
Bill Sortet 24 re 12 5 1 6
Art Strutt 24 hb 10 5 1 6
Silvio Zaninelli 23 12 3 1 6
Team Total 25.6 12 4 5 1 9 9 96
Opp Total 12 11 13 22 1 187