1959 Pittsburgh Steelers season

Infobox NFL season
team = Pittsburgh Steelers
year = 1959
record = 6-5-1
division_place = 4th NFL Eastern Conference
coach = Buddy Parker
stadium = Forbes Field
playoffs = none
previous = 1958
next = 1960

Regular season

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Game Summaries

Week 1 (Saturday September 26, 1959): Cleveland Browns

Linescore Amfootball
Road=Browns
R1=0
R2=7
R3=0
R4=0
Home=Steelers
H1=0
H2=0
H3=10
H4=7"at Forbes Field, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania"

* Game time:
* Game weather:
* Game attendance: 33,844
* Referee:
* TV announcers:

Scoring drives:

* Cleveland - Plum 1 run (Groza kick) CLE 7-0
* Pittsburgh - FG Layne 26 CLE 7-3
* Pittsburgh - Orr 20 pass from Layne (Layne kick)PIT 10-7
* Pittsburgh - Brewster 19 pass from Layne (Bobby PIT 17-7ne kick)

Week 2 (Sunday October 4, 1959): Washington Redskins

Linescore Amfootball
Road=Redskins
R1=3
R2=6
R3=14
R4=0
Home=Steelers
H1=0
H2=0
H3=10
H4=7"at Forbes Field, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania"

* Game time:
* Game weather:
* Game attendance: 26,750
* Referee:
* TV announcers:

Scoring drives:

* Washington - FG Baker 25 WSH 3-0
* Washington - FG Baker 47 WSH 3-0
* Washington - FG Baker 48 WSH 9-0
* Washington - Anderson 70 pass from Gugliemi (Baker kick) WSH 16-0
* Pittsburgh - FG Layne 32 WSH 16-3
* Washington - Walton 26 pass from Gugliemi (Baker kick)WSH 23-3
* Pittsburgh - Brewster 30 pass from Layne (Bobby WSH 23-10 NEKICK)
* Pittsburgh - Krutko 2 run (Layne kick)WSH 23-17

Week 3 (Sunday October 11, 1959): Philadelphia Eagles

Linescore Amfootball
Road=Steelers
R1=7
R2=3
R3=7
R4=7
Home=Eagles
H1=7
H2=7
H3=7
H4=7"at Franklin Field, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania"

* Game time:
* Game weather:
* Game attendance: 27,343
* Referee:
* TV announcers:

Scoring drives:

* Pittsburgh - Layne 10 run (Layne kick)
* Philadelphia - Barnes 3 run (Walston kick)
* Philadelphia - Powell 58 punt return (Walston kick)
* Pittsburgh - FG Layne 12
* Philadelphia - Van Brocklin 1 run (Walston kick)
* Pittsburgh - Tracy 11 pass from Layne (Layne kick)
* Philadelphia - McDonald 18 pass from Van Brocklin (Walston kick)
* Pittsburgh - Orr 17 pass from Layne (Layne kick)

Week 4 (Sunday October 18, 1959): Washington Redskins

Linescore Amfootball
Road=Steelers
R1=14
R2=7
R3=0
R4=6
Home=Redskins
H1=6
H2=0
H3=0
H4=0"at Griffith Stadium, Washington, DC"

* Game time:
* Game weather:
* Game attendance: 28,218
* Referee:
* TV announcers:

Scoring drives:

* Pittsburgh - Krutko 1 run (Layne kick)
* Pittsburgh - Tarasovic 38 fumble run (Layne kick)
* Washington - FG Baker 30
* Washington - FG Baker 39
* Pittsburgh - Krutko 4 run (Layne kick)
* Pittsburgh - FG Layne 23
* Pittsburgh - FG Layne 22

Week 5 (Sunday October 25, 1959): New York Giants

Linescore Amfootball
Road=Giants
R1=14
R2=0
R3=0
R4=7
Home=Steelers
H1=10
H2=0
H3=3
H4=3"at Forbes Field, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania"

* Game time:
* Game weather:
* Game attendance: 33,596
* Referee:
* TV announcers:

Scoring drives:

* Pittsburgh - FG Layne 37
* New York Giants - Gifford 77 pass from Conerly (Summerall kick)
* New York Giants - Gifford 28 pass from Conerly (Summerall kick)
* Pittsburgh - Dial 35 pass from Layne (Layne kick)
* Pittsburgh - FG Layne 19
* New York Giants - Huff 5 fumble run (Summerall kick)
* Pittsburgh - FG Layne 17

Week 6 (Sunday November 1, 1959): Chicago Cardinals

Linescore Amfootball
Road=Steelers
R1=0
R2=10
R3=7
R4=7
Home=Cardinals
H1=14
H2=21
H3=0
H4=10"at Comiskey Park, Chicago, Illinois"

* Game time:
* Game weather:
* Game attendance:
* Referee:
* TV announcers:

Week 7 (Sunday November 8, 1959): Detroit Lions

Linescore Amfootball
Road=Lions
R1=7
R2=0
R3=0
R4=3
Home=Steelers
H1=0
H2=0
H3=3
H4=7"at Forbes Field, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania"

* Game time:
* Game weather:
* Game attendance: 24,614
* Referee:
* TV announcers:

Scoring drives:

* Detroit - Rote 1 run (Perry kick)
* Pittsburgh - FG Layne 29
* Detroit - FG Martin 27
* Pittsburgh - Tracy 20 pass from Layne (Layne kick)

Week 8 (Sunday November 15, 1959): New York Giants

Linescore Amfootball
Road=Steelers
R1=0
R2=7
R3=0
R4=7
Home=Giants
H1=0
H2=6
H3=3
H4=0"at Yankee Stadium, Bronx, New York"

* Game time:
* Game weather:
* Game attendance: 66,786
* Referee:
* TV announcers:

Scoring drives:

* New York Giants - FG Summerall 21
* New York Giants - FG Summerall 27
* Pittsburgh - Orr 4 pass from Layne (Layne kick)
* New York Giants - FG Summerall 29
* Pittsburgh - Tracy 45 pass from Layne (Layne kick)

Week 9 (Sunday November 22, 1959): Cleveland Browns

Linescore Amfootball
Road=Steelers
R1=0
R2=14
R3=0
R4=7
Home=Browns
H1=0
H2=6
H3=0
H4=14"at Cleveland Municipal Stadium, Cleveland, Ohio"

* Game time:
* Game weather:
* Game attendance: 68,563
* Referee:
* TV announcers:

Scoring drives:

* Pittsburgh - Tracy 4 run (Layne kick)
* Pittsburgh - Tracy 1 run (Layne kick)
* Cleveland - Renfro 30 pass from Plum (kick failed)
* Cleveland - Renfro 28 pass from Plum (Groza kick)
* Cleveland - Renfro 70 pass from Plum (Groza kick)
* Pittsburgh - Nagler 17 pass from Layne (Layne kick)

Week 10 (Sunday November 29, 1959): Philadelphia Eagles

Linescore Amfootball
Road=Eagles
R1=0
R2=0
R3=0
R4=0
Home=Steelers
H1=3
H2=7
H3=7
H4=14"at Forbes Field, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania"

* Game time:
* Game weather:
* Game attendance: 22,191
* Referee:
* TV announcers:

Scoring drives:

* Pittsburgh - FG Layne 17
* Pittsburgh - Dial 12 pass from Layne (Layne kick)
* Pittsburgh - Orr 19 pass from Layne (Layne kick)
* Pittsburgh - Tracy 23 pass from Layne (Layne kick)
* Pittsburgh - Nagler 2 pass from Layne (Layne kick)

Week 11 (Sunday December 5, 1959): Chicago Bears

Linescore Amfootball
Road=Bears
R1=6
R2=14
R3=7
R4=0
Home=Steelers
H1=0
H2=7
H3=7
H4=7"at Forbes Field, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania"

* Game time:
* Game weather:
* Game attendance: 41,476
* Referee:
* TV announcers:

Scoring drives:

* Chicago Bears - Casares 3 run (kick failed)
* Chicago Bears - Casares 1 run (Aveni kick)
* Chicago Bears - Casares 1 run (Aveni kick)
* Pittsburgh - Tracy 2 run (Layne kick)
* Chicago Bears - Casares 1 run (Aveni kick)
* Pittsburgh - Krutko 7 run (Layne kick)
* Pittsburgh - Dial 25 pass from Layne (Layne kick)

Week 12 (Sunday December 12, 1959): Chicago Cardinals

Linescore Amfootball
Road=Cardinals
R1=6
R2=0
R3=7
R4=7
Home=Steelers
H1=0
H2=28
H3=7
H4=0"at Forbes Field, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania"

* Game time:
* Game weather:
* Game attendance: 19,011
* Referee:
* TV announcers:

Scoring drives:

* Chicago Cardinals - FG Conrad 37
* Chicago Cardinals - FG Conrad 20
* Pittsburgh - Layne 9 run (Layne kick)
* Pittsburgh - Dial 35 pass from Layne (Layne kick)
* Pittsburgh - Dial 11 pass from Layne (Layne kick)
* Pittsburgh - Tracy 16 pass from Layne (Layne kick)
* Chicago Cardinals - Conrad 21 pass from Hill (Conrad kick)
* Pittsburgh - Orr 16 pass from Layne (Layne kick)
* Chicago Cardinals - Crow 7 pass from Hill (Conrad kick)

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