1942 Pittsburgh Steelers season explained

Team:	Pittsburgh Steelers
Year:	1942
Record:	7–4
Division Place:	2nd NFL Eastern
Coach:	Walt Kiesling
Owner:	Art Rooney, Bert Bell
Stadium:	Forbes Field
Pro Bowlers:	Chuck Cherundolo Bill Dudley Milt Simington John Woudenberg
Playoffs:	Did not qualify
Next:	1943 (Steagles)
Shortnavlink:	Steelers seasons

The 1942 Pittsburgh Steelers season was the franchise's 10th season in 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	Record
1	September 13	Philadelphia Eagles	L 14–24	0–1
2	September 20	at Washington Redskins	L 14–28	0–2
3	October 4	New York Giants	W 13–10	1–2
4	October 11	at Brooklyn Dodgers	W 7–0	2–2
5	October 18	at Philadelphia Eagles	W 14–0	3–2
6	October 25	Washington Redskins	L 0–14	3–3
7	November 1	at New York Giants	W 17–9	4–3
8	November 8	at Detroit Lions	W 35–7	5–3
9	November 22	Chicago Cardinals	W 19–3	6–3
10	November 29	Brooklyn Dodgers	W 13–0	7–3
11	December 6	at Green Bay Packers	L 21–24	7–4

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

at Forbes Field, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

Game time:
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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

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

at Forbes Field, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

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

at Ebbets Field, Brooklyn, New York

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

Scoring Drives:

Pittsburgh – Dudley 7 run (Niccolai kick)

at Shibe Park, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Game time:
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Game attendance: 12,500
Referee:

Scoring Drives:

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

at Forbes Field, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

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Game attendance: 37,746
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Scoring Drives:

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

at Polo Grounds, New York, New York

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Game attendance: 19,346
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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)

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)

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)

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)

at Wisconsin State Fair Park, Milwaukee, Wisconsin

Game time:
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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)

Notes and References

Web site: 1942 Pittsburgh Steelers . https://web.archive.org/web/20090907035256/http://www.pro-football-reference.com/teams/pit/1942.htm . September 7, 2009 . live . July 18, 2009 . mdy .
News: Sell. Jack. Steeler Squad Awaits Start to Grid Camp. May 24, 2011. Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. August 8, 1942.