1960 Pittsburgh Steelers season
1960 Pittsburgh Steelers season | |
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Owner | Art Rooney |
Head coach | Buddy Parker |
Home field | Forbes Field |
Results | |
Record | 5–6–1 |
Division place | 5th NFL Eastern |
Playoff finish | Did not qualify |
The 1960 Pittsburgh Steelers season was the franchise's 28th in the National Football League. They compiled a 5–6–1 record and a fifth-place finish under head coach Buddy Parker while playing their home games at Forbes Field.
Preseason
[edit]Among the Steelers' preseason games in 1960 was an exhibition match with the Toronto Argonauts of the Canadian Football League; the Steelers won handily, 43–16. Forty-eight years later, the Steelers will return to Toronto to face the Buffalo Bills as the first game in the Toronto Series.
Regular season
[edit]Schedule
[edit]Week | Date | Opponent | Result | Record | Venue | |
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1 | September 24 | at Dallas Cowboys | W 35–28 | 1–0 | Cotton Bowl | |
2 | October 2 | at Cleveland Browns | L 20–28 | 1–1 | Cleveland Municipal Stadium | |
3 | October 9 | New York Giants | L 17–19 | 1–2 | Pitt Stadium | |
4 | October 16 | St. Louis Cardinals | W 27–14 | 2–2 | Forbes Field | |
5 | October 23 | at Washington Redskins | T 27–27 | 2–2–1 | Griffith Stadium | |
6 | October 30 | Green Bay Packers | L 13–19 | 2–3–1 | Forbes Field | |
7 | November 6 | at Philadelphia Eagles | L 7–34 | 2–4–1 | Franklin Field | |
8 | November 13 | at New York Giants | L 24–27 | 2–5–1 | Yankee Stadium | |
9 | November 20 | Cleveland Browns | W 14–10 | 3–5–1 | Forbes Field | |
10 | November 27 | Washington Redskins | W 22–10 | 4–5–1 | Forbes Field | |
11 | Bye | |||||
12 | December 11 | Philadelphia Eagles | W 27–21 | 5–5–1 | Forbes Field | |
13 | December 18 | at St. Louis Cardinals | L 7–38 | 5–6–1 | Busch Stadium |
- Saturday night (September 24)
- A bye week was necessary in 1960, as the league expanded to an odd-number (13) of teams (Dallas); one team was idle each week.
Game summaries
[edit]Week 1 (Saturday September 24, 1960): Dallas Cowboys
[edit]1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total | |
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Steelers | 7 | 7 | 14 | 7 | 35 |
Cowboys | 14 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 28 |
- Game time:
- Game weather:
- Game attendance: 30,000
- Referee:
- TV announcers:
- Dallas – Doran 75 pass from LeBaron (Cone kick)
- Dallas – Dugan 7 pass from Lebaron (Cone kick)
- Pittsburgh – Carpenter 28 pass from Layne (Layne kick)
- Dallas – McIlhenny 5 run (Cone kick)
- Pittsburgh – Orr 6 pass from Layne (Layne kick)
- Pittsburgh – Dial 70 pass from Tracy (Layne kick)
- Dallas – Doran 54 pass from LeBaron (Cone kick)
- Pittsburgh – Carpenter 49 pass from Layne (Layne kick)
- Pittsburgh – Tracy 65 pass from Layne (Layne kick)
Scoring Drives:
Week 2 (Sunday October 2, 1960): Cleveland Browns
[edit]1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total | |
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Steelers | 0 | 0 | 7 | 13 | 20 |
Browns | 7 | 14 | 0 | 7 | 28 |
at Cleveland Municipal Stadium, Cleveland, Ohio
- Game time:
- Game weather:
- Game attendance: 67,692
- Referee:
- TV announcers:
Scoring Drives:
- Cleveland – Plum 1 run (Baker kick)
- Cleveland – Mitchell 5 run (Baker kick)
- Cleveland – Kreitling 60 pass from Plum (Baker kick)
- Pittsburgh – Tracy 40 pass from Layne (Layne kick)
- Pittsburgh – Tracy 1 run (kick failed)
- Cleveland – Brown 2 run (Baker kick)
- Pittsburgh – Dial 3 pass from Layne (Rechichar kick)
Week 3 (Sunday October 9, 1960): New York Giants
[edit]1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total | |
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Giants | 0 | 12 | 0 | 7 | 19 |
Steelers | 7 | 0 | 7 | 3 | 17 |
at Forbes Field, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
- Game time:
- Game weather:
- Game attendance: 40,323
- Referee:
- TV announcers:
Scoring Drives:
- Pittsburgh – Orr 22 pass from Tracy (Rechichar kick)
- New York Giants – FG Summerall 41
- New York Giants – Safety, Johnson tackled in end zone by Grier
- New York Giants – Rote 9 pass from Shaw (Summerall kick)
- Pittsburgh – Dial 30 pass from Layne (Rechichar kick)
- Pittsburgh – FG Rechichar 11
- New York Giants – Gifford 44 pass from Conerly (Summerall kick)
Week 4 (Sunday October 16, 1960): St. Louis Cardinals
[edit]1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total | |
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Cardinals | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 14 |
Steelers | 6 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 27 |
at Forbes Field, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
- Game time:
- Game weather:
- Game attendance: 22,971
- Referee:
- TV announcers:
Scoring Drives:
- Pittsburgh – FG Rechichar 42
- Pittsburgh – FG Rechichar 31
- Pittsburgh – Tracy 4 run (Rechichar kick)
- Pittsburgh – Dial 26 pass from Layne (Rechichar kick)
- St. Louis – Crow 6 run (Conrad kick)
- St. Louis – Mestnik 2 run (Conrad kick)
- Pittsburgh – Orr 51 pass from Tracy (Rechichar kick)
Week 5 (Sunday October 23, 1960): Washington Redskins
[edit]1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total | |
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Steelers | 7 | 3 | 7 | 10 | 27 |
Redskins | 7 | 3 | 7 | 10 | 27 |
at Griffith Stadium, Washington, DC
- Game time:
- Game weather:
- Game attendance: 25,292
- Referee:
- TV announcers:
Scoring Drives:
- Washington – Olszewski 1 run (Khayat kick)
- Pittsburgh – Tracy 5 pass from Bukich (Layne kick)
- Washington – FG Khayat 15
- Pittsburgh – FG Layne 17
- Pittsburgh – Lewis recovered fumble in end zone (Layne kick)
- Washington – Walton 35 pass from Guglielmi (Khayat kick)
- Washington – Anderson 12 pass from Guglielmi (Khayat kick)
- Pittsburgh – FG Layne 15
- Pittsburgh – Dial 27 pass from Bukich (Layne kick)
- Washington – FG Khayat 43
Week 6 (Sunday October 30, 1960): Green Bay Packers
[edit]1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total | |
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Packers | 9 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 19 |
Steelers | 0 | 7 | 0 | 6 | 13 |
at Forbes Field, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
- Game time:
- Game weather:
- Game attendance: 30,155
- Referee:
- TV announcers:
Scoring Drives:
- Green Bay – FG Hornung 35
- Green Bay – FG Hornung 35
- Green Bay – FG Hornung 45
- Green Bay – FG Hornung 17
- Pittsburgh – Tracy 37 pass from Layne (Layne kick)
- Pittsburgh – Dial 48 pass from Layne (pass failed)
- Green Bay – Taylor 1 run (Hornung kick)
Week 7 (Sunday November 6, 1960): Philadelphia Eagles
[edit]1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total | |
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Steelers | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 7 |
Eagles | 14 | 3 | 7 | 10 | 34 |
at Franklin Field, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
- Game time:
- Game weather:
- Game attendance: 58,324
- Referee: John Pace
- TV announcers:
Scoring Drives:
- Philadelphia – Barnes 9 run (Walston kick)
- Philadelphia – McDonald 24 pass from Van Brocklin (Walston kick)
- Philadelphia – FG Walston 21
- Philadelphia – McDonald 39 pass from Van Brocklin (Walston kick)
- Philadelphia – FG Walston 11
- Pittsburgh – Dial 50 pass from Tracy (Layne kick)
- Philadelphia – McDonald 26 pass from Van Brocklin (Walston kick)
Week 8 (Sunday November 13, 1960): New York Giants
[edit]1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total | |
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Steelers | 14 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 24 |
Giants | 7 | 7 | 3 | 10 | 27 |
at Yankee Stadium, Bronx, New York
- Game time:
- Game weather:
- Game attendance: 63,321
- Referee:
- TV announcers:
Scoring Drives:
- Pittsburgh – Layne 1 run (Layne kick)
- Pittsburgh – Tracy 1 run (Layne kick)
- New York Giants – Gifford 6 run (Summerall kick)
- Pittsburgh – FG Layne 10
- Pittsburgh – Dial 7 pass from Layne (Layne kick)
- New York Giants – Gifford 57 pass from Conerly (Summerall kick)
- New York Giants – FG Summerall 43
- New York Giants – Gifford 27 pass from Conerly (Summerall kick)
- New York Giants – FG Summerall 37
Week 9 (Sunday November 20, 1960): Cleveland Browns
[edit]1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total | |
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Browns | 0 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 10 |
Steelers | 7 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 14 |
at Forbes Field, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
- Game time:
- Game weather:
- Game attendance: 35,215
- Referee:
- TV announcers:
Scoring Drives:
- Pittsburgh – Johnson 3 run (Layne kick)
- Cleveland – FG Baker 19
- Cleveland Kreitling 6 pass from Plum (Baker kick)
- Pittsburgh – Tracy 4 run (Layne kick)
Week 10 (Sunday November 27, 1960): Washington Redskins
[edit]1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Redskins | 0 | 0 | 7 | 3 | 10 |
Steelers | 6 | 7 | 3 | 6 | 22 |
at Forbes Field, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
- Game time:
- Game weather:
- Game attendance: 22,234
- Referee:
- TV announcers:
Scoring Drives:
- Pittsburgh – FG Tracy 37
- Pittsburgh – FG Tracy 31
- Pittsburgh – Tracy 28 run (Layne kick)
- Washington – James 49 pass from Guolielmi (Khayat kick)
- Pittsburgh – FG Layne 23
- Washington – FG Khayat 9
- Pittsburgh – FG Tracy 28
- Pittsburgh – FG Layne 11
Week 12 (Sunday December 11, 1960): Philadelphia Eagles
[edit]1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Eagles | 0 | 0 | 0 | 21 | 21 |
Steelers | 13 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 27 |
at Forbes Field, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
- Game time:
- Game weather:
- Game attendance: 22,101
- Referee:
- TV announcers:
Scoring Drives:
- Pittsburgh – Layne 6 run (Layne kick)
- Pittsburgh – Johnson 7 pass from Layne (kick failed)
- Pittsburgh – Johnson 87 run (Layne kick)
- Pittsburgh – Dial 15 pass from Johnson (Layne kick)
- Philadelphia – Brown 53 pass from Jurgensen (Walston kick)
- Philadelphia – Brown 7 run (Walston kick)
- Philadelphia – McDonald 19 pass from Jurgensen (Walston kick)
Week 13 (Sunday December 18, 1960): St. Louis Cardinals
[edit]1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Steelers | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 7 |
Cardinals | 0 | 7 | 17 | 14 | 38 |
at Busch Stadium I, St. Louis, Missouri
- Game time:
- Game weather:
- Game attendance: 20,840
- Referee:
- TV announcers:
Scoring Drives:
- St. Louis – Mestnik 1 run (Perry kick)
- Pittsburgh – Orr 49 pass from Layne (Layne kick)
- St. Louis – FG Perry 16
- St. Louis – Randle 14 pass from Roach (Perry kick)
- St. Louis – Randle 8 pass from Roach (Perry kick)
- St. Louis – Roach 1 run (Perry kick)
- St. Louis – Randle 33 pass from Roach (Perry kick)
Standings
[edit]NFL Eastern Conference | |||||||||
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W | L | T | PCT | CONF | PF | PA | STK | ||
Philadelphia Eagles | 10 | 2 | 0 | .833 | 8–2 | 321 | 246 | W1 | |
Cleveland Browns | 8 | 3 | 1 | .727 | 6–3–1 | 362 | 217 | W3 | |
New York Giants | 6 | 4 | 2 | .600 | 5–4–1 | 271 | 261 | L1 | |
St. Louis Cardinals | 6 | 5 | 1 | .545 | 4–5–1 | 288 | 230 | W1 | |
Pittsburgh Steelers | 5 | 6 | 1 | .455 | 4–5–1 | 240 | 275 | L1 | |
Washington Redskins | 1 | 9 | 2 | .100 | 0–8–2 | 178 | 309 | L8 |
Note: Tie games were not officially counted in the standings until 1972.
Roster
[edit]Quarterbacks
Running backs
Wide receivers
Tight ends | Offensive linemen
Defensive linemen
| Linebackers
Defensive backs
Special teams
| Rookies in italics |
References
[edit]External links
[edit]- 1960 Pittsburgh Steelers at Pro-Football-Reference.com
- 1960 Pittsburgh Steelers Highlights at youtube.com