1963 Pittsburgh Steelers season
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| 1963 Pittsburgh Steelers season | |
|---|---|
| Head Coach | Buddy Parker |
| Home Field | Forbes Field |
| Results | |
| Record | 7-4-3 |
| Place | 4th NFL Eastern Conference |
| Playoff Finish | none |
| Timeline | |
| Previous Season | Next Season |
| 1962 | 1964 |
[edit] Regular season
[edit] Schedule
[edit] Game Summaries
[edit] Week 1 (Sunday September 15, 1963): Philadelphia Eagles
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Steelers | 0 | 6 | 0 | 15 | 21 |
| Eagles | 7 | 0 | 7 | 7 | 21 |
at Franklin Field, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
- Game time:
- Game weather:
- Game attendance: 58,205
- Referee:
- TV announcers:
Scoring Drives:
- Philadelphia - McDonald 13 pass from Jurgensen (Clark kick)
- Pittsburgh - FG Michaels 38
- Pittsburgh - FG Michaels 50
- Philadelphia - Smith 6 pass from Jurgensen (Clark kick)
- Pittsburgh - FG Michaels 17
- Pittsburgh - Johnson 1 run (kick failed)
- Philadelphia - McDonald 75 pass from Jurgensen (Clark kick)
- Pittsburgh - Johnson 11 pass from Brown (kick failed)
[edit] Week 2 (Sunday September 22, 1963): New York Giants
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Giants | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Steelers | 0 | 10 | 0 | 21 | 31 |
at [[Pitt Stadium], Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
- Game time:
- Game weather:
- Game attendance: 46,068
- Referee:
- TV announcers:
Scoring Drives:
- Pittsburgh - Hoak 1 run (Michaels kick)
- Pittsburgh - FG Michaels 11
- Pittsburgh - Hoak 2 pass from Brown (Michaels kick)
- Pittsburgh - Johnson 1 run (Michaels kick)
- Pittsburgh - Dial 46 pass from Brown (Michaels kick)
[edit] Week 3 (Sunday September 29, 1963): St. Louis Cardinals
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cardinals | 7 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 10 |
| Steelers | 3 | 3 | 0 | 17 | 23 |
at Forbes Field, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
- Game time:
- Game weather:
- Game attendance: 28,225
- Referee:
- TV announcers:
Scoring Drives:
- St. Louis - Triplett 63 run (Bakken kick)
- Pittsburgh - FG Michaels 21
- Pittsburgh - FG Michaels 40
- St. Louis - FG Bakken 28
- Pittsburgh - Hoak 1 run (Michaels kick)
- Pittsburgh - FG Michaels 21
- Pittsburgh - Ferguson 4 run (Michaels kick)
[edit] Week 4 (Saturday October 5, 1963): Cleveland Browns
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Steelers | 3 | 17 | 3 | 0 | 23 |
| Browns | 7 | 7 | 7 | 21 | 42 |
at Cleveland Municipal Stadium, Cleveland, Ohio
- Game time:
- Game weather:
- Game attendance: 84,684
- Referee:
- TV announcers:
Scoring Drives:
- Pittsburgh - FG Michaels 18
- Cleveland - Brown 8 run (Groza kick)
- Pittsburgh - FG Michaels 8
- Pittsburgh - Dial 24 pass from Brown (Michaels kick)
- Cleveland - Collins 15 pass from Ryan (Groza kick)
- Pittsburgh - Dial 41 pass from Brown (Michaels kick)
- Cleveland - Ryan 13 run (Groza kick)
- Pittsburgh - FG Michaels 8
- Cleveland - Collins 20 pass from Ryan (Groza kick)
- Cleveland - Krietling 19 pass from Ryan (Groza kick)
[edit] Week 5 (Sunday October 13, 1963): St. Louis Cardinals
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Steelers | 3 | 17 | 3 | 0 | 23 |
| Cardinals | 3 | 0 | 7 | 14 | 24 |
at Busch Stadium, St. Louis, Missouri
- Game time:
- Game weather:
- Game attendance: 23,715
- Referee:
- TV announcers:
Scoring Drives:
- St. Louis - FG Bakken 44
- Pittsburgh - FG Michaels 45
- Pittsburgh - Mack 83 pass from Brown (Michaels kick)
- Pittsburgh - FG Michaels 47
- Pittsburgh - Brown 1 run (Michaels kick)
[edit] Week 6 (Sunday October 20, 1963): Washington Redskins
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Redskins | 3 | 14 | 7 | 3 | 27 |
| Steelers | 7 | 10 | 7 | 14 | 38 |
at Pitt Stadium, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
- Game time:
- Game weather:
- Game attendance: 41,987
- Referee:
- TV announcers:
- Pittsburgh - Brown 1 run (Michaels kick)
- Washington - FG Khayat 49
- Pittsburgh - Hoak 8 run (Michaels kick)
- Pittsburgh - FG Michaels 9
- Washington - Snead 1 run (Khayat kick)
- Washington - James 36 pass from Snead (Khayat kick)
- Washington - James 5 run (Khayat kick)
- Pittsburgh - Hoak 1 run (Michaels kick)
- Washington - FG Khayat 15
- Pittsburgh - Haley 24 interception return (Michaels kick)
- Pittsburgh - Dial 4 pass from Brown (Michaels kick)
[edit] Week 7 (Sunday October 27, 1963): Dallas Cowboys
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cowboys | 7 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 21 |
| Steelers | 0 | 6 | 7 | 0 | 13 |
at Forbes Field, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
- Game time:
- Game weather:
- Game attendance: 19,047
- Referee:
- TV announcers:
Scoring Drives:
- Dallas - Clarke 5 pass from Meredith (Baker kick)
- Dallas - Folkins 35 pass from Meredith (Baker kick)
- Pittsburgh - Dial 83 pass from Browns (kick failed)
- Dallas - Howton 13 pass from Meredith (Baker kick)
- Pittsburgh - Dial 25 pass from Brown (Tracy kick)
- Pittsburgh - Dial 14 pass from Brown (Tracy kick)
- Pittsburgh - Mack 85 pass from Brown (Michaels kick)
[edit] Week 8 (Sunday November 3, 1963): Green Bay Packers
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Steelers | 7 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 14 |
| Packers | 3 | 6 | 14 | 10 | 33 |
at Milwaukee County Stadium, Milwaukee, Wisconsin
- Game time:
- Game weather:
- Game attendance:
- Referee:
- TV announcers:
Scoring Drives:
- Pittsburgh - Hoak 2 run (Michaels kick)
- Green Bay - FG Kramer 23
- Green Bay - FG Kramer 36
- Green Bay - FG Kramer 12
- Green Bay - Taylor 1 run (Kramer kick)
- Green Bay - Pitts 2 run (Kramer kick)
- Green Bay - FG Kramer 37
- Pittsburgh - Mack 33 pass from Brown (Michaels kick)
- Green Bay - Pitts 1 run (Kramer kick)
[edit] Week 9 (Sunday November 10, 1963): Cleveland Browns
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Browns | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 7 |
| Steelers | 0 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 9 |
at Pitt Stadium, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
- Game time:
- Game weather:
- Game attendance: 54,497
- Referee:
- TV announcers:
Scoring Drives:
- Cleveland - Collins 4 pass from Ryan (Groza kick)
- Pittsburgh - Safety, Brown tackled by Schmitz in end zone
- Pittsburgh - Ballman 9 pass from Brown (Michaels kick)
[edit] Week 10 (Sunday November 17, 1963): Washington Redskins
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Steelers | 7 | 7 | 10 | 10 | 34 |
| Redskins | 7 | 7 | 0 | 14 | 28 |
at D.C. Stadium, Washington, DC
- Game time:
- Game weather:
- Game attendance: 42,219
- Referee:
- TV announcers:
Scoring Drives:
- Washington - Crabb 53 interception return (Khayat kick)
- Pittsburgh - Johnson 3 run (Michaels kick)
- Washington - Mitchell 19 pass from Snead (Khayat kick)
- Pittsburgh - Ballman 67 pass from Brown (Khayat kick)
- Pittsburgh - Johnson 1 run (Michaels kick)
- Pittsburgh - FG Michaels 27
- Washington - Mitchell 20 pass from Barnes (Khayat kick)
- Pittsburgh - FG Michaels 18
- Washington - Richter 21 pass from Snead (Khayat kick)
- Pittsburgh - Ballman 92 kickoff return (Michaels kick)
[edit] Week 11 (Sunday November 24, 1963): Chicago Bears
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bears | 7 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 17 |
| Steelers | 0 | 14 | 0 | 3 | 17 |
at Forbes Field, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
- Game time:
- Game weather:
- Game attendance: 36,465
- Referee:
- TV announcers:
Scoring Drives:
- Chicago - Galimore 1 run (Jencks kick)
- Pittsburgh - Hoak 6 run (Michaels kick)
- Chicago - Bull 1 run (Jencks kick)
- Pittsburgh - Curry 31 pass from Brown (Michaels kick)
- Pittsburgh - FG Michaels 11
- Chicago - FG Leclerc 18
[edit] Week 12 (Sunday December 1, 1963): Philadelphia Eagles
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Eagles | 0 | 14 | 3 | 3 | 20 |
| Steelers | 0 | 3 | 0 | 17 | 20 |
at Forbes Field, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
- Game time:
- Game weather:
- Game attendance: 15,721
- Referee:
- TV announcers:
Scoring Drives:
- Pittsburgh - FG Michaels 10
- Philadelphia - Retzlalr 24 pass from Hill (Clark kick)
- Philadelphia - Brown 14 run (Clark kick)
- Philadelphia - FG Clark 23
- Pittsburgh - Ballman 57 pass from Brown (Michaels kick)
- Philadelphia - FG Clark 40
- Pittsburgh - Ballman 8 pass from Brown (Michaels kick)
- Pittsburgh - FG Michaels 24
[edit] Week 13 (Sunday December 8, 1963): Dallas Cowboys
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Steelers | 0 | 17 | 0 | 7 | 24 |
| Cowboys | 9 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 19 |
- Game time:
- Game weather:
- Game attendance: 24,136
- Referee:
- TV announcers:
Scoring Drives:
- Dallas - FG Baker 53
- Dallas - Meredith 2 run (kick failed)
- Pittsburgh - Dial 55 pass from Brown (Michaels kick)
- Pittsburgh - Carpenter 28 pass from Brown (Michaels kick)
- Pittsburgh - FG Michaels 24
- Dallas - FG Baker 46
- Dallas - Meredith 4 run (Baker kick)
- Pittsburgh - Sapp 24 run (Michaels kick)
[edit] Week 14 (December 15, 1963): New York Giants
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Steelers | 0 | 3 | 14 | 0 | 17 |
| Giants | 9 | 7 | 14 | 3 | 33 |
at Yankee Stadium, The Bronx, New York
- Game time:
- Game weather:
- Game attendance: 63,240
- Referee:
- TV announcers:
Scoring Drives:
- New York Giants - FG Chandler 34
- New York Giants - Shotner 41 pass from Tittle (kick failed)
- New York Giants - Morrison 3 pass from Tittle (Chandler kick)
- Pittsburgh - FG Michaels 27
- Pittsburgh - Ballman 21 pass from Brown (Michaels kick)
- New York Giants - Morrison 22 pass from Tittle (Chandler kick)
- New York Giants - Morrison 1 run (Chandler kick)
- Pittsburgh - Dial 40 pass from Brown (Michaels kick)
- New York Giants - FG Chandler 41
[edit] References
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| Cleveland | Baltimore |
| Dallas | Chicago |
| NY Giants | Detroit |
| Philadelphia | Green Bay |
| Pittsburgh | Los Angeles |
| St. Louis | Minnesota |
| Washington | San Francisco |
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