1956 Pittsburgh Steelers season

Regular season

Schedule

Week	Date	Opponent	Time (ET)	Result
1	September 30, 1956	Washington Redskins		W 30–13
2	October 6, 1956	Cleveland Browns		L 14–10
3	October 14, 1956	Philadelphia Eagles		L 35–21
4	October 21, 1956	at New York Giants		L 38–10
5	October 28, 1956	at Cleveland Browns		W 24–16
6	November 4, 1956	New York Giants		L 17–14
7	November 11, 1956	at Philadelphia Eagles		L 14–7
8	November 18, 1956	Chicago Cardinals		W 14–7
9	November 25, 1956	at Chicago Cardinals		L 38–27
10	December 2, 1956	Los Angeles Rams		W 30–13
11	December 9, 1956	at Detroit Lions		L 45–7
12	December 16, 1956	at Washington Redskins		W 23–0

Game summaries

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:

• Pittsburgh – Chandnois 2 run (Glick kick)
• Washington – FG Baker 42
• Pittsburgh – Marchibroda 1 run (Glick kick)
• Washington – FG Baker 41
• Pittsburgh – FG Glick 27
• Pittsburgh – Chandnois 17 pass from Marchibroda (kick blocked)
• Pittsburgh – Chandnois 5 run (Glick kick)
• Washington – Meilinger 13 pass from LeBaron (Baker kick)

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)

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)

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)

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:

• Cleveland – Lavelli 68 pass from Parilli (kick failed)
• Cleveland – Paul 35 interception (Groza kick)
• Pittsburgh – Nickel 10 pass from Marchibroda (Glick kick)
• Pittsburgh – Chandnois 1 run (Glick kick)
• Pittsburgh – Perry 75 pass from Marchibroda (Glick kick)
• Cleveland – FG Groza 28
• Pittsburgh – FG Glick 11

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:

• New York Giants – Webster 1 run (Agajanian kick)
• New York Giants – FG Agajanian 32
• Pittsburgh – Watson 1 run (Glick kick)
• New York Giants – Rote 3 pass from Conerly (Agajanian kick)
• Pittsburgh – Watson 6 run (Glick kick)

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: Jack Glascott
• TV announcers:

Scoring drives:

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

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)

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)

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)

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)

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:

• Pittsburgh – Watson 1 run (Watson kick)
• Pittsburgh – Mathews 48 pass from Marchibroda (Watson kick)
• Pittsburgh – Butler 10 pass from Marchibroda (Watson kick)
• Pittsburgh – Safety, Dorow tackled by McPeak in end zone

Standings

NFL Eastern Conference
	W	L	T	PCT	CONF	PF	PA	STK
New York Giants	8	3	1	.727	7–3	264	197	W1
Chicago Cardinals	7	5	0	.583	7–3	240	182	W1
Washington Redskins	6	6	0	.500	5–5	183	225	L2
Cleveland Browns	5	7	0	.417	4–6	167	177	L1
Pittsburgh Steelers	5	7	0	.417	4–6	167	177	W1
Philadelphia Eagles	3	8	1	.273	3–7	143	215	L3

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