1958 Pittsburgh Steelers season

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1958 Pittsburgh Steelers season
Head coachBuddy Parker
Home fieldForbes Field
Results
Record7–4–1
Division place3rd NFL Eastern
Playoff finishDid 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[]

Main article: 1958 NFL season

Schedule[]

Week Date Opponent Time (ET) 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
  • Saturday (December 13)

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 ( kick)
  • Pittsburgh – FG 22
  • Pittsburgh – Younger 1 run ( kick)
  • Pittsburgh – FG 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 ( kick)
  • Pittsburgh – FG 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 ( kick)
  • Philadelphia – FG Walston 36
  • Pittsburgh – Younger 1 run ( kick)
  • Pittsburgh – Tracy 1 run ( kick)
  • Pittsburgh – FG 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 ( 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 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 27
  • New York Giants – FG Summerall 34
  • Pittsburgh – FG 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 ( kick)
  • Pittsburgh – Younger 2 run ( kick)
  • Washington – FG Baker 27
  • Pittsburgh – Mathews 62 pass from Layne ( kick)
  • Washington – FG Baker 32
  • Pittsburgh – FG 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 38
  • Philadelphia – Retzlaff 18 pass from Barnes (Walston kick)
  • Pittsburgh – Tracy 13 pass from Layne ( kick)
  • Pittsburgh – Tracy 25 pass from Layne ( kick)
  • Philadelphia – FG Walston 16
  • Philadelphia – Barnes 3 run (Walston kick)
  • Pittsburgh – Mathews 34 pass from Layne ( kick)
  • Pittsburgh – Tracy 40 pass from Layne ( 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 ( kick)
  • Pittsburgh – Tracy 9 pass from Layne ( kick)
  • Pittsburgh – Glick 37 fumble run ( kick)
  • Pittsburgh – FG 43 ( kick)
  • Pittsburgh – Layne 1 run ( 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 ( kick)
  • Pittsburgh – FG 37
  • Chicago Cardinals – FG Conrad 38
  • Pittsburgh – Elter 8 run ( kick)
  • Pittsburgh – FG 30
  • Chicago Cardinals – FG Conrad 12
  • Chicago Cardinals – Matson 1 run (Conrad kick)
  • Pittsburgh – Orr 78 pass from Layne ( 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 ( kick)
  • Pittsburgh – FG 22
  • Chicago Bears – Jewett 13 pass from Brown (Blanda kick)
  • Chicago Bears – FG Blanda 34
  • Pittsburgh – Orr 48 pass from Layne ( kick)
  • Pittsburgh – Tracy 18 run ( 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 ( kick)
  • Pittsburgh – McClairen 28 pass from Layne ( 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 ( kick)
  • Chicago Cardinals – Matson 92 kick return (Conrad kick)
  • Pittsburgh – FG 13
  • Pittsburgh – Layne 17 run ( kick)
  • Chicago Cardinals – Watkins 48 pass from Reynolds (Conrad kick)
  • Pittsburgh – Orr 17 pass from Layne ( kick)
  • Chicago Cardinals – Matson 1 run (Conrad kick)
  • Pittsburgh – Orr 72 pass from Tracy ( kick)
  • Pittsburgh – Reynolds 5 run ( 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[]

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