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1961 Pittsburgh Steelers season

NFL team season

NFL team season

FieldValue
teamPittsburgh Steelers
year1961
record6–8
division_place5th NFL Eastern
coachBuddy Parker
ownerArt Rooney
stadiumForbes Field
playoffs*Did not qualify*
shortnavlinkSteelers seasons
logoPittsburgh Steelers 1961.jpg

The 1961 Pittsburgh Steelers season was the franchise's 29th in the National Football League.

Standings

Regular season

Schedule

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September 17at [Dallas Cowboys](1961-dallas-cowboys-season)**L** 24–270–1Cotton Bowl23,500
September 24[New York Giants](1961-new-york-giants-season)**L** 14–170–2Pitt Stadium35,587
October 1at [Los Angeles Rams](1961-los-angeles-rams-season)**L** 14–240–3Memorial Coliseum40,407
October 8at [Philadelphia Eagles](1961-philadelphia-eagles-season)**L** 16–210–4Franklin Field60,671
October 15[Washington Redskins](1961-washington-redskins-season)**W** 20–01–4Forbes Field15,072
October 22[Cleveland Browns](1961-cleveland-browns-season)**L** 28–301–5Forbes Field29,266
October 29[San Francisco 49ers](1961-san-francisco-49ers-season)**W** 20–102–5Forbes Field21,686
November 5at Cleveland Browns**W** 17–133–5Cleveland Stadium62,723
November 12Dallas Cowboys**W** 37–74–5Forbes Field17,519
November 19at New York Giants**L** 21–424–6Yankee Stadium (I)62,592
November 26[St. Louis Cardinals](1961-st-louis-cardinals-nfl-season)**W** 30–275–6Forbes Field17,090
December 3Philadelphia Eagles**L** 24–355–7Forbes Field21,653
December 10at Washington Redskins**W** 30–146–7D.C. Stadium21,134
December 17at St. Louis Cardinals**L** 0–206–8Busch Stadium (I)16,298
**Note:** Intra-conference opponents are in **bold** text.

Roster

DE/K

Game summaries

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

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

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

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)

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

at Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum, Los Angeles

  • 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

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

at Franklin Field, Philadelphia

  • Game time:
  • Game weather:
  • Game attendance: 60,671
  • Referee: George Rennix
  • 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)

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

at Forbes Field, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

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

Scoring Drives:

  • Pittsburgh – Carpenter 8 pass from Bukich (Michaels kick)
  • Pittsburgh – Dial 23 pass from Bukich (Michaels kick)
  • Pittsburgh – FG Michaels 13
  • Pittsburgh – FG Michaels 36

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

at Forbes Field, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

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

Scoring Drives:

  • Cleveland – FG Groza 24
  • Cleveland – Mitchell 6 run (Groza kick)
  • Pittsburgh – Dial 12 pass from Bukich (Michaels kick)
  • Pittsburgh – Tracy 1 run (Michaels kick)
  • Cleveland – FG Groza 36
  • Cleveland – Mitchell 9 run (Groza kick)
  • Pittsburgh – Tracy 1 run (Michaels kick)
  • Cleveland – Mitchell 18 run (Groza kick)
  • Cleveland – FG Groza 12
  • Pittsburgh – Dial 88 pass from Bukich (Michaels kick)

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

at Forbes Field, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

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

Scoring Drives:

  • Pittsburgh – Johnson 30 run (Michaels kick)
  • Pittsburgh – Tracy 11 pass from Bukich (Michaels kick)
  • Pittsburgh – FG Michaels 16
  • San Francisco – Stickles 50 pass from Brodie (Davis kick)
  • San Francisco – FG Davis 20
  • Pittsburgh – FG Michaels 24

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

at Cleveland Municipal Stadium, Cleveland, Ohio

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

Scoring Drives:

  • Cleveland – J. Brown 3 run
  • Cleveland – FG Groza 27
  • Pittsburgh – Bukich 1 run (Michaels kick)
  • Pittsburgh – FG Michaels 10
  • Cleveland – FG Groza 37
  • Pittsburgh – Schnelker 26 pass from Bukich (Michaels kick)

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

at Cotton Bowl, Dallas, Texas

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

Scoring Drives:

  • Pittsburgh – Johnson 1 run (Michaels kick)
  • Pittsburgh – FG Michaels 28
  • Dallas – Perkins 11 run (Green kick)
  • Pittsburgh – FG Michaels 19
  • Pittsburgh – Dial 73 pass from Bukich (Michaels kick)
  • Pittsburgh – Butler 71 interception (Michaels kick)
  • Pittsburgh – Dial 15 pass from Bikich (Michaels kick)
  • Pittsburgh – FG Michaels 47

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

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)

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

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

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

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)

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

at D.C. Stadium, Washington, D.C.

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

Scoring Drives:

  • Pittsburgh – Mack 10 pass from Layne (Michaels kick)
  • Washington – Dugan 9 pass from Snead (Aveni kick)
  • Pittsburgh – FG Michaels 42
  • Pittsburgh – Carpenter 40 pass from Layne (Michaels kick)
  • Pittsburgh – Mack 6 pass from Layne (Michaels kick)
  • Washington – Dugan 11 pass from Izo (Aveni kick)
  • Pittsburgh – Dial 5 pass from Layne (kick failed)

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

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)

References

References

  1. "1961 Pittsburgh Steelers Rosters, Stats, Schedule, Team Draftees".
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