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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 (2-9-0)
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1938 Statistics / Starters & Roster / Games & Schedule / Team Draftees
Starters
| Pos | Age | Yrs | GS | Summary of Player Stats | Drafted (tm/rnd/yr) | |
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| Offensive Starters | Complete Team Stats | |||||
| HB | Tuffy Thompson | 24 | 1 | 3 | 39 rushes for 139 yards, 1 td, & 9 catches for 55 yards and 0 td | |
| TB | Whizzer White+ | 21 | Rook | 11 | 152 rushes for 567 yards, 4 td, & 7 catches for 88 yards and 0 td | Pittsburgh Pirates / 1st / 4th pick / 1938 |
| FB | Stu Smith* | 23 | 1 | 11 | 80 rushes for 241 yards, 0 td, & 3 catches for 30 yards and 0 td | |
| BB | Johnny McNally | 35 | 13 | 4 | 2 rushes for -5 yards, 0 td, & 2 catches for 5 yards and 0 td | |
| LE | Eggs Manske | 26 | 3 | 4 | 9 catches for 113 yards, 1 td, & 5 rushes for 29 yards and 0 td | |
| LT | Joe Cardwell | 26 | 1 | 7 | ||
| LT | Ed Karpowich | 26 | 2 | 6 | Pittsburgh Pirates / 8th / 66th pick / 1936 |
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| LG | Byron Gentry*+ | 25 | 1 | 11 | ||
| C | Mike Basrak | 26 | 1 | 5 | Pittsburgh Pirates / 1st / 5th pick / 1937 |
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| RG | John Perko | 24 | 1 | 8 | ||
| RT | Armand Niccolai | 27 | 4 | 10 | ||
| RE | Jess Tatum | 24 | Rook | 4 | 1 catch for 16 yards, 0 td | |
| Special Teams Starters | ||||||
| K | Armand Niccolai | 27 | 4 | 10 | 1 of 5 field goals & 10 of 10 extra points | |
| P | Mike Basrak | 26 | 1 | 5 | Pittsburgh Pirates / 1st / 5th pick / 1937 |
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| PR | Mike Basrak | 26 | 1 | 5 | Pittsburgh Pirates / 1st / 5th pick / 1937 |
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| KR | Mike Basrak | 26 | 1 | 5 | Pittsburgh Pirates / 1st / 5th pick / 1937 |
| No. | Age | Pos | G | GS | Wt | Ht | College/Univ | BirthDate | Yrs | Drafted (tm/rnd/yr) | |
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| Mike Basrak | 26 | C | 5 | 5 | 220 | 6-2 | Duquesne | 11/23/1912 | 1 | Pittsburgh Pirates / 1st / 5th pick / 1937 |
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| Tom Burnette | 23 | BB | 6 | 1 | 194 | 6-1 | North Carolina | 7/29/1915 | Rook | Pittsburgh Pirates / 8th / 64th pick / 1938 |
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| Mac Cara | 24 | E | 9 | 3 | 193 | 5-10 | North Carolina State | 11/11/1914 | 1 | Washington Redskins / 10th / 96th pick / 1937 |
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| Joe Cardwell | 26 | T-DE | 11 | 7 | 235 | 6-3 | Duke | 1/31/1912 | 1 | ||
| Bill Davidson | 23 | B-E | 10 | 2 | 182 | 6-0 | Temple | 6/15/1915 | 1 | ||
| Bob Douglas | 68 | FB | 2 | 0 | 195 | 6-0 | Kansas State | 0/0/0 | Rook | ||
| Ted Doyle | 24 | T-G | 9 | 0 | 224 | 6-2 | Nebraska | 1/12/1914 | Rook | New York Giants / 8th / 68th pick / 1938 |
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| Venice Farrar | 28 | G-BB | 1 | 0 | 200 | 5-10 | North Carolina State | 12/22/1910 | Rook | ||
| Scrapper Farrell | 23 | FB | 5 | 2 | 204 | 5-9 | Muhlenberg | 7/12/1915 | Rook | ||
| Frank Filchock | 22 | TB-QB-HB | 6 | 3 | 193 | 5-10 | Indiana | 10/18/1916 | Rook | Pittsburgh Pirates / 2nd / 14th pick / 1938 |
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| Max Fiske | 25 | B-E | 10 | 2 | 199 | 6-0 | DePaul | 9/27/1913 | 2 | ||
| Byron Gentry*+ | 25 | G | 11 | 11 | 227 | 5-11 | USC | 10/20/1913 | 1 | ||
| Swede Hanson | 31 | B | 5 | 1 | 192 | 6-1 | Temple | 11/10/1907 | 7 | ||
| George Kakasic | 26 | G | 4 | 2 | 200 | 5-10 | Duquesne | 4/24/1912 | 2 | ||
| Bull Karcis* | 30 | FB-BB-HB | 3 | 0 | 223 | 5-9 | Carnegie Mellon | 12/3/1908 | 6 | ||
| Ed Karpowich | 26 | T | 8 | 6 | 220 | 6-4 | Catholic | 9/28/1912 | 2 | Pittsburgh Pirates / 8th / 66th pick / 1936 |
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| Walt Kiesling | 35 | G-T | 6 | 0 | 260 | 6-3 | St. Thomas | 3/27/1903 | 12 | ||
| Lou Lassahn | 23 | E | 2 | 0 | 205 | 6-0 | Western Maryland | 10/1/1915 | Rook | ||
| Bernie Lee | 26 | QB | 4 | 1 | 190 | 5-11 | Villanova | 10/25/1912 | Rook | ||
| Eggs Manske | 26 | E | 6 | 4 | 185 | 6-0 | Northwestern | 7/4/1912 | 3 | ||
| Joe Maras | 22 | C | 5 | 1 | 203 | 6-1 | Duquesne | 1/19/1916 | Rook | Cleveland Rams / 10th / 81st pick / 1938 |
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| Lindy Mayhew | 31 | G-T | 6 | 0 | 223 | 6-1 | Texas-El Paso | 8/24/1907 | 2 | ||
| Karl McDade | 23 | C-LB | 6 | 1 | 195 | 6-3 | Portland | 3/27/1915 | Rook | ||
| Paul McDonough | 22 | E | 6 | 3 | 222 | 6-4 | Utah | 12/14/1916 | Rook | Pittsburgh Pirates / 9th / 74th pick / 1938 |
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| Johnny McNally | 35 | TB-HB-WB-BB-DB | 10 | 4 | 188 | 6-1 | Notre Dame,St. John's (MN),Wisconsin-River Falls | 11/27/1903 | 13 | ||
| Armand Niccolai | 27 | T-G | 11 | 10 | 226 | 6-2 | Duquesne | 11/8/1911 | 4 | ||
| John Nosich | 23 | T | 2 | 0 | 230 | 6-3 | Duquesne | 10/12/1915 | Rook | ||
| John Oelerich | 22 | HB | 3 | 1 | 192 | 6-0 | St. Ambrose | 2/7/1916 | Rook | ||
| John Perko | 24 | G | 10 | 8 | 207 | 6-1 | Duquesne | 2/20/1914 | 1 | ||
| George Platukis | 23 | E-DE | 5 | 2 | 196 | 6-0 | Duquesne | 3/15/1915 | Rook | Pittsburgh Pirates / 6th / 44th pick / 1938 |
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| Jack Robinson | 27 | T | 2 | 1 | 220 | 6-2 | Truman State | 6/18/1911 | 3 | ||
| Jim Rorison | 22 | T | 6 | 1 | 250 | 6-3 | USC | 7/23/1916 | Rook | ||
| Stu Smith* | 23 | FB-LB-TB-DB | 11 | 11 | 195 | 6-0 | Bucknell | 2/3/1915 | 1 | ||
| Bill Sortet | 26 | E | 8 | 3 | 187 | 6-1 | West Virginia | 6/25/1912 | 5 | ||
| Jess Tatum | 24 | E-DE | 5 | 4 | 215 | 6-1 | North Carolina State | 10/8/1914 | Rook | ||
| Tuffy Thompson | 24 | HB | 10 | 3 | 172 | 5-11 | Minnesota | 9/28/1914 | 1 | ||
| Clarence Tommerson | 23 | HB | 3 | 0 | 196 | 6-2 | Wisconsin | 4/8/1915 | Rook | ||
| Lou Tsoutsouvas | 23 | C | 5 | 4 | 210 | 5-11 | Stanford | 7/4/1915 | Rook | ||
| Izzy Weinstock | 25 | FB-BB | 2 | 2 | 190 | 5-11 | Pittsburgh | 6/27/1913 | 3 | ||
| Whizzer White+ | 21 | TB-HB | 11 | 11 | 187 | 6-1 | Colorado | 6/8/1917 | Rook | Pittsburgh Pirates / 1st / 4th pick / 1938 |
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| Billy Wilson | 27 | E | 4 | 1 | 184 | 5-10 | Gonzaga | 5/8/1911 | 3 | ||
| Team Total | 26.3 | 11 | 205.6 | 6-0.5 | 1.8 |