1942 Pittsburgh Steelers Statistics

National Football League (NFL)
Team Record: 7-4
Finishing 2nd in the NFL's East Division
Coach: Walt Kiesling (7-4)
Location: Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

1942 Pittsburgh Steelers Roster
1942 Pittsburgh Steelers Results

The Pittsburgh Steelers of the National Football League ended the 1942 season with a record of 7 wins and 4 losses, finishing second in the NFL's East Division.

The Steelers racked up 167 points, and the defensive squad gave up 119. Bill Dudley carried the ball for a team-best 696 yards for Pittsburgh.

Bill Dudley threw for 438 yards. Walt Kichefski grabbed 15 passes for 189 yards.

Curt Sandig picked off 5 opponent throws.

Walt Kiesling coached the team.

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Passing:

Player	Att	Comp	Comp %	Yds	Yds/Att	TDs	TD %	Ints	Int %	Long	Rating
Bill Dudley	94	35	37.2	438	4.7	2	2.1	5	5.3	38	37.5
Andy Tomasic	54	11	20.4	174	3.2	0	0.0	5	9.3	41	1.9
Dick Riffle	8	3	37.5	64	8.0	0	0.0	1	12.5	27	27.1
Curt Sandig	4	2	50.0	10	2.5	0	0.0	0	0.0	8	56.3
Joe Hoague	1	0	0.0	0	0.0	0	0.0	0	0.0	0	39.6
Totals	161	51	31.7	686	4.3	2	1.2	11	6.8	41

Rushing:

Player	No.	Yds	Avg.	Long	TDs
Bill Dudley	162	696	4.3	66	5
Dick Riffle	115	467	4.1	44	4
Andy Tomasic	60	214	3.6	34	0
Joe Hoague	65	168	2.6	42	1
George Gonda	17	147	8.6	68	2
Curt Sandig	50	116	2.3	39	3
John Binotto	16	57	3.6	30	0
Hubbard Law	1	6	6.0	6	0
Al Donelli	2	-4	-2.0	0	0
Totals	488	1867	3.8	68	15

Receiving:

Player	No.	Yds	Avg.	Long	TDs
Walt Kichefski	15	189	12.6	26	0
Vern Martin	7	64	9.1	24	1
Don Looney	7	59	8.4	14	1
Curt Sandig	6	103	17.2	38	0
Tom Brown	4	69	17.2	30	0
Dick Riffle	3	50	16.7	31	0
Tony Bova	3	37	12.3	17	0
Russ Cotton	2	58	29.0	41	0
Andy Tomasic	1	27	27.0	27	0
Bill Dudley	1	24	24.0	24	0
George Gonda	1	7	7.0	7	0
John Woudenberg	1	-1	-1.0	-1	0
Totals	51	686	13.5	41	2

Kicking:

Player	X/CA	X/CM	X/CP %	FGA	FGM	FG %	Pts.
Armand Niccolai	9	9	100.0	14	2	14.3	15
Milt Simington	3	2	66.7	1	1	100.0	5
Jack Sanders	8	7	87.5				7
George Somers	1	1	100.0	1		0.0	1
Dick Riffle	1	1	100.0				1
Andy Tomasic	1		0.0				0
Totals	23	20	87.0	16	3	18.8	29

Punting:

Player	No.	Yds	Avg.	Long
Curt Sandig	37	1437	38.8	63
Bill Dudley	18	572	31.8	42
Andy Tomasic	17	604	35.5	58
Joe Hoague	2	88	44.0	45
Dick Riffle	1	40	40.0	40
Totals	75	2741	36.5	63

Punt Returns:

Player	No.	Yds	Avg.	Long	TDs
Bill Dudley	20	271	13.6	47	0
Andy Tomasic	12	199	16.6	52	0
Curt Sandig	6	142	23.7	64	1
John Binotto	2	25	12.5	20	0
George Gonda	2	17	8.5	15	0
Dick Riffle	1	8	8.0	8	0
Totals	43	662	15.4	64	1

Kick Returns:

Player	No.	Yds	Avg.	Long	TDs
Bill Dudley	11	298	27.1	84	1
Curt Sandig	7	168	24.0	61	0
Dick Riffle	7	137	19.6	27	0
Andy Tomasic	4	94	23.5	31	0
Tony Bova	1	2	2.0	2	0
Totals	30	699	23.3	84	1

Interceptions:

Player	No.	Yds	Avg.	Long
Curt Sandig	5	94	18.8	42
Dick Riffle	4	59	14.8	51
Bill Dudley	3	60	20.0	25
Andy Tomasic	2	75	37.5	41
George Gonda	1	37	37.0	37
Tony Bova	1	16	16.0	16
Joe Hoague	1	15	15.0	15
Hubbard Law	1	13	13.0	13
Jack Sanders	1	8	8.0	8
Chuck Cherundolo	1	3	3.0	3
Russ Cotton	1	0	0.0	0
Totals	21	380	18.1	51

Defense and Fumbles:

Player	Tackle	Brup	Fum	FRec	FYds	FTD	FF
Joe Lamas						1
Totals	0	0	0	0	0	1	0

Total Scoring:

	Touchdowns								Other					Total
Player	Rush	Rec	Punt	Kick	MFG	Int	Fum	Other	FG	X/C	Single	2Pt	Saf	Points
Bill Dudley	5	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0			36
Dick Riffle	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0			25
Curt Sandig	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0			24
Armand Niccolai	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	9	0			15
George Gonda	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0			12
Vern Martin	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0			12
Jack Sanders	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	7	0			7
Andy Tomasic	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0			6
Joe Lamas	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0			6
Tom Brown	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0			6
Don Looney	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0			6
Joe Hoague	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0			6
Milt Simington	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	0			5
George Somers	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0			1
Totals	15	2	1	1	0	0	1	3	3	20	0	0	0	167