1966 Pittsburgh Steelers season
1966 Pittsburgh Steelers season | |
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Owner | Art Rooney |
Head coach | Bill Austin |
Home field | Pitt Stadium |
Local radio | KDKA |
Results | |
Record | 5–8–1 |
Division place | 6th NFL Eastern |
Playoff finish | Did not qualify |
Pro Bowlers | K Mike Clark, RCB Brady Keys, RDE Ben McGee |
The 1966 Pittsburgh Steelers season was the team's 34th in the National Football League.
Roster
[edit]Quarterbacks
Running backs
Wide receivers
Tight ends
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Offensive linemen
Defensive linemen
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Linebackers
Defensive backs
Special teams
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Rookies in italics |
Regular season
[edit]Schedule
[edit]Week | Date | Opponent | Result | Record | Venue | |
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1 | September 11 | New York Giants | T 34–34 | 0–0–1 | Pitt Stadium | |
2 | September 18 | Detroit Lions | W 17–3 | 1–0–1 | Pitt Stadium | |
3 | September 25 | Washington Redskins | L 27–33 | 1–1–1 | Pitt Stadium | |
4 | October 2 | at Washington Redskins | L 10–24 | 1–2–1 | D.C. Stadium | |
5 | October 8 | at Cleveland Browns | L 10–41 | 1–3–1 | Cleveland Municipal Stadium | |
6 | October 16 | Philadelphia Eagles | L 14–31 | 1–4–1 | Pitt Stadium | |
7 | Bye | |||||
8 | October 30 | at Dallas Cowboys | L 21–52 | 1–5–1 | Cotton Bowl | |
9 | November 6 | Cleveland Browns | W 16–6 | 2–5–1 | Pitt Stadium | |
10 | November 13 | St. Louis Cardinals | W 30–9 | 3–5–1 | Pitt Stadium | |
11 | November 20 | Dallas Cowboys | L 7–20 | 3–6–1 | Pitt Stadium | |
12 | November 27 | at St. Louis Cardinals | L 3–6 | 3–7–1 | Busch Stadium | |
13 | December 4 | at Philadelphia Eagles | L 23–27 | 3–8–1 | Franklin Field | |
14 | December 11 | at New York Giants | W 47–28 | 4–8–1 | Yankee Stadium | |
15 | December 18 | at Atlanta Falcons | W 57–33 [note 1] | 5–8–1 | Atlanta Stadium |
- A bye week was necessary in 1966, as the league expanded to an odd-number (15) of teams (Atlanta); one team was idle each week.
Game summaries
[edit]Week 1 vs New York Giants
[edit]Quarter | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
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Giants | 7 | 10 | 0 | 17 | 34 |
Steelers | 7 | 7 | 17 | 3 | 34 |
- Date: September 11
- Game weather: 64 °F (18 °C)
- Pro Football Reference
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Week 2 (Sunday September 18, 1966): Detroit Lions
[edit]1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total | |
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Lions | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
Steelers | 3 | 0 | 7 | 7 | 17 |
at Pitt Stadium, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
- Game time:
- Game weather:
- Game attendance: 35,473
- Referee:
- TV announcers:
Scoring Drives:
- Pittsburgh – FG Clark 13 3–0
- Pittsburgh – Hilton 32 pass from R. Smith (Clark kick)10–0
- Detroit – FG Walker 42 10–3
- Pittsburgh – Jefferson 84 pass from R. Smith (Clark kick)17–3
Week 3 (Sunday September 25, 1966): Washington Redskins
[edit]1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total | |
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Redskins | 9 | 0 | 21 | 3 | 33 |
Steelers | 0 | 14 | 10 | 3 | 27 |
at Pitt Stadium, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
- Game time:
- Game weather:
- Game attendance: 37,505
- Referee:
- TV announcers:
Scoring Drives:
- Washington – FG Gogolak 41 0–3
- Washington – FG Gogolak 47 0–6
- Washington – FG Gogolak 29 0–9
- Pittsburgh – Ballman 49 pass from R. Smith (Clark kick)7–9
- Pittsburgh – J. Bradshaw 27 interception return (Clark kick)14–9
- Pittsburgh – Ballman 79 pass from R. Smith (Clark kick)21–9
- Washington – Taylor 4 pass from Jurgensen (Gogolak kick)21–16
- Pittsburgh – FG Clark 47 24–16
- Washington – Mitchell 35 pass from Jurgensen (Gogolak kick)24–23
- Washington – Taylor 2 run (Gogolak kick)24–30
- Washington – FG Gogolak 15 24–33
- Pittsburgh – FG Clark 42 27–33
Week 4 (Sunday October 2, 1966): Washington Redskins
[edit]1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total | |
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Steelers | 0 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 10 |
Redskins | 10 | 0 | 7 | 7 | 24 |
at D.C. Stadium, Washington, DC
- Game time:
- Game weather:
- Game attendance: 47,360
- Referee:
- TV announcers:
Scoring Drives:
- Washington – Taylor 60 pass from Jurgensen (Gogolak kick)0–7
- Washington – FG Gogolak 12 0–10
- Pittsburgh – Hoak 2 run (Clark kick)7–10
- Pittsburgh – FG Clark 25 10–10
- Washington – Mitchell 51 pass from Jurgensen (Gogolak kick)10–17
- Washington – Mitchell 70 pass from Jurgensen (Gogolak kick)10–24
Week 5 (Saturday October 8, 1966): Cleveland Browns
[edit]1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total | |
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Steelers | 0 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 10 |
Browns | 14 | 7 | 0 | 20 | 41 |
at Cleveland Municipal Stadium, Cleveland, Ohio
- Game time:
- Game weather:
- Game attendance: 82,687
- Referee:
- TV announcers:
Scoring Drives:
- Cleveland – Collins 23 pass from Ryan (Groza kick)0–7
- Cleveland – Collins 14 pass from Ryan (Groza kick)0–14
- Cleveland – Kelly 2 run (Groza kick)0–21
- Pittsburgh – Jefferson 23 pass from Izo (Clark kick)7–21
- Pittsburgh – FG Clark 16 10–21
- Cleveland – Kelly 10 run (kick failed)10–27
- Cleveland – Warfield 3 fumble return (Groza kick)10–34
- Cleveland – R. Smith 24 pass from Ninowski (Groza kick)10–41
Week 6 (Sunday October 16, 1966): Philadelphia Eagles
[edit]1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total | |
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Eagles | 0 | 14 | 0 | 17 | 31 |
Steelers | 7 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 14 |
at Pitt Stadium, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
- Game time:
- Game weather:
- Game attendance: 28,233
- Referee:
- TV announcers:
Scoring Drives:
- Pittsburgh – Asbury 37 pass from Izo (Clark kick)7–0
- Philadelphia – Gros 11 run (Baker kick)7–7
- Pittsburgh – Asbury 11 run (Clark kick)14–7
- Philadelphia – Gros 1 run (Baker kick)14–14
- Philadelphia – Brown 9 pass from Snead (Baker kick)14–21
- Philadelphia – Goodwin 11 pass from Snead (Baker kick)14–28
- Philadelphia – FG Baker 51 14–31
Week 8 at Cowboys
[edit]Quarter | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
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Steelers | 7 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 21 |
Cowboys | 0 | 24 | 21 | 7 | 52 |
- Date: October 30
- Game weather: 64 °F (18 °C)
- Game attendance: 58,453
- Box Score
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Week 9 vs Browns
[edit]Quarter | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
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Browns | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 6 |
Steelers | 0 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 16 |
at Pitt Stadium, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
- Date: November 6, 1966
- Game weather: 35 °F (2 °C)
- Game attendance: 36,690
- Box Score
Team | Category | Player | Statistics |
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Browns | Passing | Frank Ryan | 19/37, 228 Yds, TD, 5 INT |
Rushing | Leroy Kelly | 19 Rush, 82 Yds | |
Receiving | Gary Collins | 7 Rec, 93 Yds, TD | |
Steelers | Passing | Ron Smith | 11/19, 151 Yds, TD |
Rushing | Willie Asbury | 17 Rush, 94 Yds | |
Receiving | Gary Ballman | 7 Rec, 88 Yds, TD |
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Week 10 (Sunday November 13, 1966): St. Louis Cardinals
[edit]1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total | |
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Cardinals | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 |
Steelers | 3 | 10 | 3 | 14 | 30 |
at Pitt Stadium, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
- Game time:
- Game weather:
- Game attendance: 28,552
- Referee:
- TV announcers:
Scoring Drives:
- St. Louis – FG Bakken 37 0–3
- St. Louis – FG Bakken 17 0–6
- St. Louis – FG Bakken 12 0–9
- Pittsburgh – FG Clark 40 3–9
- Pittsburgh – Russell 14 blocked punt return (Clark kick)10–9
- Pittsburgh – FG Clark 33 13–9
- Pittsburgh – FG Clark 22 16–9
- Pittsburgh – Hilton 11 pass from R. Smith (Clark kick)23–9
- Pittsburgh – Jefferson 42 pass from Hoak30–9
Week 11 (Sunday November 20, 1966): Dallas Cowboys
[edit]1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total | |
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Cowboys | 0 | 10 | 3 | 7 | 20 |
Steelers | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 7 |
at Pitt Stadium, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
- Game time:
- Game weather:
- Game attendance: 42,185
- Referee:
- TV announcers:
Scoring Drives:
- Dallas – Meredith 3 run (Villanueva kick)0–7
- Dallas – FG Villandueva 27 0–10
- Pittsburgh – Asbury 11 pass from R. Smith (Clark kick)7–10
- Dallas – FG Villanueva 37 7–13
- Dallas – Hayes 38 pass from Meredith (Villanueva kick)7–20
Week 12 (Sunday November 27, 1966): St. Louis Cardinals
[edit]1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total | |
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Steelers | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
Cardinals | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 6 |
at Busch Memorial Stadium, St. Louis, Missouri
- Game time:
- Game weather:
- Game attendance: 46,099
- Referee:
- TV announcers:
Scoring Drives:
- Pittsburgh – FG Clark 47 3–0
- St. Louis – FG Bakken 26 3–3
- St. Louis – FG Bakken 15 3–6
Week 13 (Sunday December 4, 1966): Philadelphia Eagles
[edit]1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total | |
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Steelers | 0 | 13 | 3 | 7 | 23 |
Eagles | 3 | 10 | 7 | 7 | 27 |
at Franklin Field, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
- Game time:
- Game weather:
- Game attendance: 54,275
- Referee:
- TV announcers:
Scoring Drives:
- Philadelphia – FG Baker 35 0–3
- Pittsburgh – Asbury 7 run (Clark kick)7–3
- Pittsburgh – FG Clark 37 10–3
- Philadelphia – Woodeshick 3 run (Baker kick)10–10
- Philadelphia – FG Baker 22 10–13
- Pittsburgh – FG Clark 32 13–13
- Pittsburgh – FG Clark 35 16–13
- Philadelphia – Woodeshick 1 run (Baker kick)16–20
- Philadelphia – Concannon 1 run (Baker kick)16–27
- Pittsburgh – Asbury 2 run (Clark kick)23–27
Week 14 at New York Giants
[edit]Quarter | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
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Steelers | 5 | 14 | 21 | 7 | 47 |
Giants | 0 | 14 | 7 | 7 | 28 |
at Yankee Stadium, New York City
- Date: December 11
- Game weather: 54 °F (12 °C)
- Box Score
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Week 15 (Sunday December 18, 1966): Atlanta Falcons
[edit]1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total | |
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Steelers | 6 | 23 | 21 | 7 | 57 |
Falcons | 0 | 7 | 14 | 12 | 33 |
at Atlanta Stadium, Atlanta, Georgia
- Game time:
- Game weather:
- Game attendance: 56,229
- Referee:
- TV announcers:
Scoring Drives:
- Pittsburgh – FG Clark 22 3–0
- Pittsburgh – FG Clark 19 6–0
- Pittsburgh – Ballman 12 pass from Nelsen (Clark kick)13–0
- Pittsburgh – Bullocks 13 run (Clark kick)20–0
- Atlanta – Coffey 1 run (Kirouac kick)20–7
- Pittsburgh – Butler 1 run (run failed)26–7
- Pittsburgh – FG Clark 21 29–7
- Atlanta – Ridlehuber 53 pass from Johnson (Kirouac kick)29–14
- Pittsburgh – Butler 1 run (Clark kick)36–14
- Pittsburgh – Jefferson 68 pass from Nelsen (Clark kick)43–14
- Pittsburgh – Thomas 23 fumble return (Clark kick)50–14
- Atlanta – Ridlehuber 19 pass form Johnson (Kirouac kick)50–21
- Pittsburgh – Asbury 2 run (Clark kick)57–21
- Atlanta – Anderson 62 pass from Claridge (kick failed)57–27
- Atlanta – Anderson 12 pass from Claridge (kick failed)57–33
Standings
[edit]NFL Eastern Conference | |||||||||
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W | L | T | PCT | CONF | PF | PA | STK | ||
Dallas Cowboys | 10 | 3 | 1 | .769 | 9–3–1 | 445 | 239 | W1 | |
Philadelphia Eagles | 9 | 5 | 0 | .643 | 8–5 | 326 | 340 | W4 | |
Cleveland Browns | 9 | 5 | 0 | .643 | 9–4 | 403 | 259 | W1 | |
St. Louis Cardinals | 8 | 5 | 1 | .615 | 7–5–1 | 264 | 265 | L3 | |
Washington Redskins | 7 | 7 | 0 | .500 | 7–6 | 351 | 355 | L1 | |
Pittsburgh Steelers | 5 | 8 | 1 | .385 | 4–8–1 | 316 | 347 | W2 | |
Atlanta Falcons | 3 | 11 | 0 | .214 | 2–5 | 204 | 437 | L1 | |
New York Giants | 1 | 12 | 1 | .077 | 1–11–1 | 263 | 501 | L8 |
- Note: Tie games were not officially counted in the standings until 1972.
Notes
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References
[edit]- ^ "Scorigami". nflscorigami.com.
External links
[edit]- 1966 Pittsburgh Steelers season at Profootballreference.com
- 1966 Pittsburgh Steelers season statistics at jt-sw.com
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