1958 Pittsburgh Steelers season

Layne trade After the second game of the season, Steelers coach Buddy Parker arranged a trade on October 6 that sent quarterback Earl Morrall and two draft picks to the Detroit Lions for quarterback Bobby Layne. a future hall of famer. Ticketing and attendance With optimistic expectations about the growth of the NFL, the Steelers moved to a new larger facility for the 1958 season, the University of Pittsburgh's Pitt Stadium. Designed for football rather than baseball, the Pitt facility offered seating for 60,000 — dwarfing the 40,000 seat capacity of venerable Forbes Field. Despite the enlarged and improved accommodations, the Steelers drew their largest home crowd for the season opener, October 5 against the Cleveland Browns — one of the best teams in the league during the decade of the 1950s — with 31,130 ticketed people through the gate. The Steelers priced tickets in three price tiers in 1958 — $3.00 seats, $5.00 seats, and $6.00 seats. Season ticket booklets for the 6 regular season games were priced at $15.00, $30.00, and $36.00, respectively. ==Pre-season==

=== Game 1 (Sunday September 28, 1958): San Francisco 49ers === at Kezar Stadium, San Francisco, California • Game time: • Game weather: • Game attendance: 32,150 • Referee: Scoring Drives: • San Francisco – McElhenny 2 run (Soltau kick) • Pittsburgh – Mathews 10 pass from Morrall (Miner kick) • Pittsburgh – FG Miner 22 • Pittsburgh – Younger 1 run (Miner kick) • Pittsburgh – FG Miner 23 • San Francisco – Pace 11 run (kick blocked) • San Francisco – Brodie 1 run (Soltau kick) • San Francisco – FG Soltau 22 === Game 2 (Sunday October 5, 1958): Cleveland Browns === at Pitt Stadium Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania • Game time: • Game weather: • Game attendance: 31,130 • Referee: • TV announcers: Scoring Drives: • Cleveland – Brown 23 run (Groza kick) • Cleveland – Mitchell 21 pass from Plum (Groza kick) • Cleveland – Brewster 8 pass from Plum (Groza kick) • Pittsburgh – Tracy 1 run (Miner kick) • Pittsburgh – FG Miner 31 • Cleveland – FG Groza 32 • Cleveland – Brown 59 run (Groza kick) • Cleveland – Brown 3 run (Groza kick) • Cleveland – P. Carpenter 4 pass from Ninowski (Groza kick) • Pittsburgh – Safety, Ninowski tackled by Stautner in end zone === Game 3 (Sunday October 12, 1958): Philadelphia Eagles === at Forbes Field, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania • Game time: • Game weather: • Game attendance: 23,153 • Referee: Scoring Drives: • Pittsburgh – Tracy 31 run (Miner kick) • Philadelphia – FG Walston 36 • Pittsburgh – Younger 1 run (Miner kick) • Pittsburgh – Tracy 1 run (Miner kick) • Pittsburgh – FG Miner 26 === Game 4 (Sunday October 19, 1958): Cleveland Browns === at Cleveland Municipal Stadium, Cleveland, Ohio • Game time: • Game weather: • Game attendance: 66,852 • Referee: • TV announcers: Scoring Drives: • Pittsburgh – Mathews 64 pass from Tracy (Miner kick) • Cleveland – Brown 27 pass from Plum (Groza kick) • Cleveland – Brown 48 run (Plum kick) • Cleveland – Renfro 36 pass from Plum (Plum kick) • Cleveland – Mitchell 7 pass from Plum (kick failed) • Pittsburgh – FG Miner 47 === Game 5 (Sunday October 26, 1958): New York Giants === at Yankee Stadium, Bronx, New York • Game time: • Game weather: • Game attendance: 25,007 • Referee: Scoring Drives: • New York Giants – Karilivacz 23 fumble run (Summerall kick) • Pittsburgh – FG Miner 27 • New York Giants – FG Summerall 34 • Pittsburgh – FG Miner 39 • New York Giants – Heinrich 1 run (Summerall kick) === Game 6 (Sunday November 2, 1958): Washington Redskins === at Forbes Field, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania • Game time: • Game weather: • Game attendance: 19,525 • Referee: Scoring Drives: • Washington – FG Baker 13 • Pittsburgh – Orr 19 pass from Layne (Miner kick) • Pittsburgh – Younger 2 run (Miner kick) • Washington – FG Baker 27 • Pittsburgh – Mathews 62 pass from Layne (Miner kick) • Washington – FG Baker 32 • Pittsburgh – FG Miner 43 • Washington – Walton 26 pass from Guglielmi (Baker kick) === Game 7 (Sunday November 9, 1958): Philadelphia Eagles === at Franklin Field, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania • Game time: • Game weather: • Game attendance: 26,306 • Referee: Scoring Drives: • Pittsburgh – FG Miner 38 • Philadelphia – Retzlaff 18 pass from Barnes (Walston kick) • Pittsburgh – Tracy 13 pass from Layne (Miner kick) • Pittsburgh – Tracy 25 pass from Layne (Miner kick) • Philadelphia – FG Walston 16 • Philadelphia – Barnes 3 run (Walston kick) • Pittsburgh – Mathews 34 pass from Layne (Miner kick) • Pittsburgh – Tracy 40 pass from Layne (Miner kick) • Philadelphia – McDonald 10 pass from Van Brocklin (Walston kick) === Game 8 (Sunday November 16, 1958): New York Giants === at Forbes Field, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania • Game time: • Game weather: • Game attendance: 30,030 • Referee: Scoring Drives: • New York Giants – Gifford 1 run (Summerall kick) • New York Giants – FG Summerall 42 • Pittsburgh – Layne 1 run (Miner kick) • Pittsburgh – Tracy 9 pass from Layne (Miner kick) • Pittsburgh – Glick 37 fumble run (Miner kick) • Pittsburgh – FG Miner 43 (Miner kick) • Pittsburgh – Layne 1 run (Miner kick) === Game 9 (Sunday November 23, 1958): Chicago Cardinals === at Comiskey Park, Chicago, Illinois • Game time: • Game weather: • Game attendance: 15,946 • Referee: Scoring Drives: • Chicago Cardinals – Matson 101 kick return (Conrad kick) • Pittsburgh – Elter 5 run (Miner kick) • Pittsburgh – FG Miner 37 • Chicago Cardinals – FG Conrad 38 • Pittsburgh – Elter 8 run (Miner kick) • Pittsburgh – FG Miner 30 • Chicago Cardinals – FG Conrad 12 • Chicago Cardinals – Matson 1 run (Conrad kick) • Pittsburgh – Orr 78 pass from Layne (Miner kick) === Game 10 (Sunday November 30, 1958): Chicago Bears === at Forbes Field, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania • Game time: • Game weather: • Game attendance: 20,094 • Referee: Scoring Drives: • Pittsburgh – Tracy 30 run (Miner kick) • Pittsburgh – FG Miner 22 • Chicago Bears – Jewett 13 pass from Brown (Blanda kick) • Chicago Bears – FG Blanda 34 • Pittsburgh – Orr 48 pass from Layne (Miner kick) • Pittsburgh – Tracy 18 run (Miner kick) === Game 11 (Sunday December 7, 1958): Washington Redskins === at Griffith Stadium, Washington, DC • Game time: • Game weather: • Game attendance: 23,370 • Referee: Scoring Drives: • Washington – Bosseler 7 run (Baker kick) • Washington – Bosseler 2 run (Baker kick) • Pittsburgh – Orr 55 pass from Layne (Miner kick) • Pittsburgh – McClairen 28 pass from Layne (Miner kick) === Game 12 (Saturday December 13, 1958): Chicago Cardinals === at Pitt Stadium, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania • Game time: • Game weather: Sunny, cold (the water pipes in Pitt Stadium froze) • Game attendance: 16,660 • Referee: Scoring Drives: • Pittsburgh – Orr 36 pass from Layne (Miner kick) • Chicago Cardinals – Matson 92 kick return (Conrad kick) • Pittsburgh – FG Miner 13 • Pittsburgh – Layne 17 run (Miner kick) • Chicago Cardinals – Watkins 48 pass from Reynolds (Conrad kick) • Pittsburgh – Orr 17 pass from Layne (Miner kick) • Chicago Cardinals – Matson 1 run (Conrad kick) • Pittsburgh – Orr 72 pass from Tracy (Miner kick) • Pittsburgh – Reynolds 5 run (Miner kick) ==Roster==