1958 Pittsburgh Steelers season

Regular season

Schedule

Week	Date	Opponent	Time (ET)	Result
1	September 28, 1958	at San Francisco 49ers		L 23–20
2	October 5, 1958	Cleveland Browns		L 45–12
3	October 12, 1958	Philadelphia Eagles		W 24–3
4	October 19, 1958	at Cleveland Browns		L 27–10
5	October 26, 1958	at New York Giants		L 17–6
6	November 2, 1958	Washington Redskins		W 24–16
7	November 9, 1958	at Philadelphia Eagles		W 31–24
8	November 16, 1958	New York Giants		W 31–10
9	November 23, 1958	at Chicago Cardinals		W 27–20
10	November 30, 1958	Chicago Bears		W 24–10
11	December 7, 1958	at Washington Redskins		T 14–14
12	December 13, 1958	Chicago Cardinals		W 38–21

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 (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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
	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.