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1958 Pittsburgh Steelers season
1958 Pittsburgh Steelers season
Head coach	Buddy Parker
Home field	Forbes Field
Results
Record	7–4–1
Division place	3rd NFL Eastern
Playoff finish	Did not qualify
	← 1957; Steelers seasons; 1959 →;

The 1958 Pittsburgh Steelers season was the franchise's 26th in the National Football League.

After the second game of the season, Steelers coach Buddy Parker, formerly in Detroit, arranged a trade on October 6 that sent quarterback Earl Morrall and two draft picks to the Detroit Lions for quarterback Bobby Layne,^[1]^[2]^[3] a future hall of famer.

Regular season

Schedule

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Record
1	September 28	at San Francisco 49ers	L 20–23	0–1
2	October 5	Cleveland Browns	L 12–45	0–2
3	October 12	Philadelphia Eagles	W 24–3	1–2
4	October 19	at Cleveland Browns	L 10–27	1–3
5	October 26	at New York Giants	L 6–17	1–4
6	November 2	Washington Redskins	W 24–16	2–4
7	November 9	at Philadelphia Eagles	W 31–24	3–4
8	November 16	New York Giants	W 31–10	4–4
9	November 23	at Chicago Cardinals	W 27–20	5–4
10	November 30	Chicago Bears	W 24–10	6–4
11	December 7	at Washington Redskins	T 14–14	6–4–1
12	December 13	Chicago Cardinals	W 38–21	7–4–1

Game summaries

Week 1 (Sunday September 28, 1958): San Francisco 49ers

	1	2	3	4	Total
Steelers	0	7	13	0	20
49ers	7	0	6	10	23

at Kezar Stadium, San Francisco, California

Game time:
Game weather:
Game attendance: 32,150
Referee:
TV announcers:

Scoring Drives:

San Francisco – McElhenny 2 run (Soltau kick)
Pittsburgh – Mathews 10 pass from Morrall (Miner kick)
Pittsburgh – FG Miner 22
Pittsburgh – Younger 1 run (Miner kick)
Pittsburgh – FG Miner 23
San Francisco – Pace 11 run (kick blocked)
San Francisco – Brodie 1 run (Soltau kick)
San Francisco – FG Soltau 22

Week 2 (Sunday October 5, 1958): Cleveland Browns

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	1	2	3	4	Total
Browns	7	17	14	7	45
Steelers	0	10	0	2	12

at Pitt Stadium Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

Game time:
Game weather:
Game attendance: 31,130
Referee:
TV announcers:

Scoring Drives:

Cleveland – Brown 23 run (Groza kick)
Cleveland – Mitchell 21 pass from Plum (Groza kick)
Cleveland – Brewster 8 pass from Plum (Groza kick)
Pittsburgh – Tracy 1 run (Miner kick)
Pittsburgh – FG Miner 31
Cleveland – FG Groza 32
Cleveland – Brown 59 run (Groza kick)
Cleveland – Brown 3 run (Groza kick)
Cleveland – P. Carpenter 4 pass from Ninowski (Groza kick)
Pittsburgh – Safety, Ninowski tackled by Stautner in end zone

Week 3 (Sunday October 12, 1958): Philadelphia Eagles

	1	2	3	4	Total
Eagles	3	0	0	0	3
Steelers	14	7	3	0	24

at Forbes Field, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

Game time:
Game weather:
Game attendance: 23,153
Referee:
TV announcers:

Scoring Drives:

Pittsburgh – Tracy 31 run (Miner kick)
Philadelphia – FG Walston 36
Pittsburgh – Younger 1 run (Miner kick)
Pittsburgh – Tracy 1 run (Miner kick)
Pittsburgh – FG Miner 26

Week 4 (Sunday October 19, 1958): Cleveland Browns

	1	2	3	4	Total
Steelers	7	0	0	3	10
Browns	7	14	0	6	27

at Cleveland Municipal Stadium, Cleveland, Ohio

Game time:
Game weather:
Game attendance: 66,852
Referee:
TV announcers:

Scoring Drives:

Pittsburgh – Mathews 64 pass from Tracy (Miner kick)
Cleveland – Brown 27 pass from Plum (Groza kick)
Cleveland – Brown 48 run (Plum kick)
Cleveland – Renfro 36 pass from Plum (Plum kick)
Cleveland – Mitchell 7 pass from Plum (kick failed)
Pittsburgh – FG Miner 47

Week 5 (Sunday October 26, 1958): New York Giants

	1	2	3	4	Total
Steelers	0	3	3	0	6
Giants	7	3	0	7	17

at Yankee Stadium, Bronx, New York

Game time:
Game weather:
Game attendance: 25,007
Referee:
TV announcers:

Scoring Drives:

New York Giants – Karilivacz 23 fumble run (Summerall kick)
Pittsburgh – FG Miner 27
New York Giants – FG Summerall 34
Pittsburgh – FG Miner 39
New York Giants – Heinrich 1 run (Summerall kick)

Week 6 (Sunday November 2, 1958): Washington Redskins

	1	2	3	4	Total
Redskins	3	3	0	10	16
Steelers	0	14	0	10	24

at Forbes Field, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

Game time:
Game weather:
Game attendance: 19,525
Referee:
TV announcers:

Scoring Drives:

Washington – FG Baker 13
Pittsburgh – Orr 19 pass from Layne (Miner kick)
Pittsburgh – Younger 2 run (Miner kick)
Washington – FG Baker 27
Pittsburgh – Mathews 62 pass from Layne (Miner kick)
Washington – FG Baker 32
Pittsburgh – FG Miner 43
Washington – Walton 26 pass from Guglielmi (Baker kick)

Week 7 (Sunday November 9, 1958): Philadelphia Eagles

	1	2	3	4	Total
Steelers	3	14	14	0	31
Eagles	7	3	7	7	24

at Franklin Field, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Game time:
Game weather:
Game attendance: 26,306
Referee:
TV announcers:

Scoring Drives:

Pittsburgh – FG Miner 38
Philadelphia – Retzlaff 18 pass from Barnes (Walston kick)
Pittsburgh – Tracy 13 pass from Layne (Miner kick)
Pittsburgh – Tracy 25 pass from Layne (Miner kick)
Philadelphia – FG Walston 16
Philadelphia – Barnes 3 run (Walston kick)
Pittsburgh – Mathews 34 pass from Layne (Miner kick)
Pittsburgh – Tracy 40 pass from Layne (Miner kick)
Philadelphia – McDonald 10 pass from Van Brocklin (Walston kick)

Week 8 (Sunday November 16, 1958): New York Giants

	1	2	3	4	Total
Giants	7	3	0	0	10
Steelers	0	7	14	10	31

at Forbes Field, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

Game time:
Game weather:
Game attendance: 30,030
Referee:
TV announcers:

Scoring Drives:

New York Giants – Gifford 1 run (Summerall kick)
New York Giants – FG Summerall 42
Pittsburgh – Layne 1 run (Miner kick)
Pittsburgh – Tracy 9 pass from Layne (Miner kick)
Pittsburgh – Glick 37 fumble run (Miner kick)
Pittsburgh – FG Miner 43 (Miner kick)
Pittsburgh – Layne 1 run (Miner kick)

Week 9 (Sunday November 23, 1958): Chicago Cardinals

	1	2	3	4	Total
Steelers	10	10	0	7	27
Cardinals	10	3	7	0	20

at Comiskey Park, Chicago, Illinois

Game time:
Game weather:
Game attendance: 15,946
Referee:
TV announcers:

Scoring Drives:

Chicago Cardinals – Matson 101 kick return (Conrad kick)
Pittsburgh – Elter 5 run (Miner kick)
Pittsburgh – FG Miner 37
Chicago Cardinals – FG Conrad 38
Pittsburgh – Elter 8 run (Miner kick)
Pittsburgh – FG Miner 30
Chicago Cardinals – FG Conrad 12
Chicago Cardinals – Matson 1 run (Conrad kick)
Pittsburgh – Orr 78 pass from Layne (Miner kick)

Week 10 (Sunday November 30, 1958): Chicago Bears

	1	2	3	4	Total
Bears	0	0	0	10	10
Steelers	7	3	0	14	24

at Forbes Field, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

Game time:
Game weather:
Game attendance: 20,094
Referee:
TV announcers:

Scoring Drives:

Pittsburgh – Tracy 30 run (Miner kick)
Pittsburgh – FG Miner 22
Chicago Bears – Jewett 13 pass from Brown (Blanda kick)
Chicago Bears – FG Blanda 34
Pittsburgh – Orr 48 pass from Layne (Miner kick)
Pittsburgh – Tracy 18 run (Miner kick)

Week 11 (Sunday December 7, 1958): Washington Redskins

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

at Griffith Stadium, Washington, DC

Game time:
Game weather:
Game attendance: 23,370
Referee:
TV announcers:

Scoring Drives:

Washington – Bosseler 7 run (Baker kick)
Washington – Bosseler 2 run (Baker kick)
Pittsburgh – Orr 55 pass from Layne (Miner kick)
Pittsburgh – McClairen 28 pass from Layne (Miner kick)

Week 12 (Saturday December 13, 1958): Chicago Cardinals

	1	2	3	4	Total
Cardinals	0	7	14	0	21
Steelers	0	17	7	14	38

at Pitt Stadium, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

Game time:
Game weather: Sunny, cold (the water pipes in Pitt Stadium froze)
Game attendance: 16,660
Referee:
TV announcers:

Scoring Drives:

Pittsburgh – Orr 36 pass from Layne (Miner kick)
Chicago Cardinals – Matson 92 kick return (Conrad kick)
Pittsburgh – FG Miner 13
Pittsburgh – Layne 17 run (Miner kick)
Chicago Cardinals – Watkins 48 pass from Reynolds (Conrad kick)
Pittsburgh – Orr 17 pass from Layne (Miner kick)
Chicago Cardinals – Matson 1 run (Conrad kick)
Pittsburgh – Orr 72 pass from Tracy (Miner kick)
Pittsburgh – Reynolds 5 run (Miner kick)

Standings

NFL Eastern Conference
view talk edit	W	L	T	PCT	CONF	PF	PA	STK
New York Giants	9	3	0	.750	7–3	246	183	W4
Cleveland Browns	9	3	0	.750	8–2	302	217	L1
Pittsburgh Steelers	7	4	1	.636	6–3–1	261	230	W1
Washington Redskins	4	7	1	.364	3–6–1	214	268	W1
Chicago Cardinals	2	9	1	.182	2–7–1	261	356	L6
Philadelphia Eagles	2	9	1	.182	2–7–1	235	306	L4

Note: Tie games were not officially counted in the standings until 1972.

References

^ Livingston, Pat (October 7, 1958). "Layne takes over as Steeler QB". Pittsburgh Press. p. 27.
^ Sell, Jack (October 7, 1958). "Steelers get Layne for Morrall". Pittsburgh Post-Gazette.
^ "Lions send Bobby Layne to Steelers for Morrall". Youngstown Vindicator. (Ohio). Associated Press. October 7, 1958. p. 21.
^ Game program