5 Worst Pittsburgh Steelers teams of all time
- Chuck Noll and Joe Greene weren't immune to embarrassment
- A forgettable mashup during WWII was a complete failure
By Tommy Jaggi
3. 1944 Card-Pitt (0-10)
Despite winning zero percent of their games in the 1944 season, I give the Steelers some grace in 1944 for several reasons. For starters, the Steelers and the Chicago Cardinals were forced to merge together during the height of World War II, and neither team was very talented at the time.
Remarkably, the two professional football teams combined for an 0-10 record. Because this wasn't technically the Pittsburgh Steelers, this season isn't even recorded on Pro Football Focus's history log; neither was the 'Steagles' team one year earlier in 1943 (a mashup of the Steelers and Eagles).
However, the Steagles yielded much better results with a respectable 5-4-1 record. Card-Pitt was simply a bad football team and one that many fans probably aren't even aware existed at one point.
In 1944, Card-Pitt lost by an average margin of 22 points per game. Still, because this wasn't truly a Pittsburgh Steelers team and the circumstances were so rare, I couldn't put this team atop the list of worst seasons in franchise history. This is one season the Steelers would like to scratch from the record books, and they nearly got away with doing so.