1960 Pittsburgh Steelers season

Infobox NFL season
team = Pittsburgh Steelers
year = 1960
record = 5-6-1
division_place = 5th NFL Eastern Conference
coach = Buddy Parker
stadium = Forbes Field
playoffs = none
previous = 1959
next = 1961

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.

Regular season

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Game Summaries

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

Linescore Amfootball
Road=Steelers
R1=7
R2=7
R3=14
R4=7
Home=Cowboys
H1=14
H2=7
H3=7
H4=0"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:

Week 2 (Sunday October 2, 1960): Cleveland Browns

Linescore Amfootball
Road=Steelers
R1=0
R2=0
R3=7
R4=13
Home=Browns
H1=7
H2=14
H3=0
H4=7"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)

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

Linescore Amfootball
Road=Giants
R1=0
R2=12
R3=0
R4=7
Home=Steelers
H1=7
H2=0
H3=7
H4=3"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)

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

Linescore Amfootball
Road=Cardinals
R1=0
R2=0
R3=0
R4=14
Home=Steelers
H1=6
H2=7
H3=7
H4=7"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)

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

Linescore Amfootball
Road=Steelers
R1=7
R2=3
R3=7
R4=10
Home=Redskins
H1=7
H2=3
H3=7
H4=10"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

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

Linescore Amfootball
Road=Packers
R1=9
R2=3
R3=0
R4=7
Home=Steelers
H1=0
H2=7
H3=0
H4=6"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)

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

Linescore Amfootball
Road=Steelers
R1=0
R2=0
R3=0
R4=7
Home=Eagles
H1=14
H2=3
H3=7
H4=10"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)

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

Linescore Amfootball
Road=Steelers
R1=14
R2=10
R3=0
R4=0
Home=Giants
H1=7
H2=7
H3=3
H4=10"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

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

Linescore Amfootball
Road=Browns
R1=0
R2=0
R3=3
R4=7
Home=Steelers
H1=7
H2=0
H3=0
H4=7"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)

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

Linescore Amfootball
Road=Redskins
R1=0
R2=0
R3=7
R4=3
Home=Steelers
H1=6
H2=7
H3=3
H4=6"at Forbes Field, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania"

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

Scoring Drives:

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

Linescore Amfootball
Road=Eagles
R1=0
R2=0
R3=0
R4=21
Home=Steelers
H1=13
H2=14
H3=0
H4=0"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)

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

Linescore Amfootball
Road=Steelers
R1=0
R2=7
R3=0
R4=0
Home=Cardinals
H1=0
H2=7
H3=17
H4=14"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)

Roster

References