1956 Pittsburgh Steelers season

Infobox NFL season
team = Pittsburgh Steelers
year = 1956
record = 5-7
division_place = 5th NFL Eastern Conference
coach = Walt Kiesling
stadium = Forbes Field
playoffs = none
previous = 1955
next = 1957

Regular season

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Game Summaries

Week 1 (Sunday September 30, 1956): Washington Redskins

Linescore Amfootball
Road=Redskins
R1=0
R2=6
R3=0
R4=7
Home=Steelers
H1=7
H2=7
H3=9
H4=7"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

Linescore Amfootball
Road=Browns
R1=0
R2=7
R3=0
R4=7
Home=Steelers
H1=0
H2=10
H3=0
H4=0"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

Linescore Amfootball
Road=Eagles
R1=7
R2=21
R3=0
R4=7
Home=Steelers
H1=0
H2=0
H3=7
H4=14"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

Linescore Amfootball
Road=Steelers
R1=3
R2=0
R3=0
R4=7
Home=Giants
H1=0
H2=17
H3=14
H4=7"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

Linescore Amfootball
Road=Steelers
R1=0
R2=21
R3=0
R4=3
Home=Browns
H1=13
H2=0
H3=0
H4=3"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

Linescore Amfootball
Road=Giants
R1=7
R2=3
R3=7
R4=0
Home=Steelers
H1=0
H2=0
H3=7
H4=7"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

Linescore Amfootball
Road=Steelers
R1=7
R2=0
R3=0
R4=0
Home=Eagles
H1=7
H2=0
H3=7
H4=0"at Connie Mack Stadium, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania"

* Game time:
* Game weather:
* Game attendance: 22,652
* Referee:
* 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

Linescore Amfootball
Road=Cardinals
R1=0
R2=0
R3=0
R4=7
Home=Steelers
H1=7
H2=0
H3=7
H4=0"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

Linescore Amfootball
Road=Steelers
R1=7
R2=0
R3=0
R4=20
Home=Cardinals
H1=7
H2=17
H3=7
H4=7"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

Linescore Amfootball
Road=Giants
R1=6
R2=0
R3=7
R4=0
Home=Steelers
H1=7
H2=7
H3=0
H4=7"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

Linescore Amfootball
Road=Steelers
R1=0
R2=7
R3=0
R4=0
Home=Lions
H1=14
H2=24
H3=7
H4=0"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

Linescore Amfootball
Road=Steelers
R1=0
R2=7
R3=0
R4=16
Home=Redskins
H1=0
H2=0
H3=0
H4=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

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