1941 Pittsburgh Steelers season

1941 Pittsburgh Steelers season
Head coach Bert Bell, Aldo Donelli, Walt Kiesling
Owner Art Rooney, Bert Bell
Home field Forbes Field
Results
Record 1–9–1
Division place 5th NFL Eastern
Playoff finish did not qualify

The 1941 Pittsburgh Steelers season was the club's ninth as a member of the National Football League. In the off season, the team had been sold and then re-acquired (more or less) in a bizarre series of transactions which has come to be referred to as the "Pennsylvania Polka". The roster consisted of many players who had played for the Philadelphia Eagles the previous year, who joined the Steelers as a result of the moves.

Offseason

Bert Bell became half-owner of the team and he named himself the head coach. After starting the season with two straight losses, Aldo "Buff" Donelli was brought in. Donelli was acting concurrently as head coach at Duquesne University, and when the team's schedules prevented him from fulfilling both roles, he stepped down as the Steelers' coach in favor of Walt Kiesling. The team held training camp in Hershey, Pennsylvania.[1]

Regular season

Schedule

Week Date Opponent Result
1 September 7, 1941 @ Cleveland Rams L 17-14
2 September 21, 1941 Philadelphia Eagles L 10-7
3 October 5, 1941 New York Giants L 37-10
4 October 12, 1941 Washington Redskins 24-20
5 October 19, 1941 @ New York Giants L 28-7
6 October 26, 1941 @ Chicago Bears 34-7
7 November 2, 1941 @ Washington Redskins L 23-3
8 November 9, 1941 @ Philadelphia Eagles T 7-7
9 November 16, 1941 Brooklyn Dodgers W 14-7
10 November 23, 1941 Green Bay Packers L 54-7
11 November 30, 1941 @ Brooklyn Dodgers L 35-7

Game Summaries

Week 1 (Sunday September 7, 1941): Cleveland Rams

1 2 3 4 Total
Steelers 0 14 0 0 14
Rams 10 7 0 0 17

at Rubber Bowl, Akron, Ohio

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Week 3 (Sunday, September 21, 1941): Philadelphia Eagles

1 2 3 4 Total
Eagles 0 3 7 0 10
Steelers 0 0 7 0 7

at Forbes Field, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

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Week 5 (Sunday October 5, 1941): New York Giants

1 2 3 4 Total
Giants 3 0 14 20 37
Steelers 3 0 7 0 10

at Forbes Field, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

Scoring Drives:

Week 6 (Sunday October 12, 1941): Washington Redskins

1 2 3 4 Total
Redskins 7 3 14 0 24
Steelers 0 7 0 13 20

at Forbes Field, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

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Week 7 (Sunday October 19, 1941): New York Giants

1 2 3 4 Total
Steelers 0 7 0 0 7
Giants 0 7 7 14 28

at Polo Grounds, New York, New York

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Week 8 (Sunday October 26, 1941): Chicago Bears

1 2 3 4 Total
Steelers 0 7 0 0 7
Bears 7 14 7 6 34

at Wrigley Field, Chicago, Illinois

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Week 9 (Sunday November 2, 1941): New York Giants

1 2 3 4 Total
Steelers 0 3 0 0 3
Redskins 7 10 0 6 23

at Griffith Stadium, Washington, DC

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Week 10 (Sunday November 9, 1941): Philadelphia Eagles

1 2 3 4 Total
Steelers 0 0 7 0 7
Eagles 7 0 0 0 7

at Shibe Park, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

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Week 11 (Sunday November 16, 1941): Brooklyn Dodgers

1 2 3 4 Total
Dodgers 7 0 0 0 7
Steelers 0 7 0 7 14

at Forbes Field, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

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Week 12 (Sunday November 23, 1941): Green Bay Packers

1 2 3 4 Total
Packers 0 26 7 21 54
Steelers 7 0 0 0 7

at Forbes Field, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

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Week 13 (Sunday November 30, 1941): Brooklyn Dodgers

1 2 3 4 Total
Steelers 0 7 0 0 7
Dodgers 14 7 7 7 35

at Ebbets Field, Brooklyn, New York

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Standings

NFL Eastern Division
W L T PCT DIV PF PA STK
New York Giants 8 3 0 .727 6–2 238 114 L1
Brooklyn Dodgers 7 4 0 .636 6–2 158 127 W2
Washington Redskins 6 5 0 .545 5–3 176 174 W1
Philadelphia Eagles 2 8 1 .200 1–6–1 119 218 L3
Pittsburgh Steelers 1 9 1 .100 1–6–1 103 276 L2

Note: Tie games were not officially counted in the standings until 1972.

References

  1. Sell, Jack (August 8, 1942). "Steeler Squad Awaits Start to Grid Camp". Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. Retrieved May 24, 2011.
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