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'{{Infobox NFL season | team = Pittsburgh Pirates | year = 1938 | record = 2–9 | division_place = 5th [[Eastern and Western Divisions (NFL) 1933-69|NFL Eastern]] | coach = [[John McNally]] | owner = [[Art Rooney]] | stadium = [[Forbes Field]] | playoffs = ''did not qualify'' | previous = [[1937 Pittsburgh Pirates (NFL) season|1937]] | next = [[1939 Pittsburgh Pirates (NFL) season|1939]] }} ==Regular season== ===Schedule=== ==== Week 1 (Friday September 9, 1938): [[Detroit Lions]] ==== {{Linescore Amfootball| |Road=Pirates |R1=0 |R2=0 |R3=0 |R4=7 |Home='''Lions''' |H1=9 |H2=7 |H3=0 |H4=0 }} ''at [[University of Detroit Stadium|Titan Stadium]], [[Detroit, Michigan]]'' * '''Game time:''' * '''Game weather:''' * '''Game attendance:''' 17,000 * '''Referee:''' '''Scoring Drives:''' * Detroit - FG Shepherd 27 * Detroit - Caddel 5 run (kick failed) * Detroit - Cardwell 5 run (Moscrip kick) * Pittsburgh - [[Byron White|White]] 3 run ([[Armand Niccolai|Niccolai]] kick) ==== Week 1 (Sunday, September 11, 1938): [[New York Giants]] ==== {{Linescore Amfootball| |Road='''Giants''' |R1=6 |R2=14 |R3=0 |R4=7 |Home=Pirates |H1=7 |H2=7 |H3=0 |H4=0 }} ''at [[Forbes Field]], [[Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania]]'' * '''Game time:''' * '''Game weather:''' * '''Game attendance:''' 17,340 * '''Referee:''' '''Scoring Drives:''' * Pittsburgh - [[Byron White|White]] 4 run ([[Armand Niccolai|Niccolai]] kick) * New York - Leemans 1 run (kick blocked) * Pittsburgh - [[Manske]] 23 pass from Filchock ([[Armand Niccolai|Niccolai]] kick) * New York - Shaffer 3 pass from Danowski (Soar kick) * New York - Shaffer 11 pass from Danowski (Cuff kick) * New York - Soar 1 run (Soar kick) ==== Week 2 (Friday September 16, 1938): [[Philadelphia Eagles]] ==== {{Linescore Amfootball| |Road='''Eagles''' |R1=7 |R2=13 |R3=7 |R4=0 |Home=Pirates |H1=0 |H2=0 |H3=0 |H4=7 }} ''at [[War Memorial Stadium (Buffalo)|Civic Stadium]], [[Buffalo, New York]]'' * '''Game time:''' * '''Game weather:''' * '''Game attendance:''' 19,749 * '''Referee:''' '''Scoring Drives:''' * Philadelphia - Arnold 20 fumble run (Smukler kick) * Philadelphia - Arnold 34 pass from Riffle (Reese kick) * Philadelphia - Arnold 23 interception (kick failed) * Philadelphia - Riffle 44 run (Smukler kick) * Pittsburgh - [[Byron White|White]] 1 run ([[Armand Niccolai|Niccolai]] kick) ==== Week 3 (Friday September 23, 1938): [[Brooklyn Dodgers (NFL)|Brooklyn Dodgers]] ==== {{Linescore Amfootball| |Road='''Pirates''' |R1=0 |R2=0 |R3=7 |R4=10 |Home=Dodgers |H1=3 |H2=0 |H3=0 |H4=0 }} ''at [[Ebbets Field]], [[Brooklyn, New York]]'' * '''Game time:''' * '''Game weather:''' * '''Game attendance:''' 21,494 * '''Referee:''' '''Scoring Drives:''' * Brooklyn - FG Reissig 18 * Pittsburgh - Manske 27 fumble run ([[Armand Niccolai|Niccolai]] kick) * Pittsburgh - Thompson 5 run ([[Armand Niccolai|Niccolai]] kick) * Pittsburgh - FG [[Armand Niccolai|Niccolai]] 18 ==== Week 4 (Monday October 3, 1938): [[New York Giants]] ==== {{Linescore Amfootball| |Road='''Pirates''' |R1=0 |R2=7 |R3=0 |R4=6 |Home=Giants |H1=7 |H2=0 |H3=3 |H4=0 }} ''at [[Polo Grounds]], [[New York, NY]]'' * '''Game time:''' * '''Game weather:''' * '''Game attendance:''' 18,805 * '''Referee:''' '''Scoring Drives:''' * New York - Cuff 18 pass from Danowski (Cuff kick) * Pittsburgh - Sortet 24 pass from Filchock ([[Armand Niccolai|Niccolai]] kick) * New York - FG Cuff 10 * Pittsburgh - Sortet 13 pass from Filchock (kick failed) ==== Week 5 (Sunday October 9, 1938): [[Brooklyn Dodgers (NFL)|Brooklyn Dodgers]] ==== {{Linescore Amfootball| |Road='''Dodgers''' |R1=0 |R2=10 |R3=0 |R4=7 |Home=Pirates |H1=0 |H2=7 |H3=0 |H4=0 }} ''at [[Forbes Field]], [[Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania]]'' * '''Game time:''' * '''Game weather:''' * '''Game attendance:''' * '''Referee:''' '''Scoring Drives:''' * Brooklyn - FG Kercheval 34 * Pittsburgh - Sortet 50 pass from White ([[Armand Niccolai|Niccolai]] kick) * Brooklyn - Barreturnt 54 pass from Parker (Kercheval kick) * Brooklyn - Parker 77 run (Parker kick) ==== Week 7 (Sunday October 23, 1938): [[Green Bay Packers]] ==== {{Linescore Amfootball| |Road=Pirates |R1=0 |R2=0 |R3=0 |R4=0 |Home='''Packers''' |H1=7 |H2=0 |H3=6 |H4=7 }} ''at [[Forbes Field]], [[Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania]]'' * '''Game time:''' * '''Game weather:''' * '''Game attendance:''' 12,142 * '''Referee:''' '''Scoring Drives:''' * Green Bay - Isbell 38 run (Hinkle kick) * Green Bay - Laws 38 interception (kick failed) * Green Bay - Mullenaux 19 pass from Monnett (Monnett kick) ==== Week 9 (Sunday November 6, 1938): [[Washington Redskins]] ==== {{Linescore Amfootball| |Road='''Redskins''' |R1=0 |R2=0 |R3=0 |R4=7 |Home=Pirates |H1=0 |H2=0 |H3=0 |H4=0 }} ''at [[Forbes Field]], [[Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania]]'' * '''Game time:''' * '''Game weather:''' * '''Game attendance:''' 12,910 * '''Referee:''' '''Scoring Drives:''' * Washington - Karamatic 39 pass from [[Sammy Baugh|Baugh]] (Manton kick) ==== Week 11 (Sunday November 20, 1938): [[Philadelphia Eagles]] ==== {{Linescore Amfootball| |Road=Pirates |R1=0 |R2=0 |R3=7 |R4=0 |Home='''Eagles''' |H1=7 |H2=0 |H3=0 |H4=7 }} ''at [[Laidley Field]], [[Charleston, West Virginia]]'' * '''Game time:''' * '''Game weather:''' * '''Game attendance:''' 6,500 * '''Referee:''' '''Scoring Drives:''' * Philadelphia - Hewitt pass from Smukler (Smukler kick) * Pittsburgh - [[Byron White|White]] 79 run ([[Armand Niccolai|Niccolai]] kick) * Philadelphia - Carter 11 pas from Smukler (Reese kick) ==== Week 12 (Sunday November 27, 1938): [[Washington Redskins]] ==== {{Linescore Amfootball| |Road=Pirates |R1=0 |R2=0 |R3=0 |R4=0 |Home='''Redskins''' |H1=3 |H2=0 |H3=0 |H4=12 }} ''at [[Griffith Stadium]], [[Washington, DC]]'' * '''Game time:''' * '''Game weather:''' * '''Game attendance:''' 22,000 * '''Referee:''' '''Scoring Drives:''' * Washington - FG Manton 23 * Washington - Millner pass from [[Sammy Baugh|Baugh]] * Washington - McChesney 52 pass from Baugh (kick failed) ==== Week 13 (Tuesday December 4, 1938): [[Cleveland Rams]] ==== {{Linescore Amfootball| |Road='''Rams''' |R1=7 |R2=0 |R3=6 |R4=0 |Home=Pirates |H1=0 |H2=0 |H3=0 |H4=7 }} ''at [[Tulane Stadium]], [[New Orleans, Louisiana]]'' * '''Game time:''' * '''Game weather:''' * '''Game attendance:''' 7,500 * '''Referee:''' '''Scoring Drives:''' * Cleveland - Benton 28 pass from Snyder (Snyder kick) * Cleveland - Benton 11 pass from Snyder (kick failed) * Pittsburgh - Sortet 8 pass from White ([[Armand Niccolai|Niccolai]] kick) ===Standings=== {| class="wikitable" style="font-size: 95%;" |- ! colspan="8" style="background-color: #FFCBCB;" align="center" valign="middle" | [[Eastern and Western Divisions (NFL) 1933-69|NFL Eastern]] |- ! ! W ! L ! T ! PCT ! PF ! PA ! STK |- | [[1938 New York Giants season|New York Giants]] | align="center" | 8 | align="center" | 2 | align="center" | 1 | align="center" | .800 | align="center" | 194 | align="center" | 79 | align="center" | W-1 |- | [[1938 Washington Redskins season|Washington Redskins]] | align="center" | 6 | align="center" | 3 | align="center" | 2 | align="center" | .667 | align="center" | 148 | align="center" | 154 | align="center" | L-1 |- | [[1938 Brooklyn Dodgers (NFL) season|Brooklyn Dodgers]] | align="center" | 4 | align="center" | 4 | align="center" | 3 | align="center" | .500 | align="center" | 131 | align="center" | 161 | align="center" | T-1 |- | [[1938 Philadelphia Eagles season|Philadelphia Eagles]] | align="center" | 5 | align="center" | 6 | align="center" | 0 | align="center" | .455 | align="center" | 154 | align="center" | 164 | align="center" | W-2 |-style="background: #ffdddd;" | Pittsburgh Pirates | align="center" | 2 | align="center" | 9 | align="center" | 0 | align="center" | .182 | align="center" | 79 | align="center" | 169 | align="center" | L-6 |} ==References== {{Pittsburgh Steelers seasons}} {{Pittsburgh Steelers}} {{1938 NFL season by team}} [[Category:Pittsburgh Steelers seasons]] [[Category:1938 National Football League season by team|Pittsburgh Pirates]]'