1965 Pittsburgh Steelers season

1965 Pittsburgh Steelers season
Head Coach	Mike Nixon
Home Field	Pitt Stadium
Results
Record	2–12
Place	7th NFL Eastern
Playoff Finish	did not qualify
Timeline
Previous season	Next season
1964	1966

Regular season

Schedule

Week	Date	Opponent	Time (ET)	Result
1	September 19, 1965	Green Bay Packers		L 41–9
2	September 26, 1965	at San Francisco 49ers		L 27–17
3	October 3, 1965	New York Giants		L 23–13
4	October 9, 1965	at Cleveland Browns		L 24–19
5	October 17, 1965	St. Louis Cardinals		L 20–7
6	October 24, 1965	at Philadelphia Eagles		W 20–14
7	October 31, 1965	Dallas Cowboys		W 22–13
8	November 7, 1965	at St. Louis Cardinals		L 21–17
9	November 14, 1965	at Dallas Cowboys		L 24–17
10	November 21, 1965	Washington Redskins		L 31–3
11	November 28, 1965	Cleveland Browns		L 42–21
12	December 5, 1965	at New York Giants		L 35–10
13	December 12, 1965	Philadelphia Eagles		L 47–13
14	December 19, 1965	at Washington Redskins		L 35–14

Game summaries

Week 1 (Sunday September 19, 1965): Green Bay Packers

	1	2	3	4	OT
Packers	0	7	13	21	41
Steelers	0	9	0	0	9

at Pitt Stadium, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

• Game time:
• Game weather:
• Game attendance: 38,383
• Referee:
• TV announcers:

Scoring Drives:

• Pittsburgh – FG Clark 21
• Pittsburgh – FG Clark 34
• Green Bay – Adderley 34 interception (Chandler kick)
• Pittsburgh – FG Clark 32
• Green Bay – Fleming 31 pass from Starr (Chandler kick)
• Green Bay – FG Chandler 9
• Green Bay – FG Chandler 19
• Green Bay – Hornung 10 pass from Starr (Chandler kick)
• Green Bay – Pitts 2 run (Chandler kick)
• Green Bay – Pitts 2 run (Chandler kick)

Week 2 (Sunday September 26, 1965): San Francisco 49ers

	1	2	3	4	OT
Steelers	7	0	10	0	17
49ers	7	6	7	7	27

at Kezar Stadium, San Francisco, California

• Game time:
• Game weather:
• Game attendance: 30,140
• Referee:
• TV announcers:

Scoring Drives:

• San Francisco – Crow 49 pass from Brodie (Davis kick)
• Pittsburgh – Hoak 1 run (Clark kick)
• San Francisco – FG Davis 37
• San Francisco – FG Davis 27
• Pittsburgh – FG Clark 32
• San Francisco – Wiltard 9 run (Davis kick)
• Pittsburgh – Campbell 15 fumble return (Clark kick)
• San Francisco – Brodie 4 run (Davis kick)

Week 3 (Sunday October 3, 1965): New York Giants

	1	2	3	4	OT
Giants	7	7	0	9	23
Steelers	0	3	3	7	13

at Pitt Stadium, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

• Game time:
• Game weather:
• Game attendance: 31,871
• Referee:
• TV announcers:

Scoring Drives:

• New York Giants – Thurlow 6 run (Stynchula kick)
• Pittsburgh – FG Clark 22
• New York Giants – Morrison 4 pass form Morrall (Stynchula kick)
• Pittsburgh – FG Clark 48
• New York Giants – FG Timberlake 43
• Pittsburgh – Hoak 1 run (Clark kick)
• New York Giants – Thomas 29 pass form Morrall (kick failed)

Week 4 (Saturday October 9, 1965): Cleveland Browns

	1	2	3	4	OT
Steelers	0	6	6	7	19
Browns	10	0	7	7	24

at Cleveland Municipal Stadium, Cleveland, Ohio

• Game time:
• Game weather:
• Game attendance: 80,187
• Referee:
• TV announcers:

Scoring Drives:

• Cleveland – FG Groza 38
• Cleveland – Brown 4 pass from Ryan (Groza kick)
• Pittsburgh – Nelsen 1 run (kick failed)
• Pittsburgh – Hoak – 42 run (kick failed)
• Cleveland – Brown 1 run (Groza kick)
• Pittsburgh – Hoak 15 run (Clark kick)
• Cleveland – Collins 14 pass from Ryan (Groza kick)

Week 5 (Sunday October 17, 1965): St. Louis Cardinals

	1	2	3	4	OT
Cardinals	7	0	3	10	20
Steelers	7	0	0	0	7

at Pitt Stadium, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

• Game time:
• Game weather:
• Game attendance: 31,085
• Referee:
• TV announcers:

Scoring Drives:

• St. Louis – Randle 8 pass from Johnson (Bakken kick)
• Pittsburgh – Ballman 5 run (Clark kick)
• St. Louis – FG Bakken 32
• St. Louis – Conrad 71 pass from Johnson (Bakken kick)
• St. Louis – FG Bakken 35

Week 6 (Sunday October 24, 1965): Philadelphia Eagles

	1	2	3	4	OT
Steelers	6	7	7	0	20
Eagles	7	0	0	7	14

at Franklin Field, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

• Game time:
• Game weather:
• Game attendance: 56,515
• Referee:
• TV announcers:

Scoring Drives:

• Philadelphia – Gros 4 run (Baker kick)
• Pittsburgh – Daniel 17 fumble return (kick failed)
• Pittsburgh – J. Bradshaw 82 interception return (Clark kick)
• Pittsburgh – Lind 4 pass from Nelsen (Clark kick)
• Philadelphia – Poage 14 pass from Concannon (Baker kick)

Week 7 (Sunday October 31, 1965): Dallas Cowboys

	1	2	3	4	OT
Cowboys	6	0	7	0	13
Steelers	0	19	0	3	22

at Pitt Stadium, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

• Game time:
• Game weather:
• Game attendance: 37,804
• Referee:
• TV announcers:

Scoring Drives:

• Dallas – Smith 2 pass from Meredith (kick failed)
• Pittsburgh – Hoak 2 pass from Nelsen (kick failed)
• Pittsburgh – Ballman 20 pass from Nelsen (kick failed)
• Pittsburgh – Ballman 72 pass from Nelsen (Clark kick)
• Dallas – Gent 8 pass from Meredith (Villanueva kick)
• Pittsburgh – FG Clark 18

Week 8 (Sunday November 7, 1965): St. Louis Cardinals

	1	2	3	4	OT
Steelers	3	0	0	14	17
Cardinals	0	7	7	7	21

at Busch Stadium, St. Louis, Missouri

• Game time:
• Game weather:
• Game attendance: 31,899
• Referee:
• TV announcers:

Scoring Drives:

• Pittsburgh – FG Clark 11
• St. Louis – Triplett 3 run (Bakken kick)
• St. Louis – Randle 15 pass from Johnson (Bakken kick)
• Pittsburgh – Jefferson 50 pass from Nelsen (Clark kick)
• Pittsburgh – Lind 2 run (Clark kick)
• St. Louis – Gambrell 59 pass from Johnson (Bakken kick)

Week 9 (Sunday November 14, 1965): Dallas Cowboys

	1	2	3	4	OT
Steelers	7	0	10	0	17
Cowboys	7	3	0	14	24

at Cotton Bowl, Dallas, Texas

• Game time:
• Game weather:
• Game attendance: 57,293
• Referee:
• TV announcers:

Scoring Drives:

• Pittsburgh – Hoak 3 run (Clark kick)
• Dallas – Clarke 1 pass from Meredith (Villanueva kick)
• Dallas – FG Villanueva 33
• Pittsburgh – FG Clark 32
• Pittsburgh – Folkins 18 fumble return (Clark kick)
• Dallas – Reeves 2 run (Villanueva kick)
• Dallas – Hayes 28 pass from Meredith (Villanueva kick)

Week 10 (Sunday November 21, 1965): Washington Redskins

	1	2	3	4	OT
Redskins	0	10	14	7	31
Steelers	3	0	0	0	3

at Pitt Stadium, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

• Game time:
• Game weather:
• Game attendance: 25,052
• Referee:
• TV announcers:

Scoring Drives:

• Pittsburgh – FG Clark 34
• Washington – Lewis 1 run (Jencks kick)
• Washington – FG Jencks 9
• Washington – Taylor 8 run (Jencks kick)
• Washington – Coia 45 pass from Jurgensen (Jencks kick)
• Washington – Harris 57 punt return (Jencks kick)

Week 11 (Sunday November 28, 1965): Cleveland Browns

	1	2	3	4	OT
Browns	0	7	14	21	42
Steelers	0	0	7	14	21

at Pitt Stadium, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

• Game time:
• Game weather:
• Game attendance: 42,757
• Referee:
• TV announcers:

Scoring Drives:

• Cleveland – Kelly 56 punt return (Groza kick)
• Cleveland – Brown 2 run (Groza kick)
• Cleveland – Brown 2 run (Groza kick)
• Pittsburgh – Ballman 87 pass from Nelsen (Clark kick)
• Cleveland – Brown 15 run (Groza kick)
• Pittsburgh – Butler 43 pass from Nelsen (Clark kick)
• Cleveland – Brewer 25 pass from Ninowski (Groza kick)
• Pittsburgh – Thomas 80 pass from Nelsen (Clark kick)
• Cleveland – Brown 27 pass from Ninowski (Groza kick)

Week 12 (Sunday December 5, 1965): New York Giants

	1	2	3	4	OT
Steelers	3	7	0	0	10
Giants	7	21	0	7	35

at Yankee Stadium, The Bronx, New York

• Game time:
• Game weather:
• Game attendance: 62,735
• Referee:
• TV announcers:

Scoring Drives:

• New York Giants – Shofner 33 pass from Morrall (Timberlake kick)
• Pittsburgh – FG Clark 25
• Pittsburgh – Ballman 1 run (Clark kick)
• New York Giants – Frederickson 13 run (Timberlake kick)
• New York Giants – Frederickson 3 run (Timberlake kick)
• New York Giants – Frederickson 19 pass from Morrall (Timberlake kick)
• New York Giants – Jones 28 pass from Wood (Timberlake kick)

Week 13 (Sunday December 12, 1965): New York Giants

	1	2	3	4	OT
Eagles	27	7	6	7	47
Steelers	0	13	0	0	13

at Pitt Stadium, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

• Game time:
• Game weather:
• Game attendance: 22,002
• Referee:
• TV announcers:

Scoring Drives:

• Philadelphia – Gros 2 run (Baker kick)
• Philadelphia – Retzlaff 13 pass from Snead (kick failed)
• Philadelphia – Matson 8 run (Baker kick)
• Philadelphia – Baughan 33 interception return (Baker kick)
• Philadelphia – Nettles 56 interception return (Baker kick)
• Pittsburgh – Ballman 20 pass from Wade (Clark kick)
• Pittsburgh – Woodson 61 interception return (kick failed)
• Philadelphia – Tarasovic 40 interception return (kick failed)
• Philadelphia – Lang 8 run (Baker kick)

Week 14 (December 19, 1965): Washington Redskins

	1	2	3	4	OT
Steelers	0	14	0	0	14
Redskins	14	14	7	0	35

at D.C. Stadium, Washington, DC

• Game time:
• Game weather:
• Game attendance: 49,806
• Referee:
• TV announcers:

Scoring Drives:

• Washington – Lewis 10 pass from Jurgensen (Jencks kick)
• Washington – Harris 34 interception (Jencks kick)
• Pittsburgh – Ballman 2 run (Clark kick)
• Washington – Walters 63 interception return (Jencks kick)
• Pittsburgh – Ballman 44 pass from Wade (Clark kick)
• Washington – Pellegrini 31 fumble return (Jencks kick)
• Washington – Hughley 4 pass from Jurgensen (Jencks kick)

Standings

NFL Eastern
	W	L	T	PCT	PF	PA	STK
Cleveland Browns	11	3	0	.786	363	325	W-1
New York Giants	7	7	0	.500	270	338	L-1
Dallas Cowboys	7	7	0	.500	325	280	W-3
Washington Redskins	6	8	0	.429	257	301	W-1
Philadelphia Eagles	5	9	0	.357	363	359	L-1
St. Louis Cardinals	5	9	0	.357	296	309	L-6
Pittsburgh Steelers	2	12	0	.143	202	397	L-7