1942 Pittsburgh Steelers season

1942 Pittsburgh Steelers season
Head coach	Walt Kiesling
Owner	Art Rooney, Bert Bell
Home field	Forbes Field
Results
Record	7–4
Division place	2nd NFL Eastern
Playoff finish	did not qualify
Pro Bowlers	Chuck Cherundolo Bill Dudley Milt Simington John Woudenberg

The 1942 Pittsburgh Steelers season marked the club's tenth anniversary as a member of the National Football League (NFL). The team improved on their previous season result of 1–9–1 with a record of 7–4–0, which was good enough for 2nd place in the NFL East.^[1] This was the franchise's first ever winning record.

For the second straight year, the team held training camp in Hershey, Pennsylvania.^[2]

Regular season

Schedule

Week	Date		Opponent	Result
1	September 13, 1942		Philadelphia Eagles	L 24-14
2	September 20, 1942	@	Washington Redskins	L 28-14
3	October 4, 1942		New York Giants	W 13-10
4	October 11, 1942	@	Brooklyn Dodgers	W 7-0
5	October 18, 1942	@	Philadelphia Eagles	W 14-0
6	October 25, 1942		Washington Redskins	L 14-0
7	November 1, 1942	@	New York Giants	W 17-9
8	November 8, 1942	@	Detroit Lions	W 35-7
9	November 22, 1942		Chicago Cardinals	W 19-3
10	November 29, 1942		Brooklyn Dodgers	W 13-0
11	December 6, 1942	@	Green Bay Packers	L 24-21

The 1942 Steeler Team was the best team the club had up to that point. For the first time in 10 seasons, the Steelers had a 4-game winning streak. The team finished with a 7-4 record and looked forward to the next season. However, due to the loss of players in the US draft, the team was forced to combine operation with the cross-state rival, Philadelphia Eagles. This would be one of the first times the Steelers felt that fate interrupted the future success that was expected. The Steelers wouldn't post another winning season until 1947, even then, their future was interrupted by fate.

Game Summaries

Week 1 (Sunday September 13, 1942): Philadelphia Eagles

	1	2	3	4	Total
Eagles	7	7	3	7	24
Steelers	7	0	0	7	14

at Forbes Field, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

Game time:
Game weather:
Game attendance: 13,349
Referee:

Scoring Drives:

Pittsburgh – Dudley 44 run (Binotto kick)
Philadelphia – Davis 3 run (Barnum kick)
Philadelphia – Supulski 41 pass from Thompson (Graves kick)
Philadelphia – FG Barnum 24
Philadelphia Meyer 12 pass from Thompson (Barnum kick)
Pittsburgh – Looney 24 pass from Dudley

Week 2 (Sunday, September 20, 1942): Washington Redskins

	1	2	3	4	Total
Steelers	0	0	14	0	14
Redskins	0	7	7	14	28

at Griffith Stadium, Washington, DC

Game time:
Game weather:
Game attendance: 25,000
Referee:

Scoring Drives:

Washington – Juzwik 2 run (Juzwik kick)
Pittsburgh – Dudley 84 kick return (Sanders kick)
Pittsburgh – Riffle 1 run (Sanders kick)
Washington – Aldrich 50 blocked field goal return (Juzwik kick)
Washington – Juzwik 39 run (Juzwik kick)
Washington – Justice 3 pass from Baugh

Week 4 (Sunday October 4, 1942): New York Giants

	1	2	3	4	Total
Giants	3	7	0	0	10
Steelers	0	6	0	7	13

at Forbes Field, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

Game time:
Game weather:
Game attendance: 9,600
Referee:

Scoring Drives:

New York – FG Cuff 37
New York – Hapes 15 pass from Leemans (Cuff kick)
Pittsburgh – Hoague 3 run (kick failed)
Pittsburgh – Sandig 4 run (Niccolai kick)

Week 5 (Sunday October 11, 1942): Brooklyn Dodgers

	1	2	3	4	Total
Steelers	0	7	0	0	7
Dodgers	0	0	0	0	0

at Ebbets Field, Brooklyn, New York

Game time:
Game weather:
Game attendance: 17,689
Referee:

Scoring Drives:

Pittsburgh – Dudley 7 run (Niccolai kick)

Week 6 (Sunday October 18, 1942): Philadelphia Eagles

	1	2	3	4	Total
Steelers	0	0	7	7	14
Eagles	0	0	0	0	0

at Shibe Park, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Game time:
Game weather:
Game attendance: 12,500
Referee:

Scoring Drives:

Pittsburgh – Sandig 39 run (Niccolai kick)
Pittsburgh – Riffle 1 run (Niccolai kick)

Week 7 (Sunday October 25, 1942): Washington Redskins

	1	2	3	4	Total
Redskins	0	7	7	0	14
Steelers	0	0	0	0	0

at Forbes Field, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

Game time:
Game weather:
Game attendance: 37,746
Referee:

Scoring Drives:

Washington – Todd 3 pass from Baugh (Masterson kick)
Washington – Cifers 9 blocked punt return (Masterson kick)

Week 8 (Sunday November 1, 1942): New York Giants

	1	2	3	4	Total
Steelers	0	10	0	7	17
Giants	3	0	0	6	9

at Polo Grounds, New York, New York

Game time:
Game weather:
Game attendance: 19,346
Referee:

Scoring Drives:

New York Giants – FG Cuff 18
Pittsburgh – Sandig 64 punt return (Niccolai kick)
Pittsburgh – FG Simington 16
New York Giants – Cuff 35 pass from Cantor (Cuff kick)
Pittsburgh – Dudley 66 run (Niccolai kick)

Week 9 (Sunday November 8, 1942): Detroit Lions

	1	2	3	4	Total
Steelers	0	14	14	7	35
Lions	7	0	0	0	7

at Briggs Stadium, Detroit, Michigan

Game time:
Game weather:
Game attendance: 16,473
Referee:

Scoring Drives:

Detroit – Hackney run (Lio kick)
Pittsburgh – Sandig 8 run (Niccolai kick)
Pittsburgh – Brown 9 lateral from Kichefski after 15 pass from Dudley (Sanders kick)
Pittsburgh – Dudley 37 run (Sanders kick)
Pittsburgh – Riffle 1 run (Sanders kick)
Pittsburgh – Lamas 29 fumble run (Sommers kick)

Week 10 (Sunday November 22, 1942): Chicago Cardinals

	1	2	3	4	Total
Cardinals	3	0	0	0	3
Steelers	7	3	0	9	19

at Forbes Field, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

Game time:
Game weather:
Game attendance: 20,711
Referee:

Scoring Drives:

Chicago Cardinals – FG Daddio 38
Pittsburgh – Riffle 44 run (Sanders kick)
Pittsburgh – FG Niccolai 22
Pittsburgh – FG Nicolai 30
Pittsburgh – Gonda 27 run (kick failed)

Week 11 (Sunday November 29, 1942): Brooklyn Dodgers

	1	2	3	4	Total
Dodgers	0	0	0	0	0
Steelers	0	7	0	6	13

at Forbes Field, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

Game time:
Game weather:
Game attendance: 4,593
Referee:

Scoring Drives:

Pittsburgh – Tomasic 52 punt return (Niccolai kick)
Pittsburgh – Gonda 68 run (kick failed)

Week 12 (Sunday December 6, 1942): Green Bay Packers

	1	2	3	4	Total
Steelers	0	0	7	14	21
Packers	7	3	0	14	24

at Wisconsin State Fair Park, Milwaukee, Wisconsin

Game time:
Game weather:
Game attendance: 5,138
Referee:

Scoring Drives:

Green Bay – Brock 20 pass from Isbell (Hutson kick)
Green Bay – FG Hutson 20
Pittsburgh – Martin 53 lateral from Riffle after run (Niccolai kick)
Green Bay – Jacunski 49 pass from Isbell (Hutson kick)
Green Bay – Rucinski 24 pass from Isbell (Hutson kick)
Pittsburgh – Dudley 3 run (Simington kick)
Pittsburgh – Martin 24 pass from Dudley (Sanders kick)

Standings

NFL Eastern Division
	W	L	T	PCT	DIV	PF	PA	STK
Washington Redskins	10	1	0	.909	7–1	227	102	W9
Pittsburgh Steelers	7	4	0	.636	5–3	167	119	L1
New York Giants	5	5	1	.500	4–4	155	139	W2
Brooklyn Dodgers	3	8	0	.273	2–6	100	168	L6
Philadelphia Eagles	2	9	0	.182	2–6	134	239	L1

Note: Tie games were not officially counted in the standings until 1972.

References

↑ "1942 Pittsburgh Steelers". Archived from the original on July 21, 2009. Retrieved July 18, 2009.
↑ Sell, Jack (August 8, 1942). "Steeler Squad Awaits Start to Grid Camp". Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. Retrieved May 24, 2011.

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Pittsburgh Steelers

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Championship seasons in bold

1942 NFL season

Eastern Division	Brooklyn	New York	CHI Bears	CHI Cardinals	Western Division
	Philadelphia	Pittsburgh	Cleveland	Detroit
	Washington			Green Bay

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