1938 Pittsburgh Pirates (NFL) season

Week 1: Detroit Lions
Detroit Lions
The Detroit Lions are a professional American football team based in Detroit, Michigan. They are members of the North Division of the National Football Conference in the National Football League , and play their home games at Ford Field in Downtown Detroit.Originally based in Portsmouth, Ohio and...

at Titan Stadium
University of Detroit Stadium
University of Detroit Stadium, also known as U of D Stadium, Titan Stadium, or Dinan Field, was a stadium in Detroit, Michigan on the campus of the University of Detroit...

, Detroit, Michigan
Detroit, Michigan
Detroit is the major city among the primary cultural, financial, and transportation centers in the Metro Detroit area, a region of 5.2 million people. As the seat of Wayne County, the city of Detroit is the largest city in the U.S. state of Michigan and serves as a major port on the Detroit River...

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Game attendance: 17,000
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Scoring Drives:

Detroit – FG Shepherd 27
Detroit – Caddel 5 run (kick failed)
Detroit – Cardwell 5 run (Moscrip kick)
Pittsburgh – White
Byron White
Byron Raymond "Whizzer" White won fame both as a football halfback and as an associate justice of the Supreme Court of the United States. Appointed to the court by President John F. Kennedy in 1962, he served until his retirement in 1993...

3 run (Niccolai
Armand Niccolai
Armand Niccolai was a guard who played nine seasons in the National Football League. Niccolai attended Duquesne University....

kick)

Week 1 (Sunday, September 11, 1938): New York Giants
New York Giants
The New York Giants are a professional American football team based in East Rutherford, New Jersey, representing the New York City metropolitan area. The Giants are currently members of the Eastern Division of the National Football Conference in the National Football League...

at Forbes Field
Forbes Field
Forbes Field was a baseball park in the Oakland neighborhood of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, from 1909 to 1971. It was the third home of the Pittsburgh Pirates Major League Baseball team, and the first home of the Pittsburgh Steelers, the city's National Football League franchise...

, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Pittsburgh is the second-largest city in the US Commonwealth of Pennsylvania and the county seat of Allegheny County. Regionally, it anchors the largest urban area of Appalachia and the Ohio River Valley, and nationally, it is the 22nd-largest urban area in the United States...

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Game attendance: 17,340
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Scoring Drives:

Pittsburgh – White
Byron White
Byron Raymond "Whizzer" White won fame both as a football halfback and as an associate justice of the Supreme Court of the United States. Appointed to the court by President John F. Kennedy in 1962, he served until his retirement in 1993...

4 run (Niccolai
Armand Niccolai
Armand Niccolai was a guard who played nine seasons in the National Football League. Niccolai attended Duquesne University....

kick)
New York – Leemans 1 run (kick blocked)
Pittsburgh – Manske 23 pass from Filchock (Niccolai
Armand Niccolai
Armand Niccolai was a guard who played nine seasons in the National Football League. Niccolai attended Duquesne University....

kick)
New York – Shaffer 3 pass from Danowski (Soar kick)
New York – Shaffer 11 pass from Danowski (Cuff kick)
New York – Soar 1 run (Soar kick)

Week 2 (Friday September 16, 1938): Philadelphia Eagles
Philadelphia Eagles
The Philadelphia Eagles are a professional American football team based in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. They are members of the East Division of the National Football Conference in the National Football League...

at Civic Stadium
War Memorial Stadium (Buffalo)
War Memorial Stadium is the name of a stadium that formerly stood in Buffalo, New York. The stadium was on a rectangular block near the downtown area. Its main entrance was at Jefferson Avenue to the east and Best Street to the south...

, Buffalo, New York
Buffalo, New York
Buffalo is the second most populous city in the state of New York, after New York City. Located in Western New York on the eastern shores of Lake Erie and at the head of the Niagara River across from Fort Erie, Ontario, Buffalo is the seat of Erie County and the principal city of the...

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Game attendance: 19,749
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Scoring Drives:

Philadelphia – Arnold 20 fumble run (Smukler kick)
Philadelphia – Arnold 34 pass from Riffle (Reese kick)
Philadelphia – Arnold 23 interception (kick failed)
Philadelphia – Riffle 44 run (Smukler kick)
Pittsburgh – White
Byron White
Byron Raymond "Whizzer" White won fame both as a football halfback and as an associate justice of the Supreme Court of the United States. Appointed to the court by President John F. Kennedy in 1962, he served until his retirement in 1993...

1 run (Niccolai
Armand Niccolai
Armand Niccolai was a guard who played nine seasons in the National Football League. Niccolai attended Duquesne University....

kick)

Week 3 (Friday September 23, 1938): Brooklyn Dodgers
Brooklyn Dodgers (NFL)
The Brooklyn Dodgers were an American football team that played in the National Football League from 1930 to 1943, and in 1944 as the Brooklyn Tigers. The team played its home games at Ebbets Field. In 1945, because of financial difficulties, the team was merged with the Boston Yanks...

at Ebbets Field
Ebbets Field
Ebbets Field was a Major League Baseball park located in the Flatbush section of Brooklyn, New York, USA, on a city block which is now considered to be part of the Crown Heights neighborhood. It was the home of the Brooklyn Dodgers of the National League. It was also a venue for professional football...

, Brooklyn, New York

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Game attendance: 21,494
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Scoring Drives:

Brooklyn – FG Reissig 18
Pittsburgh – Manske 27 fumble run (Niccolai
Armand Niccolai
Armand Niccolai was a guard who played nine seasons in the National Football League. Niccolai attended Duquesne University....

kick)
Pittsburgh – Thompson 5 run (Niccolai
Armand Niccolai
Armand Niccolai was a guard who played nine seasons in the National Football League. Niccolai attended Duquesne University....

kick)
Pittsburgh – FG Niccolai
Armand Niccolai
Armand Niccolai was a guard who played nine seasons in the National Football League. Niccolai attended Duquesne University....

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Week 4 (Monday October 3, 1938): New York Giants
New York Giants
The New York Giants are a professional American football team based in East Rutherford, New Jersey, representing the New York City metropolitan area. The Giants are currently members of the Eastern Division of the National Football Conference in the National Football League...

at Polo Grounds
Polo Grounds
The Polo Grounds was the name given to four different stadiums in Upper Manhattan, New York City, used by many professional teams in both baseball and American football from 1880 until 1963...

, New York, NY

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Game attendance: 18,805
Referee:

Scoring Drives:

New York – Cuff 18 pass from Danowski (Cuff kick)
Pittsburgh – Sortet 24 pass from Filchock (Niccolai
Armand Niccolai
Armand Niccolai was a guard who played nine seasons in the National Football League. Niccolai attended Duquesne University....

kick)
New York – FG Cuff 10
Pittsburgh – Sortet 13 pass from Filchock (kick failed)

Week 5 (Sunday October 9, 1938): Brooklyn Dodgers
Brooklyn Dodgers (NFL)
The Brooklyn Dodgers were an American football team that played in the National Football League from 1930 to 1943, and in 1944 as the Brooklyn Tigers. The team played its home games at Ebbets Field. In 1945, because of financial difficulties, the team was merged with the Boston Yanks...

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Scoring Drives:

Brooklyn – FG Kercheval 34
Pittsburgh – Sortet 50 pass from White (Niccolai
Armand Niccolai
Armand Niccolai was a guard who played nine seasons in the National Football League. Niccolai attended Duquesne University....

kick)
Brooklyn – Barreturnt 54 pass from Parker (Kercheval kick)
Brooklyn – Parker 77 run (Parker kick)

Week 7 (Sunday October 23, 1938): Green Bay Packers
Green Bay Packers
The Green Bay Packers are an American football team based in Green Bay, Wisconsin. They are members of the North Division of the National Football Conference in the National Football League . The Packers are the current NFL champions...

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Game attendance: 12,142
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Scoring Drives:

Green Bay – Isbell 38 run (Hinkle kick)
Green Bay – Laws 38 interception (kick failed)
Green Bay – Mullenaux 19 pass from Monnett (Monnett kick)

Week 9 (Sunday November 6, 1938): Washington Redskins
Washington Redskins
The Washington Redskins are a professional American football team and members of the East Division of the National Football Conference in the National Football League . The team plays at FedExField in Landover, Maryland, while its headquarters and training facility are at Redskin Park in Ashburn,...

Game time:
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Game attendance: 12,910
Referee:

Scoring Drives:

Washington – Karamatic 39 pass from Baugh
Sammy Baugh
Samuel Adrian "Slingin' Sammy" Baugh was an American football player and coach. He played college football for the Horned Frogs at Texas Christian University, where he was a two-time All-American. He then played in the National Football League for the Washington Redskins from 1937 to 1952...

(Manton kick)

Week 11 (Sunday November 20, 1938): Philadelphia Eagles
Philadelphia Eagles
The Philadelphia Eagles are a professional American football team based in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. They are members of the East Division of the National Football Conference in the National Football League...

at Laidley Field
Laidley Field
The University of Charleston Stadium at Laidley Field, is an 18,500-capacity stadium located in downtown Charleston, West Virginia, near the state Capitol complex. It features a FieldTurf playing field for football and facilities for track and field competitions.The stadium was finished in 1979,...

, Charleston, West Virginia
Charleston, West Virginia
Charleston is the capital and largest city of the U.S. state of West Virginia. It is located at the confluence of the Elk and Kanawha Rivers in Kanawha County. As of the 2010 census, it has a population of 51,400, and its metropolitan area 304,214. It is the county seat of Kanawha County.Early...

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Game attendance: 6,500
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Scoring Drives:

Philadelphia – Hewitt pass from Smukler (Smukler kick)
Pittsburgh – White
Byron White
Byron Raymond "Whizzer" White won fame both as a football halfback and as an associate justice of the Supreme Court of the United States. Appointed to the court by President John F. Kennedy in 1962, he served until his retirement in 1993...

79 run (Niccolai
Armand Niccolai
Armand Niccolai was a guard who played nine seasons in the National Football League. Niccolai attended Duquesne University....

kick)
Philadelphia – Carter 11 pas from Smukler (Reese kick)

Week 12 (Sunday November 27, 1938): Washington Redskins
Washington Redskins
The Washington Redskins are a professional American football team and members of the East Division of the National Football Conference in the National Football League . The team plays at FedExField in Landover, Maryland, while its headquarters and training facility are at Redskin Park in Ashburn,...

at Griffith Stadium
Griffith Stadium
Griffith Stadium was a sports stadium that stood in Washington, D.C. from 1911 to 1965, between Georgia Avenue and 5th Street, and between W Street and Florida Avenue, NW. An earlier wooden baseball park had been built on the same site in 1891...

, Washington, DC

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Game attendance: 22,000
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Scoring Drives:

Washington – FG Manton 23
Washington – Millner pass from Baugh
Sammy Baugh
Samuel Adrian "Slingin' Sammy" Baugh was an American football player and coach. He played college football for the Horned Frogs at Texas Christian University, where he was a two-time All-American. He then played in the National Football League for the Washington Redskins from 1937 to 1952...
Washington – McChesney 52 pass from Baugh (kick failed)

Week 13 (Tuesday December 4, 1938): Cleveland Rams
Cleveland Rams
The Cleveland Rams were a professional American football team based in Cleveland, Ohio.The Rams began playing in 1936 in Cleveland, Ohio. The NFL considers the franchise as a second incarnation of the previous Cleveland Rams team that was a charter member of the second American Football League...

at Tulane Stadium
Tulane Stadium
Tulane Stadium was an outdoor football stadium located in New Orleans, Louisiana from 1926 to 1980. Officially known as the Third Tulane Stadium, it replaced the "Second Tulane Stadium" where the Telephone Exchange Building is now located...

, New Orleans, Louisiana
New Orleans, Louisiana
New Orleans is a major United States port and the largest city and metropolitan area in the state of Louisiana. The New Orleans metropolitan area has a population of 1,235,650 as of 2009, the 46th largest in the USA. The New Orleans – Metairie – Bogalusa combined statistical area has a population...

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Game attendance: 7,500
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Scoring Drives:

Cleveland – Benton 28 pass from Snyder (Snyder kick)
Cleveland – Benton 11 pass from Snyder (kick failed)
Pittsburgh – Sortet 8 pass from White (Niccolai
Armand Niccolai
Armand Niccolai was a guard who played nine seasons in the National Football League. Niccolai attended Duquesne University....

kick)

Standings

NFL Eastern Eastern and Western Divisions (NFL) 1933-69 The Eastern and Western Divisions of the National Football League, renamed the American and National Conferences in 1950 and then the Eastern and Western Conferences in 1953, were organized as a result of the disputed NFL championship of 1932...
	W	L	T	PCT	PF	PA	STK
New York Giants 1938 New York Giants season The 1938 New York Giants season was the fourteenth season for the club in the National Football League.-Schedule:-Standings:-See also:*List of New York Giants seasons...	8	2	1	.800	194	79	W-1
Washington Redskins 1938 Washington Redskins season The 1938 Washington Redskins began with the team trying to improve on their 8-3 record from 1937.Defending champs on eve of 1938 season-Schedule:-Standings:...	6	3	2	.667	148	154	L-1
Brooklyn Dodgers 1938 Brooklyn Dodgers (NFL) season The 1938 Brooklyn Dodgers season was their ninth in the league. The team improved on their previous season's output of 3-7-1, winning four games. They failed to qualify for the playoffs for the seventh consecutive season.-Schedule:-Standings:-References:...	4	4	3	.500	131	161	T-1
Philadelphia Eagles 1938 Philadelphia Eagles season The 1938 Philadelphia Eagles season was their sixth in the league. The team improved on their previous output of 2–8–1, winning five games. The team failed to qualify for the playoffs for the sixth consecutive season.-NFL Draft:...	5	6	0	.455	154	164	W-2
Pittsburgh Pirates	2	9	0	.182	79	169	L-6

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Standings

Week 2 (Friday September 16, 1938): Philadelphia Eagles
Philadelphia Eagles
The Philadelphia Eagles are a professional American football team based in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. They are members of the East Division of the National Football Conference in the National Football League...

Week 11 (Sunday November 20, 1938): Philadelphia Eagles
Philadelphia Eagles
The Philadelphia Eagles are a professional American football team based in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. They are members of the East Division of the National Football Conference in the National Football League...