Legality of Cannabis by U.S. Jurisdiction

1957 Pittsburgh Steelers season
Head coachBuddy Parker
Home fieldForbes Field
Results
Record6–6
Division place3rd NFL Eastern
Playoff finishDid 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[edit]

Schedule[edit]

Week Date Opponent Result Record
1 September 29 Washington Redskins W 28–7 1–0
2 October 5 Cleveland Browns L 12–23 1–1
3 October 13 Chicago Cardinals W 29–20 2–1
4 October 20 at New York Giants L 0–35 2–2
5 October 27 Philadelphia Eagles W 6–0 3–2
6 November 3 at Baltimore Colts W 19–13 4–2
7 November 10 at Cleveland Browns L 0–24 4–3
8 November 24 Green Bay Packers L 10–27 4–4
9 December 1 at Philadelphia Eagles L 6–7 4–5
10 December 7 New York Giants W 21–10 5–5
11 December 15 at Washington Redskins L 3–10 5–6
12 December 22 at Chicago Cardinals W 27–2 6–6

Game summaries[edit]

Week 1 (Sunday September 29, 1957): Washington Redskins[edit]

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:

Week 2 (Saturday October 5, 1957): Cleveland Browns[edit]

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[edit]

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[edit]

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[edit]

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:

Week 6 (Sunday November 3, 1957): Baltimore Colts[edit]

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[edit]

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[edit]

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[edit]

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[edit]

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:

Week 12 (Sunday December 15, 1957): Washington Redskins[edit]

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[edit]

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:

Standings[edit]

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[edit]

  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.
source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1957_Pittsburgh_Steelers_season