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The 1956 Pittsburgh Steelers season was the franchise's 24th in the
National Football League
The National Football League (NFL) is a professional American football league that consists of 32 teams, divided equally between the American Football Conference (AFC) and the National Football Conference (NFC). The NFL is one of the ...
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Offseason
NFL Draft
Regular season
Schedule
Note: Intra-conference opponents are in bold text.
Game summaries
Week 1 (Sunday September 30, 1956):
Washington Redskins
The Washington Commanders are a professional American football team based in the Washington metropolitan area. The Commanders compete in the National Football League (NFL) as a member club of the league's National Football Conference (NFC) N ...
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Forbes Field
Forbes Field was a baseball park in the Oakland (Pittsburgh), Oakland neighborhood of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, from 1909 to June 28, 1970. It was the third home of the Pittsburgh Pirates Major League Baseball (MLB) team, and the first home of t ...
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Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Pittsburgh ( ) is a city in the Commonwealth (U.S. state), Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, United States, and the county seat of Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, Allegheny County. It is the most populous city in both Allegheny County and Wester ...
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* 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
The Cleveland Browns are a professional American football team based in Cleveland. Named after original coach and co-founder Paul Brown, they compete in the National Football League (NFL) as a member club of the American Football Conference ( ...
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Forbes Field
Forbes Field was a baseball park in the Oakland (Pittsburgh), Oakland neighborhood of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, from 1909 to June 28, 1970. It was the third home of the Pittsburgh Pirates Major League Baseball (MLB) team, and the first home of t ...
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Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Pittsburgh ( ) is a city in the Commonwealth (U.S. state), Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, United States, and the county seat of Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, Allegheny County. It is the most populous city in both Allegheny County and Wester ...
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* 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
The Philadelphia Eagles are a professional American football team based in Philadelphia. The Eagles compete in the National Football League (NFL) as a member club of the league's National Football Conference (NFC) East division. The team plays ...
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Forbes Field
Forbes Field was a baseball park in the Oakland (Pittsburgh), Oakland neighborhood of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, from 1909 to June 28, 1970. It was the third home of the Pittsburgh Pirates Major League Baseball (MLB) team, and the first home of t ...
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Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Pittsburgh ( ) is a city in the Commonwealth (U.S. state), Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, United States, and the county seat of Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, Allegheny County. It is the most populous city in both Allegheny County and Wester ...
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* 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
The New York Giants are a professional American football team based in the New York metropolitan area. The Giants compete in the National Football League (NFL) as a member club of the league's National Football Conference (NFC) East division. ...
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Yankee Stadium
Yankee Stadium is a baseball stadium located in the Bronx, New York City. It is the home field of the New York Yankees of Major League Baseball, and New York City FC of Major League Soccer.
Opened in April 2009, the stadium replaced the origi ...
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Bronx, New York
The Bronx () is a Boroughs of New York City, borough of New York City, coextensive with Bronx County, in the U.S. state, state of New York (state), New York. It is south of Westchester County, New York, Westchester County; north and east of the ...
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* 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
Nickel is a chemical element with symbol Ni and atomic number 28. It is a silvery-white lustrous metal with a slight golden tinge. Nickel is a hard and ductile transition metal. Pure nickel is chemically reactive but large pieces are slow to ...
14 pass from
Marchibroda (
Glick kick)
* New York Giants – Filpski 35 run (
Agajanian kick)
Week 5 (Sunday October 28, 1956):
Cleveland Browns
The Cleveland Browns are a professional American football team based in Cleveland. Named after original coach and co-founder Paul Brown, they compete in the National Football League (NFL) as a member club of the American Football Conference ( ...
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Cleveland Municipal Stadium
Cleveland Stadium, commonly known as Municipal Stadium, Lakefront Stadium or Cleveland Municipal Stadium, was a multi-purpose stadium located in Cleveland, Ohio. It was one of the early multi-purpose stadiums, built to accommodate both baseball an ...
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Cleveland, Ohio
Cleveland ( ), officially the City of Cleveland, is a city in the U.S. state of Ohio and the county seat of Cuyahoga County. Located in the northeastern part of the state, it is situated along the southern shore of Lake Erie, across the U.S. ...
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* 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
Nickel is a chemical element with symbol Ni and atomic number 28. It is a silvery-white lustrous metal with a slight golden tinge. Nickel is a hard and ductile transition metal. Pure nickel is chemically reactive but large pieces are slow to ...
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
The New York Giants are a professional American football team based in the New York metropolitan area. The Giants compete in the National Football League (NFL) as a member club of the league's National Football Conference (NFC) East division. ...
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Forbes Field
Forbes Field was a baseball park in the Oakland (Pittsburgh), Oakland neighborhood of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, from 1909 to June 28, 1970. It was the third home of the Pittsburgh Pirates Major League Baseball (MLB) team, and the first home of t ...
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Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Pittsburgh ( ) is a city in the Commonwealth (U.S. state), Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, United States, and the county seat of Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, Allegheny County. It is the most populous city in both Allegheny County and Wester ...
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* 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
The Philadelphia Eagles are a professional American football team based in Philadelphia. The Eagles compete in the National Football League (NFL) as a member club of the league's National Football Conference (NFC) East division. The team plays ...
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Connie Mack Stadium
Shibe Park, known later as Connie Mack Stadium, was a ballpark located in Philadelphia. It was the home of the Philadelphia Athletics of the American League (AL) and the Philadelphia Phillies of the National League (NL). When it opened April 12, ...
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Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Philadelphia, often called Philly, is the largest city in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, the sixth-largest city in the U.S., the second-largest city in both the Northeast megalopolis and Mid-Atlantic regions after New York City. Sinc ...
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* 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
The professional American football team now known as the Arizona Cardinals previously played in Chicago, Illinois, as the Chicago Cardinals from 1898 to 1959 before relocating to St. Louis, Missouri, for the 1960 through 1987 seasons.
Roots ca ...
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Forbes Field
Forbes Field was a baseball park in the Oakland (Pittsburgh), Oakland neighborhood of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, from 1909 to June 28, 1970. It was the third home of the Pittsburgh Pirates Major League Baseball (MLB) team, and the first home of t ...
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Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Pittsburgh ( ) is a city in the Commonwealth (U.S. state), Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, United States, and the county seat of Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, Allegheny County. It is the most populous city in both Allegheny County and Wester ...
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* Game time:
* Game weather:
* Game attendance: 24,086
* Referee:
* TV announcers:
Scoring drives:
* Pittsburgh –
Rogel 13 run (
Glick kick)
* Pittsburgh –
Butler
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6 fumble run (
Glick kick)
* Chicago Cardinals – Matson 45 pass from McHan (Summerall kick)
Week 9 (Sunday November 25, 1956):
Chicago Cardinals
The professional American football team now known as the Arizona Cardinals previously played in Chicago, Illinois, as the Chicago Cardinals from 1898 to 1959 before relocating to St. Louis, Missouri, for the 1960 through 1987 seasons.
Roots ca ...
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Comiskey Park
Comiskey Park was a baseball park in Chicago, Illinois, located in the
Armour Square neighborhood on the near-southwest side of the city. The stadium served as the home of the Chicago White Sox of the American League from 1910 through 1990. Buil ...
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Chicago
(''City in a Garden''); I Will
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Illinois
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* 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
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* Ford (crossing), a shallow crossing on a river
Ford may also refer to:
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3 run (
Watson kick)
* Pittsburgh –
Nickel
Nickel is a chemical element with symbol Ni and atomic number 28. It is a silvery-white lustrous metal with a slight golden tinge. Nickel is a hard and ductile transition metal. Pure nickel is chemically reactive but large pieces are slow to ...
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
The Los Angeles Rams are a professional American football team based in the Los Angeles metropolitan area. The Rams compete in the National Football League (NFL) as a member of the National Football Conference (NFC) West division. The Rams play ...
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Forbes Field
Forbes Field was a baseball park in the Oakland (Pittsburgh), Oakland neighborhood of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, from 1909 to June 28, 1970. It was the third home of the Pittsburgh Pirates Major League Baseball (MLB) team, and the first home of t ...
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Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Pittsburgh ( ) is a city in the Commonwealth (U.S. state), Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, United States, and the county seat of Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, Allegheny County. It is the most populous city in both Allegheny County and Wester ...
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* Game time:
* Game weather:
* Game attendance: 20,540
* Referee:
* TV announcers:
Scoring drives:
* Los Angeles – McFadin 21 fumble run (kick failed)
* Pittsburgh –
Nickel
Nickel is a chemical element with symbol Ni and atomic number 28. It is a silvery-white lustrous metal with a slight golden tinge. Nickel is a hard and ductile transition metal. Pure nickel is chemically reactive but large pieces are slow to ...
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
Nickel is a chemical element with symbol Ni and atomic number 28. It is a silvery-white lustrous metal with a slight golden tinge. Nickel is a hard and ductile transition metal. Pure nickel is chemically reactive but large pieces are slow to ...
47 pass from Scarbath (kick failed)
Week 11 (Sunday December 9, 1956):
Detroit Lions
The Detroit Lions are a professional American football team based in Detroit. The Lions compete in the National Football League (NFL) as a member of the National Football Conference (NFC) North Division. The team play their home games at Ford ...
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Briggs Stadium
Tiger Stadium, previously known as Navin Field and Briggs Stadium, was a multi-purpose stadium located in the Corktown, Detroit, Corktown neighborhood of Detroit. The stadium was nicknamed "The Corner" for its location at the intersection of U. ...
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Detroit
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Michigan
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* 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
The Washington Commanders are a professional American football team based in the Washington metropolitan area. The Commanders compete in the National Football League (NFL) as a member club of the league's National Football Conference (NFC) N ...
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Griffith Stadium
Griffith Stadium stood in Washington, D.C., from 1911 to 1965, between Georgia Avenue and 5th Street (left field), and between W Street and Florida Avenue NW.
The site was once home to a wooden baseball park. Built in 1891, it was called Bounda ...
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Washington, DC
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* 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
A butler is a person who works in a house serving and is a domestic worker in a large household. In great houses, the household is sometimes divided into departments with the butler in charge of the dining room, wine cellar, and pantry. Some a ...
10 pass from
Marchibroda (
Watson kick)
* Pittsburgh – Safety, Dorow tackled by
McPeak in end zone
Standings
References
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Pittsburgh Steelers
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