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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
	← 1956; Steelers seasons; 1958 →;

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	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

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:
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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
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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:
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Game attendance: 29,446
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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:
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Game attendance: 52,589
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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:
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Game attendance: 27,016
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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:
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Game attendance: 42,575
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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
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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:
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Game attendance: 29,701
Referee:
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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
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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:
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Game attendance: 19,772
Referee:
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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:
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Game attendance: 22,577
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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:
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Game attendance: 10,084
Referee:
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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