1966 Pittsburgh Steelers season
OwnerArt Rooney
Head coachBill Austin
Home fieldPitt Stadium
Local radioKDKA
Results
Record5–8–1
Division place6th NFL Eastern
Playoff finishDid not qualify
Pro BowlersK Mike Clark, RCB Brady Keys, RDE Ben McGee

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

Roster

1966 Pittsburgh Steelers final roster
Quarterbacks

Running backs

Wide receivers

Tight ends

Offensive linemen

Defensive linemen

Linebackers

Defensive backs

Special teams

Rookies in italics
49 active, 0 inactive, 5 practice squad

Regular season

Schedule

Week Date Opponent Result Record Venue
1 September 11 New York Giants T 34–34 0–0–1 Pitt Stadium
2 September 18 Detroit Lions W 17–3 1–0–1 Pitt Stadium
3 September 25 Washington Redskins L 27–33 1–1–1 Pitt Stadium
4 October 2 at Washington Redskins L 10–24 1–2–1 D.C. Stadium
5 October 8 at Cleveland Browns L 10–41 1–3–1 Cleveland Municipal Stadium
6 October 16 Philadelphia Eagles L 14–31 1–4–1 Pitt Stadium
7 Bye
8 October 30 at Dallas Cowboys L 21–52 1–5–1 Cotton Bowl
9 November 6 Cleveland Browns W 16–6 2–5–1 Pitt Stadium
10 November 13 St. Louis Cardinals W 30–9 3–5–1 Pitt Stadium
11 November 20 Dallas Cowboys L 7–20 3–6–1 Pitt Stadium
12 November 27 at St. Louis Cardinals L 3–6 3–7–1 Busch Stadium
13 December 4 at Philadelphia Eagles L 23–27 3–8–1 Franklin Field
14 December 11 at New York Giants W47–28 4–8–1 Yankee Stadium
15 December 18 at Atlanta Falcons W 57–33 [note 1] 5–8–1 Atlanta Stadium

Game summaries

Week 1 vs New York Giants

Week One: New York Giants (0-0) vs. Pittsburgh Steelers (0-0) - Game Summary
Period 1 2 34Total
Giants 7 10 01734
Steelers 7 7 17334

at Pitt Stadium, Pittsburgh

Game information

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

1 2 3 4 Total
Lions 0 0 0 3 3
Steelers 3 0 7 7 17

at Pitt Stadium, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

Scoring Drives:

Week 3 (Sunday September 25, 1966): Washington Redskins

1 2 3 4 Total
Redskins 9 0 21 3 33
Steelers 0 14 10 3 27

at Pitt Stadium, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

Scoring Drives:

Week 4 (Sunday October 2, 1966): Washington Redskins

1 2 3 4 Total
Steelers 0 10 0 0 10
Redskins 10 0 7 7 24

at D.C. Stadium, Washington, DC

Scoring Drives:

Week 5 (Saturday October 8, 1966): Cleveland Browns

1 2 3 4 Total
Steelers 0 0 10 0 10
Browns 14 7 0 20 41

at Cleveland Municipal Stadium, Cleveland, Ohio

Scoring Drives:

Week 6 (Sunday October 16, 1966): Philadelphia Eagles

1 2 3 4 Total
Eagles 0 14 0 17 31
Steelers 7 7 0 0 14

at Pitt Stadium, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

Scoring Drives:

Week 8 at Cowboys

See also: 1966 Dallas Cowboys season

Week Eight: Pittsburgh Steelers (1–4–1) at Dallas Cowboys (4–1–1)
Period 1 2 34Total
Steelers 7 7 7021
Cowboys 0 24 21752

at Cotton Bowl, Dallas, Texas

  • Date: October 30
  • Game weather: 64 °F (18 °C)
  • Game attendance: 58,453
  • Box Score
Game information

Week 9 vs Browns

Week Nine: Cleveland Browns (5–2) at Pittsburgh Steelers (1–5–1)
Period 1 2 34Total
Browns 0 6 006
Steelers 0 3 31016

at Pitt Stadium, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

  • Date: November 6, 1966
  • Game weather: 35 °F (2 °C)
  • Game attendance: 36,690
  • Box Score
Team Category Player Statistics
Browns Passing Frank Ryan 19/37, 228 Yds, TD, 5 INT
Rushing Leroy Kelly 19 Rush, 82 Yds
Receiving Gary Collins 7 Rec, 93 Yds, TD
Steelers Passing Ron Smith 11/19, 151 Yds, TD
Rushing Willie Asbury 17 Rush, 94 Yds
Receiving Gary Ballman 7 Rec, 88 Yds, TD

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

1 2 3 4 Total
Cardinals 9 0 0 0 9
Steelers 3 10 3 14 30

at Pitt Stadium, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

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Week 11 (Sunday November 20, 1966): Dallas Cowboys

1 2 3 4 Total
Cowboys 0 10 3 7 20
Steelers 0 7 0 0 7

at Pitt Stadium, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

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Week 12 (Sunday November 27, 1966): St. Louis Cardinals

1 2 3 4 Total
Steelers 3 0 0 0 3
Cardinals 3 0 3 0 6

at Busch Memorial Stadium, St. Louis, Missouri

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Week 13 (Sunday December 4, 1966): Philadelphia Eagles

1 2 3 4 Total
Steelers 0 13 3 7 23
Eagles 3 10 7 7 27

at Franklin Field, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

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Week 14 at New York Giants

Week Fourteen: Pittsburgh Steelers (3-8-1) at New York Giants (1-10-1)
Period 1 2 34Total
Steelers 5 14 21747
Giants 0 14 7728

at Yankee Stadium, New York City

  • Date: December 11
  • Game weather: 54 °F (12 °C)
  • Box Score
Game information

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

1 2 3 4 Total
Steelers 6 23 21 7 57
Falcons 0 7 14 12 33

at Atlanta Stadium, Atlanta, Georgia

Scoring Drives:

Standings

NFL Eastern Conference
W L T PCT CONF PF PA STK
Dallas Cowboys 10 3 1 .769 9–3–1 445 239 W1
Philadelphia Eagles 9 5 0 .643 8–5 326 340 W4
Cleveland Browns 9 5 0 .643 9–4 403 259 W1
St. Louis Cardinals 8 5 1 .615 7–5–1 264 265 L3
Washington Redskins 7 7 0 .500 7–6 351 355 L1
Pittsburgh Steelers 5 8 1 .385 4–8–1 316 347 W2
Atlanta Falcons 3 11 0 .214 2–5 204 437 L1
New York Giants 1 12 1 .077 1–11–1 263 501 L8

Note: Tie games were not officially counted in the standings until 1972.

Notes

  1. ^ This is the only game in NFL history with this final score[1]


References