1956 Pittsburgh Steelers season

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

at Forbes Field, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

Contents

• Week 1 Sunday September 30 1956 Washington Redskins
• Week 2 Saturday October 6 1956 Cleveland Browns
• Week 3 Sunday October 14 1956 Philadelphia Eagles
• Week 4 Sunday October 21 1956 New York Giants
• Week 5 Sunday October 28 1956 Cleveland Browns
• Week 6 Sunday November 4 1956 New York Giants
• Week 7 Sunday November 11 1956 Philadelphia Eagles
• Week 8 Sunday November 18 1956 Chicago Cardinals
• Week 9 Sunday November 25 1956 Chicago Cardinals
• Week 10 Sunday December 2 1956 Los Angeles Rams
• Week 11 Sunday December 9 1956 Detroit Lions
• Week 12 Sunday December 16 1956 Washington Redskins
• Standings
• References

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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