1956 Pittsburgh Steelers season

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1956 Pittsburgh Steelers season
Head Coach Walt Kiesling
Home Field Forbes Field
Results
Record 5-7
Place 5th NFL Eastern Conference
Playoff Finish none
Timeline
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1955 1957

Contents

[edit] Regular season

[edit] Schedule

[edit] Game Summaries

[edit] Week 1 (Sunday September 30, 1956): Washington Redskins

1 2 3 4 Total
Redskins 0 6 0 7 13
Steelers 7 7 9 7 30

at Forbes Field, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

  • Game time:
  • Game weather:
  • Game attendance: 27,718
  • Referee:
  • TV announcers:

Scoring drives:

[edit] Week 2 (Saturday October 6, 1956): Cleveland Browns

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

at Forbes Field, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

  • Game time:
  • Game weather:
  • Game attendance: 35,398
  • Referee:
  • TV announcers:

Scoring drives:

  • Cleveland - Ratterman 1 run (Groza kick)
  • Pittsburgh - FG Glick 30
  • Pittsburgh - Chandnois 1 run (Glik kick)
  • Cleveland - Modzelewski 13 run (Groza kick)

[edit] Week 3 (Sunday October 14, 1956): Philadelphia Eagles

1 2 3 4 Total
Eagles 7 21 0 7 35
Steelers 0 0 7 14 21

at Forbes Field, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

  • Game time:
  • Game weather:
  • Game attendance: 31,375
  • Referee:
  • TV announcers:

Scoring drives:

  • Philadelphia - Schaefer 1 run (Walston kick)
  • Philadelphia - Walston 51 pass from Thomason (Walston kick)
  • Philadelphia - Bell 28 interception (Walston kick)
  • Philadelphia - Bredice 40 pass from Thomason (Walston kick)
  • Pittsburgh - Perry 15 pass from Marchibroda (Glick kick)
  • Pittsburgh - Mathews 64 pass from Marchibroda (Glick kick)
  • Pittsburgh - Mathews 20 pass from Marchibroda (Glick kick)
  • Philadelphia - Keller 51 run (Walston kick)

[edit] Week 4 (Sunday October 21, 1956): New York Giants

1 2 3 4 Total
Steelers 3 0 0 7 10
Giants 0 17 14 7 38

at Yankee Stadium, Bronx, New York

  • Game time:
  • Game weather:
  • Game attendance: 48,108
  • Referee:
  • TV announcers:

Scoring drives:

  • Pittsburgh - FG Glick 35
  • New York Giants - MacAfee 14 pass from Conerly (Agajanian kick)
  • New York Giants - Webster 21 pass from Conerly (Agajanian kick)
  • New York Giants - FG Agajanian 14
  • New York Giants - Gifford 1 run (Agajanian kick)
  • New York Giants - Rote 19 pass from Conerly (Agajanian kick)
  • Pittsburgh - Nickel 14 pass from Marchibroda (Glick kick)
  • New York Giants - Filpski 35 run (Agajanian kick)

[edit] Week 5 (Sunday October 28, 1956): Cleveland Browns

1 2 3 4 Total
Steelers 0 21 0 3 24
Browns 13 0 0 3 16

at Cleveland Municipal Stadium, Cleveland, Ohio

  • Game time:
  • Game weather:
  • Game attendance: 50,358
  • Referee:
  • TV announcers:

Scoring drives:

[edit] Week 6 (Sunday November 4, 1956): New York Giants

1 2 3 4 Total
Giants 7 3 7 0 17
Steelers 0 0 7 7 14

at Forbes Field, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

  • Game time:
  • Game weather:
  • Game attendance: 31,240
  • Referee:
  • TV announcers:

Scoring Drives:

[edit] Week 7 (Sunday November 11, 1956): Philadelphia Eagles

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

at Connie Mack Stadium, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

  • Game time:
  • Game weather:
  • Game attendance: 22,652
  • Referee:
  • TV announcers:

Scoring drives:

  • Pittsburgh - Marchibroda 1 run (Glick kick)
  • Philadelphia - Burnine 35 pass from Thomason (Walston kick)
  • Philadelphia - Keller 1 run (Walston kick)

[edit] Week 8 (Sunday November 18, 1956): Chicago Cardinals

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

at Forbes Field, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

  • Game time:
  • Game weather:
  • Game attendance: 24,086
  • Referee:
  • TV announcers:

Scoring drives:

  • Pittsburgh - Rogel 13 run (Glick kick)
  • Pittsburgh - Butler 6 fumble run (Glick kick)
  • Chicago Cardinals - Matson 45 pass from McHan (Summerall kick)

[edit] Week 9 (Sunday November 25, 1956): Chicago Cardinals

1 2 3 4 Total
Steelers 7 0 0 20 27
Cardinals 7 17 7 7 38

at Comiskey Park, Chicago, Illinois

  • Game time:
  • Game weather:
  • Game attendance: 17,724
  • Referee:
  • TV announcers:

Scoring drives:

  • Chicago Cardinals - Root 3 run (Summerall kick)
  • Pittsburgh - Mathews 29 pass from Marchibroda (Watson kick)
  • Chicago Cardinals - Matson 1 run (Summerall kick)
  • Chicago Cardinals - FG Summerall 27
  • Chicago Cardinals - Matson 79 run (Summerall kick)
  • Chicago Cardinals - Childress 34 pass from Root (Summerall kick)
  • Pittsburgh - Ford 3 run (Watson kick)
  • Pittsburgh - Nickel 4 pass from Marchibroda (kick failed)
  • Chicago Cardinals - McHan 1 run (Summerall kick)
  • Pittsburgh - Ford 4 run (Watson kick)

[edit] Week 10 (Sunday December 2, 1956): Los Angeles Rams

1 2 3 4 Total
Giants 6 0 7 0 13
Steelers 7 7 0 7 21

at Forbes Field, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

  • Game time:
  • Game weather:
  • Game attendance: 20,540
  • Referee:
  • TV announcers:

Scoring drives:

  • Los Angeles - McFadin 21 fumble run (kick failed)
  • Pittsburgh - Nickel 22 pass from Scarbath (Watson kick)
  • Pittsburgh - FG Watson 16
  • Los Angeles - Boyd 61 pass from Wade (Richter kick)
  • Pittsburgh - Mathews 6 pass from Marchibroda (Watson kick)
  • Pittsburgh - Rogel 1 run (Watson kick)
  • Pittsburgh - Nickel 47 pass from Scarbath (kick failed)

[edit] Week 11 (Sunday December 9, 1956): Detroit Lions

1 2 3 4 Total
Steelers 0 7 0 0 7
Lions 14 24 7 0 45

at Briggs Stadium, Detroit, Michigan

  • Game time:
  • Game weather:
  • Game attendance: 52,124
  • Referee:
  • TV announcers:

Scoring drives:

  • Detroit - Hart 20 pass from Layne (Layne kick)
  • Detroit - Gedman 5 run (Layne kick)
  • Pittsburgh - Watson 1 run (Watson kick)
  • Detroit - Lary 73 interception (Layne kick)
  • Detroit - Christiansen 66 punt return (Layne kick)
  • Detroit - Christiansen 66 punt return (Layne kick)
  • Detroit - FG Layne 13
  • Detroit - Reichow 41 pass from Gilmer (Layne kick)

[edit] Week 12 (Sunday December 16, 1956): Washington Redskins

1 2 3 4 Total
Steelers 0 7 0 16 23
Redskins 0 0 0 0 0

at Griffith Stadium, Washington, DC

  • Game time:
  • Game weather:
  • Game attendance: 49,086
  • Referee:
  • TV announcers:

Scoring drives:

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