1934 Pittsburgh Pirates Statistics
National Football League (NFL)
Team Record: 2-10
Finishing 5th in the NFL's East Division
Coach: Luby DiMeolo (2-10)
Location: Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
1934 Pittsburgh Pirates RosterTeam Record: 2-10
Finishing 5th in the NFL's East Division
Coach: Luby DiMeolo (2-10)
Location: Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
1934 Pittsburgh Pirates Results
The Pittsburgh Pirates of the National Football League ended the 1934 season with a record of 2 wins and 10 losses, finishing fifth in the NFL's East Division.
Pittsburgh labored to change the scoreboard with just 51 points, while the shaky defensive squad yielded 206, most in the circuit. Warren Heller carried the ball for a team-best 528 yards for the Pirates.
Warren Heller tossed for 511 yards, and Harp Vaughan took a significant amount of snaps, too. Ben Smith paced all receivers, grabbing 14 passes, while Joe Skladany accumulated 222 receiving yards.
Luby DiMeolo coached the team.
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Passing:
| Player | Att | Comp | Comp % | Yds | Yds/Att | TDs | TD % | Ints | Int % | Long | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Warren Heller | 112 | 31 | 27.7 | 511 | 4.6 | 2 | 1.8 | 15 | 13.4 | 0 | 12.5 |
| Harp Vaughan | 42 | 19 | 45.2 | 262 | 6.2 | 2 | 4.8 | 5 | 11.9 | 62 | 42.1 |
| Alex Rado | 24 | 8 | 33.3 | 179 | 7.5 | 0 | 0.0 | 2 | 8.3 | 0 | 26.2 |
| Silvio Zaninelli | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 39.6 |
| Jess Quatse | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 39.6 |
| Johnny McNally | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 39.6 |
| James Clark | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 39.6 |
| Ray Tesser | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 39.6 |
| Pete Saumer | 3 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 33.3 | 0 | 0.0 |
| Totals | 186 | 58 | 31.2 | 952 | 5.1 | 4 | 2.2 | 23 | 12.4 | 62 |
Rushing:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Warren Heller | 132 | 528 | 4.0 | 0 | 1 |
| Alex Rado | 38 | 210 | 5.5 | 0 | 0 |
| Harp Vaughan | 58 | 196 | 3.4 | 0 | 0 |
| Peter Rajkovich | 39 | 140 | 3.6 | 0 | 0 |
| Angelo Brovelli | 37 | 112 | 3.0 | 0 | 1 |
| James Clark | 31 | 84 | 2.7 | 0 | 0 |
| Jim Levey | 9 | 69 | 7.7 | 0 | 0 |
| Silvio Zaninelli | 24 | 60 | 2.5 | 0 | 0 |
| Jack Roberts | 24 | 55 | 2.3 | 0 | 0 |
| Buster Mott | 5 | 24 | 4.8 | 0 | 0 |
| Pete Saumer | 7 | 21 | 3.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Cap Oehler | 2 | 14 | 7.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Mose Kelsch | 3 | 11 | 3.7 | 0 | 0 |
| George Kavel | 5 | 5 | 1.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Johnny McNally | 3 | 3 | 1.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Ben Ciccone | 1 | -5 | -5.0 | -5 | 0 |
| Totals | 418 | 1527 | 3.7 | 0 | 2 |
Receiving:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ben Smith | 14 | 218 | 15.6 | 0 | 0 |
| Joe Skladany | 9 | 222 | 24.7 | 62 | 2 |
| Bill Sortet | 7 | 93 | 13.3 | 21 | 1 |
| Warren Heller | 6 | 96 | 16.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Alex Rado | 5 | 93 | 18.6 | 0 | 0 |
| Ray Tesser | 5 | 67 | 13.4 | 0 | 0 |
| Harp Vaughan | 2 | 56 | 28.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Silvio Zaninelli | 2 | 14 | 7.0 | 0 | 0 |
| James Clark | 1 | 28 | 28.0 | 28 | 1 |
| Johnny McNally | 1 | 10 | 10.0 | 10 | 0 |
| Totals | 52 | 897 | 17.2 | 62 | 4 |
Kicking:
| Player | X/CA | X/CM | X/CP % | FGA | FGM | FG % | Pts. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Armand Niccolai | 1 | 3 | 10 | ||||
| Mose Kelsch | 2 | 1 | 5 | ||||
| Totals | 0 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 15 |
Total Scoring:
| Touchdowns | Other | Total | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Player | Rush | Rec | Punt | Kick | MFG | Int | Fum | Other | FG | X/C | Single | 2Pt | Saf | Points |
| Joe Skladany | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | |||||||||
| Armand Niccolai | 3 | 1 | 0 | 10 | ||||||||||
| Angelo Brovelli | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||||||||
| Warren Heller | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||||||||
| James Clark | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||||||||
| Bill Sortet | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||||||||
| Mose Kelsch | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 5 | |||||||||
| Totals | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 51 |
