1953 Pittsburgh Steelers season | |
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Head coach | Joe Bach |
Home field | Forbes Field |
Results | |
Record | 6–6 |
Division place | 4th NFL Eastern |
Playoff finish | did not qualify |
The 1953 Pittsburgh Steelers season was the franchise's 21st in the National Football League.
The National Football League (NFL) is a professional American football league consisting of 32 teams, divided equally between the National Football Conference (NFC) and the American Football Conference (AFC). The NFL is one of the four major professional sports leagues in North America, and the highest professional level of American football in the world. The NFL's 17-week regular season runs from early September to late December, with each team playing 16 games and having one bye week. Following the conclusion of the regular season, six teams from each conference advance to the playoffs, a single-elimination tournament culminating in the Super Bowl, which is usually held in the first Sunday in February, and is played between the champions of the NFC and AFC.
Week | Date | Opponent | Time (ET) | Result |
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1 | September 27, 1953 | at Detroit Lions | L 38–21 | |
2 | October 3, 1953 | New York Giants | W 24–14 | |
3 | October 11, 1953 | Chicago Cardinals | W 31–28 | |
4 | October 17, 1953 | at Philadelphia Eagles | L 23–7 | |
5 | October 24, 1953 | Green Bay Packers | W 31–14 | |
6 | November 1, 1953 | Philadelphia Eagles | L 35–7 | |
7 | November 8, 1953 | at Cleveland Browns | L 34–16 | |
8 | November 15, 1953 | at New York Giants | W 14–10 | |
9 | November 22, 1953 | Cleveland Browns | L 20–16 | |
10 | November 29, 1953 | Washington Redskins | L 17–9 | |
11 | December 6, 1953 | at Chicago Cardinals | W 21–17 | |
12 | December 13, 1953 | at Washington Redskins | W 14–13 |
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total | |
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Steelers | 7 | 7 | 0 | 7 | 21 |
Lions | 7 | 17 | 7 | 7 | 38 |
at Briggs Stadium, Detroit, Michigan
Scoring drives:
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1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total | |
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Giants | 7 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 14 |
Steelers | 7 | 3 | 0 | 14 | 24 |
at Forbes Field, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Scoring drives:
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1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total | |
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Cardinals | 7 | 14 | 7 | 0 | 28 |
Steelers | 0 | 7 | 7 | 17 | 31 |
at Forbes Field, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Scoring drives:
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1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total | |
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Steelers | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 7 |
Eagles | 0 | 0 | 6 | 17 | 23 |
at Connie Mack Stadium, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Scoring drives:
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total | |
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Packers | 0 | 0 | 7 | 7 | 14 |
Steelers | 7 | 10 | 14 | 0 | 31 |
at Forbes Field, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Scoring Drives:
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total | |
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Eagles | 14 | 7 | 0 | 14 | 35 |
Steelers | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 7 |
at Forbes Field, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Scoring Drives:
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total | |
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Steelers | 9 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 16 |
Browns | 0 | 24 | 0 | 10 | 34 |
at Cleveland Municipal Stadium, Cleveland, Ohio
Scoring Drives:
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total | |
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Steelers | 7 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 14 |
Giants | 0 | 0 | 7 | 3 | 10 |
at Polo Grounds, New York, New York
Scoring Drives:
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total | |
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Browns | 7 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 20 |
Steelers | 9 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 16 |
at Forbes Field, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Scoring Drives:
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total | |
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Redskins | 0 | 7 | 0 | 10 | 17 |
Steelers | 2 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 9 |
at Forbes Field, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Scoring Drives:
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total | |
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Steelers | 0 | 0 | 7 | 14 | 21 |
Cardinals | 7 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 17 |
at Comiskey Park, Chicago, Illinois
Scoring Drives:
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total | |
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Steelers | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 14 |
Redskins | 7 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 13 |
at Griffith Stadium, Washington, DC
Scoring Drives:
NFL Eastern Conference | |||||||||
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W | L | T | PCT | CONF | PF | PA | STK | ||
Cleveland Browns | 11 | 1 | 0 | .917 | 9–1 | 348 | 162 | L1 | |
Philadelphia Eagles | 7 | 4 | 1 | .636 | 6–3–1 | 352 | 215 | W1 | |
Washington Redskins | 6 | 5 | 1 | .545 | 6–3–1 | 208 | 215 | L1 | |
Pittsburgh Steelers | 6 | 6 | 0 | .500 | 5–5 | 211 | 263 | W2 | |
New York Giants | 3 | 9 | 0 | .250 | 3–7 | 179 | 277 | L2 | |
Chicago Cardinals | 1 | 10 | 1 | .091 | 0–10 | 190 | 337 | W1 |
Note: Tie games were not officially counted in the standings until 1972.
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