1940 Pittsburgh Steelers Statistics

National Football League (NFL)
Team Record: 2-7-2
Finishing 4th in the NFL's East Division
Coach: Walt Kiesling (2-7-2)
Location: Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

1940 Pittsburgh Steelers Roster
1940 Pittsburgh Steelers Results

The Pittsburgh Steelers of the National Football League ended the 1940 season with a record of 2 wins and 7 losses and 2 ties, finishing fourth in the NFL's East Division.

The Steelers managed just 60 points, worst in the league, while the defense conceded 178. Lou Tomasetti carried the ball for a team-best 246 yards for Pittsburgh, while George Kiick and Merl Condit additionally contributed to the rushing attack.

Billy Patterson threw for 529 yards. George Platukis paced the receiving corps, grabbing 15 passes for 290 yards.

Tommy Thompson intercepted 3 opponent throws.

Walt Kiesling coached the team.

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Passing:

Player	Att	Comp	Comp %	Yds	Yds/Att	TDs	TD %	Ints	Int %	Long	Rating
Billy Patterson	117	34	29.1	529	4.5	3	2.6	15	12.8	0	14.9
Tommy Thompson	28	9	32.1	145	5.2	1	3.6	3	10.7	31	22.8
Coley McDonough	14	8	57.1	92	6.6	0	0.0	3	21.4	0	37.5
Boyd Brumbaugh	7	2	28.6	46	6.6	0	0.0	1	14.3	0	14.9
Merl Condit	15	2	13.3	33	2.2	0	0.0	2	13.3	0	0.0
Lou Tomasetti	6	3	50.0	30	5.0	0	0.0	2	33.3	0	25.0
George Kiick	2	0	0.0	0	0.0	0	0.0	1	50.0	0	0.0
Totals	189	58	30.7	875	4.6	4	2.1	27	14.3	31

Rushing:

Player	No.	Yds	Avg.	TDs
Lou Tomasetti	68	246	3.6	1
George Kiick	66	212	3.2	0
Merl Condit	52	205	3.9	0
Billy Patterson	87	171	2.0	0
Swede Johnston	41	113	2.8	0
Boyd Brumbaugh	32	79	2.5	0
Tommy Thompson	40	39	1.0	0
Coley McDonough	15	33	2.2	1
John Noppenberg	2	4	2.0	0
Totals	403	1102	2.7	2

Receiving:

Player	No.	Yds	Avg.	Long	TDs
George Platukis	15	290	19.3	45	2
Bill Sortet	7	112	16.0	0	0
Lou Tomasetti	6	129	21.5	26	1
Hank Bruder	5	49	9.8	0	0
John Noppenberg	4	74	18.5	0	0
Tommy Thompson	4	55	13.8	0	0
Merl Condit	4	30	7.5	0	1
Walt Kichefski	4	26	6.5	0	0
John Klumb	3	76	25.3	0	0
George Kiick	3	22	7.3	0	0
Ev Fisher	2	12	6.0	0	0
Boyd Brumbaugh	1	0	0.0	0	0
Totals	58	875	15.1	45	4

Kicking:

Player	X/CA	X/CM	X/CP %	FGA	FGM	FG %	Pts.
Armand Niccolai	6	6	100.0	14	6	42.9	24
Totals	6	6	100.0	14	6	42.9	24

Punting:

Player	No.	Yds	Avg.	Long
Billy Patterson	43	1693	39.4	68
Merl Condit	12	453	37.8	59
Swede Johnston	8	321	40.1	50
Boyd Brumbaugh	6	194	32.3	44
Coley McDonough	4	160	40.0	47
John Noppenberg	4	136	34.0	50
John Yurchey	3	121	40.3	41
Totals	80	3078	38.5	68

Interceptions:

Player	No.	Yds	Avg.	Long
Tommy Thompson	3	23	7.7	0
Merl Condit	2	7	3.5	0
John Noppenberg	1	27	27.0	27
Armand Niccolai	1	5	5.0	5
Frank Sullivan	1	0	0.0	0
Totals	8	62	7.8	27

Total Scoring:

	Touchdowns								Other					Total
Player	Rush	Rec	Punt	Kick	MFG	Int	Fum	Other	FG	X/C	Single	2Pt	Saf	Points
Armand Niccolai						0			6	6	0			24
Lou Tomasetti	1	1							0	0	0			12
George Platukis		2							0	0	0			12
Coley McDonough	1								0	0	0			6
Merl Condit	0	1				0			0	0	0			6
Totals	2	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	6	0	0	0	60