1966 Pittsburgh Steelers season

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

Offseason

NFL draft

Roster

Regular season

Schedule

• 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

Week 1 vs New York Giants

Week 2 (Sunday September 18, 1966): Detroit Lions

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

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

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

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

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

Week 9 vs Browns

Week 10 (Sunday November 13, 1966): St. Louis Cardinals

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

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

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

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

Week 15 (Sunday December 18, 1966): Atlanta Falcons

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

Notes

References

External links

• 1966 Pittsburgh Steelers season at Profootballreference.com
• 1966 Pittsburgh Steelers season statistics at jt-sw.com