1966 Pittsburgh Steelers season

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

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.

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 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 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