1959 Pittsburgh Steelers season

1959 Pittsburgh Steelers season
Head coach Buddy Parker
Home field Forbes Field
Results
Record 6–5–1
Division place 4th NFL Eastern
Playoff finish did not qualify

Regular season

Schedule

Week Date Opponent Time (ET) Result
1 September 26, 1959 Cleveland Browns W 17–7
2 October 4, 1959 Washington Redskins L 23–17
3 October 11, 1959 at Philadelphia Eagles L 28–24
4 October 18, 1959 at Washington Redskins W 27–6
5 October 25, 1959 at New York Giants L 21–16
6 November 1, 1959 at Chicago Cardinals L 45–24
7 November 8, 1959 Detroit Lions T 10–10
8 November 15, 1959 at New York Giants W 14–9
9 November 22, 1959 at Cleveland Browns W 21–20
10 November 29, 1959 Philadelphia Eagles W 31–0
11 December 6, 1959 at Chicago Bears L 27–21
12 December 13, 1959 Chicago Cardinals W 35–20

Game summaries

Week 1 (Saturday September 26, 1959): Cleveland Browns

1 2 3 4 Total
Browns 0 7 0 0 7
Steelers 0 0 10 7 17

at Forbes Field, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

Scoring drives:

Week 2 (Sunday October 4, 1959): Washington Redskins

1 2 3 4 Total
Redskins 3 6 14 0 23
Steelers 0 0 10 7 17

at Forbes Field, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

Scoring drives:

Week 3 (Sunday October 11, 1959): Philadelphia Eagles

1 2 3 4 Total
Steelers 7 3 7 7 24
Eagles 7 7 7 7 28

at Franklin Field, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Scoring drives:

Week 4 (Sunday October 18, 1959): Washington Redskins

1 2 3 4 Total
Steelers 14 7 0 6 27
Redskins 6 0 0 0 6

at Griffith Stadium, Washington, DC

Scoring drives:

Week 5 (Sunday October 25, 1959): New York Giants

1 2 3 4 Total
Giants 14 0 0 7 21
Steelers 10 0 3 3 16

at Forbes Field, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

Scoring drives:

Week 6 (Sunday November 1, 1959): Chicago Cardinals

1 2 3 4 Total
Steelers 0 10 7 7 24
Cardinals 14 21 0 10 45

at Comiskey Park, Chicago, Illinois

Week 7 (Sunday November 8, 1959): Detroit Lions

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

at Forbes Field, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

Scoring drives:

Week 8 (Sunday November 15, 1959): New York Giants

1 2 3 4 Total
Steelers 0 7 0 7 14
Giants 0 6 3 0 9

at Yankee Stadium, Bronx, New York

Scoring drives:

Week 9 (Sunday November 22, 1959): Cleveland Browns

1 2 3 4 Total
Steelers 0 14 0 7 21
Browns 0 6 0 14 20

at Cleveland Municipal Stadium, Cleveland, Ohio

Scoring drives:

Week 10 (Sunday November 29, 1959): Philadelphia Eagles

1 2 3 4 Total
Eagles 0 0 0 0 0
Steelers 3 7 7 14 31

at Forbes Field, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

Scoring drives:

Week 11 (Sunday December 5, 1959): Chicago Bears

1 2 3 4 Total
Bears 6 14 7 0 27
Steelers 0 7 7 7 21

at Forbes Field, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

Scoring drives:

Week 12 (Sunday December 12, 1959): Chicago Cardinals

1 2 3 4 Total
Cardinals 6 0 7 7 20
Steelers 0 28 7 0 35

at Forbes Field, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

Scoring drives:

Standings

NFL Eastern Conference
W L T PCT CONF PF PA STK
New York Giants 10 2 0 .833 8–2 284 170 W4
Philadelphia Eagles 7 5 0 .583 6–4 268 278 L1
Cleveland Browns 7 5 0 .583 6–4 270 214 W1
Pittsburgh Steelers 6 5 1 .545 6–4 257 216 W1
Washington Redskins 3 9 0 .250 2–8 185 350 L5
Chicago Cardinals 2 10 0 .167 2–8 234 324 L6

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

References

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