The 1966 Pittsburgh Steelers season was the team's 34th in the National Football League.
Offseason
NFL draft
Undrafted free agents
+ 1966 undrafted free agents of notePlayerPositionCollegeLarry DressellTackleDaytonDick KeenanDefensive endMontclair State
Roster
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 W 47–28 4–8–1 Yankee Stadium 15 December 18 at Atlanta Falcons W 57–33 5–8–1 Atlanta Stadium A bye week was necessary in 1966, as the league expanded to an odd-number (15) of teams (Atlanta); one team was idle each week.
Game summaries
Week 1 vs New York Giants
Week 2 (Sunday September 18, 1966): Detroit Lions
at Pitt Stadium, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Game time: Game weather: Game attendance: 35,473 Referee: TV announcers:
Scoring Drives:
Pittsburgh – FG Clark 13 3–0 Pittsburgh – Hilton 32 pass from R. Smith (Clark kick)10–0 Detroit – FG Walker 42 10–3 Pittsburgh – Jefferson 84 pass from R. Smith (Clark kick)17–3
Week 3 (Sunday September 25, 1966): Washington Redskins
at Pitt Stadium, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Game time: Game weather: Game attendance: 37,505 Referee: TV announcers:
Scoring Drives:
Washington – FG Gogolak 41 0–3 Washington – FG Gogolak 47 0–6 Washington – FG Gogolak 29 0–9 Pittsburgh – Ballman 49 pass from R. Smith (Clark kick)7–9 Pittsburgh – J. Bradshaw 27 interception return (Clark kick)14–9 Pittsburgh – Ballman 79 pass from R. Smith (Clark kick)21–9 Washington – Taylor 4 pass from Jurgensen (Gogolak kick)21–16 Pittsburgh – FG Clark 47 24–16 Washington – Mitchell 35 pass from Jurgensen (Gogolak kick)24–23 Washington – Taylor 2 run (Gogolak kick)24–30 Washington – FG Gogolak 15 24–33 Pittsburgh – FG Clark 42 27–33
Week 4 (Sunday October 2, 1966): Washington Redskins
at D.C. Stadium, Washington, DC
Game time: Game weather: Game attendance: 47,360 Referee: TV announcers:
Scoring Drives:
Washington – Taylor 60 pass from Jurgensen (Gogolak kick)0–7 Washington – FG Gogolak 12 0–10 Pittsburgh – Hoak 2 run (Clark kick)7–10 Pittsburgh – FG Clark 25 10–10 Washington – Mitchell 51 pass from Jurgensen (Gogolak kick)10–17 Washington – Mitchell 70 pass from Jurgensen (Gogolak kick)10–24
Week 5 (Saturday October 8, 1966): Cleveland Browns
at Cleveland Municipal Stadium, Cleveland, Ohio
Game time: Game weather: Game attendance: 82,687 Referee: TV announcers:
Scoring Drives:
Cleveland – Collins 23 pass from Ryan (Groza kick)0–7 Cleveland – Collins 14 pass from Ryan (Groza kick)0–14 Cleveland – Kelly 2 run (Groza kick)0–21 Pittsburgh – Jefferson 23 pass from Izo (Clark kick)7–21 Pittsburgh – FG Clark 16 10–21 Cleveland – Kelly 10 run (kick failed)10–27 Cleveland – Warfield 3 fumble return (Groza kick)10–34 Cleveland – R. Smith 24 pass from Ninowski (Groza kick)10–41
Week 6 (Sunday October 16, 1966): Philadelphia Eagles
at Pitt Stadium, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Game time: Game weather: Game attendance: 28,233 Referee: TV announcers:
Scoring Drives:
Pittsburgh – Asbury 37 pass from Izo (Clark kick)7–0 Philadelphia – Gros 11 run (Baker kick)7–7 Pittsburgh – Asbury 11 run (Clark kick)14–7 Philadelphia – Gros 1 run (Baker kick)14–14 Philadelphia – Brown 9 pass from Snead (Baker kick)14–21 Philadelphia – Goodwin 11 pass from Snead (Baker kick)14–28 Philadelphia – FG Baker 51 14–31
Week 8 at Cowboys
Week 9 vs Browns
Week 10 (Sunday November 13, 1966): St. Louis Cardinals
at Pitt Stadium, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Game time: Game weather: Game attendance: 28,552 Referee: TV announcers:
Scoring Drives:
St. Louis – FG Bakken 37 0–3 St. Louis – FG Bakken 17 0–6 St. Louis – FG Bakken 12 0–9 Pittsburgh – FG Clark 40 3–9 Pittsburgh – Russell 14 blocked punt return (Clark kick)10–9 Pittsburgh – FG Clark 33 13–9 Pittsburgh – FG Clark 22 16–9 Pittsburgh – Hilton 11 pass from R. Smith (Clark kick)23–9 Pittsburgh – Jefferson 42 pass from Hoak30–9
Week 11 (Sunday November 20, 1966): Dallas Cowboys
at Pitt Stadium, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Game time: Game weather: Game attendance: 42,185 Referee: TV announcers:
Scoring Drives:
Dallas – Meredith 3 run (Villanueva kick)0–7 Dallas – FG Villandueva 27 0–10 Pittsburgh – Asbury 11 pass from R. Smith (Clark kick)7–10 Dallas – FG Villanueva 37 7–13 Dallas – Hayes 38 pass from Meredith (Villanueva kick)7–20
Week 12 (Sunday November 27, 1966): St. Louis Cardinals
at Busch Memorial Stadium, St. Louis, Missouri
Game time: Game weather: Game attendance: 46,099 Referee: TV announcers:
Scoring Drives:
Pittsburgh – FG Clark 47 3–0 St. Louis – FG Bakken 26 3–3 St. Louis – FG Bakken 15 3–6
Week 13 (Sunday December 4, 1966): Philadelphia Eagles
at Franklin Field, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Game time: Game weather: Game attendance: 54,275 Referee: TV announcers:
Scoring Drives:
Philadelphia – FG Baker 35 0–3 Pittsburgh – Asbury 7 run (Clark kick)7–3 Pittsburgh – FG Clark 37 10–3 Philadelphia – Woodeshick 3 run (Baker kick)10–10 Philadelphia – FG Baker 22 10–13 Pittsburgh – FG Clark 32 13–13 Pittsburgh – FG Clark 35 16–13 Philadelphia – Woodeshick 1 run (Baker kick)16–20 Philadelphia – Concannon 1 run (Baker kick)16–27 Pittsburgh – Asbury 2 run (Clark kick)23–27
Week 14 at New York Giants
Week 15 (Sunday December 18, 1966): Atlanta Falcons
at Atlanta Stadium, Atlanta, Georgia
Game time: Game weather: Game attendance: 56,229 Referee: TV announcers:
Scoring Drives:
Pittsburgh – FG Clark 22 3–0 Pittsburgh – FG Clark 19 6–0 Pittsburgh – Ballman 12 pass from Nelsen (Clark kick)13–0 Pittsburgh – Bullocks 13 run (Clark kick)20–0 Atlanta – Coffey 1 run (Kirouac kick)20–7 Pittsburgh – Butler 1 run (run failed)26–7 Pittsburgh – FG Clark 21 29–7 Atlanta – Ridlehuber 53 pass from Johnson (Kirouac kick)29–14 Pittsburgh – Butler 1 run (Clark kick)36–14 Pittsburgh – Jefferson 68 pass from Nelsen (Clark kick)43–14 Pittsburgh – Thomas 23 fumble return (Clark kick)50–14 Atlanta – Ridlehuber 19 pass form Johnson (Kirouac kick)50–21 Pittsburgh – Asbury 2 run (Clark kick)57–21 Atlanta – Anderson 62 pass from Claridge (kick failed)57–27 Atlanta – Anderson 12 pass from Claridge (kick failed)57–33
Standings
Notes
References
External links 1966 Pittsburgh Steelers season at Profootballreference.com 1966 Pittsburgh Steelers season statistics at jt-sw.com