1940 Pittsburgh Steelers season

1940 Pittsburgh Steelers season
Head coach Walt Kiesling
Owner Art Rooney
Home field Forbes Field
Results
Record 2–7–2
Division Place 4th NFL Eastern
Playoff finish did not qualify
Timeline
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1939 1941

The 1940 Pittsburgh Steelers team was led by head coach Walt Kiesling in his first full season in the top job. Kiesling's assistant coaches were Wilbur "Bill" Sortet and Hank Bruder, who both also played.[1] They held training camp at St. Francis College in Loretto, Pennsylvania.[2]

In the 1940 NFL Draft the Steelers continued their pattern of trading away high picks when they dealt their first-round selection (second overall), halfback Kay Eakin from Arkansas, to the New York Giants for tackle Ox Parry, who would never play for the Steelers.[3]

Contents

Regular season

Schedule

Week 1 (Sunday September 8, 1940): Chicago Cardinals

1 2 3 4 Total
Cardinals 0 0 7 0 7
Steelers 0 7 0 0 7

at Forbes Field, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

Scoring Drives:

Week 2 (Sunday, September 15, 1940): New York Giants

1 2 3 4 Total
Giants 0 0 7 3 10
Steelers 10 0 0 0 10

at Forbes Field, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

Scoring Drives:

Week 3 (Sunday September 22, 1940): Detroit Lions

1 2 3 4 Total
Steelers 0 0 3 7 10
Lions 0 7 0 0 7

at Briggs Stadium, Detroit, Michigan

Scoring Drives:

Week 4 (Sunday September 29, 1940): Brooklyn Dodgers

1 2 3 4 Total
Dodgers 7 0 3 0 10
Steelers 0 3 0 0 3

at Forbes Field, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

Scoring Drives:

Week 5 (Sunday October 6, 1940): Washington Redskins

1 2 3 4 Total
Redskins 14 7 13 6 40
Steelers 3 0 7 0 10

at Forbes Field, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

Scoring Drives:

Week 6 (Sunday October 13, 1940): Brooklyn Dodgers

1 2 3 4 Total
Steelers 0 0 0 0 0
Dodgers 14 0 0 7 21

at Ebbets Field, Brooklyn, New York

Scoring Drives:

Week 7 (Sunday October 20, 1940): New York Giants

1 2 3 4 Total
Steelers 0 0 0 0 0
Giants 7 3 0 2 12

at Polo Grounds, New York, New York

Scoring Drives:

Week 8 (Sunday October 27, 1940): Green Bay Packers

1 2 3 4 Total
Steelers 3 0 0 0 3
Packers 7 3 0 14 24

at Wisconsin State Fair Park, Milwaukee, Wisconsin

Scoring Drives:

Week 9 (Sunday November 3, 1940): Washington Redskins

1 2 3 4 Total
Steelers 3 7 0 0 10
Redskins 6 7 7 17 37

at Griffith Stadium, Washington, DC

Scoring Drives:

Week 10 (Sunday November 10, 1940): Philadelphia Eagles

1 2 3 4 Total
Eagles 3 0 0 0 3
Steelers 0 0 7 0 7

at Forbes Field, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

Scoring Drives:

Week 13 (Sunday November 28, 1940): Philadelphia Eagles

1 2 3 4 Total
Steelers 0 0 0 0 0
Eagles 0 0 0 7 7

at Shibe Park, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Scoring Drives:

Standings

NFL Eastern
W L T PCT PF PA STK
Washington Redskins 9 2 0 .818 245 142 W-1
Brooklyn Dodgers 8 3 0 .727 186 120 W-4
New York Giants 6 4 1 .600 131 133 L-1
Pittsburgh Steelers 2 7 2 .222 60 178 L-1
Philadelphia Eagles 1 10 0 .091 111 211 L-1

References

Eastern Division Western Division
Brooklyn Chicago Bears
New York Chicago Cardinals
Philadelphia Cleveland
Pittsburgh Detroit
Washington Green Bay
1940 NFL DraftNFL Championship