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. ^[1] Pittsburgh would use these uniforms through the 1961 season.^[2]

Regular season

Schedule

Week	Date	Opponent	Time (ET)	Result
1	September 29, 1957	Washington Redskins		W 28–7
2	October 5, 1957	Cleveland Browns		L 23–12
3	October 13, 1957	Chicago Cardinals		W 29–20
4	October 20, 1957	at New York Giants		L 35–0
5	October 27, 1957	Philadelphia Eagles		W 6–0
6	November 3, 1957	at Baltimore Colts		W 19–13
7	November 10, 1957	at Cleveland Browns		L 24–0
8	November 24, 1957	Green Bay Packers		L 27–10
9	December 1, 1957	at Philadelphia Eagles		L 7–6
10	December 7, 1957	New York Giants		W 21–10
11	December 15, 1957	at Washington Redskins		L 10–3
12	December 22, 1957	at Chicago Cardinals		W 27–2

Game summaries

Week 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)

Week 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)

Week 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:
• TV announcers:

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)

Week 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:
• TV announcers:

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)

Week 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:
• TV announcers:

Scoring drives:

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

Week 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 Forbes Field, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

• 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

Week 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:
• Game weather:
• Game attendance: 53,709
• Referee:
• TV announcers:

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)

Week 9 (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

Week 10 (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:
• Game weather:
• Game attendance: 16,364
• Referee:
• TV announcers:

Scoring drives:

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

Week 11 (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)

Week 12 (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:
• Game weather:
• Game attendance: 22,577
• Referee:
• TV announcers:

Scoring drives:

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

Week 13 (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:
• Game weather:
• 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.

References

1. 1957 NFL season at Gridiron Uniform Database
2. 1961 NFL season at Gridiron Uniform Database