1961 Pittsburgh Steelers season

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1961 Pittsburgh Steelers season
Head Coach Buddy Parker
Home Field Forbes Field
Results
Record 6-8
Place 5th NFL Eastern Conference
Playoff Finish none
Timeline
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1960 1962

Contents

[edit] Regular season

[edit] Schedule

[edit] Game Summaries

[edit] Week 1 (Sunday September 17, 1961): Dallas Cowboys

1 2 3 4 Total
Steelers 0 14 0 10 24
Cowboys 7 3 7 10 27

at Cotton Bowl, Dallas, Texas

  • Game time:
  • Game weather:
  • Game attendance: 23,500
  • Referee:
  • TV announcers:

Scoring Drives:

  • Dallas - Clarke 44 pass from LeBaron (Green kick)
  • Pittsburgh - Johnson 1 run (Layne kick)
  • Pittsburgh - Dial 44 pass from Layne (Layne kick)
  • Dallas - FG Green 15
  • Dallas - Howton 45 pass from LeBaron (Green kick)
  • Pittsburgh - FG Michaels 12
  • Pittsburgh - Sample 39 interception return (Layne kick)
  • Dallas - Bieski 17 pass from Meredith (Green kick)
  • Dallas - FG Green 27

[edit] Week 2 (Sunday September 24, 1961): New York Giants

1 2 3 4 Total
Giants 0 7 10 0 17
Steelers 7 0 7 0 14

at Forbes Field, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

  • Game time:
  • Game weather:
  • Game attendance: 35,587
  • Referee:
  • TV announcers:

Scoring Drives:

  • Pittsburgh - Johnson 1 run (Tracy kick)
  • New York Giants - Shofner 16 pass from Conerly (Summerall kick)
  • New York Giants - FG Summerall 19
  • New York Giants - Morrison 5 pass from Tittle (Summerall kick)
  • Pittsburgh - Dial 4 pass from Layne (Tracy kick)

[edit] Week 3 (Sunday October 1, 1961): Los Angeles Rams

1 2 3 4 Total
Steelers 0 14 0 0 14
Rams 7 7 0 10 24

at Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum, Los Angeles, California

  • Game time:
  • Game weather:
  • Game attendance: 40,070
  • Referee:
  • TV announcers:

Scoring Drives:

  • Los Angeles - Bratkowski 2 run (Villanueva kick)
  • Pittsburgh - Dial 20 pass from Bukich (Layne kick)
  • Pittsburgh - Johnson 5 run (Layne kick)
  • Los Angeles - Phillips 15 pass from Ryan (Villanueva kick)
  • Los Angeles - Matson 96 pass from Ryan (Villanueva kick)
  • Los Angeles - FG Villanueva 15

[edit] Week 4 (Sunday October 8, 1961): Philadelphia Eagles

1 2 3 4 Total
Steelers 3 7 0 6 16
Eagles 0 7 7 7 21

at Franklin Field, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

  • Game time:
  • Game weather:
  • Game attendance: 60,671
  • Referee:
  • TV announcers:

Scoring Drives:

  • Pittsburgh - FG Michaels 23
  • PIttsburgh - Bukich 1 run (Michaels kick)
  • Philadelphia - Retzlaff 17 pass from Jurgensen (Walston kick)
  • Philadelphia - Peaks 1 run (Walston kick)
  • Pittsburgh - Dial 13 pass from Bukich (kick failed)
  • Philadelphia - Retzlaff 2 pass from Jurgensen (Walston kick)

[edit] Week 5 (Sunday October 15, 1961): Washington Redskins

1 2 3 4 Total
Redskins 0 0 0 0 0
Steelers 17 0 0 3 20

at Forbes Field, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

  • Game time:
  • Game weather:
  • Game attendance: 15,072
  • Referee:
  • TV announcers:

Scoring Drives:

[edit] Week 6 (Sunday October 22, 1961): Cleveland Browns

1 2 3 4 Total
Browns 3 7 3 17 30
Steelers 0 0 14 14 28

at Forbes Field, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

  • Game time:
  • Game weather:
  • Game attendance: 29,266
  • Referee:
  • TV announcers:

Scoring Drives:

[edit] Week 7 (Sunday October 29, 1961): San Francisco 49ers

1 2 3 4 Total
49ers 0 7 3 0 10
Steelers 17 0 3 0 20

at Forbes Field, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

  • Game time:
  • Game weather:
  • Game attendance: 21,686
  • Referee:
  • TV announcers:

Scoring Drives:

[edit] Week 8 (Sunday November 5, 1961): Cleveland Browns

1 2 3 4 Total
Steelers 0 0 10 7 17
Browns 7 0 3 3 13

at Cleveland Municipal Stadium, Cleveland, Ohio

  • Game time:
  • Game weather:
  • Game attendance: 62,723
  • Referee:
  • TV announcers:

Scoring Drives:

[edit] Week 9 (Sunday November 12, 1961): Dallas Cowboys

1 2 3 4 Total
Steelers 7 13 7 10 37
Cowboys 0 7 0 0 7

at Cotton Bowl, Dallas, Texas

  • Game time:
  • Game weather:
  • Game attendance: 17,519
  • Referee:
  • TV announcers:

Scoring Drives:

[edit] Week 10 (Sunday November 19, 1961): New York Giants

1 2 3 4 Total
Giants 7 7 14 14 42
Steelers 7 0 0 14 21

at Forbes Field, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

  • Game time:
  • Game weather:
  • Game attendance: 62,592
  • Referee:
  • TV announcers:

Scoring Drives:

  • Pittsburgh - Dial 15 pass from Bukich (Michaels kick)
  • New York Giants - Walton 9 pass from Tittle (Summerall kick)
  • New York Giants - Gaiters 3 run (Summerall kick)
  • New York Giants - Webster 23 pass from Tittle (Summerall kick)
  • New York Giants - Rote 20 pass from Tittle (Summerall kick)
  • New York Giants - Rote 9 pass from Gaiters (Summerall kick)
  • Pittsburgh - Carpenter 13 pass from Hoak (Michaels kick)
  • Pittsburgh - Dial 3 pass from Layne (Michaels kick)
  • New York Giants - Webster 32 run (Summerall kick)

[edit] Week 11 (Sunday November 26, 1961): St. Louis Cardinals

1 2 3 4 Total
Cardinals 13 0 0 14 27
Steelers 0 13 14 0 27

at Forbes Field, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

  • Game time:
  • Game weather:
  • Game attendance: 17,090
  • Referee:
  • TV announcers:

Scoring Drives:

  • St. Louis - Norton 47 interception return (kick failed)
  • St. Louis - Randle 3 pass from Etcheverry (Perry kick)
  • Pittsburgh - FG Michaels 18
  • Pittsburgh - FG Michaels 36
  • Pittsburgh - Schnelker 11 pass from Layne (Michaels kick)
  • Pittsburgh - Sample 55 punt return (Michaels kick)
  • Pittsburgh - Johnson 2 run (Michaels kick)
  • St. Louis - Crow 61 pass from Guglielmi (Conrad kick)
  • St. Louis - Norton 37 interception return (Conrad kick)
  • Pittsburgh - FG Michaels 18

[edit] Week 12 (Sunday December 3, 1961): Philadelphia Eagles

1 2 3 4 Total
Eagles 14 7 7 7 35
Steelers 7 3 7 7 24

at Forbes Field, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

  • Game time:
  • Game weather:
  • Game attendance: 21,653
  • Referee:
  • TV announcers:

Scoring Drives:

  • Philadelphia - Walston 17 pass from Jurgensen (Walston kick)
  • Philadelphia - Peaks 1 run (Walston kick)
  • Pittsburgh - Carpenter 7 pass from Layne (Michaels kick)
  • Pittsburgh - FG Michaels 37
  • Philadelphia - Lucas 7 pass from Jurgensen (Walston kick)
  • Philadelphia - Brown 66 punt return (Walston kick)
  • Pittsburgh - Johnson 7 pass from Layne (Michaels kick)
  • Pittsburgh - Schnelker 8 pass from Layne (Michaels kick)
  • Philadelphia - Brown 42 run (Walston kick)

[edit] Week 13 (Sunday December 10, 1961): Washington Redskins

1 2 3 4 Total
Steelers 7 3 14 6 30
Redskins 0 7 0 7 14

at D.C. Stadium, Washington, DC

  • Game time:
  • Game weather:
  • Game attendance: 21,134
  • Referee:
  • TV announcers:

Scoring Drives:


[edit] Week 14 (Sunday December 17, 1961): St. Louis Cardinals

1 2 3 4 Total
Steelers 0 0 0 0 0
Cardinals 7 0 6 7 20

at Busch Stadium, St. Louis, Missouri

  • Game time:
  • Game weather:
  • Game attendance: 16,298
  • Referee:
  • TV announcers:

Scoring Drives:

  • St. Louis - Randle 3 pass from Etcheverry (Perry kick)
  • St. Louis - Stacy 25 fumble run (kick failed)
  • St. Louis - Crow 15 pass from Etcheverry (Perry kick)

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