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Card-Pitt was the name for the team created by the temporary merger of two National Football League (NFL) teams, the Pittsburgh Steelers and the Chicago Cardinals, during the 1944 season. The teams were forced to merge, because both had lost many players to World War II military service. After the season, the merger was dissolved and with the war over by the start of the following season, traditional operations resumed for both teams. Together, the two teams did poorly as the combined team finished with a 0-10 record in the Western Division. Sportswriters called the team the "Car-Pitts" (carpets). Previously in 1943, the Steelers had combined with the Philadelphia Eagles as the "Steagles".

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  • 1944 Card-Pitt season
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  • Card-Pitt was the name for the team created by the temporary merger of two National Football League (NFL) teams, the Pittsburgh Steelers and the Chicago Cardinals, during the 1944 season. The teams were forced to merge, because both had lost many players to World War II military service. After the season, the merger was dissolved and with the war over by the start of the following season, traditional operations resumed for both teams. Together, the two teams did poorly as the combined team finished with a 0-10 record in the Western Division. Sportswriters called the team the "Car-Pitts" (carpets). Previously in 1943, the Steelers had combined with the Philadelphia Eagles as the "Steagles".
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Team
  • Chicago-Pittsburgh Cardinals-Steelers
playoffs
  • did not qualify
Coach
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  • 0(xsd:integer)
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  • 33.0
division place
  • 5(xsd:integer)
H
  • 0(xsd:integer)
  • 6(xsd:integer)
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  • 13(xsd:integer)
  • 14(xsd:integer)
  • 21(xsd:integer)
Road
  • Bears
  • Lions
  • Rams
  • Packers
  • Card-Pitt
Home
  • Bears
  • Giants
  • Lions
  • Packers
  • Redskins
  • Card-Pitt
Source
  • Art Rooney, founder of the Pittsburgh Steelers
  • Irate fan letter to the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
  • Bert Bell, co-owner of the Pittsburgh Steelers, reflecting on the 1944 season
NEXT
  • 1945(xsd:integer)
Stadium
Quote
  • "The worst team in NFL history."
  • "The season couldn't have turned out any worse than this one."
  • "Why don't they call themselves the Car-Pits? I think it's very appropriate as every team in the league walks over them."
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  • 0(xsd:integer)
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  • 14(xsd:integer)
  • 21(xsd:integer)
  • 28(xsd:integer)
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  • 1944(xsd:integer)
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  • Card-Pitt was the name for the team created by the temporary merger of two National Football League (NFL) teams, the Pittsburgh Steelers and the Chicago Cardinals, during the 1944 season. The teams were forced to merge, because both had lost many players to World War II military service. After the season, the merger was dissolved and with the war over by the start of the following season, traditional operations resumed for both teams. Together, the two teams did poorly as the combined team finished with a 0-10 record in the Western Division. Sportswriters called the team the "Car-Pitts" (carpets). Previously in 1943, the Steelers had combined with the Philadelphia Eagles as the "Steagles". Sixty-five years after merging for a season, the Steelers and Cardinals (now based in Arizona) met in Super Bowl XLIII.
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