The 1934 NFL Pittsburgh Pirates (later to become the Pittsburgh Steelers

Pittsburgh Steelers

The Pittsburgh Steelers are a professional football team based in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. The team currently belongs to the North Division of the American Football Conference in the National Football League . Founded in , the Steelers are the oldest franchise in the AFC...

 in 1940) began the season with a new coach, Luby DiMeolo, but again found themselves finishing in 5th place in the Eastern Division. The Pirates suffered a miserable 2–10 season, in which they were shut out in 5 games and only scored more than 10 points in 3 games.

One point of interest of the season was the arrival of John McNally

John McNally

John Victor "Blood" McNally was an American football player who was inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame.-Early life:...

 for one season from the Green Bay Packers

Green Bay Packers

The Green Bay Packers are an American football team based in Green Bay, Wisconsin. They are members of the North Division of the National Football Conference in the National Football League . The Packers are the current NFL champions...

. Unfortunately this All-Pro and future Hall of Famer did not have much of an impact for the Pirates before returning to the Packers the next season.

Schedule

Week	Date	Opponent	Result
1	September 9, 1934	Cincinnati Reds Cincinnati Reds (NFL) The Cincinnati Reds were a National Football League team that played the 1933 season and the first eight games of the 1934 season. The football Reds played most of their home games at Crosley Field...	W 13–0
2	September 16, 1934	Boston Redskins	L 0–7
3	September 26, 1934	Philadelphia Eagles Philadelphia Eagles The Philadelphia Eagles are a professional American football team based in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. They are members of the East Division of the National Football Conference in the National Football League...	L 0–7
4	October 3, 1934	New York Giants New York Giants The New York Giants are a professional American football team based in East Rutherford, New Jersey, representing the New York City metropolitan area. The Giants are currently members of the Eastern Division of the National Football Conference in the National Football League...	L 12–14
5	October 7, 1934	at Philadelphia Eagles Philadelphia Eagles The Philadelphia Eagles are a professional American football team based in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. They are members of the East Division of the National Football Conference in the National Football League...	W 9–7
6	October 10, 1934	Chicago Bears Chicago Bears The Chicago Bears are a professional American football team based in Chicago, Illinois. They are members of the North Division of the National Football Conference in the National Football League...	L 0–28
7	October 14, 1934	at Boston Redskins	L 0–39
8	October 21, 1934	at New York Giants New York Giants The New York Giants are a professional American football team based in East Rutherford, New Jersey, representing the New York City metropolitan area. The Giants are currently members of the Eastern Division of the National Football Conference in the National Football League...	L 7–17
9	October 28, 1934	at Brooklyn Dodgers Brooklyn Dodgers (NFL) The Brooklyn Dodgers were an American football team that played in the National Football League from 1930 to 1943, and in 1944 as the Brooklyn Tigers. The team played its home games at Ebbets Field. In 1945, because of financial difficulties, the team was merged with the Boston Yanks...	L 3–21
10	November 4, 1934	at Detroit Lions Detroit Lions The Detroit Lions are a professional American football team based in Detroit, Michigan. They are members of the North Division of the National Football Conference in the National Football League , and play their home games at Ford Field in Downtown Detroit.Originally based in Portsmouth, Ohio and...	L 7–40
11	November 11, 1934	at St. Louis Gunners St. Louis Gunners The St. Louis Gunners, were an independent professional football team based in St. Louis, Missouri, who played the last three games of the 1934 National Football League season, replacing the Cincinnati Reds on the league schedule after the Reds' league membership was suspended...	L 0–6
12	November 18, 1934	at Brooklyn Dodgers Brooklyn Dodgers (NFL) The Brooklyn Dodgers were an American football team that played in the National Football League from 1930 to 1943, and in 1944 as the Brooklyn Tigers. The team played its home games at Ebbets Field. In 1945, because of financial difficulties, the team was merged with the Boston Yanks...	L 0–10

Standings

NFL Eastern Eastern and Western Divisions (NFL) 1933-69 The Eastern and Western Divisions of the National Football League, renamed the American and National Conferences in 1950 and then the Eastern and Western Conferences in 1953, were organized as a result of the disputed NFL championship of 1932...
	W	L	T	PCT	PF	PA	STK
New York Giants 1934 New York Giants season The 1934 New York Giants season was the tenth season for the club in the National Football League. The Giants denied the Bears a perfect season as the Giants went on to win what would become known as the "Sneakers Game".-Schedule:-Standings:...	8	5	0	.615	147	107	L-1
Boston Redskins 1934 Boston Redskins season The Boston Redskins finished the 1934 season with a record of six wins and six losses, and finished in second place in the Eastern Division of the National Football League. They failed to qualify for the playoffs for the third consecutive season.-Schedule:...	6	6	0	.500	107	94	W-1
Brooklyn Dodgers 1934 Brooklyn Dodgers (NFL) season The 1934 Brooklyn Dodgers season was their fifth in the league. The team failed to improve on their previous season's output of 5-4-1, winning only four games. They failed to qualify for the playoffs for the third consecutive season.-Schedule:-Standings:...	4	7	0	.364	61	153	L-3
Philadelphia Eagles 1934 Philadelphia Eagles season The 1934 Philadelphia Eagles season was their second in the league. The team failed to improve on their previous output of 3–5–1, losing seven games...	4	7	0	.364	127	85	W-2
Pittsburgh Pirates	2	10	0	.167	51	206	L-7

Week 1 (Sunday September 9, 1934): Cincinnati Reds

Cincinnati Reds (NFL)

The Cincinnati Reds were a National Football League team that played the 1933 season and the first eight games of the 1934 season. The football Reds played most of their home games at Crosley Field...

 

at Forbes Field

Forbes Field

Forbes Field was a baseball park in the Oakland neighborhood of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, from 1909 to 1971. It was the third home of the Pittsburgh Pirates Major League Baseball team, and the first home of the Pittsburgh Steelers, the city's National Football League franchise...

, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

Pittsburgh is the second-largest city in the US Commonwealth of Pennsylvania and the county seat of Allegheny County. Regionally, it anchors the largest urban area of Appalachia and the Ohio River Valley, and nationally, it is the 22nd-largest urban area in the United States...

• Game time:
• Game weather:
• Game attendance: 14,164
• Referee:
• TV announcers:

Scoring drives:

• Pittsburgh – Clark 27 lateral from Sorlet after pass from Heller (Kelsch kick)
• Pittsburgh – FG Kelsch 13
• Pittsburgh – FG Niccolai 13

Week 2 (Sunday September 16, 1934): Boston Redskins 

at Forbes Field

Forbes Field

Forbes Field was a baseball park in the Oakland neighborhood of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, from 1909 to 1971. It was the third home of the Pittsburgh Pirates Major League Baseball team, and the first home of the Pittsburgh Steelers, the city's National Football League franchise...

, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

Pittsburgh is the second-largest city in the US Commonwealth of Pennsylvania and the county seat of Allegheny County. Regionally, it anchors the largest urban area of Appalachia and the Ohio River Valley, and nationally, it is the 22nd-largest urban area in the United States...

• Game time:
• Game weather:
• Game attendance: 17,171
• Referee:
• TV announcers:

Scoring drives:

• Boston – Malone 16 pass from Hokuf (Battles kick)

Week 4 (Wednesday September 26, 1934): Philadelphia Eagles

Philadelphia Eagles

The Philadelphia Eagles are a professional American football team based in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. They are members of the East Division of the National Football Conference in the National Football League...

 

at Forbes Field

Forbes Field

Forbes Field was a baseball park in the Oakland neighborhood of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, from 1909 to 1971. It was the third home of the Pittsburgh Pirates Major League Baseball team, and the first home of the Pittsburgh Steelers, the city's National Football League franchise...

, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

Pittsburgh is the second-largest city in the US Commonwealth of Pennsylvania and the county seat of Allegheny County. Regionally, it anchors the largest urban area of Appalachia and the Ohio River Valley, and nationally, it is the 22nd-largest urban area in the United States...

• Game time:
• Game weather:
• Game attendance: 11,559
• Referee:
• TV announcers:

Scoring drives:

• Philadelphia – Hanson 16 run (Hanson kick)
• Philadelphia – Hanson 34 pass from Kirkman (Hajek kick)
• Philadelphia – FG Wiener 17

Week 5 (Wednesday October 3, 1934): New York Giants

New York Giants

The New York Giants are a professional American football team based in East Rutherford, New Jersey, representing the New York City metropolitan area. The Giants are currently members of the Eastern Division of the National Football Conference in the National Football League...

 

at Forbes Field

Forbes Field

Forbes Field was a baseball park in the Oakland neighborhood of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, from 1909 to 1971. It was the third home of the Pittsburgh Pirates Major League Baseball team, and the first home of the Pittsburgh Steelers, the city's National Football League franchise...

, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

Pittsburgh is the second-largest city in the US Commonwealth of Pennsylvania and the county seat of Allegheny County. Regionally, it anchors the largest urban area of Appalachia and the Ohio River Valley, and nationally, it is the 22nd-largest urban area in the United States...

• Game time:
• Game weather:
• Game attendance: 13,020
• Referee:
• TV announcers:

Scoring drives:

• New York – Badgro 25 pass from Newman (Newman kick)
• Pittsburgh – Skladany 28 pass from Heller (kick failed)
• Pittsburgh – Heller 2 run (kick failed)
• New York – Strong 7 run (Newman kick)

Week 5 (Sunday October 7, 1934): Philadelphia Eagles

Philadelphia Eagles

The Philadelphia Eagles are a professional American football team based in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. They are members of the East Division of the National Football Conference in the National Football League...

 

at Baker Bowl

Baker Bowl

Baker Bowl is the best-known popular name of a baseball park that formerly stood in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States. Its formal name, painted on its outer wall, was National League Park. It was also initially known as Philadelphia Park or Philadelphia Base Ball Grounds.It was on a small...

, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Philadelphia is the largest city in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania and the county seat of Philadelphia County, with which it is coterminous. The city is located in the Northeastern United States along the Delaware and Schuylkill rivers. It is the fifth-most-populous city in the United States,...

• Game time:
• Game weather:
• Game attendance: 9,000
• Referee:
• TV announcers:

Scoring drives:

• Pittsburgh – FG Niccolai 28
• Pittsburgh – Brovelli 5 run (kick blocked)
• Philadelphia – Gonya 4 pass from Barnhardt (Kirkman kick)

Week 6 (Wednesday October 10, 1934): Chicago Bears

Chicago Bears

The Chicago Bears are a professional American football team based in Chicago, Illinois. They are members of the North Division of the National Football Conference in the National Football League...

 

at Forbes Field

Forbes Field

Forbes Field was a baseball park in the Oakland neighborhood of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, from 1909 to 1971. It was the third home of the Pittsburgh Pirates Major League Baseball team, and the first home of the Pittsburgh Steelers, the city's National Football League franchise...

, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

Pittsburgh is the second-largest city in the US Commonwealth of Pennsylvania and the county seat of Allegheny County. Regionally, it anchors the largest urban area of Appalachia and the Ohio River Valley, and nationally, it is the 22nd-largest urban area in the United States...

• Game time:
• Game weather:
• Game attendance: 19,386
• Referee:
• TV announcers:

Scoring drives:

• Chicago Bears – Ronzani 6 pass from Burmbaugh (Manders kick)
• Chicago Bears – Feathers 82 run (Manders kick)
• Chicago Bears – Molesworth 2 run (Manders kick)
• Chicago Bears – Johnsos 3 pass from Molesworth (Manders kick)

Week 6 (Sunday October 14, 1934): Boston Redskins 

at Fenway Park

Fenway Park

Fenway Park is a baseball park near Kenmore Square in Boston, Massachusetts. Located at 4 Yawkey Way, it has served as the home ballpark of the Boston Red Sox baseball club since it opened in 1912, and is the oldest Major League Baseball stadium currently in use. It is one of two "classic"...

, Boston, Massachusetts

• Game time:
• Game weather:
• Game attendance: 15,515
• Referee:
• TV announcers:

Scoring drives:

• Boston – Malone pass from Hokuf (kick failed)
• Boston – Battles run (Wright kick)
• Boston – Battles 19 run (kick failed)
• Boston – Wright 59 run (Wright kick)
• Boston – Pinckert run (kick failed)
• Boston – McPhail 14 fumble return (McPhail kick)

Week 7 (Sunday October 21, 1934): New York Giants

New York Giants

The New York Giants are a professional American football team based in East Rutherford, New Jersey, representing the New York City metropolitan area. The Giants are currently members of the Eastern Division of the National Football Conference in the National Football League...

 

at Polo Grounds

Polo Grounds

The Polo Grounds was the name given to four different stadiums in Upper Manhattan, New York City, used by many professional teams in both baseball and American football from 1880 until 1963...

, New York, New York

• Game time:
• Game weather:
• Game attendance: 11,000
• Referee:
• TV announcers:

Scoring drives:

• New York – FG Strong 44
• New York – Strong 2 run (Strong kick)
• New York – Smith 3 run (Molenda kick)
• Pittsburgh – Sortet 21 pass from Vaughn (Kelsck kick)

Week 8 (Sunday October 28, 1934): Brooklyn Dodgers

Brooklyn Dodgers (NFL)

The Brooklyn Dodgers were an American football team that played in the National Football League from 1930 to 1943, and in 1944 as the Brooklyn Tigers. The team played its home games at Ebbets Field. In 1945, because of financial difficulties, the team was merged with the Boston Yanks...

 

at Ebbets Field

Ebbets Field

Ebbets Field was a Major League Baseball park located in the Flatbush section of Brooklyn, New York, USA, on a city block which is now considered to be part of the Crown Heights neighborhood. It was the home of the Brooklyn Dodgers of the National League. It was also a venue for professional football...

, Brooklyn, New York

• Game time:
• Game weather:
• Game attendance: 8,000
• Referee:
• TV announcers:

Scoring drives:

• Brooklyn – Grossman 72 punt return (Kercheval kick)
• Pittsburgh – FG Niccolai 50
• Brooklyn – Grossman 26 pass from Cagle (Kercheval kick)
• Brooklyn – Kercheval 15 pass from Montgomery (Kercheval kick)

Week 9 (Sunday November 4, 1934): Detroit Lions

Detroit Lions

The Detroit Lions are a professional American football team based in Detroit, Michigan. They are members of the North Division of the National Football Conference in the National Football League , and play their home games at Ford Field in Downtown Detroit.Originally based in Portsmouth, Ohio and...

 

"at University of Detroit Stadium

University of Detroit Stadium

University of Detroit Stadium, also known as U of D Stadium, Titan Stadium, or Dinan Field, was a stadium in Detroit, Michigan on the campus of the University of Detroit...

, Detroit, Michigan

Detroit, Michigan

Detroit is the major city among the primary cultural, financial, and transportation centers in the Metro Detroit area, a region of 5.2 million people. As the seat of Wayne County, the city of Detroit is the largest city in the U.S. state of Michigan and serves as a major port on the Detroit River...

• Game time:
• Game weather:
• Game attendance: 6,000
• Referee:
• TV announcers:

Scoring drives:

• Pittsburgh – Skladany 62 pass from Vaughn (Niccolai kick)
• Detroit – F. Christensen 1 run (Clark kick)
• Detroit – Clark 45 run (kick failed)
• Detroit – Ebding 37 pass from Caddel (Clark kick)

Week 10 (Sunday November 11, 1934): St. Louis Gunners

St. Louis Gunners

The St. Louis Gunners, were an independent professional football team based in St. Louis, Missouri, who played the last three games of the 1934 National Football League season, replacing the Cincinnati Reds on the league schedule after the Reds' league membership was suspended...

 

at Sportsman's Park

Sportsman's Park

Sportsman's Park was the name of several former Major League Baseball ballpark structures in St. Louis, Missouri, USA, all but one of which were located on the same piece of land, the northwest corner of Grand Boulevard and Dodier Street on the north side of the city.- History :From...

, St. Louis, Missouri

St. Louis, Missouri

St. Louis is an independent city on the eastern border of Missouri, United States. With a population of 319,294, it was the 58th-largest U.S. city at the 2010 U.S. Census. The Greater St...

• Game time:
• Game weather:
• Game attendance: 13,678
• Referee:
• TV announcers:

Scoring drives:

• St. Louis – FG Senn
  Bill Senn
  William Franklin Senn was a professional American football running back in the National Football League. He played eight seasons for the Chicago Bears, the Brooklyn Dodgers, and the Cincinnati Reds/St. Louis Gunners....
  
   35
• St. Louis – FG Alford 12

Week 11 (Sunday November 18, 1934): Brooklyn Dodgers

Brooklyn Dodgers (NFL)

The Brooklyn Dodgers were an American football team that played in the National Football League from 1930 to 1943, and in 1944 as the Brooklyn Tigers. The team played its home games at Ebbets Field. In 1945, because of financial difficulties, the team was merged with the Boston Yanks...

 

at Forbes Field

Forbes Field

Forbes Field was a baseball park in the Oakland neighborhood of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, from 1909 to 1971. It was the third home of the Pittsburgh Pirates Major League Baseball team, and the first home of the Pittsburgh Steelers, the city's National Football League franchise...

, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

Pittsburgh is the second-largest city in the US Commonwealth of Pennsylvania and the county seat of Allegheny County. Regionally, it anchors the largest urban area of Appalachia and the Ohio River Valley, and nationally, it is the 22nd-largest urban area in the United States...

• Game time:
• Game weather:
• Game attendance: 9,087
• Referee:
• TV announcers:

Scoring drives:

• Brooklyn – Kercheval 23 pass from Cagle (Kercheval kick)
• Brooklyn – FG Kercheval 22

Roster

Player	Age	Pos	G	GS	Wt	Ht	College/Univ	BirthDate	Yrs
Angelo Brovelli	24	B	5	5	193	6’0	St. Mary's (CA)	8/21/1910	1
Ben Ciccone	25	C	11	0	197	5’10	Duquesne	10/10/1909	R
James Clark	–	B	9	3	170	5’9	Pittsburgh	unknown	1
Jack Dempsey	22	T	1	1	225	6’2	Bucknell	3/12/1912	R
Jap Douds	29	T-G-C	11	8	216	5’10	Washington & Jefferson	4/21/1905	4
Norm Greeney	24	G	11	3	212	5’11	Notre Dame	5/7/1910	1
Warren Heller	24	HB-TB	12	12	195	5’11	Pittsburgh	11/24/1910	R
George Kavel	24	HB	1	1	170	5’11	Carnegie Mellon	3/3/1910	R
Mose Kelsch	37	FB-HB	8	0	223	5’10	none	1/31/1897	1
Zvonimir Kvaternik	23	G	1	0	210	5’11	Kansas	10/18/1911	R
Jim Levey	28	B	1	1	156	5’10	none	9/13/1906	R
Basilio Marchi	25	G-C	5	4	220	6’2	NYU	7/14/1909	R
Harry Marker	24	B	1	0	155	5’6	West Virginia	9/17/1910	R
Johnny (Blood) McNally	31	TB-HB-WB-BB-DB	5	1	188	6’1	N.D., St. John's (MN), Wis-River Falls	11/27/1903	9
Buster Mott	25	B	1	0	193	5’8	Georgia	6/21/1909	1
Armand Niccolai	23	T-G	12	12	226	6’2	Duquesne	11/8/1911	R
Cap Oehler	24	C-LB	12	12	204	6’0	Purdue	8/5/1910	1
Bill Potts	–	HB	1	0	200		Villanova	unknown	R
Jess Quatse	26	T	12	12	226	5’11	Pittsburgh	4/4/1908	1
Alex Rado	23	HB-DB	8	4	200	6’1	West Virginia Tech	7/19/1911	R
Peter Rajkovich	23	FB-LB	3	3	190	5’10	Detroit Mercy	1/17/1911	R
Dave Ribble	27	G-T	10	8	225	6’1	Hardin-Simmons	3/28/1907	2
Jack Roberts	24	B	6	0	210	6’0	Georgia	9/27/1910	2
Pete Saumer	24	B	3	0	195	6’1	St. Olaf	4/30/1910	R
Joe Skladany	23	E	12	12	210	5’10	Pittsburgh	5/25/1911	R
Ben Smith	23	E-BB-DE	11	10	208	6’3	Alabama	6/16/1911	1
Bull Snyder	23	G	5	0	230	6’2	Ohio	10/29/1911	R
Bill Sortet	22	E	12	1	187	6’1	West Virginia	6/25/1912	1
Ray Tesser	22	E-DE	12	1	204	6’2	Carnegie Mellon	6/2/1912	1
Harp Vaughan	31	B	11	7	150	5’7	none	11/19/1903	1
Henry Weinberg	24	G-T	8	1	190	5’7	Duquesne	3/4/1910	R
Silvio Zaninelli	21	B	11	11	207	5’10	Duquesne	12/9/1913	R