1938 Pittsburgh Pirates Statistics
National Football League (NFL)
Team Record: 2-9
Finishing 5th in the NFL's East Division
Coach: Johnny McNally (2-9)
Location: Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
1938 Pittsburgh Pirates RosterTeam Record: 2-9
Finishing 5th in the NFL's East Division
Coach: Johnny McNally (2-9)
Location: Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
1938 Pittsburgh Pirates Results
The Pittsburgh Pirates of the National Football League ended the 1938 season with a record of 2 wins and 9 losses, finishing fifth in the NFL's East Division.
The Pirates struggled to score 79 points, worst in the circuit, while the leaky defense gave up 169. Whizzer White carried the ball for a team-best 567 yards for Pittsburgh.
Whizzer White passed for 393 yards, and Frank Filchock spent time under center also. Bill Davidson grabbed 12 passes for 229 yards.
Johnny McNally coached the team.
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Passing:
| Player | Att | Comp | Comp % | Yds | Yds/Att | TDs | TD % | Ints | Int % | Long | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Whizzer White | 73 | 29 | 39.7 | 393 | 5.4 | 2 | 2.7 | 18 | 24.7 | 0 | 27.2 |
| Frank Filchock | 74 | 30 | 40.5 | 392 | 5.3 | 3 | 4.1 | 7 | 9.5 | 0 | 32.0 |
| Max Fiske | 37 | 11 | 29.7 | 121 | 3.3 | 0 | 0.0 | 4 | 10.8 | 0 | 1.1 |
| Bill Davidson | 2 | 2 | 100.0 | 10 | 5.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 87.5 |
| Tom Burnette | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 39.6 |
| Tuffy Thompson | 7 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 3 | 42.9 | 0 | 0.0 |
| Totals | 194 | 72 | 37.1 | 916 | 4.7 | 5 | 2.6 | 32 | 16.5 | 0 |
Rushing:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Whizzer White | 152 | 567 | 3.7 | 79 | 4 |
| Stu Smith | 80 | 241 | 3.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Scrapper Farrell | 46 | 176 | 3.8 | 0 | 0 |
| Tuffy Thompson | 39 | 139 | 3.6 | 0 | 1 |
| Max Fiske | 29 | 83 | 2.9 | 0 | 0 |
| Bill Davidson | 33 | 52 | 1.6 | 0 | 0 |
| Swede Hanson | 15 | 50 | 3.3 | 0 | 0 |
| Bull Karcis | 16 | 31 | 1.9 | 0 | 0 |
| Eggs Manske | 5 | 29 | 5.8 | 0 | 0 |
| John Oelerich | 12 | 21 | 1.8 | 0 | 0 |
| Frank Filchock | 17 | 20 | 1.2 | 0 | 0 |
| Bob Douglas | 4 | 10 | 2.5 | 0 | 0 |
| George Platukis | 3 | 6 | 2.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Tom Burnette | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Izzy Weinstock | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Mac Cara | 1 | -1 | -1.0 | -1 | 0 |
| Bill Sortet | 1 | -5 | -5.0 | -5 | 0 |
| Johnny McNally | 2 | -5 | -2.5 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | 457 | 1414 | 3.1 | 79 | 5 |
Receiving:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bill Davidson | 12 | 229 | 19.1 | 0 | 0 |
| Bill Sortet | 11 | 166 | 15.1 | 50 | 4 |
| Eggs Manske | 9 | 113 | 12.6 | 23 | 1 |
| Tuffy Thompson | 9 | 55 | 6.1 | 0 | 0 |
| Whizzer White | 7 | 88 | 12.6 | 0 | 0 |
| Paul McDonough | 6 | 86 | 14.3 | 0 | 0 |
| George Platukis | 4 | 82 | 20.5 | 0 | 0 |
| Mac Cara | 4 | 18 | 4.5 | 0 | 0 |
| Stu Smith | 3 | 30 | 10.0 | 0 | 0 |
| John Oelerich | 2 | 23 | 11.5 | 0 | 0 |
| Johnny McNally | 2 | 5 | 2.5 | 0 | 0 |
| Jess Tatum | 1 | 16 | 16.0 | 16 | 0 |
| Tom Burnette | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 3 | 0 |
| Swede Hanson | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 2 | 0 |
| Totals | 72 | 916 | 12.7 | 50 | 5 |
Kicking:
| Player | X/CA | X/CM | X/CP % | FGA | FGM | FG % | Pts. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Armand Niccolai | 10 | 10 | 100.0 | 5 | 1 | 20.0 | 13 |
| Johnny McNally | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | ||||
| Tom Burnette | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | ||||
| Totals | 11 | 10 | 90.9 | 6 | 1 | 16.7 | 13 |
Defense and Fumbles:
Total Scoring:
| Touchdowns | Other | Total | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Player | Rush | Rec | Punt | Kick | MFG | Int | Fum | Other | FG | X/C | Single | 2Pt | Saf | Points |
| Bill Sortet | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | ||||||||
| Whizzer White | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | ||||||||
| Armand Niccolai | 1 | 10 | 0 | 13 | ||||||||||
| Eggs Manske | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | |||||||
| Tuffy Thompson | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||||||||
| Totals | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 79 |
