
1944 Chi/Pit Cards/Steelers Statistics
Team Record: 0-10
Finishing 5th in the NFL's West Division
Coach: Walt Kiesling (0-10)
Coach: Phil Handler (0-10)
Location: Chicago, Illinois; Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
1944 Chi/Pit Cards/Steelers Results
The Chi/Pit Cards/Steelers of the National Football League ended the 1944 season with a record of 0 wins and 10 losses, finishing fifth in the NFL's West Division.
Chicago/Pittsburgh netted 108 points, while the wobbly defensive unit conceded 328, most in the league. John Grigas rushed for a team-leading 610 yards for the Cards/Steelers.
John Grigas tossed for 690 yards. Ed Rucinski caught 22 balls, while Tony Bova added 287 receiving yards.
Ed Rucinski picked off 4 opponent throws.
Walt Kiesling and Phil Handler coached the team.
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Passing:
Player | Att | Comp | Comp % | Yds | Yds/Att | TDs | TD % | Ints | Int % | Long | Rating |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
John Grigas | 131 | 50 | 38.2 | 690 | 5.3 | 6 | 4.6 | 21 | 16.0 | 72 | 31.5 |
John McCarthy | 67 | 20 | 29.9 | 250 | 3.7 | 0 | 0.0 | 13 | 19.4 | 38 | 3.0 |
Coley McDonough | 23 | 10 | 43.5 | 208 | 9.0 | 2 | 8.7 | 4 | 17.4 | 67 | 65.4 |
Tony Bova | 30 | 6 | 20.0 | 96 | 3.2 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 3.3 | 34 | 26.5 |
Walt Masters | 7 | 1 | 14.3 | 13 | 1.9 | 0 | 0.0 | 2 | 28.6 | 13 | 0.0 |
Totals | 516 | 174 | 33.7 | 2514 | 4.9 | 16 | 3.1 | 82 | 15.9 | 72 |
Rushing:
Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
John Grigas | 185 | 610 | 3.3 | 29 | 3 |
Bob Thurbon | 69 | 185 | 2.7 | 25 | 4 |
George Magulick | 17 | 102 | 6.0 | 49 | 0 |
Ed Rucinski | 16 | 72 | 4.5 | 22 | 0 |
Johnny Butler | 20 | 48 | 2.4 | 14 | 0 |
Bernie Semes | 17 | 38 | 2.2 | 3 | 0 |
John Popovich | 8 | 29 | 3.6 | 9 | 0 |
Walt Rankin | 4 | 13 | 3.2 | 6 | 0 |
Coley McDonough | 3 | 7 | 2.3 | 4 | 0 |
Walt Masters | 1 | -14 | -14.0 | -14 | 0 |
Tony Bova | 14 | -22 | -1.6 | 3 | 0 |
John McCarthy | 6 | -49 | -8.2 | -8 | 0 |
Totals | 720 | 2038 | 2.8 | 49 | 14 |
Receiving:
Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Ed Rucinski | 22 | 284 | 12.9 | 40 | 1 |
Tony Bova | 19 | 287 | 15.1 | 46 | 2 |
Don Currivan | 7 | 163 | 23.3 | 72 | 2 |
Bob Thurbon | 7 | 134 | 19.1 | 37 | 1 |
Walt Kichefski | 6 | 85 | 14.2 | 34 | 0 |
George Magulick | 6 | 50 | 8.3 | 21 | 0 |
Clint Wager | 5 | 73 | 14.6 | 38 | 0 |
Walt Rankin | 4 | 18 | 4.5 | 8 | 0 |
Johnny Butler | 3 | 109 | 36.3 | 67 | 2 |
Bernie Semes | 3 | 22 | 7.3 | 10 | 0 |
John Popovich | 3 | -1 | -0.3 | 1 | 0 |
John Grigas | 2 | 33 | 16.5 | 36 | 0 |
Totals | 174 | 2514 | 14.4 | 72 | 16 |
Kicking:
Player | X/CA | X/CM | X/CP % | FGA | FGM | FG % | Pts. |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conway Baker | 15 | 11 | 73.3 | 11 | |||
Marshall Robnett | 1 | 1 | 100.0 | 2 | 0.0 | 1 | |
Totals | 32 | 24 | 75.0 | 4 | 0 | 0.0 | 24 |
Punting:
Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long |
---|---|---|---|---|
John McCarthy | 24 | 801 | 33.4 | 52 |
Bob Thurbon | 15 | 450 | 30.0 | 43 |
John Grigas | 12 | 424 | 35.3 | 64 |
Johnny Martin | 6 | 184 | 30.7 | 0 |
Walt Masters | 2 | 91 | 45.5 | 52 |
Marshall Robnett | 1 | 14 | 14.0 | 14 |
Totals | 120 | 3928 | 32.7 | 64 |
Punt Returns:
Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
George Magulick | 7 | 86 | 12.3 | 28 | 0 |
John Grigas | 5 | 40 | 8.0 | 11 | 0 |
Johnny Butler | 3 | 22 | 7.3 | 0 | 0 |
John McCarthy | 1 | 9 | 9.0 | 9 | 0 |
Bob Thurbon | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 2 | 0 |
Totals | 34 | 318 | 9.4 | 28 | 0 |
Kick Returns:
Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
John Grigas | 23 | 471 | 20.5 | 35 | 0 |
Bob Thurbon | 12 | 291 | 24.2 | 55 | 0 |
George Magulick | 5 | 101 | 20.2 | 30 | 0 |
Johnny Butler | 4 | 92 | 23.0 | 29 | 0 |
John Popovich | 3 | 75 | 25.0 | 28 | 0 |
Ed Rucinski | 3 | 67 | 22.3 | 28 | 0 |
Don Currivan | 1 | 14 | 14.0 | 14 | 0 |
Chet Bulger | 1 | 5 | 5.0 | 5 | 0 |
John Perko | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 3 | 0 |
Lou Marotti | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 2 | 0 |
Elbie Schultz | 1 | ||||
Totals | 108 | 2242 | 20.8 | 55 | 2 |
Interceptions:
Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Ed Rucinski | 4 | 35 | 8.8 | 22 | 0 |
Johnny Butler | 2 | 16 | 8.0 | 9 | 0 |
Bob Thurbon | 2 | 14 | 7.0 | 8 | 0 |
George Magulick | 2 | 12 | 6.0 | 12 | 0 |
Walt Rankin | 2 | 9 | 4.5 | 7 | 0 |
Marshall Robnett | 1 | 48 | 48.0 | 48 | 0 |
John Perko | 1 | 10 | 10.0 | 10 | 0 |
John Grigas | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 2 | 0 |
Bernie Semes | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
Totals | 32 | 292 | 9.1 | 48 | 0 |
Total Scoring:
Touchdowns | Other | Total | ||||||||||||
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Player | Rush | Rec | Punt | Kick | MFG | Int | Fum | Other | FG | X/C | Single | 2Pt | Saf | Points |
Bob Thurbon | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30 | |||||
John Grigas | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | |||||
Tony Bova | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | ||||||||
Johnny Butler | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | |||||
Don Currivan | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | ||||||||
Conway Baker | 0 | 11 | 0 | 11 | ||||||||||
Elbie Schultz | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||||||||
Ed Rucinski | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||||||
Marshall Robnett | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |||||||||
Totals | 14 | 16 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 216 |