1960 Pittsburgh Steelers season | |
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Head Coach | Buddy Parker |
Home Field | Forbes Field |
Results | |
Record | 5–6–1 |
Place | 5th NFL Eastern |
Playoff Finish | did not qualify |
Timeline | |
Previous Season | Next Season |
1959 | 1961 |
The 1960 Pittsburgh Steelers season involved the team's fifth place finish in the Eastern Conference. They compiled a 5–6–1 record under head coach Buddy Parker, while playing their home games at Forbes Field.
Preseason[]
Among the Steelers' preseason games in 1960 was an exhibition match with the Toronto Argonauts of the Canadian Football League; the Steelers won handily, 43–16. Forty-eight years later, the Steelers returned to Toronto to face the Buffalo Bills in the first game in the Toronto Series.
Regular season[]
Schedule[]
Week | Date | Opponent | Result | Record |
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1 | September 24 | at Dallas | W 35–28 | 1-0 |
2 | October 2 | at Cleveland | L 28–20 | 1-1 |
3 | October 9 | New York | L 19–17 | 1-2 |
4 | October 16 | St. Louis | W 27–14 | 2-2 |
5 | October 23 | at Washington | T 27–27 | 2-2-1 |
6 | October 30 | Green Bay | L 19–13 | 2-3-1 |
7 | November 6 | at Philadelphia | L 34–7 | 2-4-1 |
8 | November 13 | at New York | L 27–24 | 2-5-1 |
9 | November 20 | Cleveland | W 14–10 | 3-5-1 |
10 | November 27 | Washington | W 22–10 | 4-5-1 |
11 | Bye week | |||
12 | December 11 | Philadelphia | W 27–21 | 5-5-1 |
13 | December 18 | at St. Louis | L 38–7 | 5-6-1 |
Game summaries[]
Week 1[]
Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total | |
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Steelers | 7 | 7 | 14 | 7 | 35 | |
Cowboys | 14 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 28 |
at Cotton Bowl, Dallas, Texas
- Game time:
- Game weather:
- Game attendance: 30,000
- Referee:
- TV announcers:
- Dallas – Doran 75 pass from LeBaron (Cone kick)
- Dallas – Dugan 7 pass from Lebaron (Cone kick)
- Pittsburgh – Carpenter 28 pass from Layne (Layne kick)
- Dallas – McIlhenny 5 run (Cone kick)
- Pittsburgh – Orr 6 pass from Layne (Layne kick)
- Pittsburgh – Dial 70 pass from Tracy (Layne kick)
- Dallas – Doran 54 pass from LeBaron (Cone kick)
- Pittsburgh – Carpenter 49 pass from Layne (Layne kick)
- Pittsburgh – Tracy 65 pass from Layne (Layne kick)
Scoring Drives:
Week 2[]
Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total | |
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Steelers | 0 | 0 | 7 | 13 | 20 | |
Browns | 7 | 14 | 0 | 7 | 28 |
at Cleveland Municipal Stadium, Cleveland, Ohio
- Game time:
- Game weather:
- Game attendance: 67,692
- Referee:
- TV announcers:
Scoring Drives:
- Cleveland – Plum 1 run (Baker kick)
- Cleveland – Mitchell 5 run (Baker kick)
- Cleveland – Kreitling 60 pass from Plum (Baker kick)
- Pittsburgh – Tracy 40 pass from Layne (Layne kick)
- Pittsburgh – Tracy 1 run (kick failed)
- Cleveland – Brown 2 run (Baker kick)
- Pittsburgh – Dial 3 pass from Layne (Rechichar kick)
Week 3[]
Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total | |
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Giants | 0 | 12 | 0 | 7 | 19 | |
Steelers | 7 | 0 | 7 | 3 | 17 |
at Forbes Field, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
- Game time:
- Game weather:
- Game attendance: 40,323
- Referee:
- TV announcers:
Scoring Drives:
- Pittsburgh – Orr 22 pass from Tracy (Rechichar kick)
- New York Giants – FG Summerall 41
- New York Giants – Safety, Johnson tackled in end zone by Grier
- New York Giants – Rote 9 pass from Shaw (Summerall kick)
- Pittsburgh – Dial 30 pass from Layne (Rechichar kick)
- Pittsburgh – FG Rechichar 11
- New York Giants – Gifford 44 pass from Conerly (Summerall kick)
Week 4[]
Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total | |
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Cardinals | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 14 | |
Steelers | 6 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 27 |
at Forbes Field, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
- Game time:
- Game weather:
- Game attendance: 22,971
- Referee:
- TV announcers:
Scoring Drives:
- Pittsburgh – FG Rechichar 42
- Pittsburgh – FG Rechichar 31
- Pittsburgh – Tracy 4 run (Rechichar kick)
- Pittsburgh – Dial 26 pass from Layne (Rechichar kick)
- St. Louis – Crow 6 run (Conrad kick)
- St. Louis – Mestnik 2 run (Conrad kick)
- Pittsburgh – Orr 51 pass from Tracy (Rechichar kick)
Week 5[]
Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total | |
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Steelers | 7 | 3 | 7 | 10 | 27 | |
Redskins | 7 | 3 | 7 | 10 | 27 |
at Griffith Stadium, Washington, DC
- Game time:
- Game weather:
- Game attendance: 25,292
- Referee:
- TV announcers:
Scoring Drives:
- Washington – Olszewski 1 run (Khayat kick)
- Pittsburgh – Tracy 5 pass from Bukich (Layne kick)
- Washington – FG Khayat 15
- Pittsburgh – FG Layne 17
- Pittsburgh – Lewis recovered fumble in end zone (Layne kick)
- Washington – Walton 35 pass from Guglielmi (Khayat kick)
- Washington – Anderson 12 pass from Guglielmi (Khayat kick)
- Pittsburgh – FG Layne 15
- Pittsburgh – Dial 27 pass from Bukich (Layne kick)
- Washington – FG Khayat 43
Week 6[]
Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total | |
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Packers | 9 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 19 | |
Steelers | 0 | 7 | 0 | 6 | 13 |
at Forbes Field, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
- Game time:
- Game weather:
- Game attendance: 30,155
- Referee:
- TV announcers:
Scoring Drives:
- Green Bay – FG Hornung 35
- Green Bay – FG Hornung 35
- Green Bay – FG Hornung 45
- Green Bay – FG Hornung 17
- Pittsburgh – Tracy 37 pass from Layne (Layne kick)
- Pittsburgh – Dial 48 pass from Layne (pass failed)
- Green Bay – Taylor 1 run (Hornung kick)
Week 7[]
Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total | |
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Steelers | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 7 | |
Eagles | 14 | 3 | 7 | 10 | 34 |
at Franklin Field, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
- Game time:
- Game weather:
- Game attendance: 58,324
- Referee: John Pace
- TV announcers:
Scoring Drives:
- Philadelphia – Barnes 9 run (Walston kick)
- Philadelphia – McDonald 24 pass from Van Brocklin (Walston kick)
- Philadelphia – FG Walston 21
- Philadelphia – McDonald 39 pass from Van Brocklin (Walston kick)
- Philadelphia – FG Walston 11
- Pittsburgh – Dial 50 pass from Tracy (Layne kick)
- Philadelphia – McDonald 26 pass from Van Brocklin (Walston kick)
Week 8[]
Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total | |
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Steelers | 14 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 24 | |
Giants | 7 | 7 | 3 | 10 | 27 |
at Yankee Stadium, Bronx, New York
- Game time:
- Game weather:
- Game attendance: 63,321
- Referee:
- TV announcers:
Scoring Drives:
- Pittsburgh – Layne 1 run (Layne kick)
- Pittsburgh – Tracy 1 run (Layne kick)
- New York Giants – Gifford 6 run (Summerall kick)
- Pittsburgh – FG Layne 10
- Pittsburgh – Dial 7 pass from Layne (Layne kick)
- New York Giants – Gifford 57 pass from Conerly (Summerall kick)
- New York Giants – FG Summerall 43
- New York Giants – Gifford 27 pass from Conerly (Summerall kick)
- New York Giants – FG Summerall 37
Week 9[]
Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total | |
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Browns | 0 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 10 | |
Steelers | 7 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 14 |
at Forbes Field, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
- Game time:
- Game weather:
- Game attendance: 35,215
- Referee:
- TV announcers:
Scoring Drives:
- Pittsburgh – Johnson 3 run (Layne kick)
- Cleveland – FG Baker 19
- Cleveland Kreitling 6 pass from Plum (Baker kick)
- Pittsburgh – Tracy 4 run (Layne kick)
Week 10[]
Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total | |
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Redskins | 0 | 0 | 7 | 3 | 10 | |
Steelers | 6 | 7 | 3 | 6 | 22 |
at Forbes Field, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
- Game time:
- Game weather:
- Game attendance: 22,234
- Referee:
- TV announcers:
Scoring Drives:
- Pittsburgh – FG Tracy 37
- Pittsburgh – FG Tracy 31
- Pittsburgh – Tracy 28 run (Layne kick)
- Washington – James 49 pass from Guolielmi (Khayat kick)
- Pittsburgh – FG Layne 23
- Washington – FG Khayat 9
- Pittsburgh – FG Tracy 28
- Pittsburgh – FG Layne 11
Week 12[]
Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total | |
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Eagles | 0 | 0 | 0 | 21 | 21 | |
Steelers | 13 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 27 |
at Forbes Field, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
- Game time:
- Game weather:
- Game attendance: 22,101
- Referee:
- TV announcers:
Scoring Drives:
- Pittsburgh – Layne 6 run (Layne kick)
- Pittsburgh – Johnson 7 pass from Layne (kick failed)
- Pittsburgh – Johnson 87 run (Layne kick)
- Pittsburgh – Dial 15 pass from Johnson (Layne kick)
- Philadelphia – Brown 53 pass from sonny Jurgensen (Walston kick)
- Philadelphia – Brown 7 run (Walston kick)
- Philadelphia – McDonald 19 pass from Jurgensen (Walston kick)
Week 13[]
Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total | |
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Steelers | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 7 | |
Cardinals | 0 | 7 | 17 | 14 | 38 |
at Busch Stadium, St. Louis, Missouri
- Game time:
- Game weather:
- Game attendance: 20,840
- Referee:
- TV announcers:
Scoring Drives:
- St. Louis – Mestnik 1 run (Perry kick)
- Pittsburgh – Orr 49 pass from Layne (Layne kick)
- St. Louis – FG Perry 16
- St. Louis – Randle 14 pass from Roach (Perry kick)
- St. Louis – Randle 8 pass from Roach (Perry kick)
- St. Louis – Roach 1 run (Perry kick)
- St. Louis – Randle 33 pass from Roach (Perry kick)
Standings[]
Template:1960 Eastern Conference standings (NFL)
Roster[]
References[]
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