Packers Maul Pittsburgh in First Meeting of Teams

Oct. 15, 1933 – Before they were the Pittsburgh Steelers, they were the Pittsburgh Pirates, and their first meeting with the Green Bay Packers, a 47-0 loss at City Stadium, could scarcely have gone any worse. Pittsburgh passer Ed Westfall is intercepted four times (by Al Sarafiny, Arnie Herber, Wuert Engelmann and Buckets Goldenberg), and he and his teammates rush for a meager 62 yards on 40 attempts in a game in which they fall behind 27-0 at halftime. The Green Bay Press-Gazette reports that “two little boys were standing near the hamburger tent on the southeast side of the grounds when the Pittsburgh team filed back on the field for the second half. ‘Why don’t youse Pirates fight?’ one of them asked. Several of the players grinned, but no one answered the query.”