1966 Pittsburgh Steelers season

The 1966 Pittsburgh Steelers season was the team's 34th in the National Football League.

1966 Pittsburgh Steelers season
OwnerArt Rooney
Head coachBill Austin
Home fieldPitt Stadium
Local radioKDKA
Results
Record5–8–1
Division place6th NFL Eastern
Playoff finishDid not qualify

Roster
1966 Pittsburgh Steelers final roster
Quarterbacks

Running backs

Wide receivers

Tight ends

 Offensive linemen

Defensive linemen

 Linebackers

Defensive backs

Special teams

 Reserve lists



Practice squad



Rookies in italics
 49 active, 0 inactive, 5 practice squad

Regular season

Schedule
Week Date Kickoff Opponent Result Record Game Site TV NFL.com Recap
1 September 11New York GiantsT T 34–34
0–0–1
Pitt StadiumN/A
2 September 18Detroit LionsW W 17–3
1–0–1
Pitt StadiumN/A
3 September 25Washington RedskinsL L 27–33
1–1–1
Pitt StadiumN/A
4 October 2at Washington RedskinsL L 10–24
1–2–1
D.C. StadiumN/A
5 October 8at Cleveland BrownsL L 10–41
1–3–1
Municipal StadiumN/A
6 October 16Philadelphia EaglesL L14–31
1–4–1
Pitt StadiumN/A
7 Bye
8 October 30at Dallas CowboysL L 21–52
1–5–1
Cotton BowlN/A
9 November 6Cleveland BrownsW W 16–6
2–5–1
Pitt StadiumN/A
10 November 13St. Louis CardinalsW W 30–9
3–5–1
Pitt StadiumN/A
11 November 20Dallas CowboysL L 7–20
3–6–1
Pitt StadiumN/A
12 November 27at St. Louis CardinalsL L 3–6
3–7–1
Busch StadiumN/A
13 December 4at Philadelphia EaglesL L 23–27
3–8–1
Franklin FieldN/A
14 December 11at New York GiantsW W 47–28
4–8–1
Yankee StadiumCBSN/A
15 December 18at Atlanta FalconsW W 57–33
5–8–1
Atlanta StadiumN/A
* = Divisional Games • All times are in Eastern time zone
  • 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.

Week 1 (Sunday September 11, 1966): New York Giants
1 2 3 4 Total
Giants 7 10 0 17 34
Steelers 7 7 17 3 34

at Pitt Stadium, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

  • Game time:
  • Game weather:
  • Game attendance: 37,693
  • Referee:
  • TV announcers:

Scoring Drives:

  • New York Giants – Jones 75 pass from Morrall (Gogolak kick)0–7
  • Pittsburgh – Ballman 9 pass from Nelsen (Clark kick)7–7
  • New York Giants – Crespino 19 pass from Morrall (Gogolak kick)7–14
  • Pittsburgh – Asbury 6 run (Clark kick)14–14
  • New York Giants – FG Gogolak 26 14–17
  • Pittsburgh – Simmons 21 pass from Nelsen (Clark kick)21–17
  • Pittsburgh – FG Clark 25 24–17
  • Pittsburgh – Hilton 31 pass from Nelsen (Clark kick)31–17
  • New York Giants – FG Gogolak 14 31–20
  • New York Giants – Jones 98 pass from Morrall (Gogolak kick)31–27
  • New York Giants – W. Harris 72 fumble return (Gogolak kick)31–34
  • Pittsburgh – FG Clark 41 34–34

Week 2 (Sunday September 18, 1966): Detroit Lions
1 2 3 4 Total
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:

Week 3 (Sunday September 25, 1966): Washington Redskins
1 2 3 4 Total
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
1 2 3 4 Total
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
1 2 3 4 Total
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
1 2 3 4 Total
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
See also: 1966 Dallas Cowboys season
Week Eight: Pittsburgh Steelers (1–4–1) at Dallas Cowboys (4–1–1)
1 2 34Total
Steelers 7 7 7021
Cowboys 0 24 21752

at Cotton Bowl, Dallas, Texas

  • Date: October 30
  • Game weather: 64 °F (18 °C)
  • Game attendance: 58,453
  • Box Score

Week 9 (Sunday November 6, 1966): Cleveland Browns
1 2 3 4 Total
Browns 0 6 0 0 6
Steelers 0 3 3 10 16

at Pitt Stadium, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

  • Game time:
  • Game weather:
  • Game attendance: 36,690
  • Referee:
  • TV announcers:

Scoring Drives:

  • Cleveland – Collins 24 pass from Ryan (kick failed)0–6
  • Pittsburgh – FG Clark 28 3–6
  • Pittsburgh – FG Clark 25 6–6
  • Pittsburgh – Ballman 8 pass from R. Smith (Clark kick)13–6
  • Pittsburgh – FG Clark 42 16–6

Week 10 (Sunday November 13, 1966): St. Louis Cardinals
1 2 3 4 Total
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
1 2 3 4 Total
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
1 2 3 4 Total
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
1 2 3 4 Total
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 (Sunday December 11, 1966): New York Giants
1 2 3 4 Total
Steelers 5 14 21 7 47
Giants 0 14 7 7 28

at Yankee Stadium, The Bronx, New York

  • Game time:
  • Game weather:
  • Game attendance: 62,658
  • Referee:
  • TV announcers:

Scoring Drives:

  • Pittsburgh – Safety, Lockhart stepped out of end zone 2–0
  • Pittsburgh – FG Clark 12 5–0
  • Pittsburgh – Bullocks 13 pass from Nelsen (Clark kick)12–0
  • New York Giants – Thomas 1 pass from Kennedy (Gogolak kick)12–7
  • Pittsburgh – Leftridge 2 run (Clark kick)19–7
  • New York Giants – Jones 82 pass from Kennedy (Gogolak kick)19–14
  • Pittsburgh – Asbury 1 run (Clark kick)26–14
  • Pittsburgh – Asbury 1 run (Clark kick)33–14
  • New York Giants – Thomas 5 pass from Kennedy (Gogolak kick)33–21
  • Pittsburgh – Butler 66 pass from Nelsen (Clark kick)40–21
  • Pittsburgh – Leftridge 2 run (Russell pass from Hoak)47–21
  • New York Giants – Crespino 16 pass from Kennedy (Gogolak kick)47–28

Week 15 (Sunday December 18, 1966): Atlanta Falcons
1 2 3 4 Total
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
NFL Eastern Conference
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.

References
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