1936 Pittsburgh Pirates Statistics
National Football League (NFL)
Team Record: 6-6
Finishing 2nd in the NFL's East Division
Coach: Joe Bach (6-6)
Location: Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
1936 Pittsburgh Pirates RosterTeam Record: 6-6
Finishing 2nd in the NFL's East Division
Coach: Joe Bach (6-6)
Location: Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
1936 Pittsburgh Pirates Results
The Pittsburgh Pirates of the National Football League ended the 1936 season with a record of 6 wins and 6 losses, finishing second in the NFL's East Division.
Pittsburgh netted 98 points, while the shaky defensive squad conceded 187. Warren Heller carried the ball for a team-best 332 yards for the Pirates, while Bull Karcis also buoyed the ground attack.
Ed Matesic tossed for 850 yards. Bill Sortet grabbed 14 passes for 197 yards.
Joe Bach coached the team.
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Passing:
| Player | Att | Comp | Comp % | Yds | Yds/Att | TDs | TD % | Ints | Int % | Long | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ed Matesic | 138 | 64 | 46.4 | 850 | 6.2 | 4 | 2.9 | 16 | 11.6 | 0 | 36.5 |
| Johnny Gildea | 29 | 9 | 31.0 | 147 | 5.1 | 1 | 3.4 | 5 | 17.2 | 0 | 21.0 |
| Max Fiske | 15 | 6 | 40.0 | 64 | 4.3 | 0 | 0.0 | 3 | 20.0 | 0 | 13.6 |
| Art Strutt | 1 | 1 | 100.0 | 15 | 15.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 15 | 118.8 |
| Silvio Zaninelli | 6 | 1 | 16.7 | 2 | 0.3 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 16.7 | 2 | 0.0 |
| Warren Heller | 5 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 20.0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| Bull Karcis | 4 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 2 | 50.0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| Totals | 198 | 81 | 40.9 | 1078 | 5.4 | 5 | 2.5 | 28 | 14.1 | 15 |
Rushing:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Warren Heller | 106 | 332 | 3.1 | 0 | 0 |
| Bull Karcis | 89 | 272 | 3.1 | 0 | 2 |
| Art Strutt | 84 | 180 | 2.1 | 0 | 1 |
| Max Fiske | 58 | 92 | 1.6 | 0 | 0 |
| Silvio Zaninelli | 31 | 61 | 2.0 | 0 | 1 |
| Ed Matesic | 46 | 58 | 1.3 | 0 | 0 |
| Bill Sortet | 1 | 47 | 47.0 | 47 | 0 |
| Johnny Gildea | 35 | 31 | 0.9 | 0 | 0 |
| Jim McDonald | 9 | 18 | 2.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Dick Sandefur | 7 | 13 | 1.9 | 0 | 0 |
| Jim Levey | 4 | 3 | 0.8 | 0 | 0 |
| Bill Lajousky | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 1 | 0 |
| George Kakasic | 1 | -8 | -8.0 | -8 | 0 |
| Totals | 472 | 1100 | 2.3 | 47 | 4 |
Receiving:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bill Sortet | 14 | 197 | 14.1 | 55 | 1 |
| Warren Heller | 12 | 160 | 13.3 | 0 | 3 |
| Art Strutt | 11 | 166 | 15.1 | 0 | 0 |
| Ed Skoronski | 8 | 95 | 11.9 | 19 | 1 |
| Bull Karcis | 8 | 71 | 8.9 | 0 | 0 |
| Jeep Brett | 7 | 139 | 19.9 | 0 | 0 |
| Max Fiske | 7 | 96 | 13.7 | 0 | 0 |
| Johnny Gildea | 5 | 70 | 14.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Vic Vidoni | 2 | 35 | 17.5 | 0 | 0 |
| Vinnie Sites | 2 | 22 | 11.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Silvio Zaninelli | 2 | 12 | 6.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Ed Matesic | 1 | 13 | 13.0 | 13 | 0 |
| Jim McDonald | 1 | 8 | 8.0 | 8 | 0 |
| Ed Karpowich | 1 | -6 | -6.0 | -6 | 0 |
| Totals | 81 | 1078 | 13.3 | 55 | 5 |
Kicking:
| Player | X/CA | X/CM | X/CP % | FGA | FGM | FG % | Pts. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Armand Niccolai | 7 | 7 | 28 | ||||
| George Kakasic | 1 | 2 | 7 | ||||
| Bull Karcis | 1 | 1 | |||||
| Totals | 0 | 9 | 0 | 9 | 36 |
Defense and Fumbles:
Total Scoring:
| Touchdowns | Other | Total | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Player | Rush | Rec | Punt | Kick | MFG | Int | Fum | Other | FG | X/C | Single | 2Pt | Saf | Points |
| Armand Niccolai | 7 | 7 | 0 | 28 | ||||||||||
| Warren Heller | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | ||||||||
| George Kakasic | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 13 | ||||||||
| Bull Karcis | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 13 | ||||||||
| Art Strutt | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||||||||
| Silvio Zaninelli | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||||||||
| Ed Skoronski | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||||||||
| Bill Sortet | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||||||||
| Totals | 4 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 96 |
