1960 Pittsburgh Steelers season

NFL team season August 2023 March 2026 Pittsburgh Steelers 1960 5–6–1 5th NFL Eastern Buddy Parker Art Rooney Forbes FieldPitt Stadium Did not qualify Steelers seasons The 1960 Pittsburgh Steelers season was the franchise's 28th in the National Football League. They compiled a 5–6–1 record and a fifth-place finish under head coach Buddy Parker while playing their home games at Forbes Field and Pitt Stadium. Offseason NFL draft 1960 NFL draft 1960 Pittsburgh Steelers 1 6 Jack Spikes Halfback TCU no 5 55 Abner Haynes Halfback North Texas State yes no 7 76 Leonard Wilson Back Purdue no 7 78 Lonnie Dennis Guard BYU no 8 90 Dan Lanphear Defensive end Wisconsin no no Roster 1960 Pittsburgh Steelers 10 Rudy Bukich 22 Bobby Layne K 35 John Henry Johnson 28 Rex Johnston y 39 Larry Krutko 34 Charley Scales y 30 Tom Tracy K 84 Buddy Dial 86 Jimmy Orr 88 Pete Brewster 40 Preston Carpenter 72 Byron Beams T 57 Ed Beatty C 55 Dan James American football y T 76 Ken Longenecker y no T 65 John Nisby G 62 Mike Sandusky G 68 Ron Stehouwer y G/T 74 Frank Varrichione T 64 John Kapele y DE 75 Joe Krupa DT 71 Joe Lewis American football DT 73 Will Renfro DE 77 Billy Ray Smith Sr. DE 70 Ernie Stautner DT/DE 82 George Tarasovic DE/OLB 66 Dick Campbell American football OLB 36 Rudy Hayes OLB 50 John Reger OLB/MLB 37 Mike Henry American football MLB 43 Tom Barnett American football CB 27 Dean Derby CB 47 Dicky Moegle CB/FS 20 Jack Morris American football SS 24 Fred Williamson y SS 42 Junior Wren FS 89 Bobby Joe Green y P 44 Bert Rechichar K/CB IR CB/LB/K 26 Joe Scudero S (Retired) 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 as the first game in the Toronto Series, played on August 14th, 2008, and in which the Steelers lost to the Bills by a score of 24–21. Regular season Schedule Week Date Opponent Result Record Venue 1 September 24, 1960 at Dallas Cowboys W 35–28 1–0 Cotton Bowl 2 October 2 at Cleveland Browns L 20–28 1–1 Cleveland Municipal Stadium 3 October 9 New York Giants L 17–19 1–2 Pitt Stadium 4 October 16 St. Louis Cardinals W 27–14 2–2 Forbes Field 5 October 23 at Washington Redskins T 27–27 2–2–1 Griffith Stadium 6 October 30 Green Bay Packers L 13–19 2–3–1 Forbes Field 7 November 6 at Philadelphia Eagles L 7–34 2–4–1 Franklin Field 8 November 13 at New York Giants L 24–27 2–5–1 Yankee Stadium 9 November 20 Cleveland Browns W 14–10 3–5–1 Forbes Field 10 November 27 Washington Redskins W 22–10 4–5–1 Forbes Field 11 Bye 12 December 11 Philadelphia Eagles W 27–21 5–5–1 Forbes Field 13 December 18 at St. Louis Cardinals L 7–38 5–6–1 Busch Stadium Saturday night (September 24) A bye week was necessary in 1960, as the league expanded to an odd-number (13) of teams (Dallas); one team was idle each week. Game summaries Week 1 (Saturday September 24, 1960): Dallas Cowboys Steelers 7 7 14 7 Cowboys 14 7 7 0 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 (Sunday October 2, 1960): Cleveland Browns Steelers 0 0 7 13 Browns 7 14 0 7 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 (Sunday October 9, 1960): New York Giants Giants 0 12 0 7 Steelers 7 0 7 3 thumb|right|110px|program 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 (Sunday October 16, 1960): St. Louis Cardinals Cardinals 0 0 0 14 Steelers 6 7 7 7 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 (Sunday October 23, 1960): Washington Redskins Steelers 7 3 7 10 Redskins 7 3 7 10 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 (Sunday October 30, 1960): Green Bay Packers Packers 9 3 0 7 Steelers 0 7 0 6 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 (Sunday November 6, 1960): Philadelphia Eagles Steelers 0 0 0 7 Eagles 14 3 7 10 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 (Sunday November 13, 1960): New York Giants Steelers 14 10 0 0 Giants 7 7 3 10 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 (Sunday November 20, 1960): Cleveland Browns Browns 0 0 3 7 Steelers 7 0 0 7 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 (Sunday November 27, 1960): Washington Redskins Redskins 0 0 7 3 Steelers 6 7 3 6 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 (Sunday December 11, 1960): Philadelphia Eagles Eagles 0 0 0 21 Steelers 13 14 0 0 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 Jurgensen (Walston kick) Philadelphia – Brown 7 run (Walston kick) Philadelphia – McDonald 19 pass from Jurgensen (Walston kick) Week 13 (Sunday December 18, 1960): St. Louis Cardinals Steelers 0 7 0 0 Cardinals 0 7 17 14 at Busch Stadium I, 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 References External links 1960 Pittsburgh Steelers statistics at jt-sw.com 1960 Pittsburgh Steelers season at NFL.com 1960 Pittsburgh Steelers at Pro-Football-Reference.com 1960 Pittsburgh Steelers Highlights at youtube.com Category:Pittsburgh Steelers seasons Pittsburgh Steelers Pittsburgh Steel