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

Scoring drives:

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

Scoring drives:

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

Scoring drives:

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

Scoring drives:

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

Scoring drives:

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

Scoring Drives:

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

Scoring drives:

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

Scoring drives:

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

Scoring drives:

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

Scoring drives:

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

Scoring drives:

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

Scoring drives:

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

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