1939 Pittsburgh Pirates (NFL) season

Regular season

Schedule

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

References