1962 Pittsburgh Steelers season

Regular season

Schedule

Game summaries

Week 1 (Sunday September 16, 1962): Detroit Lions

at Tiger Stadium, Detroit, Michigan

• Game time:
• Game weather:
• Game attendance: 46,641
• Referee:
• TV announcers:

Scoring Drives:

• Detroit – Cogdill 1 pass from Plum (Walker kick)
• Pittsburgh – Carpenter 43 pass from Brown (Michaels kick)
• Detroit – Pietrosante 22 run (Walker kick)
• Detroit – Cogdill 21 pass from Plum (Walker kick)
• Detroit – Lewis 1 run (Walker kick)
• Detroit – Lewis 1 run (Walker kick)
• Detroit – FG Walker 44
• Detroit – Studstill 9 pass from Plum (Walker kick)

Week 2 (Sunday September 23, 1962): Dallas Cowboys

at Cotton Bowl, Dallas, Texas

• Game time:
• Game weather:
• Game attendance: 19,478
• Referee:
• TV announcers:

Scoring Drives:

• Dallas – Lockett 29 pass from LeBaron (Baker kick)
• Pittsburgh – Womack 16 run (Michaels kick)
• Pittsburgh – Dial 38 pass from Layne (Michaels kick)
• Pittsburgh – Johnson 16 pass from Layne (Michaels kick)
• Dallas – Perkins 2 run (Baker kick)
• Pittsburgh – Safety, Dallas holding in end zone
• Dallas – Perkins 6 run (Baker kick)
• Pittsburgh – Womack 3 run (Michaels kick)
• Dallas – Clarke 13 pass from LeBaron (Baker kick)

Week 3 (Sunday September 30, 1962): New York Giants

at Forbes Field, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

• Game time:
• Game weather:
• Game attendance: 40,916
• Referee:
• TV announcers:

Scoring Drives:

• Pittsburgh – Womack 7 run (Michaels kick)
• New York Giants – FG Chandler 23
• Pittsburgh – Mack 28 pass from Layne (Michaels kick)
• New York Giants – Dudley 11 pass from Tittle (Chandler kick)
• Pittsburgh – FG Michaels 41
• New York GIants – Webster 58 pass from Tittle (Chandler kick)
• Pittsburgh – FG Michaels 33
• New York Giants – Gifford 27 pass from Tittle (Chandler kick)
• New York Giants – Shofner 16 pass from Tittle (Chandler kick)
• Pittsburgh – Johnson 1 run (Michaels kick)

Week 4 (Saturday October 6, 1962): Philadelphia Eagles

at Forbes Field, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

• Game time:
• Game weather:
• Game attendance: 23,164
• Referee:
• TV announcers:

Scoring Drives:

• Pittsburgh – FG Michaels 14
• Pittsburgh – Schmitz 24 interception return (Michaels kick)
• Pittsburgh – FG Michaels 10
• Philadelphia – McDonald 46 pass from Jurgensen (Walston kick)

Week 5 (Sunday October 14, 1962): New York Giants

at Yankee Stadium, The Bronx, New York

• Game time:
• Game weather:
• Game attendance: 62,808
• Referee:
• TV announcers:

Scoring Drives:

• New York Giants – FG Chandler 30
• Pittsburgh – Layne 1 run (Michaels kick)
• Pittsburgh – Johnson 5 pass from Layne (Michaels kick)
• New York Giants – Walton 21 pass from Tittle (Chandler kick)
• Pittsburgh – FG Michaels 16
• Pittsburgh – FG Michaels 9
• New York GIants – Gifford 16 pass from TIttle (Chandler kick)

Week 6 (Sunday October 21, 1962): Dallas Cowboys

at Forbes Field, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

• Game time:
• Game weather:
• Game attendance: 23,106
• Referee:
• TV announcers:

Scoring Drives:'

• Dallas – Perkins 1 run (Baker kick)
• Pittsburgh – Dial 26 pass from Layne (Michaels kick)
• Dallas – Howton 16 pass from LeBaron (Baker kick)
• Pittsburgh – FG Michaels 10
• Dallas – Clark 45 pass from LeBaron (Baker kick)
• Pittsburgh – FG Michaels 40
• Dallas – Clark 3 pass from LeBaron (Baker kick)
• Pittsburgh – Johnson 1 run (Michaels kick)
• Pittsburgh – Dial 9 pass form Layne (Michaels kick)
• Dallas – Clarke 13 pass from LeBaron (Baker kick)
• Dallas Folkins 26 pass from LeBaron (Baker kick)

Week 7 (Sunday October 28, 1962): Cleveland Browns

at Forbes Field, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

• Game time:
• Game weather:
• Game attendance: 35,417
• Referee:
• TV announcers:

Scoring Drives:

• Cleveland – Costello 21 fumble run (Groza kick)
• Cleveland – FG Groza 37
• Cleveland – Scales 12 run (Groza kick)
• Pittsburgh – Hoak 1 run (Michaels kick)
• Cleveland – Brown 15 pass from Ryan (Groza kick)
• Cleveland – FG Groza 51
• Cleveland – Brown 1 run (Groza kick)
• Cleveland – Green 8 pass from Ryan (Groza kick)
• Pittsburgh – Dial 6 pass from Brown (Michaels kick)

Week 8 (Sunday November 4, 1962): Minnesota Vikings

at Forbes Field, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

• Game time:
• Game weather:
• Game attendance: 14,642
• Referee:
• TV announcers:

Scoring Drives:

• Pittsburgh – Johnson 2 run (Michaels kick)
• PIttsburgh – Womack 3 run (Michaels kick)
• Minnesota – Mason 37 pass from Tarkenton (Christopherson kick)
• Minnesota – Ferguson 19 pass from Tarkenton (Christopherson kick)
• Pittsburgh – Safety, Huth recovered fumble in end zone, covered by Stautner
• PIttsburgh – FG Michaels 32
• Pittsburgh – Johnson 2 run (Michaels kick)
• Minnesota Reichow 4 pass from Tarkenton (Christopherson kick)
• Pittsburgh – FG Michaels 38
• Minnesota – Ferguson 59 pass from Tarkenton (Christopherson kick)
• Minnesota – FG Christopherson 42
• Pittsburgh – FG Michaels
• Pittsburgh – Hoak 16 run (Michaels kick)

Week 9 (Sunday November 11, 1962): St. Louis Cardinals

at Busch Stadium, St. Louis, Missouri

• Game time:
• Game weather:
• Game attendance: 20,265
• Referee:
• TV announcers:

Scoring Drives:

• St. Louis – Crow 22 run (Perry kick)
• Pittsburgh – FG Michaels 27
• St. Louis – FG Perry 22
• Pittsburgh – Carpenter 9 pass from Layne (kick failed)
• St. Louis – Gautt 1 run (Perry kick)
• Pittsburgh – Hoak 5 run (Michaels kick)
• Pittsburgh – Johnson 5 run (Michaels kick)
• Pittsburgh – FG Michaels 8

Week 10 (Sunday November 18, 1962): Washington Redskins

at Forbes Field, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

• Game time:
• Game weather:
• Game attendance: 21,231
• Referee:
• TV announcers:

Scoring Drives:

• Pittsburgh – FG Michaels 37
• Washington – Cunningham 10 pass from Snead (Khayat kick)
• Pittsburgh – FG Michaels 18
• Washington – Anderson 46 pass from Snead (Khayat kick)
• Washington – Barnes 32 run (Khayat kick)
• Pittsburgh – Mack 20 pass from Brown (Michaels kick)
• Pittsburgh – Dial 9 pass from Brown (Michaels kick)
• Pittsburgh – FG Michaels 24

Week 11 (Sunday November 25, 1962): Cleveland Browns

at Cleveland Municipal Stadium, Cleveland, Ohio

• Game time:
• Game weather:
• Game attendance: 53,601
• Referee:
• TV announcers:

Scoring Drives:

• Cleveland – Brown 34 pass from Ryan (Groza kick)
• Cleveland – Collins 12 pass from Ryan (Groza kick)
• Pittsburgh – Womack 15 run (Michaels kick)
• Cleveland – Renfro 31 pass from Ryan (Groza kick)
• Pittsburgh – Johnson 6 run (Michaels kick)
• Cleveland – Brown 1 run (Groza kick)
• Cleveland – Brown 1 run (Groza kick)

Week 12 (Sunday December 2, 1962): St. Louis Cardinals

at Forbes Field, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

• Game time:
• Game weather:
• Game attendance: 17,285
• Referee:
• TV announcers:

Scoring Drives:

• Pittsburgh – Daniel 49 interception return (Michaels kick)
• Pittsburgh – FG Michaels 35
• Pittsburgh – FG Michaels 36
• Pittsburgh – FG Michaels 23
• St. Louis – Randle 12 pass from Johnson (Perry kick)
• Pittsburgh – FG Michaels 10

Week 13 (Sunday December 9, 1962): Philadelphia Eagles

at Franklin Field, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

• Game time:
• Game weather:
• Game attendance: 60,671
• Referee: George Rennix
• TV announcers:

Scoring Drives:

• Philadelphia – Retzlaff 7 pass from Jurgensen (Walston kick)
• Pittsburgh – Carpenter 12 pass from Brown (Michaels kick)
• Pittsburgh – FG Michaels 21
• Pittsburgh – Johnson 1 run (Michaels kick)
• Philadelphia – Retzlaff 49 pass from Jurgensen (Walston kick)
• Philadelphia – FG Wittenborn 18
• Pittsburgh – FG Michaels 46
• Pittsburgh – FG Michaels 28
• Pittsburgh – FG Michaels 29

Week 14 (Sunday December 16, 1962): Washington Redskins

at D.C. Stadium, Washington, DC

• Game time:
• Game weather:
• Game attendance: 34,508
• Referee:
• TV announcers:

Scoring Drives:

• Washington – FG Khayat 33
• Pittsburgh – Dial 39 pass from Layne (Michaels kick)
• Pittsburgh – Hoak 1 run (Michaels kick)
• Washington – James 25 pass from Izo (Khayat kick)
• Pittsburgh – FG Michaels 38
• Pittsburgh – FG Michaels 13
• Pittsburgh – Carpenter 23 pass from Layne (Michaels kick)
• Washington – James 49 pass from Izo (Khayat kick)
• Washington – Anderson 26 pass from Izo (Khayat kick)

Standings

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