1941 Pittsburgh Steelers Statistics
National Football League (NFL)
Team Record: 1-9-1
Finishing 5th in the NFL's East Division
Coach: Aldo Donelli (0-5)
Coach: Bert Bell (0-2)
Coach: Walt Kiesling (1-2-1)
Location: Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
1941 Pittsburgh Steelers RosterTeam Record: 1-9-1
Finishing 5th in the NFL's East Division
Coach: Aldo Donelli (0-5)
Coach: Bert Bell (0-2)
Coach: Walt Kiesling (1-2-1)
Location: Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
1941 Pittsburgh Steelers Results
The Pittsburgh Steelers of the National Football League ended the 1941 season with a record of 1 wins and 9 losses and 1 ties, finishing fifth in the NFL's East Division.
Pittsburgh managed just 103 points, worst in the league, while the leaky defense yielded 276, most in the circuit. Dick Riffle carried the ball for a team-best 388 yards for the Steelers.
Boyd Brumbaugh tossed for 260 yards, and Coley McDonough took a significant amount of snaps also. Don Looney paced all receivers, grabbing 10 passes for 186 yards.
Art Jones seized 7 opponent throws.
Aldo Donelli, Bert Bell and Walt Kiesling coached the team.
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Passing:
| Player | Att | Comp | Comp % | Yds | Yds/Att | TDs | TD % | Ints | Int % | Long | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Boyd Brumbaugh | 41 | 13 | 31.7 | 260 | 6.3 | 2 | 4.9 | 8 | 19.5 | 72 | 31.6 |
| Coley McDonough | 41 | 12 | 29.3 | 200 | 4.9 | 1 | 2.4 | 7 | 17.1 | 59 | 16.0 |
| Dick Riffle | 39 | 8 | 20.5 | 88 | 2.3 | 1 | 2.6 | 9 | 23.1 | 22 | 8.5 |
| Art Jones | 23 | 6 | 26.1 | 86 | 3.7 | 0 | 0.0 | 3 | 13.0 | 19 | 3.1 |
| Al Donelli | 8 | 2 | 25.0 | 13 | 1.6 | 1 | 12.5 | 3 | 37.5 | 10 | 39.6 |
| Les Dodson | 8 | 1 | 12.5 | 7 | 0.9 | 0 | 0.0 | 3 | 37.5 | 7 | 0.0 |
| Frank Zoppetti | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 39.6 |
| Elmer Hackney | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 39.6 |
| John Noppenberg | 3 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 39.6 |
| Joe Hoague | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 39.6 |
| Ben Starret | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 50.0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| Totals | 168 | 42 | 25.0 | 654 | 3.9 | 5 | 3.0 | 34 | 20.2 | 72 |
Rushing:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dick Riffle | 109 | 388 | 3.6 | 54 | 1 |
| Elmer Hackney | 63 | 253 | 4.0 | 31 | 1 |
| Art Jones | 62 | 239 | 3.9 | 34 | 4 |
| Boyd Brumbaugh | 68 | 114 | 1.7 | 8 | 2 |
| Joe Hoague | 33 | 112 | 3.4 | 29 | 1 |
| Coley McDonough | 20 | 64 | 3.2 | 28 | 0 |
| John Noppenberg | 10 | 21 | 2.1 | 8 | 0 |
| Al Donelli | 15 | 20 | 1.3 | 7 | 0 |
| Ben Starret | 7 | 9 | 1.3 | 15 | 0 |
| Jay Arnold | 2 | 4 | 2.0 | 4 | 0 |
| Dick Dolly | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 2 | 0 |
| Rocco Pirro | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 1 | 0 |
| Les Dodson | 2 | -4 | -2.0 | 6 | 0 |
| Totals | 393 | 1223 | 3.1 | 54 | 9 |
Receiving:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Don Looney | 10 | 186 | 18.6 | 66 | 1 |
| Joe Wendlick | 7 | 84 | 12.0 | 19 | 0 |
| Walt Kichefski | 5 | 111 | 22.2 | 72 | 1 |
| Art Jones | 4 | 121 | 30.2 | 59 | 1 |
| Rocco Pirro | 2 | 31 | 15.5 | 19 | 0 |
| Al Donelli | 2 | 25 | 12.5 | 14 | 0 |
| Dick Riffle | 2 | 24 | 12.0 | 14 | 1 |
| Joe Hoague | 2 | 21 | 10.5 | 14 | 1 |
| George Platukis | 2 | 15 | 7.5 | 11 | 0 |
| John Patrick | 1 | 12 | 12.0 | 12 | 0 |
| Elmer Hackney | 1 | 10 | 10.0 | 10 | 0 |
| Dick Bassi | 1 | 6 | 6.0 | 6 | 0 |
| Jay Arnold | 1 | 5 | 5.0 | 5 | 0 |
| Elmer Kolberg | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 2 | 0 |
| Boyd Brumbaugh | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 1 | 0 |
| Totals | 42 | 654 | 15.6 | 72 | 5 |
Kicking:
| Player | X/CA | X/CM | X/CP % | FGA | FGM | FG % | Pts. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Armand Niccolai | 9 | 8 | 88.9 | 4 | 2 | 50.0 | 14 |
| Jack Sanders | 5 | 5 | 100.0 | 5 | |||
| George Somers | 2 | 0.0 | 0 | ||||
| Totals | 14 | 13 | 92.9 | 6 | 2 | 33.3 | 19 |
Punting:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Art Jones | 47 | 1772 | 37.7 | 51 |
| Joe Hoague | 17 | 631 | 37.1 | 55 |
| John Noppenberg | 7 | 270 | 38.6 | 44 |
| Coley McDonough | 7 | 260 | 37.1 | 65 |
| Dick Riffle | 7 | 246 | 35.1 | 51 |
| Al Donelli | 1 | 41 | 41.0 | 41 |
| Les Dodson | 1 | 34 | 34.0 | 34 |
| Totals | 87 | 3254 | 37.4 | 65 |
Punt Returns:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Art Jones | 14 | 232 | 16.6 | 61 | 0 |
| Boyd Brumbaugh | 7 | 60 | 8.6 | 11 | 0 |
| Dick Riffle | 3 | 38 | 12.7 | 16 | 0 |
| Coley McDonough | 2 | 28 | 14.0 | 23 | 0 |
| Al Donelli | 1 | 11 | 11.0 | 11 | 0 |
| Elmer Hackney | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 3 | 0 |
| Totals | 28 | 372 | 13.3 | 61 | 0 |
Kick Returns:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Boyd Brumbaugh | 11 | 271 | 24.6 | 53 | 0 |
| Dick Riffle | 9 | 237 | 26.3 | 0 | 0 |
| Art Jones | 7 | 122 | 17.4 | 0 | 0 |
| Al Donelli | 4 | 83 | 20.8 | 0 | 0 |
| Coley McDonough | 4 | 77 | 19.2 | 0 | 0 |
| Ben Starret | 2 | 42 | 21.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Walt Kichefski | 1 | 18 | 18.0 | 18 | 0 |
| Joe Hoague | 1 | 17 | 17.0 | 17 | 0 |
| Don Looney | 1 | 16 | 16.0 | 16 | 0 |
| John Patrick | 1 | 12 | 12.0 | 12 | 0 |
| Jack Sanders | 1 | 8 | 8.0 | 8 | 0 |
| Royal Kahler | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 3 | 0 |
| Totals | 43 | 906 | 21.1 | 53 | 0 |
Interceptions:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Art Jones | 7 | 35 | 5.0 | 12 | 0 |
| Dick Riffle | 6 | 93 | 15.5 | 29 | 0 |
| John Patrick | 1 | 25 | 25.0 | 25 | 0 |
| Al Donelli | 1 | 18 | 18.0 | 18 | 0 |
| Chuck Cherundolo | 1 | 13 | 13.0 | 13 | 0 |
| Rocco Pirro | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 2 | 0 |
| Jay Arnold | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| John Schiechl | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | 19 | 186 | 9.8 | 29 | 0 |
Total Scoring:
| Touchdowns | Other | Total | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Player | Rush | Rec | Punt | Kick | MFG | Int | Fum | Other | FG | X/C | Single | 2Pt | Saf | Points |
| Art Jones | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30 | |||||
| Armand Niccolai | 2 | 8 | 0 | 14 | ||||||||||
| Boyd Brumbaugh | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | ||||||
| Joe Hoague | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | |||||||
| Dick Riffle | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | |||||
| Walt Kichefski | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||||||||
| Elmer Hackney | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||||||
| Don Looney | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||||||||
| Jack Sanders | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 5 | |||||||||
| Totals | 9 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 103 |
