1959 Pittsburgh Steelers season

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1959 Pittsburgh Steelers season
Head Coach Buddy Parker
Home Field Forbes Field
Results
Record 6-5-1
Place 4th NFL Eastern Conference
Playoff Finish none
Timeline
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1958 1960

Contents

[edit] Regular season

[edit] Schedule

[edit] Game Summaries

[edit] Week 1 (Saturday September 26, 1959): Cleveland Browns

1 2 3 4 Total
Browns 0 7 0 0 7
Steelers 0 0 10 7 17

at Forbes Field, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

  • Game time:
  • Game weather:
  • Game attendance: 33,844
  • Referee:
  • TV announcers:

Scoring drives:

  • Cleveland - Plum 1 run (Groza kick)
  • Pittsburgh - FG Layne 26
  • Pittsburgh - Orr 20 pass from Layne (Layne kick)
  • Pittsburgh - Brewster 19 pass from Layne (Layne kick)

[edit] Week 2 (Sunday October 4, 1959): Washington Redskins

1 2 3 4 Total
Redskins 3 6 14 0 23
Steelers 0 0 10 7 17

at Forbes Field, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

  • Game time:
  • Game weather:
  • Game attendance: 26,750
  • Referee:
  • TV announcers:

Scoring drives:

  • Washington - FG Baker 25
  • Washington - FG Baker 47
  • Washington - FG Baker 48
  • Washington - Anderson 70 pass from Gugliemi (Baker kick)
  • Pittsburgh - FG Layne 32
  • Washington - Walton 26 pass from Gugliemi (Baker kick)
  • Pittsburgh - Brewster 30 pass from Layne (Layne kick)
  • Pittsburgh - Krutko 2 run (Layne kick)

[edit] Week 3 (Sunday October 11, 1959): Philadelphia Eagles

1 2 3 4 Total
Steelers 7 3 7 7 24
Eagles 7 7 7 7 28

at Franklin Field, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

  • Game time:
  • Game weather:
  • Game attendance: 27,343
  • Referee:
  • TV announcers:

Scoring drives:

  • Pittsburgh - Layne 10 run (Layne kick)
  • Philadelphia - Barnes 3 run (Walston kick)
  • Philadelphia - Powell 58 punt return (Walston kick)
  • Pittsburgh - FG Layne 12
  • Philadelphia - Van Brocklin 1 run (Walston kick)
  • Pittsburgh - Tracy 11 pass from Layne (Layne kick)
  • Philadelphia - McDonald 18 pass from Van Brocklin (Walston kick)
  • Pittsburgh - Orr 17 pass from Layne (Layne kick)

[edit] Week 4 (Sunday October 18, 1959): Washington Redskins

1 2 3 4 Total
Steelers 14 7 0 6 27
Redskins 6 0 0 0 6

at Griffith Stadium, Washington, DC

  • Game time:
  • Game weather:
  • Game attendance: 28,218
  • Referee:
  • TV announcers:

Scoring drives:

  • Pittsburgh - Krutko 1 run (Layne kick)
  • Pittsburgh - Tarasovic 38 fumble run (Layne kick)
  • Washington - FG Baker 30
  • Washington - FG Baker 39
  • Pittsburgh - Krutko 4 run (Layne kick)
  • Pittsburgh - FG Layne 23
  • Pittsburgh - FG Layne 22

[edit] Week 5 (Sunday October 25, 1959): New York Giants

1 2 3 4 Total
Giants 14 0 0 7 21
Steelers 10 0 3 3 16

at Forbes Field, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

  • Game time:
  • Game weather:
  • Game attendance: 33,596
  • Referee:
  • TV announcers:

Scoring drives:

  • Pittsburgh - FG Layne 37
  • New York Giants - Gifford 77 pass from Conerly (Summerall kick)
  • New York Giants - Gifford 28 pass from Conerly (Summerall kick)
  • Pittsburgh - Dial 35 pass from Layne (Layne kick)
  • Pittsburgh - FG Layne 19
  • New York Giants - Huff 5 fumble run (Summerall kick)
  • Pittsburgh - FG Layne 17

[edit] Week 6 (Sunday November 1, 1959): Chicago Cardinals

1 2 3 4 Total
Steelers 0 10 7 7 24
Cardinals 14 21 0 10 45

at Comiskey Park, Chicago, Illinois

  • Game time:
  • Game weather:
  • Game attendance:
  • Referee:
  • TV announcers:

[edit] Week 7 (Sunday November 8, 1959): Detroit Lions

1 2 3 4 Total
Lions 7 0 0 3 10
Steelers 0 0 3 7 10

at Forbes Field, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

  • Game time:
  • Game weather:
  • Game attendance: 24,614
  • Referee:
  • TV announcers:

Scoring drives:

  • Detroit - Rote 1 run (Perry kick)
  • Pittsburgh - FG Layne 29
  • Detroit - FG Martin 27
  • Pittsburgh - Tracy 20 pass from Layne (Layne kick)

[edit] Week 8 (Sunday November 15, 1959): New York Giants

1 2 3 4 Total
Steelers 0 7 0 7 14
Giants 0 6 3 0 9

at Yankee Stadium, Bronx, New York

  • Game time:
  • Game weather:
  • Game attendance: 66,786
  • Referee:
  • TV announcers:

Scoring drives:

  • New York Giants - FG Summerall 21
  • New York Giants - FG Summerall 27
  • Pittsburgh - Orr 4 pass from Layne (Layne kick)
  • New York Giants - FG Summerall 29
  • Pittsburgh - Tracy 45 pass from Layne (Layne kick)

[edit] Week 9 (Sunday November 22, 1959): Cleveland Browns

1 2 3 4 Total
Steelers 0 14 0 7 21
Browns 0 6 0 14 20

at Cleveland Municipal Stadium, Cleveland, Ohio

  • Game time:
  • Game weather:
  • Game attendance: 68,563
  • Referee:
  • TV announcers:

Scoring drives:

  • Pittsburgh - Tracy 4 run (Layne kick)
  • Pittsburgh - Tracy 1 run (Layne kick)
  • Cleveland - Renfro 30 pass from Plum (kick failed)
  • Cleveland - Renfro 28 pass from Plum (Groza kick)
  • Cleveland - Renfro 70 pass from Plum (Groza kick)
  • Pittsburgh - Nagler 17 pass from Layne (Layne kick)

[edit] Week 10 (Sunday November 29, 1959): Philadelphia Eagles

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

at Forbes Field, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

  • Game time:
  • Game weather:
  • Game attendance: 22,191
  • Referee:
  • TV announcers:

Scoring drives:

[edit] Week 11 (Sunday December 5, 1959): Chicago Bears

1 2 3 4 Total
Bears 6 14 7 0 27
Steelers 0 7 7 7 21

at Forbes Field, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

  • Game time:
  • Game weather:
  • Game attendance: 41,476
  • Referee:
  • TV announcers:

Scoring drives:

  • Chicago Bears - Casares 3 run (kick failed)
  • Chicago Bears - Casares 1 run (Aveni kick)
  • Chicago Bears - Casares 1 run (Aveni kick)
  • Pittsburgh - Tracy 2 run (Layne kick)
  • Chicago Bears - Casares 1 run (Aveni kick)
  • Pittsburgh - Krutko 7 run (Layne kick)
  • Pittsburgh - Dial 25 pass from Layne (Layne kick)

[edit] Week 12 (Sunday December 12, 1959): Chicago Cardinals

1 2 3 4 Total
Cardinals 6 0 7 7 20
Steelers 0 28 7 0 35

at Forbes Field, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

  • Game time:
  • Game weather:
  • Game attendance: 19,011
  • Referee:
  • TV announcers:

Scoring drives:

  • Chicago Cardinals - FG Conrad 37
  • Chicago Cardinals - FG Conrad 20
  • Pittsburgh - Layne 9 run (Layne kick)
  • Pittsburgh - Dial 35 pass from Layne (Layne kick)
  • Pittsburgh - Dial 11 pass from Layne (Layne kick)
  • Pittsburgh - Tracy 16 pass from Layne (Layne kick)
  • Chicago Cardinals - Conrad 21 pass from Hill (Conrad kick)
  • Pittsburgh - Orr 16 pass from Layne (Layne kick)
  • Chicago Cardinals - Crow 7 pass from Hill (Conrad kick)

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