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1938 Pittsburgh Pirates

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Record: 2-9-0, Finished 5th in NFL East Division
NFL Season Summary

Scored 79 points (7.2/g), 10th of 10 in the NFL.
 Allowed 169 points (15.4/g), 9th.
 Differential of -90 points (-8.2/g), 10th.
 Expected W-L: 1.6-9.4.

 Takeaway/Giveaway Differential -10 (-0.9/g), 10th.

Coached by Johnny McNally

Training Camp: St. Francis University (Loretto, Pennsylvania)

Team Stats and Rankings

Tot Yds & TO 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 79 2330 651 3.6 103 72 194 916 5 32 4.7 457 1414 5 3.1 103 32 0
Team Defense 169 2581 610 4.2 74 185 1213 13 14 6.6 425 1368 7 3.2 22 8
Lg Rank Offense 10 7 7 6 9 8 9 10 4 6 8 7 9 1
Lg Rank Defense 9 7 1 3 6 9 10 8 6 7 4 5 10 10

Team Games & Schedule

Score Offense Defense
Week Day Date OT Rec Opp Tm Opp 1stD TotYd PassY RushY TO 1stD TotYd PassY RushY TO
1 Fri September 9 L 0-1 @ Detroit Lions 7 16
2 Sun September 11 L 0-2 New York Giants 14 27 6 251 73 178 3 13 223 135 88 1
3 Fri September 16 L 0-3 Philadelphia Eagles 7 27
2 Fri September 23 W 1-3 @ Brooklyn Dodgers 17 3 13 371 235 136 4 6 205 152 53 3
3 Mon October 3 W 2-3 @ New York Giants 13 10 10 216 50 166 2 7 186 104 82 3
6 Sun October 9 L 2-4 Brooklyn Dodgers 7 17
7 Sun October 23 L 2-5 @ Green Bay Packers 0 20
8 Sun November 6 L 2-6 Washington Redskins 0 7 4 178 178 13 351 351
10 Sun November 20 L 2-7 @ Philadelphia Eagles 7 14
10 Sun November 27 L 2-8 @ Washington Redskins 0 15 13 309 180 129 9 362 252 110
11 Sun December 4 L 2-9 Cleveland Rams 7 13

Passing

ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+),
No. Age Pos G GS QBrec Cmp Att Cmp% Yds TD TD% Int Int% Lng Y/A AY/A Y/C Y/G Rate QBR Sk Yds NY/A ANY/A Sk% 4QC GWD
Frank Filchock 22 tb 6 3 30 74 40.5 392 3 4.1 7 9.5 0 5.3 1.9 13.1 65.3 32.0 0 0
Whizzer White+ 21 TB 11 11 29 73 39.7 393 2 2.7 18 24.7 0 5.4 -5.2 13.6 35.7 27.2 0 0
Max Fiske 25 b 10 2 11 37 29.7 121 0 0.0 4 10.8 0 3.3 -1.6 11.0 12.1 1.1 0 0
Tuffy Thompson 24 HB 10 3 0 7 0.0 0 0 0.0 3 42.9 0 0.0 -19.3 0.0 0.0 0 0
Bill Davidson 23 b 10 2 2 2 100.0 10 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 5.0 5.0 5.0 1.0 87.5 0 0
Tom Burnette 23 bb 6 1 0 1 0.0 0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 39.6 0 0
Team Total 24.6 11 72 194 37.1 916 5 2.6 32 16.5 0 4.7 -2.2 12.7 83.3 21.7 0 0
Opp Total 11 74 185 40.0 1213 13 7.0 14 7.6 6.6 4.56 16.4 110.3 54.6 0 0 6.6 4.6 0.0

Rushing & Receiving

ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+),
Rushing Receiving
No. 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
Whizzer White+ 21 TB 11 11 152 567 4 79 3.7 51.5 13.8 7 88 12.6 0 0 0.6 8.0 655 4 0
Stu Smith* 23 FB 11 11 80 241 0 0 3.0 21.9 7.3 3 30 10.0 0 0 0.3 2.7 271 0 0
Scrapper Farrell 23 fb 5 2 46 176 0 0 3.8 35.2 9.2 176 0 0
Tuffy Thompson 24 HB 10 3 39 139 1 0 3.6 13.9 3.9 9 55 6.1 0 0 0.9 5.5 194 1 0
Bill Davidson 23 b 10 2 33 52 0 0 1.6 5.2 3.3 12 229 19.1 0 0 1.2 22.9 281 0 0
Max Fiske 25 b 10 2 29 83 0 0 2.9 8.3 2.9 83 0 0
Frank Filchock 22 tb 6 3 17 20 0 0 1.2 3.3 2.8 20 0 0
Bull Karcis* 30 3 0 16 31 0 0 1.9 10.3 5.3 31 0 0
Swede Hanson 31 b 5 1 15 50 0 0 3.3 10.0 3.0 1 2 2.0 0 2 0.2 0.4 52 0 0
John Oelerich 22 hb 3 1 12 21 0 0 1.8 7.0 4.0 2 23 11.5 0 0 0.7 7.7 44 0 0
Eggs Manske 26 LE 6 4 5 29 0 0 5.8 4.8 0.8 9 113 12.6 1 23 1.5 18.8 142 1 0
Bob Douglas 2 0 4 10 0 0 2.5 5.0 2.0 10 0 0
George Platukis 23 e 5 2 3 6 0 0 2.0 1.2 0.6 4 82 20.5 0 0 0.8 16.4 88 0 0
Johnny McNally 35 BB 10 4 2 -5 0 0 -2.5 -0.5 0.2 2 5 2.5 0 0 0.2 0.5 0 0 0
Bill Sortet 26 e 8 3 1 -5 0 -5 -5.0 -0.6 0.1 11 166 15.1 4 50 1.4 20.8 161 4 0
Mac Cara 24 e 9 3 1 -1 0 -1 -1.0 -0.1 0.1 4 18 4.5 0 0 0.4 2.0 17 0 0
Tom Burnette 23 bb 6 1 1 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.2 1 3 3.0 0 3 0.2 0.5 3 0 0
Izzy Weinstock 25 fb 2 2 1 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.5 0 0 0
Paul McDonough 22 e 6 3 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 6 86 14.3 0 0 1.0 14.3 86 0 0
Jess Tatum 24 RE 5 4 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 1 16 16.0 0 16 0.2 3.2 16 0 0
Team Total 24.6 11 457 1414 5 79 3.1 128.5 41.5 72 916 12.7 5 50 6.5 83.3 2330 10 0
Opp Total 11 425 1368 7 3.2 124.4 38.6 74 1213 16.4 13 6.7 110.3 2581 20 0

Kicking & Punting

ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+),
0-19 20-29 30-39 40-49 50+ Tot PAT Punting
No. Age Pos G GS FGA FGM FGA FGM FGA FGM FGA FGM FGA FGM FGA FGM FG% XPA XPM XP% Pnt Yds Lng Blck Y/P
Armand Niccolai 27 K/RT 11 10 5 1 20.0% 10 10 100.0%
Tom Burnette 23 bb 6 1 1 0.0%
Johnny McNally 35 BB 10 4 1 0.0%
Team Total 24.6 11 6 1 16.7% 11 10 90.9%
Opp Total 11 5 23 16 69.6%

Scoring Summary

ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+),
No. Age Pos G GS RshTD RecTD PR TD KR TD FblTD IntTD OthTD AllTD 2PM XPM FGM Sfty Pts
Bill Sortet 26 e 8 3 4 4 24
Whizzer White+ 21 TB 11 11 4 4 24
Armand Niccolai 27 K/RT 11 10 10 1 13
Eggs Manske 26 LE 6 4 1 1 2 12
Tuffy Thompson 24 HB 10 3 1 1 6
Team Total 24.6 11 5 5 1 11 10 1 79
Opp Total 11 7 13 16 5 169