1959 Pittsburgh Steelers season explained

Team:	Pittsburgh Steelers
Year:	1959
Record:	6–5–1
Division Place:	4th NFL Eastern
Coach:	Buddy Parker
Stadium:	Forbes Field
Playoffs:	Did not qualify
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The 1959 Pittsburgh Steelers season was the franchise's 27th in the National Football League.

Regular season

Schedule

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Record
1	September 26		W 17–7	1–0
2	October 4	Washington Redskins	L 17–23	1–1
3	October 11	at Philadelphia Eagles	L 24–28	1–2
4	October 18		W 27–6	2–2
5	October 25	New York Giants	L 16–21	2–3
6	November 1	at Chicago Cardinals	L 24–45	2–4
7	November 8	Detroit Lions	T 10–10	2–4–1
8	November 15	at New York Giants	W 14–9	3–4–1
9	November 22	at Cleveland Browns	W 21–20	4–4–1
10	November 29	Philadelphia Eagles	W 31–0	5–4–1
11	December 6	at Chicago Bears	L 21–27	5–5–1
12	December 13	Chicago Cardinals	W 35–20	6–5–1

Game summaries

at Forbes Field, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

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• Game attendance: 33,844
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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)

at Forbes Field, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

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• Game attendance: 26,750
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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

at Griffith Stadium, Washington, DC

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• Game attendance: 28,218
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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

at Forbes Field, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

• Game time:
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• Game attendance: 33,596
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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

at Comiskey Park, Chicago, Illinois

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at Forbes Field, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

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• Game attendance: 24,614
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Scoring drives:

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

at Yankee Stadium, Bronx, New York

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• Game attendance: 66,786
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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)

at Cleveland Municipal Stadium, Cleveland, Ohio

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• Game attendance: 68,563
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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)

at Forbes Field, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

• Game time:
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• Game attendance: 22,191
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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)

at Forbes Field, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

• Game time:
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• Game attendance: 41,476
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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)

at Forbes Field, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

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• Game attendance: 19,011
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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)