1958 Pittsburgh Steelers season
1958 Pittsburgh Steelers season | |
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Head coach | Buddy Parker |
Home field | Forbes Field |
Results | |
Record | 7–4–1 |
Division place | 3rd NFL Eastern |
Playoff finish | Did not qualify |
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 |
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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 | |
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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
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total | |
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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 | |
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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 | |
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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 | |
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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 | |
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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 | |
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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 | |
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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 | |
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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 | |
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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 | |
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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 | |
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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 | |||||||||
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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