1964 Pittsburgh Steelers season

Infobox NFL season
team = Pittsburgh Steelers
year = 1964
record = 5-9
division_place = 5th NFL Eastern Conference
coach = Buddy Parker
stadium = Pitt Stadium
playoffs = none
previous = 1963
next = 1965

Regular season

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Game Summaries

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

Linescore Amfootball
Road=Rams
R1=0
R2=13
R3=13
R4=0
Home=Steelers
H1=0
H2=7
H3=0
H4=7"at Pitt Stadium, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania"

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

Scoring drives:

* Los Angeles - FG Gossett 9
* Los Angeles - FG Gossett 39
* Los Angeles - Wilson 1 run (Gossett kick)
* Pittsburgh - Ballman 25 pass from Brown (Clark kick)
* Los Angeles - Allen 10 pass from Munson (kick failed)
* Los Angeles - Lundy 14 interception return (Gossett kick)
* Pittsburgh - King 4 run (Clark kick)

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

Linescore Amfootball
Road=Giants
R1=14
R2=0
R3=7
R4=3
Home=Steelers
H1=0
H2=13
H3=7
H4=7"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)
* New York Giants - Webster 2 run (Chandler kick)
* Pittsburgh - Hinton 8 interception return (kick failed)
* Pittsburgh - Johnson 2 pass from Brown (Clark kick)
* Pittsburgh - Brown 2 run (Chandler kick)
* New York Giants - James 2 run (Chandler kick)
* Pittsburgh - Brown 1 run (Clark kick)
* New York Giants - FG Chandler 22

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

Linescore Amfootball
Road=Cowboys
R1=3
R2=7
R3=0
R4=7
Home=Steelers
H1=3
H2=6
H3=14
H4=0"at Pitt Stadium, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania"

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

Scoring drives:

* Pittsburgh - FG Clark 36
* Dallas - FG Van Raaphorst 16
* Pittsburgh - Ballman 32 pass from Brown (kick failed)
* Dallas - Clarke 7 pass from Meredith (Van Raaphorst kick)
* Pittsburgh - Kelly 21 pass from Brown (Clark kick)
* Pittsburgh - King 4 pass from Brown (Clark kick)

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

Linescore Amfootball
Road=Steelers
R1=0
R2=0
R3=0
R4=7
Home=Eagles
H1=7
H2=7
H3=0
H4=7"at Franklin Field, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania"

* Game time:
* Game weather:
* Game attendance: 59,394
* Referee:
* TV announcers:

Scoring drives:

* Philadelphia - T. Brown 23 pass from Snead (Baker kick)
* Philadelphia - T. Brown 87 pass from Snead (Baker kick)
* Philadelphia - Retzlaff 31 pass from Snead (Baker kick)
* Pittsburgh - J. Bradshaw 33 run with recovered fumble (Clark kick)

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

Linescore Amfootball
Road=Steelers
R1=10
R2=6
R3=7
R4=0
Home=Browns
H1=0
H2=7
H3=0
H4=0"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
* Pittsburgh - Johnson 33 run (Clark kick)
* Pittsburgh - Johnson 45 run (kick failed)
* Cleveland - Collins 18 pass from Ryan (Groza kick)
* Pittsburgh - Johnson 5 run (Clark kick)

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

Linescore Amfootball
Road=Steelers
R1=3
R2=7
R3=0
R4=0
Home=Vikings
H1=6
H2=7
H3=7
H4=10"at Metropolitan Stadium, Bloomington, Minnesota"

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

Scoring Drives:

* Pittsburgh - FG Clark 12
* Minnesota - Brown 6 pass from Tarkenton (kick failed)
* Pittsburgh - Hoak 17 pass from Brown (Clark kick)
* Minnesota - Brown 59 pass from Tarkenton (Cox kick)
* Minnesota - Brown 1 run (Cox kick)
* Minnesota - FG Cox 25
* Minnesota - Hawkins 56 interception return (Cox kick)

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

Linescore Amfootball
Road=Eagles
R1=7
R2=10
R3=3
R4=14
Home=Steelers
H1=7
H2=0
H3=3
H4=0"at Pitt Stadium, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania"

* Game time:
* Game weather:
* Game attendance: 38,393
* Referee:
* TV announcers:

Scoring drives:

* Philadelphia - Concannon 15 run (Baker kick)
* Pittsburgh - Peaks 70 run (Clark kick)
* Philadelphia - Mack 53 pass from Snead (Baker kick)
* Philadelphia - FG Baker 14
* Pittsburgh - FG Clark 13
* Philadelphia - FG Baker 47
* Philadelphia - Snead 1 run (Baker kick)
* Philadelphia - Cross 94 interception return (Baker kick)

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

Linescore Amfootball
Road=Browns
R1=0
R2=10
R3=10
R4=10
Home=Steelers
H1=0
H2=10
H3=0
H4=7"at Pitt Stadium, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania"

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

Scoring drives:

* Cleveland - FG Groza 36
* Cleveland - McNeil 25 pass from Ryan (Groza kick)
* Pittsburgh - Peaks 5 run (Clark kick)
* Pittsburgh - FG Clark 26
* Cleveland - Green 7 run (Groza kick)
* Cleveland - FG Groza 22
* Cleveland - FG Groza 16
* Pittsburgh - Johnson 1 run (Clark kick)
* Cleveland - Green 13 run (Groza kick)

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

Linescore Amfootball
Road=Steelers
R1=3
R2=10
R3=3
R4=14
Home=Cardinals
H1=3
H2=10
H3=7
H4=14"at Busch Stadium, St. Louis, Missouri"

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

Scoring drives:

* St. Louis - FG Bakken 12
* Pittsburgh - FG Clark 19
* St. Louis - Gautt 2 run (Bakken kick)
* Pittsburgh - FG Clark 43
* St. Louis - FG Bakken 16
* Pittsburgh - Ballman 28 pass from Brown
* Pittsburgh - FG Clark 38
* St. Louis - Conrad 2 pass from Johnson (Bakken kick)
* St. Louis - Gambrell 8 pass from Johnson (Bakken kick)
* St. Louis - Meinert 18 interception return (Bakken kick)
* Pittsburgh - Hoak 22 pass from Nelsen (Clark kick)
* Pittsburgh - Ballman 29 pass from Nelsen (Clark kick)

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

Linescore Amfootball
Road=Redskins
R1=7
R2=13
R3=10
R4=0
Home=Steelers
H1=0
H2=0
H3=0
H4=0"at Pitt Stadium, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania"

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

Scoring drives:

* Washington - Taylor 3 run (Martin kick)
* Washington - Coia 80 pass from Jurgensen (kick failed)
* Washington - Taylor 80 pass from Jurgensen (Martin kick)
* Washington - Sample 15 interception (Martin kick)
* Washington - FG Martin 31

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

Linescore Amfootball
Road=Steelers
R1=3
R2=14
R3=20
R4=7
Home=Giants
H1=0
H2=3
H3=0
H4=14"at Yankee Stadium, The Bronx, New York"

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

Scoring drives:

* Pittsburgh - FG Clark 10
* Pittsburgh - Thomas 13 pass from Brown (Clark kick)
* Pittsburgh - Johnson 10 run (Clark kick)
* New York Giants FG Chandler 22 yd FG
* Pittsburgh - Ballman 22 pass from Brown (Clark kick)
* Pittsburgh - FG Clark 28
* Pittsburgh - Johnson 2 run (Clark kick)
* Pittsburgh - FG Clark 23
* New York Giants - Wood 8 run (Chandler kick)
* Pittsburgh - Hoak 5 run (Clark kick)
* New York Giants - Barnes recovered fumble in end zone (Chandler kick)

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

Linescore Amfootball
Road=Cardinals
R1=7
R2=0
R3=0
R4=14
Home=Steelers
H1=0
H2=3
H3=7
H4=10"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)
* Pittsburgh - FG Clark 30
* Pittsburgh - J. Bradshaw 47 fumble return (Clark kick)
* Pittsburgh - Hoak 3 run (Clark kick)
* Pittsburgh - FG Clark 36
* St. Louis - Smith 42 pass from Johnson (Bakken kick)
* St. Louis - Fischer 49 fumble return (Bakken kick)

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

Linescore Amfootball
Road=Steelers
R1=7
R2=0
R3=0
R4=7
Home=Redskins
H1=0
H2=7
H3=0
H4=0"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)
* Washington - Taylor 36 run (Martin kick)
* Pittsburgh - Ballman 47 pass from Brown (Clark kick)

Week 14 (December 13, 1964): Dallas Cowboys

Linescore Amfootball
Road=Steelers
R1=0
R2=0
R3=7
R4=7
Home=Cowboys
H1=10
H2=0
H3=0
H4=7"at Cotton Bowl, Dallas, Texas"

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

Scoring drives:

* Dallas - FG Van Raaphorst 10
* Dallas - Norman 8 pass from Meredith (Van Raaphorst kick)
* Pittsburgh - Hoak 3 pass from Brown (Clark kick)
* Dallas - Dunn 3 run (Van Raaphorst kick)
* Pittsburgh - Ballman 36 pass from Brown (Clark kick)

Roster

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