1937 Pittsburgh Pirates Statistics
National Football League (NFL)
Team Record: 4-7
Finishing 3rd in the NFL's East Division
Coach: Johnny McNally (4-7)
Location: Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
1937 Pittsburgh Pirates RosterTeam Record: 4-7
Finishing 3rd in the NFL's East Division
Coach: Johnny McNally (4-7)
Location: Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
1937 Pittsburgh Pirates Results
The Pittsburgh Pirates of the National Football League ended the 1937 season with a record of 4 wins and 7 losses, finishing third in the NFL's East Division.
Pittsburgh scored 122 points, while the defensive squad yielded 145. Bull Karcis carried the ball for a team-best 513 yards for the Pirates.
Max Fiske threw for 318 yards, and Johnny Gildea threw the ball, too. Johnny McNally paced all receivers, grabbing 10 passes, while Bill Davidson accumulated 169 receiving yards.
Johnny McNally coached the team.
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Passing:
| Player | Att | Comp | Comp % | Yds | Yds/Att | TDs | TD % | Ints | Int % | Long | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Max Fiske | 43 | 17 | 39.5 | 318 | 7.4 | 4 | 9.3 | 4 | 9.3 | 0 | 58.1 |
| Johnny Gildea | 47 | 14 | 29.8 | 288 | 6.1 | 2 | 4.3 | 9 | 19.1 | 0 | 27.2 |
| Johnny McNally | 25 | 10 | 40.0 | 115 | 4.6 | 1 | 4.0 | 2 | 8.0 | 0 | 34.6 |
| Tuffy Thompson | 14 | 6 | 42.9 | 100 | 7.1 | 1 | 7.1 | 4 | 28.6 | 39 | 51.8 |
| Bill Davidson | 24 | 8 | 33.3 | 81 | 3.4 | 0 | 0.0 | 5 | 20.8 | 0 | 4.3 |
| By Haines | 6 | 1 | 16.7 | 14 | 2.3 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 16.7 | 14 | 0.0 |
| Bull Karcis | 3 | 1 | 33.3 | 2 | 0.7 | 1 | 33.3 | 1 | 33.3 | 2 | 42.4 |
| Stu Smith | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 50.0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| Totals | 164 | 57 | 34.8 | 918 | 5.6 | 9 | 5.5 | 27 | 16.5 | 39 |
Rushing:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bull Karcis | 127 | 513 | 4.0 | 0 | 3 |
| Bill Davidson | 101 | 293 | 2.9 | 0 | 1 |
| Stu Smith | 66 | 211 | 3.2 | 0 | 0 |
| Izzy Weinstock | 30 | 88 | 2.9 | 0 | 0 |
| Tuffy Thompson | 43 | 80 | 1.9 | 0 | 0 |
| Johnny Gildea | 49 | 65 | 1.3 | 0 | 1 |
| Max Fiske | 28 | 44 | 1.6 | 0 | 0 |
| Johnny McNally | 9 | 37 | 4.1 | 0 | 0 |
| By Haines | 24 | 29 | 1.2 | 0 | 0 |
| Bill Breeden | 10 | 25 | 2.5 | 0 | 0 |
| Ed Karpowich | 1 | 15 | 15.0 | 15 | 0 |
| Silvio Zaninelli | 4 | 14 | 3.5 | 0 | 0 |
| John Perko | 1 | 5 | 5.0 | 5 | 0 |
| Totals | 493 | 1419 | 2.9 | 15 | 5 |
Receiving:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Johnny McNally | 10 | 168 | 16.8 | 0 | 4 |
| Bill Sortet | 9 | 121 | 13.4 | 26 | 1 |
| Jeep Brett | 8 | 135 | 16.9 | 0 | 1 |
| Tuffy Thompson | 6 | 126 | 21.0 | 55 | 1 |
| Bill Breeden | 6 | 59 | 9.8 | 0 | 0 |
| Bill Davidson | 4 | 169 | 42.2 | 0 | 2 |
| Johnny Gildea | 3 | 47 | 15.7 | 0 | 0 |
| Mac Cara | 2 | 36 | 18.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Bull Karcis | 2 | 18 | 9.0 | 0 | 0 |
| By Haines | 2 | 17 | 8.5 | 0 | 0 |
| Silvio Zaninelli | 2 | 12 | 6.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Vinnie Sites | 2 | 10 | 5.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Max Fiske | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | 57 | 918 | 16.1 | 55 | 9 |
Kicking:
| Player | X/CA | X/CM | X/CP % | FGA | FGM | FG % | Pts. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Armand Niccolai | 5 | 4 | 17 | ||||
| Izzy Weinstock | 4 | 4 | |||||
| George Kakasic | 3 | 3 | |||||
| Totals | 0 | 12 | 0 | 4 | 24 |
Kick Returns:
Interceptions:
Total Scoring:
| Touchdowns | Other | Total | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Player | Rush | Rec | Punt | Kick | MFG | Int | Fum | Other | FG | X/C | Single | 2Pt | Saf | Points |
| Johnny McNally | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30 | |||||||
| Bill Davidson | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | |||||||
| Bull Karcis | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | ||||||||
| Armand Niccolai | 4 | 5 | 0 | 17 | ||||||||||
| Bill Sortet | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||||||||
| Johnny Gildea | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||||||||
| Tuffy Thompson | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||||||||
| Jeep Brett | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||||||||
| Izzy Weinstock | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 4 | |||||||||
| George Kakasic | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | ||||||||||
| Totals | 5 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 120 |
