1941 Pittsburgh Steelers Statistics

National Football League (NFL)
Team Record: 1-9-1
Finishing 5th in the NFL's East Division
Coach: Bert Bell (0-2)
Coach: Walt Kiesling (1-2-1)
Coach: Aldo Donelli (0-5)
Location: Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

1941 Pittsburgh Steelers Roster
1941 Pittsburgh Steelers Results

The Pittsburgh Steelers of the National Football League ended the 1941 season with a record of 1 wins and 9 losses and 1 ties, finishing fifth in the NFL's East Division.

Pittsburgh managed just 103 points, worst in the league, while the leaky defense yielded 276, most in the circuit. Dick Riffle carried the ball for a team-best 388 yards for the Steelers.

Boyd Brumbaugh tossed for 260 yards, and Coley McDonough took a significant amount of snaps also. Don Looney paced all receivers, grabbing 10 passes for 186 yards.

Art Jones seized 7 opponent throws.

Bert Bell, Walt Kiesling and Aldo Donelli coached the team.

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Passing:

Player	Att	Comp	Comp %	Yds	Yds/Att	TDs	TD %	Ints	Int %	Long	Rating
Boyd Brumbaugh	41	13	31.7	260	6.3	2	4.9	8	19.5	72	31.6
Coley McDonough	41	12	29.3	200	4.9	1	2.4	7	17.1	59	16.0
Dick Riffle	39	8	20.5	88	2.3	1	2.6	9	23.1	22	8.5
Art Jones	23	6	26.1	86	3.7	0	0.0	3	13.0	19	3.1
Al Donelli	8	2	25.0	13	1.6	1	12.5	3	37.5	10	39.6
Les Dodson	8	1	12.5	7	0.9	0	0.0	3	37.5	7	0.0
Frank Zoppetti	1	0	0.0	0	0.0	0	0.0	0	0.0	0	39.6
Elmer Hackney	1	0	0.0	0	0.0	0	0.0	0	0.0	0	39.6
John Noppenberg	3	0	0.0	0	0.0	0	0.0	0	0.0	0	39.6
Joe Hoague	1	0	0.0	0	0.0	0	0.0	0	0.0	0	39.6
Ben Starret	2	0	0.0	0	0.0	0	0.0	1	50.0	0	0.0
Totals	168	42	25.0	654	3.9	5	3.0	34	20.2	72

Rushing:

Player	No.	Yds	Avg.	Long	TDs
Dick Riffle	109	388	3.6	54	1
Elmer Hackney	63	253	4.0	31	1
Art Jones	62	239	3.9	34	4
Boyd Brumbaugh	68	114	1.7	8	2
Joe Hoague	33	112	3.4	29	1
Coley McDonough	20	64	3.2	28	0
John Noppenberg	10	21	2.1	8	0
Al Donelli	15	20	1.3	7	0
Ben Starret	7	9	1.3	15	0
Jay Arnold	2	4	2.0	4	0
Dick Dolly	1	2	2.0	2	0
Rocco Pirro	1	1	1.0	1	0
Les Dodson	2	-4	-2.0	6	0
Totals	393	1223	3.1	54	9

Receiving:

Player	No.	Yds	Avg.	Long	TDs
Don Looney	10	186	18.6	66	1
Joe Wendlick	7	84	12.0	19	0
Walt Kichefski	5	111	22.2	72	1
Art Jones	4	121	30.2	59	1
Rocco Pirro	2	31	15.5	19	0
Al Donelli	2	25	12.5	14	0
Dick Riffle	2	24	12.0	14	1
Joe Hoague	2	21	10.5	14	1
George Platukis	2	15	7.5	11	0
John Patrick	1	12	12.0	12	0
Elmer Hackney	1	10	10.0	10	0
Dick Bassi	1	6	6.0	6	0
Jay Arnold	1	5	5.0	5	0
Elmer Kolberg	1	2	2.0	2	0
Boyd Brumbaugh	1	1	1.0	1	0
Totals	42	654	15.6	72	5

Kicking:

Player	X/CA	X/CM	X/CP %	FGA	FGM	FG %	Pts.
Armand Niccolai	9	8	88.9	4	2	50.0	14
Jack Sanders	5	5	100.0				5
George Somers				2		0.0	0
Totals	14	13	92.9	6	2	33.3	19

Punting:

Player	No.	Yds	Avg.	Long
Art Jones	47	1772	37.7	51
Joe Hoague	17	631	37.1	55
John Noppenberg	7	270	38.6	44
Coley McDonough	7	260	37.1	65
Dick Riffle	7	246	35.1	51
Al Donelli	1	41	41.0	41
Les Dodson	1	34	34.0	34
Totals	87	3254	37.4	65

Punt Returns:

Player	No.	Yds	Avg.	Long
Art Jones	14	232	16.6	61
Boyd Brumbaugh	7	60	8.6	11
Dick Riffle	3	38	12.7	16
Coley McDonough	2	28	14.0	23
Al Donelli	1	11	11.0	11
Elmer Hackney	1	3	3.0	3
Totals	28	372	13.3	61

Kick Returns:

Player	No.	Yds	Avg.	Long
Boyd Brumbaugh	11	271	24.6	53
Dick Riffle	9	237	26.3	0
Art Jones	7	122	17.4	0
Al Donelli	4	83	20.8	0
Coley McDonough	4	77	19.2	0
Ben Starret	2	42	21.0	0
Walt Kichefski	1	18	18.0	18
Joe Hoague	1	17	17.0	17
Don Looney	1	16	16.0	16
John Patrick	1	12	12.0	12
Jack Sanders	1	8	8.0	8
Royal Kahler	1	3	3.0	3
Totals	43	906	21.1	53

Interceptions:

Player	No.	Yds	Avg.	Long
Art Jones	7	35	5.0	12
Dick Riffle	6	93	15.5	29
John Patrick	1	25	25.0	25
Al Donelli	1	18	18.0	18
Chuck Cherundolo	1	13	13.0	13
Rocco Pirro	1	2	2.0	2
Jay Arnold	1	0	0.0	0
John Schiechl	1	0	0.0	0
Totals	19	186	9.8	29

Total Scoring:

	Touchdowns								Other					Total
Player	Rush	Rec	Punt	Kick	MFG	Int	Fum	Other	FG	X/C	Single	2Pt	Saf	Points
Art Jones	4	1	0	0		0			0	0	0			30
Armand Niccolai									2	8	0			14
Boyd Brumbaugh	2	0	0	0					0	0	0			12
Joe Hoague	1	1		0					0	0	0			12
Dick Riffle	1	1	0	0		0			0	0	0			12
Walt Kichefski		1		0					0	0	0			6
Elmer Hackney	1	0	0						0	0	0			6
Don Looney		1		0					0	0	0			6
Jack Sanders				0					0	5	0			5
Totals	9	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	13	0	0	0	103