1957 Pittsburgh Steelers season

1957 Pittsburgh Steelers season
Head coach	Buddy Parker
Home field	Forbes Field
Results
Record	6–6
Division place	3rd NFL Eastern
Playoff finish	Did not qualify

The 1957 Pittsburgh Steelers season was the team's 25th season in the National Football League. For the first time, the Steelers' yellow helmets sported uniform numbers. Pittsburgh would use these uniforms through the 1961 season.

Regular season

Schedule

Game	Date	Opponent	Result	Record	Venue	Attendance	Recap	Sources
1	September 29	Washington Redskins	W 28–7	1–0	Forbes Field	27,452	Recap
2	October 5	Cleveland Browns	L 12–23	1–1	Forbes Field	35,570	Recap
3	October 13	Chicago Cardinals	W 29–20	2–1	Forbes Field	29,446	Recap
4	October 20	at New York Giants	L 0–35	2–2	Yankee Stadium	52,589	Recap
5	October 27	Philadelphia Eagles	W 6–0	3–2	Forbes Field	27,016	Recap
6	November 3	at Baltimore Colts	W 19–13	4–2	Memorial Stadium	42,575	Recap
7	November 10	at Cleveland Browns	L 0–24	4–3	Cleveland Stadium	53,709	Recap
8	November 24	Green Bay Packers	L 10–27	4–4	Forbes Field	29,701	Recap
9	December 1	at Philadelphia Eagles	L 6–7	4–5	Connie Mack Stadium	16,364	Recap
10	December 7	New York Giants	W 21–10	5–5	Forbes Field	19,772	Recap
11	December 15	at Washington Redskins	L 3–10	5–6	Griffith Stadium	22,577	Recap
12	December 22	at Chicago Cardinals	W 27–2	6–6	Comiskey Park	10,084	Recap
Note: Intra-division opponents are in bold text. Saturday night: October 5.

Game summaries

Game 1 (Sunday September 29, 1957): Washington Redskins

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

at Forbes Field, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

• Game time:
• Game weather:
• Game attendance: 27,452
• Referee:
• TV announcers:

Scoring drives:

• Pittsburgh – Mathews 17 pass from Morrall (Glick kick)
• Washington – Podoley 38 pass from LeBaron (Baker kick)
• Pittsburgh – Young 3 run (Glick kick)
• Pittsburgh – Girard 42 pass from Morrall (Glick kick)
• Pittsburgh – Girard 32 pass from Morrall (Glick kick)

Game 2 (Saturday October 5, 1957): Cleveland Browns

	1	2	3	4	Total
Browns	0	10	3	10	23
Steelers	0	6	6	0	12

at Forbes Field, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

• Game time:
• Game weather:
• Game attendance: 35,570
• Referee:
• TV announcers:

Scoring drives:

• Cleveland – Renfro 32 pass from Hanulak (Groza kick)
• Pittsburgh – Girard 21 pass from Morrall (kick blocked)
• Cleveland – FG Groza 29
• Cleveland – FG Groza 45
• Pittsburgh – Girard 32 pass from Morrall (kick blocked)
• Cleveland – FG Groza 14
• Cleveland – Campbell 25 pass from O'Connell (Groza kick)

Game 3 (Sunday October 13, 1957): Chicago Cardinals

	1	2	3	4	Total
Cardinals	3	3	0	14	20
Steelers	12	14	0	3	29

at Forbes Field, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

• Game time:
• Game weather:
• Game attendance: 29,446
• Referee:
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Scoring drives:

• Pittsburgh – Derby 2 run (kick blocked)
• Chicago Cardinals – FG Summerall 33
• Pittsburgh – Wells 96 kick return (kick failed)
• Chicago Cardinals – FG Summerall 27
• Pittsburgh – O'Neill 23 run with blocked kick (Girard kick)
• Pittsburgh – Morrall 1 run (Girard kick)
• Pittsburgh – FG Girard 15
• Chicago Cardinals – Sears 49 run (Summerall kick)
• Chicago Cardinals – McHan 1 run (Summerall kick)

Game 4 (Sunday October 20, 1957): New York Giants

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

at Yankee Stadium, Bronx, New York

• Game time:
• Game weather:
• Game attendance: 52,589
• Referee:
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Scoring drives:

• New York Giants – Schnelker 18 pass from Conerly (Agajanian kick)
• New York Giants – Schnelker 10 pass from Conerly (Agajanian kick)
• New York Giants – Rote 18 pass from Gifford (Agajanian kick)
• New York Giants – Patton 50 interception (Agajanian kick)
• New York Giants – MacAfee 28 pass from Clatterbuck (Agajainan kick)

Game 5 (Sunday October 27, 1957): Philadelphia Eagles

	1	2	3	4	Total
Eagles	0	0	0	0	0
Steelers	0	6	0	0	6

at Forbes Field, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

• Game time:
• Game weather:
• Game attendance: 27,016
• Referee:
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Scoring drives:

• Pittsburgh – Mathews 35 pass from Morrall (kick failed)

Game 6 (Sunday November 3, 1957): Baltimore Colts

	1	2	3	4	Total
Steelers	0	7	7	5	19
Colts	6	0	7	0	13

at Memorial Stadium

• Game time:
• Game weather:
• Game attendance: 42,575
• Referee:
• TV announcers:

Scoring Drives:

• Baltimore – Berry 5 pass from Unitas (kick blocked)
• Pittsburgh – Mathews 48 pass from Morrall (Glick kick)
• Pittsburgh – Mathews 22 pass from Morrall (Glick kick)
• Baltimore – Shaw 8 run (Rechichar kick)
• Pittsburgh – FG Glick 16
• Pittsburgh – Safety, Unitas tackled by McPeak in end zone

Game 7 (Sunday November 10, 1957): Cleveland Browns

	1	2	3	4	Total
Steelers	0	0	0	0	0
Browns	3	7	7	7	24

at Cleveland Municipal Stadium, Cleveland, Ohio

• Game time:
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• Game attendance: 53,709
• Referee:
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Scoring drives:

• Cleveland – FG Groza 34
• Cleveland – Renfro 49 pass from O'Connell (Groza kick)
• Cleveland – P. Carpenter 13 pass from O'Connell (Groza kick)
• Cleveland – Paul 89 fumble run (Groza kick)

Game 8 (Sunday November 24, 1957): Green Bay Packers

	1	2	3	4	Total
Packers	0	21	0	6	27
Steelers	0	3	7	0	10

at Forbes Field, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

• Game time:
• Game weather:
• Game attendance: 29,701
• Referee:
• TV announcers:

Scoring drives:

• Pittsburgh – FG Glick 17
• Green Bay – Starr 1 run (Cone kick)
• Green Bay – Ferguson 40 run (Cone kick)
• Green Bay – Parilli 5 run (Cone kick)
• Pittsburgh – McClairen 14 pass from Morrall (Glick kick)
• Green Bay – FG Cone 24
• Green Bay – FG Cone 12

Game 9 (Sunday December 1, 1957): Philadelphia Eagles

	1	2	3	4	Total
Steelers	3	0	3	0	6
Eagles	0	7	0	0	7

at Connie Mack Stadium, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

• Game time:
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• Game attendance: 16,364
• Referee:
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Scoring drives:

• Pittsburgh – FG Glick 17
• Philadelphia – Bielski 7 pass from Jurgensen (Walston kick)
• Pittsburgh – FG Glick 23

Game 10 (Saturday December 7, 1957): New York Giants

	1	2	3	4	Total
Giants	0	7	3	0	10
Steelers	7	7	0	7	21

at Forbes Field, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

• Game time:
• Game weather:
• Game attendance: 19,772
• Referee:
• TV announcers:

Scoring drives:

• Pittsburgh – Reger 14 fumble run (Glick kick)
• New York Giants – Gifford 40 pass from Conerly (Agajanian kick)
• Pittsburgh – Morrall 12 run (Glick kick)
• New York Giants – FG Agajanian 12
• Pittsburgh – Nickel 5 pass from Morrall (Glick kick)

Game 11 (Sunday December 15, 1957): Washington Redskins

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

at Griffith Stadium, Washington, DC

• Game time:
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• Game attendance: 22,577
• Referee:
• TV announcers:

Scoring drives:

• Pittsburgh – FG Glick 35
• Washington – FG Baker 45
• Washington – Baker 11 run (Baker kick)

Game 12 (Sunday December 22, 1957): Chicago Cardinals

	1	2	3	4	Total
Steelers	14	0	3	10	27
Cardinals	0	0	2	0	2

at Comiskey Park, Chicago, Illinois

• Game time:
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• Game attendance: 10,084
• Referee:
• TV announcers:

Scoring drives:

• Pittsburgh – McClairen 48 pass from Morrall (Derby kick)
• Pittsburgh – Rogel 1 run (Derby kick)
• Chicago Cardinals – Safety, Beatty snap to Girard went out of end zone
• Pittsburgh – FG Derby 34

Standings

NFL Eastern Conference
	W	L	T	PCT	CONF	PF	PA	STK
Cleveland Browns	9	2	1	.818	8–1–1	269	172	W1
New York Giants	7	5	0	.583	6–4	254	211	L3
Pittsburgh Steelers	6	6	0	.500	5–5	161	178	W1
Washington Redskins	5	6	1	.455	4–5–1	251	230	W3
Philadelphia Eagles	4	8	0	.333	4–6	173	230	L2
Chicago Cardinals	3	9	0	.250	2–8	200	299	L1

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

NFL Western Conference
	W	L	T	PCT	CONF	PF	PA	STK
Detroit Lions	8	4	0	.667	6–4	251	231	W3
San Francisco 49ers	8	4	0	.667	7–3	260	264	W3
Baltimore Colts	7	5	0	.583	6–4	303	235	L2
Los Angeles Rams	6	6	0	.500	5–5	307	278	W2
Chicago Bears	5	7	0	.417	4–6	203	211	L1
Green Bay Packers	3	9	0	.250	2–8	218	311	L3

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