1960 Pittsburgh Steelers season

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[edit] 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 will return to Toronto to face the Buffalo Bills as the first game in the Toronto Series.

[edit] Regular season

[edit] Schedule

[edit] Game Summaries

[edit] Week 1 (Saturday September 24, 1960): Dallas Cowboys

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:

[edit] Week 2 (Sunday October 2, 1960): Cleveland Browns

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)

[edit] Week 3 (Sunday October 9, 1960): New York Giants

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)

[edit] Week 4 (Sunday October 16, 1960): St. Louis Cardinals

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)

[edit] Week 5 (Sunday October 23, 1960): Washington Redskins

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

[edit] Week 6 (Sunday October 30, 1960): Green Bay Packers

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)

[edit] Week 7 (Sunday November 6, 1960): Philadelphia Eagles

at Franklin Field, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

• Game time:
• Game weather:
• Game attendance: 58,324
• Referee:
• 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)

[edit] Week 8 (Sunday November 13, 1960): New York Giants

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

[edit] Week 9 (Sunday November 20, 1960): Cleveland Browns

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)

[edit] Week 10 (Sunday November 27, 1960): Washington Redskins

at Forbes Field, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

• Game time:
• Game weather:
• Game attendance:
• Referee:
• TV announcers:

Scoring Drives:

[edit] Week 12 (Sunday December 11, 1960): Philadelphia Eagles

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)

[edit] Week 13 (Sunday December 18, 1960): St. Louis Cardinals

at Busch Stadium, 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)

[edit] Roster

[edit] References

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