1942 Pittsburgh Steelers season

NFL team season November 2013 March 2026 Pittsburgh Steelers 1942 7–4 2nd NFL Eastern Walt Kiesling Art Rooney, Bert Bell Forbes Field Chuck CherundoloBill DudleyMilt SimingtonJohn Woudenberg Did not qualify 1943 (Steagles) 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.1942 Pittsburgh Steelers https://www.pro-football-reference.com/teams/pit/1942.htm https://web.archive.org/web/20090907035256/http://www.pro-football-reference.com/teams/pit/1942.htm September 7, 2009 live July 18, 2009 mdy This was the franchise's first ever winning record. For the second straight year, the team held training camp in Hershey, Pennsylvania.Sell Jack Steeler Squad Awaits Start to Grid Camp https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=Z9kOAAAAIBAJ&sjid=C2oDAAAAIBAJ&dq=bill%20dudley&pg=3132%2C4497425 May 24, 2011 Pittsburgh Post-Gazette August 8, 1942 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 Week 1 (Sunday September 13, 1942): Philadelphia Eagles Eagles 7 7 3 7 Steelers 7 0 0 7 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 Steelers 0 0 14 0 Redskins 0 7 7 14 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 Giants 3 7 0 0 Steelers 0 6 0 7 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 Steelers 0 7 0 0 Dodgers 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 Steelers 0 0 7 7 Eagles 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 Redskins 0 7 7 0 Steelers 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 Steelers 0 10 0 7 Giants 3 0 0 6 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 Steelers 0 14 14 7 Lions 7 0 0 0 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 Cardinals 3 0 0 0 Steelers 7 3 0 9 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 Dodgers 0 0 0 0 Steelers 0 7 0 6 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 Steelers 0 0 7 14 Packers 7 3 0 14 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) Roster 1942 Pittsburgh Steelers final roster Backs  5 John Binotto RB/S 33 Al Donelli RB/CB  3 Al Tomasic TB/DB 17 Joe Hoague FB/LB/P 30 George Gonde RB/CB 25 Joe Naioti RB/CB/P 40 Mike Rodak BB-G 10 Russ Cotton QB 15 Vern Martin BB 22 Dick Riffle FB/LB/P 34 Hubbard Law HB 35 Bill Dudley TB Linemen/Linebackers 46 Art Albrecht T/G/LB 20 George Sirochman G 42 Chuck Cherundolo C/LB 29 Joe Lamas G 28 Ted Doyle T/DT 44 Jack Sanders G 37 Clure Mosher G/C/LB  5 Armand Niccolai T/DT/K 55 Milt Simington G/DG/K 24 John Schiechl C/LB 48 Elbie Schultz G/DG/T/DT 38 Frank Pastin G/DG 36 John Woudenberg T/DT Ends/Receivers 50 Hal Hinte 45 Walt Kichefski 32 Tom Brown 41 Tony Bova E 30 Don Looney E 22 Ralph Wenzel E 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