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	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

Pittsburgh Pirates / Steelers seasons

1933 1934 1935 1936 1937 1938 1939 1940 1941 1942 1943 1944 1945 1946 1947 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016

Bold indicates Super Bowl victory Italics indicates Super Bowl appearance

Pittsburgh Steelers

Founded in 1933 Formerly the Pittsburgh Pirates (1933–1939) Based and headquartered in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

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Culture	Football in Western PA Rooney family Myron Cope Steeler Nation Terrible Towel Steel Curtain Evening Shade "Right Here, Right Now" "Renegade" "Here We Go" "Black and Yellow" YinzCam

Lore	Steelers lore J.P. Rooneys Pennsylvania Keystoners Steagles Card-Pitt Steelerettes Immaculate Reception Black Sunday Fighting Back: The Rocky Bleier Story 1995 AFC Championship Game The Chief

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Division championships (21)	1972 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1983 1984 1992 1994 1995 1996 1997 2001 2002 2004 2007 2008 2010 2014

Conference championships (8)	1974 1975 1978 1979 1995 2005 2008 2010

League championships (6)	1974 (IX) 1975 (X) 1978 (XIII) 1979 (XIV) 2005 (XL) 2008 (XLIII)

Retired numbers	70 75

Hall of Fame members	Players: Bettis Blount Bradshaw Butler Dawson Dudley Greene Ham Harris Johnson Lambert Layne Stallworth Stautner Swann Webster Woodson Coaches and administration: Bell Kiesling Noll Art Rooney Dan Rooney

Current league affiliations	League: National Football League Conference: American Football Conference Division: North Division

Seasons (83)	1933 1934 1935 1936 1937 1938 1939 1940 1941 1942 1943 1944 1945 1946 1947 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016

Championship seasons in bold

1957 NFL season

Eastern Conference	CHI Cardinals	Philadelphia	Baltimore	Green Bay	Western Conference
	Cleveland	Pittsburgh	CHI Bears	Los Angeles
	New York	Washington	Detroit	San Francisco

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