1957 Pittsburgh Steelers season

1957 Pittsburgh Steelers season
Head coach	Buddy Parker
Home stadium	Forbes Field
Results
Record	6–6
Division place	3rd NFL Eastern
Playoffs	Did not qualify
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The 1957 season was the Pittsburgh Steelers' 25th in the National Football League (NFL). For the first time, the Steelers' yellow helmets sported uniform numbers. ^[1] They used these uniforms through the 1961 season. ^[2]

Pre-season

Game	Date	Opponent	Result	Record	Venue	Attendance	Sources
1	August 17	vs. Chicago Bears	L 7–24	0–1	Gator Bowl (Jacksonville, FL)	18,000	[3] [4]
2	August 24	vs. Cleveland Browns	L 13–28	0–2	Rubber Bowl (Akron, OH)	26,669	[5]
3	September 2	at Philadelphia Eagles	W 17–12	1–2	Franklin Field (Philadelphia, PA)	14,250	[6]
4	September 8	vs. Detroit Lions	W 20–14	2–2	Civic Stadium (Buffalo, NY)	20,630	[7] [8] [9]
5	September 14	Chicago Bears	L 10–37	2–3	Pitt Stadium (Pittsburgh, PA)	24,689	[10]
6	September 21	vs. Green Bay Packers	T 10–10	2–3–1	Metropolitan Stadium (Minneapolis, MN)	17,226	[11]

Regular season

Schedule

Game	Date	Opponent	Result	Record	Venue	Attendance	Recap
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

Week 1: vs. Washington Redskins

Week 1: Washington Redskins at Pittsburgh Steelers – Game summary

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

at Forbes Field, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

• Date: September 29
• Game attendance: 27,452
• Pro-Football-Reference.com

Game information

First quarter No scoring plays. Second quarter PIT – Ray Mathews 25-yard pass from Earl Morrall (Gary Glick kick). Steelers 7–0. Third quarter WAS – Jim Podoley 37-yard pass from Eddie LeBaron (Sam Baker kick). Tied 7–7. PIT – Dick Young 3-yard run (Gary Glick kick). Steelers 14–7. Fourth quarter PIT – Jug Girard 42-yard pass from Earl Morrall (Gary Glick kick). Steelers 21–7. PIT – Jug Girard 32-yard pass from Earl Morrall (Gary Glick kick). Steelers 28–7. Top passers WAS – Eddie LeBaron – 9/14, 109 yards, TD, 2 INT PIT – Earl Morrall – 15/32, 249 yards, 3 TD Top rushers WAS – Don Bosseler – 9 rushes, 39 yards PIT – Dick Young – 16 rushes, 25 yards, TD Top receivers WAS – Jim Podoley – 2 receptions, 73 yards, TD PIT – Jug Girard – 3 receptions, 84 yards, 2 TD

Week 2: vs. Cleveland Browns

Week 1: Washington Redskins at Pittsburgh Steelers – Game summary

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

at Forbes Field, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

• Date: September 29
• Game attendance: 35,570
• Pro-Football-Reference.com

Game information

First quarter No scoring plays. Second quarter CLE – Ray Renfro 32-yard pass from Chet Hanulak (Lou Groza kick). Browns 7–0. PIT – Earl Girard 21-yard pass from Earl Morrall (kick failed). Browns 7–6. CLE – Lou Groza 29-yard field goal. Browns 10–6. Third quarter CLE – Lou Groza 45-yard field goal. Browns 13–6. PIT – Earl Girard 32-yard pass from Earl Morrall (kick failed). Browns 13–12. Fourth quarter CLE – Lou Groza 14-yard field goal. Browns 16–12. CLE – Milt Campbell 25-yard pass from Tommy O'Connell (Lou Groza kick). Browns 23–12.

Week 3: vs. 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: at 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: vs. 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: at 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

Week 7: at 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 8: vs. 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 9: at 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:
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Scoring drives:

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

Week 10: vs. 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 11: at 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:
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Scoring drives:

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

Week 12: at 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
view talk edit	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". Archived from the original on October 16, 2013. Retrieved November 10, 2013.
2. "1961 NFL season at Gridiron Uniform Database". Archived from the original on October 16, 2013. Retrieved November 10, 2013.
3. "Bears Give Steelers 24–7 Lesson: Dawson-to-Jelic Pass on Last Play Averts Shutout," Pittsburgh Press, Aug. 18, 1957, sect. 4, p. 1.
4. Associated Press, "Pro Bears Maul Steelers, 24–7," Miami Herald, Aug. 18, 1957, p. 6-D.
5. Don Plath, "26,669 See Browns Flatten Steelers: O'Connell Stars in 28–13 Victory," Akron Beacon Journal, Aug. 25, 1957, p. B-1.
6. Herb Good, "Eagles Lose to Steelers as 'TD' Turns to Safety," Philadelphia Inquirer, Sept. 3, 1957, p. 33.
7. Mike Kanaley, "Marchiabroda and Hughes Sparkle as Steelers Subdue Lions, 20–14," Buffalo Courier-Express, Sept. 9, 1957, p. 18.
8. Dick Johnston, "20,630 Pro Fans Thrill to 86-Yard Run By Player Who Warmed the Bench in Buffalo High School," Buffalo News, Sept. 9, 1957, p. 10.
9. Bob Latshaw, "Steelers Defeat Lions for Parker: Third Period Splurge Wins, 20–14," Detroit Free Press, Sept. 9, 1957, pp. 1, 37.
10. Jimmy Miller, "Bears Roll to 37–10 Win Over 'Remodeled' Steelers," Pittsburgh Sun-Telegraph, Sept. 15, 1957, pp. 1-S, 4-S.
11. Charles Johnson, "Packers, Steelers Tie 10–10," Minneapolis Tribune, Sept. 22, 1957, pp. S-1, S-3.