1963 Pittsburgh Steelers season

The 1963 Pittsburgh Steelers season consisted of the team winning seven games, and losing four, with three games ending in a tie. As a result, the Steelers finished in fourth place in the NFL Eastern Conference. It was also their final season of splitting home games between Forbes Field and Pitt Stadium before moving all of their home games to the latter for the next six seasons..

Week 1 (Sunday September 15, 1963): Philadelphia Eagles
at Franklin Field, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania


 * Game time:
 * Game weather:
 * Game attendance: 58,205
 * Referee: Bill Downes
 * TV announcers:

Scoring Drives:


 * Philadelphia – McDonald 13 pass from Jurgensen (Clark kick)
 * Pittsburgh – FG Michaels 38
 * Pittsburgh – FG Michaels 50
 * Philadelphia – Smith 6 pass from Jurgensen (Clark kick)
 * Pittsburgh – FG Michaels 17
 * Pittsburgh – Johnson 1 run (kick failed)
 * Philadelphia – McDonald 75 pass from Jurgensen (Clark kick)
 * Pittsburgh – Johnson 11 pass from Brown (kick failed)

Week 2 (Sunday September 22, 1963): New York Giants
at Pitt Stadium, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania


 * Game time:
 * Game weather:
 * Game attendance: 46,068
 * Referee:
 * TV announcers:

Scoring Drives:


 * Pittsburgh – Hoak 1 run (Michaels kick)
 * Pittsburgh – FG Michaels 11
 * Pittsburgh – Hoak 2 pass from Brown (Michaels kick)
 * Pittsburgh – Johnson 1 run (Michaels kick)
 * Pittsburgh – Dial 46 pass from Brown (Michaels kick)

Week 3 (Sunday September 29, 1963): St. Louis Cardinals
at Forbes Field, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania


 * Game time:
 * Game weather:
 * Game attendance: 28,225
 * Referee:
 * TV announcers:

Scoring Drives:


 * St. Louis – Triplett 63 run (Bakken kick)
 * Pittsburgh – FG Michaels 21
 * Pittsburgh – FG Michaels 40
 * St. Louis – FG Bakken 28
 * Pittsburgh – Hoak 1 run (Michaels kick)
 * Pittsburgh – FG Michaels 21
 * Pittsburgh – Ferguson 4 run (Michaels kick)

Week 4 (Saturday October 5, 1963): Cleveland Browns
at Cleveland Municipal Stadium, Cleveland, Ohio


 * Game time:
 * Game weather:
 * Game attendance: 84,684
 * Referee:
 * TV announcers:

Scoring Drives:


 * Pittsburgh – FG Michaels 18
 * Cleveland – Brown 8 run (Groza kick)
 * Pittsburgh – FG Michaels 8
 * Pittsburgh – Dial 24 pass from Brown (Michaels kick)
 * Cleveland – Collins 15 pass from Ryan (Groza kick)
 * Pittsburgh – Dial 41 pass from Brown (Michaels kick)
 * Cleveland – Ryan 13 run (Groza kick)
 * Pittsburgh – FG Michaels 8
 * Cleveland – Collins 20 pass from Ryan (Groza kick)
 * Cleveland – Krietling 19 pass from Ryan (Groza kick)

Week 5 (Sunday October 13, 1963): St. Louis Cardinals
at Busch Stadium, St. Louis, Missouri


 * Game time:
 * Game weather:
 * Game attendance: 23,715
 * Referee:
 * TV announcers:

Scoring Drives:


 * St. Louis – FG Bakken 44
 * Pittsburgh – FG Michaels 45
 * Pittsburgh – Mack 83 pass from Brown (Michaels kick)
 * Pittsburgh – FG Michaels 47
 * Pittsburgh – Brown 1 run (Michaels kick)

Week 6 (Sunday October 20, 1963): Washington Redskins
at Pitt Stadium, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania


 * Game time:
 * Game weather:
 * Game attendance: 41,987
 * Referee:
 * TV announcers:


 * Pittsburgh – Brown 1 run (Michaels kick)
 * Washington – FG Khayat 49
 * Pittsburgh – Hoak 8 run (Michaels kick)
 * Pittsburgh – FG Michaels 9
 * Washington – Snead 1 run (Khayat kick)
 * Washington – James 36 pass from Snead (Khayat kick)
 * Washington – James 5 run (Khayat kick)
 * Pittsburgh – Hoak 1 run (Michaels kick)
 * Washington – FG Khayat 15
 * Pittsburgh – Haley 24 interception return (Michaels kick)
 * Pittsburgh – Dial 4 pass from Brown (Michaels kick)

Week 7 (Sunday October 27, 1963): Dallas Cowboys
at Forbes Field, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania


 * Game time:
 * Game weather:
 * Game attendance: 19,047
 * Referee:
 * TV announcers:

Scoring Drives:


 * Dallas – Clarke 5 pass from Meredith (Baker kick)
 * Dallas – Folkins 35 pass from Meredith (Baker kick)
 * Pittsburgh – Dial 83 pass from Browns (kick failed)
 * Dallas – Howton 13 pass from Meredith (Baker kick)
 * Pittsburgh – Dial 25 pass from Brown (Tracy kick)
 * Pittsburgh – Dial 14 pass from Brown (Tracy kick)
 * Pittsburgh – Mack 85 pass from Brown (Michaels kick)

Week 8 (Sunday November 3, 1963): Green Bay Packers
at Milwaukee County Stadium, Milwaukee, Wisconsin


 * Game time:
 * Game weather:
 * Game attendance:
 * Referee:
 * TV announcers:

Scoring Drives:


 * Pittsburgh – Hoak 2 run (Michaels kick)
 * Green Bay – FG Kramer 23
 * Green Bay – FG Kramer 36
 * Green Bay – FG Kramer 12
 * Green Bay – Taylor 1 run (Kramer kick)
 * Green Bay – Pitts 2 run (Kramer kick)
 * Green Bay – FG Kramer 37
 * Pittsburgh – Mack 33 pass from Brown (Michaels kick)
 * Green Bay – Pitts 1 run (Kramer kick)

Week 9 (Sunday November 10, 1963): Cleveland Browns
at Pitt Stadium, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania


 * Game time:
 * Game weather:
 * Game attendance: 54,497
 * Referee:
 * TV announcers:

Scoring Drives:


 * Cleveland – Collins 4 pass from Ryan (Groza kick)
 * Pittsburgh – Safety, Brown tackled by Schmitz in end zone
 * Pittsburgh – Ballman 9 pass from Brown (Michaels kick)

Week 10 (Sunday November 17, 1963): Washington Redskins
at D.C. Stadium, Washington, DC


 * Game time:
 * Game weather:
 * Game attendance: 42,219
 * Referee:
 * TV announcers:

Scoring Drives:


 * Washington – Crabb 53 interception return (Khayat kick)
 * Pittsburgh – Johnson 3 run (Michaels kick)
 * Washington – Mitchell 19 pass from Snead (Khayat kick)
 * Pittsburgh – Ballman 67 pass from Brown (Khayat kick)
 * Pittsburgh – Johnson 1 run (Michaels kick)
 * Pittsburgh – FG Michaels 27
 * Washington – Mitchell 20 pass from Barnes (Khayat kick)
 * Pittsburgh – FG Michaels 18
 * Washington – Richter 21 pass from Snead (Khayat kick)
 * Pittsburgh – Ballman 92 kickoff return (Michaels kick)

Week 11 (Sunday November 24, 1963): Chicago Bears
at Forbes Field, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania


 * Game time:
 * Game weather:
 * Game attendance: 36,465
 * Referee:
 * TV announcers:

Scoring Drives:


 * Chicago – Galimore 1 run (Jencks kick)
 * Pittsburgh – Hoak 6 run (Michaels kick)
 * Chicago – Bull 1 run (Jencks kick)
 * Pittsburgh – Curry 31 pass from Brown (Michaels kick)
 * Pittsburgh – FG Michaels 11
 * Chicago – FG Leclerc 18

Week 12 (Sunday December 1, 1963): Philadelphia Eagles
at Forbes Field, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania


 * Game time:
 * Game weather:
 * Game attendance: 15,721
 * Referee:
 * TV announcers:

Scoring Drives:


 * Pittsburgh – FG Michaels 10
 * Philadelphia – Retzlaff 24 pass from Hill (Clark kick)
 * Philadelphia – Brown 14 run (Clark kick)
 * Philadelphia – FG Clark 23
 * Pittsburgh – Ballman 57 pass from Brown (Michaels kick)
 * Philadelphia – FG Clark 40
 * Pittsburgh – Ballman 8 pass from Brown (Michaels kick)
 * Pittsburgh – FG Michaels 24

Week 13 (Sunday December 8, 1963): Dallas Cowboys
at Cotton Bowl, Dallas, Texas


 * Game time:
 * Game weather:
 * Game attendance: 24,136
 * Referee:
 * TV announcers:

Scoring Drives:


 * Dallas – FG Baker 53
 * Dallas – Meredith 2 run (kick failed)
 * Pittsburgh – Dial 55 pass from Brown (Michaels kick)
 * Pittsburgh – Carpenter 28 pass from Brown (Michaels kick)
 * Pittsburgh – FG Michaels 24
 * Dallas – FG Baker 46
 * Dallas – Meredith 4 run (Baker kick)
 * Pittsburgh – Sapp 24 run (Michaels kick)

Week 14 (December 15, 1963): New York Giants
at Yankee Stadium, The Bronx, New York


 * Game time:
 * Game weather:
 * Game attendance: 63,240
 * Referee:
 * TV announcers:

Scoring Drives:


 * New York Giants – FG Chandler 34
 * New York Giants – Shotner 41 pass from Tittle (kick failed)
 * New York Giants – Morrison 3 pass from Tittle (Chandler kick)
 * Pittsburgh – FG Michaels 27
 * Pittsburgh – Ballman 21 pass from Brown (Michaels kick)
 * New York Giants – Morrison 22 pass from Tittle (Chandler kick)
 * New York Giants – Morrison 1 run (Chandler kick)
 * Pittsburgh – Dial 40 pass from Brown (Michaels kick)
 * New York Giants – FG Chandler 41