# 1957 Pittsburgh Steelers season

The 1957 season was the Pittsburgh Steelers' 25th in the National Football League (NFL). For the first time, the Steelers' yellow helmets sported uniform numbers. They used these uniforms through the 1961 season.

## Pre-season

| Game | Date | Opponent | Result | Record | Venue | Attendance |
| 1 | August 17 | vs. Chicago Bears | L 7–24 | 0–1 | Gator Bowl (Jacksonville, FL) | 18,000 |
| 2 | August 24 | vs. Cleveland Browns | L 13–28 | 0–2 | Rubber Bowl (Akron, OH) | 26,669 |
| 3 | September 2 | at Philadelphia Eagles | W 17–12 | 1–2 | Franklin Field (Philadelphia, PA) | 14,250 |
| 4 | September 8 | vs. Detroit Lions | W 20–14 | 2–2 | Civic Stadium (Buffalo, NY) | 20,630 |
| 5 | September 14 | Chicago Bears | L 10–37 | 2–3 | Pitt Stadium (Pittsburgh, PA) | 24,689 |
| 6 | September 21 | vs. Green Bay Packers | T 10–10 | 2–3–1 | Metropolitan Stadium (Minneapolis, MN) | 17,226 |

## Regular season
### Schedule

| Game | Date | Opponent | Result | Record | Venue | Attendance | Recap |
| 1 | September 29 | Washington Redskins | W 28–7 | 1–0 | Forbes Field | 27,452 | Recap |
| 2 | October 5 | Cleveland Browns | L 12–23 | 1–1 | Forbes Field | 35,570 | Recap |
| 3 | October 13 | Chicago Cardinals | W 29–20 | 2–1 | Forbes Field | 29,446 | Recap |
| 4 | October 20 | at New York Giants | L 0–35 | 2–2 | Yankee Stadium | 52,589 | Recap |
| 5 | October 27 | Philadelphia Eagles | W 6–0 | 3–2 | Forbes Field | 27,016 | Recap |
| 6 | November 3 | at Baltimore Colts | W 19–13 | 4–2 | Memorial Stadium | 42,575 | Recap |
| 7 | November 10 | at Cleveland Browns | L 0–24 | 4–3 | Cleveland Stadium | 53,709 | Recap |
| 8 | November 24 | Green Bay Packers | L 10–27 | 4–4 | Forbes Field | 29,701 | Recap |
| 9 | December 1 | at Philadelphia Eagles | L 6–7 | 4–5 | Connie Mack Stadium | 16,364 | Recap |
| 10 | December 7 | New York Giants | W 21–10 | 5–5 | Forbes Field | 19,772 | Recap |
| 11 | December 15 | at Washington Redskins | L 3–10 | 5–6 | Griffith Stadium | 22,577 | Recap |
| 12 | December 22 | at Chicago Cardinals | W 27–2 | 6–6 | Comiskey Park | 10,084 | Recap |
| Note: Intra-division opponents are in bold text. Saturday night: October 5. ||||||||

### Game summaries
#### Week 1: vs. Washington Redskins

| Quarter | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Redskins | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 7 |
| Steelers | 0 | 7 | 7 | 14 | 28 |
at Forbes Field, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
* Date: September 29
* Game attendance: 27,452
* Pro-Football-Reference.com
Game information :
First quarter
No scoring plays.
Second quarter
PIT – Ray Mathews 25-yard pass from Earl Morrall (Gary Glick kick). Steelers 7–0.
Third quarter
WAS – Jim Podoley 37-yard pass from Eddie LeBaron (Sam Baker kick). Tied 7–7.
PIT – Dick Young 3-yard run (Gary Glick kick). Steelers 14–7.
Fourth quarter
PIT – Jug Girard 42-yard pass from Earl Morrall (Gary Glick kick). Steelers 21–7.
PIT – Jug Girard 32-yard pass from Earl Morrall (Gary Glick kick). Steelers 28–7.
Top passers
WAS – Eddie LeBaron – 9/14, 109 yards, TD, 2 INT
PIT – Earl Morrall – 15/32, 249 yards, 3 TD
Top rushers
WAS – Don Bosseler – 9 rushes, 39 yards
PIT – Dick Young – 16 rushes, 25 yards, TD
Top receivers
WAS – Jim Podoley – 2 receptions, 73 yards, TD
PIT – Jug Girard – 3 receptions, 84 yards, 2 TD :

#### Week 2: vs. Cleveland Browns

| Quarter | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Browns | 0 | 10 | 3 | 10 | 23 |
| Steelers | 0 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 12 |
at Forbes Field, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
* Date: September 29
* Game attendance: 35,570
* Pro-Football-Reference.com

#### Week 3: vs. Chicago Cardinals

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Cardinals | 3 | 3 | 0 | 14 | 20 |
| Steelers | 12 | 14 | 0 | 3 | 29 |
at Forbes Field, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
* Game time:
* Game weather:
* Game attendance: 29,446
* Referee:
* TV announcers:
Scoring drives:
* Pittsburgh – Derby 2 run (kick blocked)
* Chicago Cardinals – FG Summerall 33
* Pittsburgh – Wells 96 kick return (kick failed)
* Chicago Cardinals – FG Summerall 27
* Pittsburgh – O'Neill 23 run with blocked kick (Girard kick)
* Pittsburgh – Morrall 1 run (Girard kick)
* Pittsburgh – FG Girard 15
* Chicago Cardinals – Sears 49 run (Summerall kick)
* Chicago Cardinals – McHan 1 run (Summerall kick)

#### Week 4: at New York Giants

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Steelers | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Giants | 7 | 7 | 7 | 14 | 35 |
at Yankee Stadium, Bronx, New York
* Game time:
* Game weather:
* Game attendance: 52,589
* Referee:
* TV announcers:
Scoring drives:
* New York Giants – Schnelker 18 pass from Conerly (Agajanian kick)
* New York Giants – Schnelker 10 pass from Conerly (Agajanian kick)
* New York Giants – Rote 18 pass from Gifford (Agajanian kick)
* New York Giants – Patton 50 interception (Agajanian kick)
* New York Giants – MacAfee 28 pass from Clatterbuck (Agajainan kick)

#### Week 5: vs. Philadelphia Eagles

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Eagles | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Steelers | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 6 |
at Forbes Field, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
* Game time:
* Game weather:
* Game attendance: 27,016
* Referee:
* TV announcers:
Scoring drives:
* Pittsburgh – Mathews 35 pass from Morrall (kick failed)

#### Week 6: at Baltimore Colts

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Steelers | 0 | 7 | 7 | 5 | 19 |
| Colts | 6 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 13 |
at Memorial Stadium
* Game time:
* Game weather:
* Game attendance: 42,575
* Referee:
* TV announcers:
Scoring Drives:
* Baltimore – Berry 5 pass from Unitas (kick blocked)
* Pittsburgh – Mathews 48 pass from Morrall (Glick kick)
* Pittsburgh – Mathews 22 pass from Morrall (Glick kick)
* Baltimore – Shaw 8 run (Rechichar kick)
* Pittsburgh – FG Glick 16
* Pittsburgh – Safety, Unitas tackled by McPeak in end zone

#### Week 7: at Cleveland Browns

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Steelers | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Browns | 3 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 24 |
at Cleveland Municipal Stadium, Cleveland, Ohio
* Game time:
* Game weather:
* Game attendance: 53,709
* Referee:
* TV announcers:
Scoring drives:
* Cleveland – FG Groza 34
* Cleveland – Renfro 49 pass from O'Connell (Groza kick)
* Cleveland – P. Carpenter 13 pass from O'Connell (Groza kick)
* Cleveland – Paul 89 fumble run (Groza kick)

#### Week 8: vs. Green Bay Packers

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Packers | 0 | 21 | 0 | 6 | 27 |
| Steelers | 0 | 3 | 7 | 0 | 10 |
at Forbes Field, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
* Game time:
* Game weather:
* Game attendance: 29,701
* Referee:
* TV announcers:
Scoring drives:
* Pittsburgh – FG Glick 17
* Green Bay – Starr 1 run (Cone kick)
* Green Bay – Ferguson 40 run (Cone kick)
* Green Bay – Parilli 5 run (Cone kick)
* Pittsburgh – McClairen 14 pass from Morrall (Glick kick)
* Green Bay – FG Cone 24
* Green Bay – FG Cone 12

#### Week 9: at Philadelphia Eagles

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Steelers | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 6 |
| Eagles | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 7 |
at Connie Mack Stadium, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
* Game time:
* Game weather:
* Game attendance: 16,364
* Referee:
* TV announcers:
Scoring drives:
* Pittsburgh – FG Glick 17
* Philadelphia – Bielski 7 pass from Jurgensen (Walston kick)
* Pittsburgh – FG Glick 23

#### Week 10: vs. New York Giants

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Giants | 0 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 10 |
| Steelers | 7 | 7 | 0 | 7 | 21 |
at Forbes Field, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
* Game time:
* Game weather:
* Game attendance: 19,772
* Referee:
* TV announcers:
Scoring drives:
* Pittsburgh – Reger 14 fumble run (Glick kick)
* New York Giants – Gifford 40 pass from Conerly (Agajanian kick)
* Pittsburgh – Morrall 12 run (Glick kick)
* New York Giants – FG Agajanian 12
* Pittsburgh – Nickel 5 pass from Morrall (Glick kick)

#### Week 11: at Washington Redskins

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Steelers | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| Redskins | 0 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 10 |
at Griffith Stadium, Washington, DC
* Game time:
* Game weather:
* Game attendance: 22,577
* Referee:
* TV announcers:
Scoring drives:
* Pittsburgh – FG Glick 35
* Washington – FG Baker 45
* Washington – Baker 11 run (Baker kick)

#### Week 12: at Chicago Cardinals

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Steelers | 14 | 0 | 3 | 10 | 27 |
| Cardinals | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
at Comiskey Park, Chicago, Illinois
* Game time:
* Game weather:
* Game attendance: 10,084
* Referee:
* TV announcers:
Scoring drives:
* Pittsburgh – McClairen 48 pass from Morrall (Derby kick)
* Pittsburgh – Rogel 1 run (Derby kick)
* Chicago Cardinals – Safety, Beatty snap to Girard went out of end zone
* Pittsburgh – FG Derby 34

### Standings

NFL Eastern Conference :
| viewtalkedit | W | L | T | PCT | CONF | PF | PA | STK |
| Cleveland Browns | 9 | 2 | 1 | .818 | 8–1–1 | 269 | 172 | W1 |
| New York Giants | 7 | 5 | 0 | .583 | 6–4 | 254 | 211 | L3 |
| Pittsburgh Steelers | 6 | 6 | 0 | .500 | 5–5 | 161 | 178 | W1 |
| Washington Redskins | 5 | 6 | 1 | .455 | 4–5–1 | 251 | 230 | W3 |
| Philadelphia Eagles | 4 | 8 | 0 | .333 | 4–6 | 173 | 230 | L2 |
| Chicago Cardinals | 3 | 9 | 0 | .250 | 2–8 | 200 | 299 | L1 |
       Note: Tie games were not officially counted in the standings until 1972.