1962 Pittsburgh Steelers season

Week 1 (Sunday September 16, 1962): Detroit Lions
at Tiger Stadium, Detroit, Michigan


 * Game time:
 * Game weather:
 * Game attendance: 46,641
 * Referee:
 * TV announcers:

Scoring Drives:


 * Detroit – Cogdill 1 pass from Plum (Walker kick)
 * Pittsburgh – Carpenter 43 pass from Brown (Michaels kick)
 * Detroit – Pietrosante 22 run (Walker kick)
 * Detroit – Cogdill 21 pass from Plum (Walker kick)
 * Detroit – Lewis 1 run (Walker kick)
 * Detroit – Lewis 1 run (Walker kick)
 * Detroit – FG Walker 44
 * Detroit – Studstill 9 pass from Plum (Walker kick)

Week 2 (Sunday September 23, 1962): Dallas Cowboys
at Cotton Bowl, Dallas, Texas


 * Game time:
 * Game weather:
 * Game attendance: 19,478
 * Referee:
 * TV announcers:

Scoring Drives:


 * Dallas – Lockett 29 pass from LeBaron (Baker kick)
 * Pittsburgh – Womack 16 run (Michaels kick)
 * Pittsburgh – Dial 38 pass from Layne (Michaels kick)
 * Pittsburgh – Johnson 16 pass from Layne (Michaels kick)
 * Dallas – Perkins 2 run (Baker kick)
 * Pittsburgh – Safety, Dallas holding in end zone
 * Dallas – Perkins 6 run (Baker kick)
 * Pittsburgh – Womack 3 run (Michaels kick)
 * Dallas – Clarke 13 pass from LeBaron (Baker kick)

Week 3 (Sunday September 30, 1962): New York Giants
at Forbes Field, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania


 * Game time:
 * Game weather:
 * Game attendance: 40,916
 * Referee:
 * TV announcers:

Scoring Drives:


 * Pittsburgh – Womack 7 run (Michaels kick)
 * New York Giants – FG Chandler 23
 * Pittsburgh – Mack 28 pass from Layne (Michaels kick)
 * New York Giants – Dudley 11 pass from Tittle (Chandler kick)
 * Pittsburgh – FG Michaels 41
 * New York GIants – Webster 58 pass from Tittle (Chandler kick)
 * Pittsburgh – FG Michaels 33
 * New York Giants – Gifford 27 pass from Tittle (Chandler kick)
 * New York Giants – Shofner 16 pass from Tittle (Chandler kick)
 * Pittsburgh – Johnson 1 run (Michaels kick)

Week 4 (Saturday October 6, 1962): Philadelphia Eagles
at Forbes Field, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania


 * Game time:
 * Game weather:
 * Game attendance: 23,164
 * Referee:
 * TV announcers:

Scoring Drives:


 * Pittsburgh – FG Michaels 14
 * Pittsburgh – Schmitz 24 interception return (Michaels kick)
 * Pittsburgh – FG Michaels 10
 * Philadelphia – McDonald 46 pass from Jurgensen (Walston kick)

Week 5 (Sunday October 14, 1962): New York Giants
at Yankee Stadium, The Bronx, New York


 * Game time:
 * Game weather:
 * Game attendance: 62,808
 * Referee:
 * TV announcers:

Scoring Drives:


 * New York Giants – FG Chandler 30
 * Pittsburgh – Layne 1 run (Michaels kick)
 * Pittsburgh – Johnson 5 pass from Layne (Michaels kick)
 * New York Giants – Walton 21 pass from Tittle (Chandler kick)
 * Pittsburgh – FG Michaels 16
 * Pittsburgh – FG Michaels 9
 * New York GIants – Gifford 16 pass from TIttle (Chandler kick)

Week 6 (Sunday October 21, 1962): Dallas Cowboys
at Forbes Field, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania


 * Game time:
 * Game weather:
 * Game attendance: 23,106
 * Referee:
 * TV announcers:

Scoring Drives:'


 * Dallas – Perkins 1 run (Baker kick)
 * Pittsburgh – Dial 26 pass from Layne (Michaels kick)
 * Dallas – Howton 16 pass from LeBaron (Baker kick)
 * Pittsburgh – FG Michaels 10
 * Dallas – Clark 45 pass from LeBaron (Baker kick)
 * Pittsburgh – FG Michaels 40
 * Dallas – Clark 3 pass from LeBaron (Baker kick)
 * Pittsburgh – Johnson 1 run (Michaels kick)
 * Pittsburgh – Dial 9 pass form Layne (Michaels kick)
 * Dallas – Clarke 13 pass from LeBaron (Baker kick)
 * Dallas Folkins 26 pass from LeBaron (Baker kick)

Week 7 (Sunday October 28, 1962): Cleveland Browns
at Forbes Field, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania


 * Game time:
 * Game weather:
 * Game attendance: 35,417
 * Referee:
 * TV announcers:

Scoring Drives:


 * Cleveland – Costello 21 fumble run (Groza kick)
 * Cleveland – FG Groza 37
 * Cleveland – Scales 12 run (Groza kick)
 * Pittsburgh – Hoak 1 run (Michaels kick)
 * Cleveland – Brown 15 pass from Ryan (Groza kick)
 * Cleveland – FG Groza 51
 * Cleveland – Brown 1 run (Groza kick)
 * Cleveland – Green 8 pass from Ryan (Groza kick)
 * Pittsburgh – Dial 6 pass from Brown (Michaels kick)

Week 8 (Sunday November 4, 1962): Minnesota Vikings
at Forbes Field, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania


 * Game time:
 * Game weather:
 * Game attendance: 14,642
 * Referee:
 * TV announcers:

Scoring Drives:


 * Pittsburgh – Johnson 2 run (Michaels kick)
 * PIttsburgh – Womack 3 run (Michaels kick)
 * Minnesota – Mason 37 pass from Tarkenton (Christopherson kick)
 * Minnesota – Ferguson 19 pass from Tarkenton (Christopherson kick)
 * Pittsburgh – Safety, Huth recovered fumble in end zone, covered by Stautner
 * PIttsburgh – FG Michaels 32
 * Pittsburgh – Johnson 2 run (Michaels kick)
 * Minnesota Reichow 4 pass from Tarkenton (Christopherson kick)
 * Pittsburgh – FG Michaels 38
 * Minnesota – Ferguson 59 pass from Tarkenton (Christopherson kick)
 * Minnesota – FG Christopherson 42
 * Pittsburgh – FG Michaels
 * Pittsburgh – Hoak 16 run (Michaels kick)

Week 9 (Sunday November 11, 1962): St. Louis Cardinals
at Busch Stadium, St. Louis, Missouri


 * Game time:
 * Game weather:
 * Game attendance: 20,265
 * Referee:
 * TV announcers:

Scoring Drives:


 * St. Louis – Crow 22 run (Perry kick)
 * Pittsburgh – FG Michaels 27
 * St. Louis – FG Perry 22
 * Pittsburgh – Carpenter 9 pass from Layne (kick failed)
 * St. Louis – Gautt 1 run (Perry kick)
 * Pittsburgh – Hoak 5 run (Michaels kick)
 * Pittsburgh – Johnson 5 run (Michaels kick)
 * Pittsburgh – FG Michaels 8

Week 10 (Sunday November 18, 1962): Washington Redskins
at Forbes Field, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania


 * Game time:
 * Game weather:
 * Game attendance: 21,231
 * Referee:
 * TV announcers:

Scoring Drives:


 * Pittsburgh – FG Michaels 37
 * Washington – Cunningham 10 pass from Snead (Khayat kick)
 * Pittsburgh – FG Michaels 18
 * Washington – Anderson 46 pass from Snead (Khayat kick)
 * Washington – Barnes 32 run (Khayat kick)
 * Pittsburgh – Mack 20 pass from Brown (Michaels kick)
 * Pittsburgh – Dial 9 pass from Brown (Michaels kick)
 * Pittsburgh – FG Michaels 24

Week 11 (Sunday November 25, 1962): Cleveland Browns
at Cleveland Municipal Stadium, Cleveland, Ohio


 * Game time:
 * Game weather:
 * Game attendance: 53,601
 * Referee:
 * TV announcers:

Scoring Drives:


 * Cleveland – Brown 34 pass from Ryan (Groza kick)
 * Cleveland – Collins 12 pass from Ryan (Groza kick)
 * Pittsburgh – Womack 15 run (Michaels kick)
 * Cleveland – Renfro 31 pass from Ryan (Groza kick)
 * Pittsburgh – Johnson 6 run (Michaels kick)
 * Cleveland – Brown 1 run (Groza kick)
 * Cleveland – Brown 1 run (Groza kick)

Week 12 (Sunday December 2, 1962): St. Louis Cardinals
at Forbes Field, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania


 * Game time:
 * Game weather:
 * Game attendance: 17,285
 * Referee:
 * TV announcers:

Scoring Drives:


 * Pittsburgh – Daniel 49 interception return (Michaels kick)
 * Pittsburgh – FG Michaels 35
 * Pittsburgh – FG Michaels 36
 * Pittsburgh – FG Michaels 23
 * St. Louis – Randle 12 pass from Johnson (Perry kick)
 * Pittsburgh – FG Michaels 10

Week 13 (Sunday December 9, 1962): Philadelphia Eagles
at Franklin Field, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania


 * Game time:
 * Game weather:
 * Game attendance: 60,671
 * Referee: George Rennix
 * TV announcers:

Scoring Drives:


 * Philadelphia – Retzlaff 7 pass from Jurgensen (Walston kick)
 * Pittsburgh – Carpenter 12 pass from Brown (Michaels kick)
 * Pittsburgh – FG Michaels 21
 * Pittsburgh – Johnson 1 run (Michaels kick)
 * Philadelphia – Retzlaff 49 pass from Jurgensen (Walston kick)
 * Philadelphia – FG Wittenborn 18
 * Pittsburgh – FG Michaels 46
 * Pittsburgh – FG Michaels 28
 * Pittsburgh – FG Michaels 29

Week 14 (Sunday December 16, 1962): Washington Redskins
at D.C. Stadium, Washington, DC


 * Game time:
 * Game weather:
 * Game attendance: 34,508
 * Referee:
 * TV announcers:

Scoring Drives:


 * Washington – FG Khayat 33
 * Pittsburgh – Dial 39 pass from Layne (Michaels kick)
 * Pittsburgh – Hoak 1 run (Michaels kick)
 * Washington – James 25 pass from Izo (Khayat kick)
 * Pittsburgh – FG Michaels 38
 * Pittsburgh – FG Michaels 13
 * Pittsburgh – Carpenter 23 pass from Layne (Michaels kick)
 * Washington – James 49 pass from Izo (Khayat kick)
 * Washington – Anderson 26 pass from Izo (Khayat kick)