1966 Pittsburgh Steelers season

NFL team season August 2023 March 2026 Pittsburgh Steelers 1966 5–8–1 6th NFL Eastern Bill Austin Art Rooney Pitt Stadium Did not qualify Steelers seasons K Mike Clark, RCB Brady Keys, RDE Ben McGee The 1966 Pittsburgh Steelers season was the team's 34th in the National Football League. Offseason NFL draft 1966 NFL draft 1966 Pittsburgh Steelers 1 3 Dick Leftridge Running back West Virginia yes no 2 19 Larry Gagner Guard Florida yes no 3 35 Pat Killorin Center Syracuse yes no 7 98 Emerson Boozer Running back Maryland State no yes 9 128 Dale Stewart Defensive end Pittsburgh no 10 143 Jerry Marion Defensive back Wyoming yes 11 158 Charley Washington Running back Grambling no 13 188 Benjy Dial Quarterback Eastern New Mexico no yes no Undrafted free agents + 1966 undrafted free agents of notePlayerPositionCollegeLarry DressellTackleDaytonDick KeenanDefensive endMontclair State Roster 1966 Pittsburgh Steelers 43 3 0 11 Ron Meyer quarterback y 14 Bill Nelsen 10 Ron Smith 30 Willie Asbury y 49 Amos Bullocks 23 Jim Butler American football 42 Dick Hoak 31 Dick Leftridge y 37 Bobby Smith running back 85 Gary Ballman 87 Roy Jefferson 25 Jerry Simmons wide receiver 86 J. R. Wilburn y 82 John Hilton American football 84 Tony Jeter y 71 Charlie Bradshaw offensive tackle T 79 Larry Gagner y G 77 Dan James American football T 55 Pat Killorin y C 68 Mike Magac G 73 Ray Mansfield C 72 Fran O'Brien American football T 61 Eli Strand G 62 Ralph Wenzel guard y G 78 John Baker DE 74 Riley Gunnels DT 64 Chuck Hinton American football DT 75 Ken Kortas DT 60 Ben McGee DE 65 Lloyd Voss DE 63 Rod Breedlove OLB 52 Gene Breen OLB 53 John Campbell American football OLB 50 Bill Saul MLB 34 Andy Russell American football OLB 44 Willie Daniel CB 29 Bob Hohn SS 26 Brady Keys CB 20 Paul Martha FS 28 Clendon Thomas SS 47 Marv Woodson CB 83 Mike Clark placekicker K 46 Frank Lambert P 24 Jim Bradshaw S IR 58 Roger Pillath T IR 33 Theron Sapp RB IR None - Vacant 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 note first This is the only game in NFL history with this final scorehttps://nflscorigami.com/ Scorigami nflscorigami.com 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 One: New York Giants (0-0) vs. Pittsburgh Steelers (0-0) - Game Summary Pittsburgh Steelers 1966 2;text-align:center; 17 0 3 17 7 10 7 7 Pitt Stadium, Pittsburgh September 11 64 °F °C Steelers Giants First Quarter New York Giants – Homer Jones 75-yard pass from Earl Morrall (Gogolak kick), Giants 7-0 Pittsburgh – Gary Ballman 9-yard pass from Bill Nelsen (Clark kick), 7–7 Second Quarter New York Giants – Bobby Crespino 19-yard pass from Earl Morrall (Gogolak kick), Giants 14-7 Pittsburgh – Willie Asbury 6-yard run (Clark kick), 14–14 New York Giants – Pete Gogolak 26-yard field goal, Giants 17-14 Third Quarter Pittsburgh – Simmons 21-yard pass from Bill Nelsen (Clark kick), Steelers 21–17 Pittsburgh – Mike Clark 25-yard field goal, Steelers 24–17 Pittsburgh – John Hilton 31-yard pass from Bill Nelsen (Clark kick), Steelers 31–17 Fourth Quarter New York Giants – Pete Gogolak 14-yard field goal, Steelers 31–20 New York Giants – Homer Jones 98-yard pass from Earl Morrall (Gogolak kick) Steelers 31–27 New York Giants – Wendall Harris 72-yard fumble return (Gogolak kick), Giants 34-31 Pittsburgh – Mike Clark 41-yard field goal, 34–34 Top Passers NYG – Earl Morrall: 10/18, 273 yds, 3 TD, 2 INT NE – Bill Nelson: 16/27, 265 yds, 3 TD Top rushers NYG – Chuck Mercien: 8 car, 14 yds PIT – Willie Asbury: 18 car, 83 yds. 1 TD Top receivers NYG – Homer Jones: 2 rec, 173 yds. 2 TD PIT – Gary Ballman: 5 rec, 114 yds. 1 TD Pro Football Reference Week 2 (Sunday September 18, 1966): Detroit Lions Lions 0 0 0 3 Steelers 3 0 7 7 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 Redskins 9 0 21 3 Steelers 0 14 10 3 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 Steelers 0 10 0 0 Redskins 10 0 7 7 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 Steelers 0 0 10 0 Browns 14 7 0 20 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 Eagles 0 14 0 17 Steelers 7 7 0 0 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 1966 Dallas Cowboys season Pittsburgh Steelers 1966 2; text-align:center collapsed Week Eight: Pittsburgh Steelers (1–4–1) at Dallas Cowboys (4–1–1) October 30 Steelers 7 7 7 0 Cowboys 0 24 21 7 Cotton Bowl, Dallas, Texas 58,453 64 F C Box Score First quarter PIT – Marv Woodson 56-yard interception return (Mike Clark kick). Steelers 7–0. Second quarter DAL – Dan Reeves 1-yard pass from Don Meredith (Danny Villanueva kick). Tie 7–7. Drive: DAL – Lee Roy Jordan 49-yard interception return (Danny Villanueva kick). Cowboys 14–7. DAL – Danny Villanueva 12-yard field goal. Cowboys 17–7. Drive: DAL – Dan Reeves 8-yard pass from Don Meredith (Danny Villanueva kick). Cowboys 24–7. Drive: PIT – Jim Butler 93-yard kickoff return (Mike Clark kick). Cowboys 24–14. Third quarter DAL – Mel Renfro 87-yard kickoff return (Danny Villanueva kick). Cowboys 31–14. DAL – Frank Clarke 22-yard pass from Don Meredith (Danny Villanueva kick). Cowboys 38–14. Drive: PIT – John Hilton 4-yard pass from Ron Smith (Mike Clark kick). Cowboys 38–21. Drive: DAL – Pete Gent 84-yard pass from Don Meredith (Danny Villanueva kick). Cowboys 45–21. Drive: Fourth quarter DAL – J.D. Smith 1-yard run (Danny Villanueva kick). Cowboys 52–21. Drive: Top passers PIT – Ron Smith – 8/25, 115 yards, TD DAL – Don Meredith – 11/25, 226 yards, 4 TD, 3 INT Top rushers PIT – Jim Butler – 5 rushes, 9 yards DAL – Dan Reeves – 13 rushes, 66 yards Top receivers PIT – Roy Jefferson – 4 receptions, 74 yards DAL – Pete Gent – 1 reception, 84 yards, TD Week 9 vs Browns Pittsburgh Steelers 1966 2; text-align:center collapsed Week Nine: Cleveland Browns (5–2) at Pittsburgh Steelers (1–5–1) November 6, 1966 Browns 0 6 0 0 Steelers 0 3 3 10 Pitt Stadium, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 36,690 35 F C Box Score left Cleveland Browns Browns Pittsburgh Steelers Steelers Frank Ryan 19/37, 228 Yds, TD, 5 INT Leroy Kelly 19 Rush, 82 Yds Gary Collins 7 Rec, 93 Yds, TD Ron Smith 11/19, 151 Yds, TD Willie Asbury 17 Rush, 94 Yds Gary Ballman 7 Rec, 88 Yds, TD CLE PIT collapsed 2 Browns RecTD Gary Collins Frank Ryan 24 no good run/pass good/failed/incomplete 6 0 2 Steelers FG 28 Mike Clark 6 3 2 Steelers FG 25 Mike Clark 6 6 3 Steelers RecTD Gary Ballman Ron Smith 8 good Mike Clark run/pass good/failed/incomplete 6 13 4 Steelers FG 42 Mike Clark 6 16 6 16 Week 10 (Sunday November 13, 1966): St. Louis Cardinals Cardinals 9 0 0 0 Steelers 3 10 3 14 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 Cowboys 0 10 3 7 Steelers 0 7 0 0 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 Steelers 3 0 0 0 Cardinals 3 0 3 0 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 Steelers 0 13 3 7 Eagles 3 10 7 7 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 Fourteen: Pittsburgh Steelers (3-8-1) at New York Giants (1-10-1) Pittsburgh Steelers 1966 2;text-align:center; 7 21 7 7 5 14 0 14 Yankee Stadium, New York City December 11 54 °F °C Giants Steelers First Quarter Pittsburgh – Safety, Spider Lockhart stepped out of endzone, Steelers 2-0. Pittsburgh – Mike Clark 12-yard field goal, Steelers 5–0. Second Quarter Pittsburgh – Amos Bullocks 13-yard pass from Bill Nelsen (Clark kick), Steelers 12–0. New York – Aaron Thomas 1-yard pass from Tom Kennedy (Gogolak kick), Steelers 12-7. Pittsburgh – Dick Leftridge 2-yard run (Clark kick), Steelers 19–7. New York – Homer Jones 82-yard pass from Tom Kennedy (Gogolak kick), Steelers 19–14. Third Quarter Pittsburgh – Willie Asbury 1-yard run (Clark kick), Steelers 26–14. Pittsburgh – Willie Asbury 1-yard run (Clark kick), Steelers 33–14. New York – Aaron Thomas 5-yard pass from Tom Kennedy (Gogolak kick), Steelers 33-21. Pittsburgh – Cannonball Butler 66-yard pass from Bill Nelsen (Clark kick), Steelers 40–21. Fourth Quarter Pittsburgh – Dick Leftridge 2-yard run (extra point pass successful), Steelers 47–21. New York – Bobby Crespino 16-yard pass from Tom Kennedy (Gogolak kick), Steelers 47-28. Top Passers Steelers – Bill Nelsen: 17/31, 322 yds, 2 TD, 1 INT Giants– Tom Kennedy: 14/24, 229 yds, 4 TD Top rushers Steelers – Willie Asbury: 9 car, 19 yds. 2 TD Giants – Allen Jacobs: 14 car, 60 yds Top receivers Steelers – Cannonball Butler: 2 rec, 80 yds. 1 TD Giants – Homer Jones: 3 rec, 111 yds. 1 TD Box Score Week 15 (Sunday December 18, 1966): Atlanta Falcons Steelers 6 23 21 7 Falcons 0 7 14 12 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 note References External links 1966 Pittsburgh Steelers at Pro-football-reference.com 1966 Pittsburgh Steelers at jt-sw.com Category:Pittsburgh Steelers seasons Pittsburgh Steelers Pittsburgh Steel