The 1956 Pittsburgh Steelers season was the franchise's 24th in the National Football League.
Offseason
NFL Draft
Regular season
Schedule
Note: Intra-conference opponents are in bold text.
Game summaries
Week 1 (Sunday September 30, 1956): Washington Redskins
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
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: