1935 Pittsburgh Pirates Statistics
National Football League (NFL)
Team Record: 4-8
Finishing 3rd in the NFL's East Division
Coach: Joe Bach (4-8)
Location: Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
1935 Pittsburgh Pirates RosterTeam Record: 4-8
Finishing 3rd in the NFL's East Division
Coach: Joe Bach (4-8)
Location: Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
1935 Pittsburgh Pirates Results
The Pittsburgh Pirates of the National Football League ended the 1935 season with a record of 4 wins and 8 losses, finishing third in the NFL's East Division.
The Pirates scored 100 points, but the leaky defense gave up 209, most in the circuit. Johnny Gildea threw for 529 yards. Vic Vidoni paced the receiving corps, grabbing 11 passes, while Bill Sortet accumulated 178 receiving yards.
Warren Heller carried the ball for a team-best 112 yards for Pittsburgh, while Cy Casper and Art Strutt also buoyed the ground attack.
Joe Bach coached the team.
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Passing:
| Player | Att | Comp | Comp % | Yds | Yds/Att | TDs | TD % | Ints | Int % | Long | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Johnny Gildea | 105 | 28 | 26.7 | 529 | 5.0 | 2 | 1.9 | 20 | 19.0 | 0 | 14.8 |
| John Turley | 27 | 12 | 44.4 | 144 | 5.3 | 1 | 3.7 | 6 | 22.2 | 0 | 34.1 |
| Warren Heller | 41 | 9 | 22.0 | 88 | 2.1 | 0 | 0.0 | 8 | 19.5 | 0 | 0.0 |
| John Doehring | 8 | 4 | 50.0 | 83 | 10.4 | 2 | 25.0 | 1 | 12.5 | 0 | 87.0 |
| Swede Ellstrom | 7 | 6 | 85.7 | 68 | 9.7 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 107.1 |
| Glenn Campbell | 5 | 2 | 40.0 | 38 | 7.6 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 67.1 |
| Buzz Wetzel | 8 | 2 | 25.0 | 21 | 2.6 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 12.5 | 0 | 0.0 |
| Heinie Weisenbaugh | 11 | 1 | 9.1 | 14 | 1.3 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 9.1 | 14 | 1.7 |
| Jim Levey | 4 | 1 | 25.0 | 4 | 1.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 4 | 39.6 |
| Silvio Zaninelli | 8 | 1 | 12.5 | 4 | 0.5 | 0 | 0.0 | 2 | 25.0 | 4 | 0.0 |
| Cy Casper | 4 | 1 | 25.0 | 3 | 0.8 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 3 | 39.6 |
| Mike Sebastian | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 39.6 |
| Art Strutt | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 39.6 |
| Mike Nixon | 3 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 33.3 | 0 | 0.0 |
| Totals | 234 | 67 | 28.6 | 996 | 4.3 | 5 | 2.1 | 40 | 17.1 | 14 |
Rushing:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Warren Heller | 37 | 112 | 3.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Art Strutt | 46 | 111 | 2.4 | 0 | 0 |
| Cy Casper | 56 | 102 | 1.8 | 0 | 1 |
| Jim Levey | 42 | 61 | 1.5 | 0 | 2 |
| Buzz Wetzel | 19 | 41 | 2.2 | 0 | 1 |
| Al Arndt | 1 | 21 | 21.0 | 21 | 0 |
| Thomas Cosgrove | 3 | 18 | 6.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Silvio Zaninelli | 22 | 15 | 0.7 | 0 | 0 |
| Swede Ellstrom | 10 | 14 | 1.4 | 0 | 0 |
| Heinie Weisenbaugh | 21 | 11 | 0.5 | 0 | 0 |
| Glenn Campbell | 1 | 6 | 6.0 | 6 | 0 |
| Mike Nixon | 7 | 5 | 0.7 | 0 | 0 |
| Henry Hayduk | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 3 | 0 |
| Mike Sebastian | 4 | 3 | 0.8 | 0 | 0 |
| Johnny Gildea | 49 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| John Turley | 4 | -3 | -0.8 | 0 | 0 |
| John Doehring | 3 | -6 | -2.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | 326 | 515 | 1.6 | 21 | 4 |
Receiving:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Vic Vidoni | 11 | 111 | 10.1 | 0 | 0 |
| Ben Smith | 9 | 166 | 18.4 | 0 | 0 |
| Bill Sortet | 7 | 178 | 25.4 | 0 | 0 |
| Jim Levey | 7 | 112 | 16.0 | 34 | 2 |
| Art Strutt | 7 | 112 | 16.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Heinie Weisenbaugh | 6 | 67 | 11.2 | 0 | 2 |
| Cy Casper | 5 | 94 | 18.8 | 0 | 1 |
| Johnny Gildea | 4 | 61 | 15.2 | 0 | 0 |
| Buzz Wetzel | 4 | 18 | 4.5 | 0 | 0 |
| Cliff Dolaway | 2 | 42 | 21.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Warren Heller | 2 | 16 | 8.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Swede Ellstrom | 1 | 12 | 12.0 | 12 | 0 |
| Silvio Zaninelli | 1 | 7 | 7.0 | 7 | 0 |
| Armand Niccolai | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | 67 | 996 | 14.9 | 34 | 5 |
Kicking:
Interceptions:
Total Scoring:
| Touchdowns | Other | Total | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Player | Rush | Rec | Punt | Kick | MFG | Int | Fum | Other | FG | X/C | Single | 2Pt | Saf | Points |
| Armand Niccolai | 0 | 6 | 10 | 0 | 28 | |||||||||
| Jim Levey | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | ||||||||
| Cy Casper | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | |||||||
| Heinie Weisenbaugh | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | ||||||||
| Art Strutt | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||||||
| Stan Olejniczak | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||||||||
| Buzz Wetzel | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||||||||
| Totals | 4 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 100 |
