1962 Pittsburgh Steelers season

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

at Tiger Stadium, Detroit, Michigan

Contents

• Week 1 Sunday September 16 1962 Detroit Lions
• Week 2 Sunday September 23 1962 Dallas Cowboys
• Week 3 Sunday September 30 1962 New York Giants
• Week 4 Saturday October 6 1962 Philadelphia Eagles
• Week 5 Sunday October 14 1962 New York Giants
• Week 6 Sunday October 21 1962 Dallas Cowboys
• Week 7 Sunday October 28 1962 Cleveland Browns
• Week 8 Sunday November 4 1962 Minnesota Vikings
• Week 9 Sunday November 11 1962 St Louis Cardinals
• Week 10 Sunday November 18 1962 Washington Redskins
• Week 11 Sunday November 25 1962 Cleveland Browns
• Week 12 Sunday December 2 1962 St Louis Cardinals
• Week 13 Sunday December 9 1962 Philadelphia Eagles
• Week 14 Sunday December 16 1962 Washington Redskins
• Standings
• References

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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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:

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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

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, D.C.

Game time:

Game weather:

Game attendance: 34,508

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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

Note: Tie games were not officially counted in the standings until 1972.