1962 Pittsburgh Steelers season | |
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Head Coach | Buddy Parker |
Home Field | Forbes Field |
Results | |
Record | 9–5 |
Place | 2nd NFL Eastern |
Playoff Finish | did not qualify |
Timeline | |
Previous Season | Next Season |
1961 | 1963 |
The 1962 Pittsburgh Steelers season was the franchise's 30th in the National Football League.
Roster[]
1962 Pittsburgh Steelers roster | |||||||||
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Quarterbacks
Running backs
Wide receivers
Tight ends
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Offensive linemen
Defensive linemen
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Linebackers
Defensive backs
Special teams
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Reserve lists
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Regular season[]
Schedule[]
Week | Date | Opponent | Result |
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1 | September 16 | at Detroit Lions | L 45–7 |
2 | September 23 | Dallas Cowboys | W 30–28 |
3 | September 30 | New York Giants | L 31–27 |
4 | October 6 | Philadelphia Eagles | W 13–7 |
5 | October 14, 1962 | at New York Giants | W 20–17 |
6 | October 21 | Dallas Cowboys | L 42–27 |
7 | October 28 | Cleveland Browns | L 41–14 |
8 | November 4 | Minnesota Vikings | W 39–31 |
9 | November 11 | at St. Louis Cardinals | W 26–17 |
10 | November 18 | Washington Redskins | W 23–21 |
11 | November 25 | at Cleveland Browns | L 35–14 |
12 | December 2 | St. Louis Cardinals | W 19–7 |
13 | December 9 | at Philadelphia Eagles | W 26–17 |
14 | December 16 | at Washington Redskins | W 27–24 |
Game summaries[]
Week 1 (Sunday September 16): Detroit Lions[]
Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total | |
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Steelers | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | {{{RTotal}}} | |
Lions | 0 | 21 | 7 | 17 | {{{HTotal}}} |
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): Dallas Cowboys[]
Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total | |
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Steelers | 0 | 21 | 2 | 7 | {{{RTotal}}} | |
Cowboys | 7 | 0 | 7 | 14 | {{{HTotal}}} |
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): New York Giants[]
Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total | |
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Giants | 3 | 14 | 7 | 7 | {{{RTotal}}} | |
Steelers | 14 | 3 | 3 | 7 | {{{HTotal}}} |
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): Philadelphia Eagles[]
Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total | |
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Eagles | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | {{{RTotal}}} | |
Steelers | 10 | 3 | 0 | 0 | {{{HTotal}}} |
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): New York Giants[]
Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total | |
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Steelers | 0 | 7 | 10 | 3 | {{{RTotal}}} | |
Giants | 3 | 0 | 7 | 7 | {{{HTotal}}} |
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): Dallas Cowboys[]
Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total | |
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Cowboys | 14 | 7 | 7 | 14 | {{{RTotal}}} | |
Steelers | 7 | 3 | 3 | 14 | {{{HTotal}}} |
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): Cleveland Browns[]
Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total | |
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Browns | 7 | 0 | 17 | 17 | {{{RTotal}}} | |
Steelers | 0 | 0 | 7 | 7 | {{{HTotal}}} |
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): Minnesota Vikings[]
Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total | |
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Vikings | 0 | 14 | 7 | 10 | {{{RTotal}}} | |
Steelers | 7 | 7 | 12 | 13 | {{{HTotal}}} |
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): St. Louis Cardinals[]
Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total | |
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Steelers | 3 | 6 | 0 | 17 | {{{RTotal}}} | |
Cardinals | 7 | 3 | 7 | 0 | {{{HTotal}}} |
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): Washington Redskins[]
Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total | |
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Redskins | 0 | 7 | 14 | 0 | {{{RTotal}}} | |
Steelers | 3 | 3 | 0 | 17 | {{{HTotal}}} |
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): Cleveland Browns[]
Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total | |
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Steelers | 0 | 0 | 7 | 7 | {{{RTotal}}} | |
Browns | 0 | 14 | 0 | 21 | {{{HTotal}}} |
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): St. Louis Cardinals[]
Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total | |
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Cardinals | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | {{{RTotal}}} | |
Steelers | 7 | 0 | 6 | 6 | {{{HTotal}}} |
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): Philadelphia Eagles[]
Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total | |
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Steelers | 0 | 17 | 0 | 9 | {{{RTotal}}} | |
Eagles | 7 | 0 | 10 | 0 | {{{HTotal}}} |
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): Washington Redskins[]
Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total | |
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Steelers | 7 | 7 | 6 | 7 | {{{RTotal}}} | |
Redskins | 3 | 0 | 7 | 14 | {{{HTotal}}} |
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)
Standings[]
NFL Eastern | |||||||
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W | L | T | PCT | PF | PA | STK | |
New York Giants | 12 | 2 | 0 | .857 | 398 | 283 | W-9 |
Pittsburgh Steelers | 9 | 5 | 0 | .643 | 312 | 363 | W-3 |
Cleveland Browns | 7 | 6 | 1 | .538 | 291 | 257 | W-1 |
Washington Redskins | 5 | 7 | 2 | .417 | 305 | 376 | L-1 |
Dallas Cowboys | 5 | 8 | 1 | .385 | 398 | 402 | L-2 |
St. Louis Cardinals | 4 | 9 | 1 | .308 | 287 | 356 | W-2 |
Philadelphia Eagles | 3 | 10 | 1 | .231 | 282 | 356 | L-2 |
References[]
- ↑ "1962 Pittsburgh Steelers Starters, Roster, & Players". Pro Football.
External links[]
- 1962 Pittsburgh Steelers season article at Wikipedia
- 1962 Pittsburgh Steelers season at Profootballreference.com
- 1962 Pittsburgh Steelers season statistics at jt-sw.com