1942 Pittsburgh Steelers season

Schedule

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.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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