1964 Pittsburgh Steelers season

The 1964 Pittsburgh Steelers season was the 32nd in franchise history. The team played all of their home games at Pitt Stadium, and won five games, while losing nine, resulting in a fifth-place finish in the NFL Eastern Conference. Following the season, the Steelers dismissed head coach Buddy Parker and replaced him with Mike Nixon.

Regular season

Schedule

Game summaries

Week 1 (Sunday September 13, 1964): Los Angeles Rams

at Pitt Stadium, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

• Game time:
• Game weather:
• Game attendance: 33,988
• Referee:
• TV announcers:

Scoring drives:

• Los Angeles – FG Gossett 9 0–3
• Los Angeles – FG Gossett 39 0–6
• Los Angeles – Wilson 1 run (Gossett kick)0–13
• Pittsburgh – Ballman 25 pass from Brown (Clark kick)7–13
• Los Angeles – Allen 10 pass from Munson (kick failed)7–19
• Los Angeles – Lundy 14 interception return (Gossett kick)7–26
• Pittsburgh – King 4 run (Clark kick)14–26

Week 2 (Sunday September 20, 1964): New York Giants

at Pitt Stadium, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

• Game time:
• Game weather:
• Game attendance: 33,053
• Referee:
• TV announcers:

Scoring drives:

• New York Giants – Barnes 26 interception (Chandler kick)0–7
• New York Giants – Webster 2 run (Chandler kick)0–14
• Pittsburgh – Hinton 8 interception return (kick failed)6–14
• Pittsburgh – Johnson 2 pass from Brown (Clark kick)13–14
• Pittsburgh – Brown 2 run (Chandler kick)20–14
• New York Giants – James 2 run (Chandler kick)20–21
• Pittsburgh – Brown 1 run (Clark kick)27–21
• New York Giants – FG Chandler 22 27–24

Week 3 (Sunday September 26, 1964): Dallas Cowboys

at Pitt Stadium, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

• Game time:
• Game weather:
• Game attendance: 33,594
• Referee:
• TV announcers:

Scoring drives:

• Pittsburgh – FG Clark 3–0
• Dallas – FG Van Raaphorst 16 3–3
• Pittsburgh – Ballman 32 pass from Brown (kick failed)9–3
• Dallas – Clarke 7 pass from Meredith (Van Raaphorst kick)9–10
• Pittsburgh – Kelly 21 pass from Brown (Clark kick)16–10
• Pittsburgh – King 4 pass from Brown (Clark kick)23–10

Week 4 (Sunday October 4, 1964): Philadelphia Eagles

at Franklin Field, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

• Game time:
• Game weather:
• Game attendance: 59,394
• Referee: Bud Brubaker
• TV announcers:

Scoring drives:

• Philadelphia – T. Brown 23 pass from Snead (Baker kick)0–7
• Philadelphia – T. Brown 87 pass from Snead (Baker kick)0–14
• Philadelphia – Retzlaff 31 pass from Snead (Baker kick)0–21
• Pittsburgh – J. Bradshaw 33 run with recovered fumble (Clark kick)7–21

Week 5 (Saturday October 10, 1964): Cleveland Browns

at Cleveland Municipal Stadium, Cleveland, Ohio

• Game time:
• Game weather:
• Game attendance: 80,530
• Referee:
• TV announcers:

John Henry Johnson rushed for 200 yards.

Scoring drives:

• Pittsburgh – FG Clark 21 3–0
• Pittsburgh – Johnson 33 run (Clark kick)10–0
• Pittsburgh – Johnson 45 run (kick failed)16–0
• Cleveland – Collins 18 pass from Ryan (Groza kick)16–7
• Pittsburgh – Johnson 5 run (Clark kick)23–7

Week 6 (Sunday October 18, 1964): Minnesota Vikings

at Metropolitan Stadium, Bloomington, Minnesota

• Game time:
• Game weather:
• Game attendance: 39,873
• Referee:
• TV announcers:

Scoring Drives:

• Pittsburgh – FG Clark 12 3–0
• Minnesota – Brown 6 pass from Tarkenton (kick failed)6–3
• Pittsburgh – Hoak 17 pass from Brown (Clark kick)10–6
• Minnesota – Brown 59 pass from Tarkenton (Cox kick)10–13
• Minnesota – Brown 1 run (Cox kick)10–20
• Minnesota – FG Cox 25 10–23
• Minnesota – Hawkins 56 interception return (Cox kick)10–30

Week 7 (Sunday October 25, 1964): Philadelphia Eagles

at Pitt Stadium, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

• Game time:
• Game weather:
• Game attendance: 38,393
• Referee: George Rennix
• TV announcers:

Scoring drives:

• Philadelphia – Concannon 15 run (Baker kick)0–7
• Pittsburgh – Peaks 70 run (Clark kick)7–7
• Philadelphia – Mack 53 pass from Snead (Baker kick)7–14
• Philadelphia – FG Baker 14 7–17
• Pittsburgh – FG Clark 13 10–17
• Philadelphia – FG Baker 47 10–20
• Philadelphia – Snead 1 run (Baker kick) 10–27
• Philadelphia – Cross 94 interception return (Baker kick)10–34

Week 8 (Sunday November 1, 1964): Cleveland Browns

at Pitt Stadium, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

• Game time:
• Game weather:
• Game attendance: 49,568
• Referee:
• TV announcers:

Scoring drives:

• Cleveland – FG Groza 36 0–3
• Cleveland – McNeil 25 pass from Ryan (Groza kick)0–10
• Pittsburgh – Peaks 5 run (Clark kick)7–10
• Pittsburgh – FG Clark 26 10–10
• Cleveland – Green 7 run (Groza kick)10–17
• Cleveland – FG Groza 22 10–20
• Cleveland – FG Groza 16 10–23
• Pittsburgh – Johnson 1 run (Clark kick)17–23
• Cleveland – Green 13 run (Groza kick)17–30

Week 9 (Sunday November 8, 1964): St. Louis Cardinals

at Busch Stadium, St. Louis, Missouri

• Game time:
• Game weather:
• Game attendance: 28,245
• Referee:
• TV announcers:

Scoring drives:

• St. Louis – FG Bakken 12 0–3
• Pittsburgh – FG Clark 19 3–3
• St. Louis – Gautt 2 run (Bakken kick)3–10
• Pittsburgh – FG Clark 43 6–10
• St. Louis – FG Bakken 16 6–13
• Pittsburgh – Ballman 28 pass from Brown13–13
• Pittsburgh – FG Clark 38 16–13
• St. Louis – Conrad 2 pass from Johnson (Bakken kick)16–20
• St. Louis – Gambrell 8 pass from Johnson (Bakken kick)16–27
• St. Louis – Meinert 18 interception return (Bakken kick)16–34
• Pittsburgh – Hoak 22 pass from Nelsen (Clark kick)23–34
• Pittsburgh – Ballman 29 pass from Nelsen (Clark kick)30–34

Week 10 (Sunday November 15, 1964): Washington Redskins

at Pitt Stadium, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

• Game time:
• Game weather:
• Game attendance: 31,587
• Referee:
• TV announcers:

Scoring drives:

• Washington – Taylor 3 run (Martin kick)0–7
• Washington – Coia 80 pass from Jurgensen (kick failed)0–13
• Washington – Taylor 80 pass from Jurgensen (Martin kick)0–20
• Washington – Sample 15 interception (Martin kick)0–27
• Washington – FG Martin 31 0–30

Week 11 (Sunday November 22, 1964): New York Giants

at Yankee Stadium, The Bronx, New York

• Game time:
• Game weather:
• Game attendance: 62,691
• Referee:
• TV announcers:

Scoring drives:

• Pittsburgh – FG Clark 10 3–0
• Pittsburgh – Thomas 13 pass from Brown (Clark kick)10–0
• Pittsburgh – Johnson 10 run (Clark kick)17–0
• New York Giants FG Chandler 22 yd FG17–3
• Pittsburgh – Ballman 22 pass from Brown (Clark kick)24–3
• Pittsburgh – FG Clark 28 27–3
• Pittsburgh – Johnson 2 run (Clark kick)34–3
• Pittsburgh – FG Clark 23 37–3
• New York Giants – Wood 8 run (Chandler kick)37–10
• Pittsburgh – Hoak 5 run (Clark kick)44–10
• New York Giants – Barnes recovered fumble in end zone (Chandler kick)44–17

Week 12 (Sunday November 29, 1964): St. Louis Cardinals

at Pitt Stadium, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

• Game time:
• Game weather:
• Game attendance: 27,807
• Referee:
• TV announcers:

Scoring drives:

• St. Louis – Crow 5 run (Bakken kick)0–7
• Pittsburgh – FG Clark 30 3–7
• Pittsburgh – J. Bradshaw 47 fumble return (Clark kick)10–7
• Pittsburgh – Hoak 3 run (Clark kick) 17–7
• Pittsburgh – FG Clark 36 20–7
• St. Louis – Smith 42 pass from Johnson (Bakken kick)20–14
• St. Louis – Fischer 49 fumble return (Bakken kick)20–21

Week 13 (Sunday December 6, 1964): Washington Redskins

at D.C. Stadium, Washington, DC

• Game time:
• Game weather:
• Game attendance: 42,219
• Referee:
• TV announcers:

Scoring drives:

• Pittsburgh – Johnson 4 run (Clark kick)7–0
• Washington – Taylor 36 run (Martin kick)7–7
• Pittsburgh – Ballman 47 pass from Brown (Clark kick)14–7

Week 14 (December 13, 1964): Dallas Cowboys

at Cotton Bowl, Dallas, Texas

• Game time:
• Game weather:
• Game attendance: 35,271
• Referee:
• TV announcers:

Scoring drives:

• Dallas – FG Van Raaphorst 10 0–3
• Dallas – Norman 8 pass from Meredith (Van Raaphorst kick)0–10
• Pittsburgh – Hoak 3 pass from Brown (Clark kick)7–10
• Dallas – Dunn 3 run (Van Raaphorst kick)7–17
• Pittsburgh – Ballman 36 pass from Brown (Clark kick)14–17

Standings

Roster

References