1965 Pittsburgh Steelers season

Week 1 (Sunday September 19, 1965): Green Bay Packers

at Pitt Stadium, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

Game time:

Game weather:

Game attendance: 38,383

Referee:

TV announcers:

Scoring Drives:

Pittsburgh – FG Clark 21

Pittsburgh – FG Clark 34

Green Bay – Adderley 34 interception (Chandler kick)

Pittsburgh – FG Clark 32

Green Bay – Fleming 31 pass from Starr (Chandler kick)

Green Bay – FG Chandler 9

Green Bay – FG Chandler 19

Green Bay – Hornung 10 pass from Starr (Chandler kick)

Green Bay – Pitts 2 run (Chandler kick)

Green Bay – Pitts 2 run (Chandler kick)

Week 2 (Sunday September 26, 1965): San Francisco 49ers

at Kezar Stadium, San Francisco, California

Game time:

Game weather:

Game attendance: 30,140

Referee:

TV announcers:

Scoring Drives:

San Francisco – Crow 49 pass from Brodie (Davis kick)

Pittsburgh – Hoak 1 run (Clark kick)

San Francisco – FG Davis 37

San Francisco – FG Davis 27

Pittsburgh – FG Clark 32

San Francisco – Wiltard 9 run (Davis kick)

Pittsburgh – Campbell 15 fumble return (Clark kick)

San Francisco – Brodie 4 run (Davis kick)

Week 3 (Sunday October 3, 1965): New York Giants

at Pitt Stadium, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

Game time:

Game weather:

Game attendance: 31,871

Referee:

TV announcers:

Scoring Drives:

New York Giants – Thurlow 6 run (Stynchula kick)

Pittsburgh – FG Clark 22

New York Giants – Morrison 4 pass form Morrall (Stynchula kick)

Pittsburgh – FG Clark 48

New York Giants – FG Timberlake 43

Pittsburgh – Hoak 1 run (Clark kick)

New York Giants – Thomas 29 pass form Morrall (kick failed)

Week 4 (Saturday October 9, 1965): Cleveland Browns

at Cleveland Municipal Stadium, Cleveland, Ohio

Game time:

Game weather:

Game attendance: 80,187

Referee:

TV announcers:

Scoring Drives:

Cleveland – FG Groza 38

Cleveland – Brown 4 pass from Ryan (Groza kick)

Pittsburgh – Nelsen 1 run (kick failed)

Pittsburgh – Hoak – 42 run (kick failed)

Cleveland – Brown 1 run (Groza kick)

Pittsburgh – Hoak 15 run (Clark kick)

Cleveland – Collins 14 pass from Ryan (Groza kick)

Week 5 (Sunday October 17, 1965): St. Louis Cardinals

at Pitt Stadium, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

Game time:

Game weather:

Game attendance: 31,085

Referee:

TV announcers:

Scoring Drives:

St. Louis – Randle 8 pass from Johnson (Bakken kick)

Pittsburgh – Ballman 5 run (Clark kick)

St. Louis – FG Bakken 32

St. Louis – Conrad 71 pass from Johnson (Bakken kick)

St. Louis – FG Bakken 35

Week 6 (Sunday October 24, 1965): Philadelphia Eagles

at Franklin Field, Philadelphia

Game time:

Game weather:

Game attendance: 56,515

Referee:

TV announcers:

Scoring Drives:

Philadelphia – Gros 4 run (Baker kick)

Pittsburgh – Daniel 17 fumble return (kick failed)

Pittsburgh – J. Bradshaw 82 interception return (Clark kick)

Pittsburgh – Lind 4 pass from Nelsen (Clark kick)

Philadelphia – Poage 14 pass from Concannon (Baker kick)

Week 7 (Sunday October 31, 1965): Dallas Cowboys

at Pitt Stadium, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

Game time:

Game weather:

Game attendance: 37,804

Referee:

TV announcers:

Scoring Drives:

Dallas – Smith 2 pass from Meredith (kick failed)

Pittsburgh – Hoak 2 pass from Nelsen (kick failed)

Pittsburgh – Ballman 20 pass from Nelsen (kick failed)

Pittsburgh – Ballman 72 pass from Nelsen (Clark kick)

Dallas – Gent 8 pass from Meredith (Villanueva kick)

Pittsburgh – FG Clark 18

Week 8 (Sunday November 7, 1965): St. Louis Cardinals

at Busch Stadium, St. Louis, Missouri

Game time:

Game weather:

Game attendance: 31,899

Referee:

TV announcers:

Scoring Drives:

Pittsburgh – FG Clark 11

St. Louis – Triplett 3 run (Bakken kick)

St. Louis – Randle 15 pass from Johnson (Bakken kick)

Pittsburgh – Jefferson 50 pass from Nelsen (Clark kick)

Pittsburgh – Lind 2 run (Clark kick)

St. Louis – Gambrell 59 pass from Johnson (Bakken kick)

Week 9 (Sunday November 14, 1965): Dallas Cowboys

at Cotton Bowl, Dallas, Texas

Game time:

Game weather:

Game attendance: 57,293

Referee:

TV announcers:

Scoring Drives:

Pittsburgh – Hoak 3 run (Clark kick)

Dallas – Clarke 1 pass from Meredith (Villanueva kick)

Dallas – FG Villanueva 33

Pittsburgh – FG Clark 32

Pittsburgh – Folkins 18 fumble return (Clark kick)

Dallas – Reeves 2 run (Villanueva kick)

Dallas – Hayes 28 pass from Meredith (Villanueva kick)

Week 10 (Sunday November 21, 1965): Washington Redskins

at Pitt Stadium, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

Game time:

Game weather:

Game attendance: 25,052

Referee:

TV announcers:

Scoring Drives:

Pittsburgh – FG Clark 34

Washington – Lewis 1 run (Jencks kick)

Washington – FG Jencks 9

Washington – Taylor 8 run (Jencks kick)

Washington – Coia 45 pass from Jurgensen (Jencks kick)

Washington – Harris 57 punt return (Jencks kick)

Week 11 (Sunday November 28, 1965): Cleveland Browns

at Pitt Stadium, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

Game time:

Game weather:

Game attendance: 42,757

Referee:

TV announcers:

Scoring Drives:

Cleveland – Kelly 56 punt return (Groza kick)

Cleveland – Brown 2 run (Groza kick)

Cleveland – Brown 2 run (Groza kick)

Pittsburgh – Ballman 87 pass from Nelsen (Clark kick)

Cleveland – Brown 15 run (Groza kick)

Pittsburgh – Butler 43 pass from Nelsen (Clark kick)

Cleveland – Brewer 25 pass from Ninowski (Groza kick)

Pittsburgh – Thomas 80 pass from Nelsen (Clark kick)

Cleveland – Brown 27 pass from Ninowski (Groza kick)

Week 12 (Sunday December 5, 1965): New York Giants

at Yankee Stadium, The Bronx, New York

Game time:

Game weather:

Game attendance: 62,735

Referee:

TV announcers:

Scoring Drives:

New York Giants – Shofner 33 pass from Morrall (Timberlake kick)

Pittsburgh – FG Clark 25

Pittsburgh – Ballman 1 run (Clark kick)

New York Giants – Frederickson 13 run (Timberlake kick)

New York Giants – Frederickson 3 run (Timberlake kick)

New York Giants – Frederickson 19 pass from Morrall (Timberlake kick)

New York Giants – Jones 28 pass from Wood (Timberlake kick)

Week 13 (Sunday December 12, 1965): Philadelphia Eagles

at Pitt Stadium, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

Game time:

Game weather:

Game attendance: 22,002

Referee:

TV announcers:

Scoring Drives:

Philadelphia – Gros 2 run (Baker kick)

Philadelphia – Retzlaff 13 pass from Snead (kick failed)

Philadelphia – Matson 8 run (Baker kick)

Philadelphia – Baughan 33 interception return (Baker kick)

Philadelphia – Nettles 56 interception return (Baker kick)

Pittsburgh – Ballman 20 pass from Wade (Clark kick)

Pittsburgh – Woodson 61 interception return (kick failed)

Philadelphia – Tarasovic 40 interception return (kick failed)

Philadelphia – Lang 8 run (Baker kick)

Week 14 (December 19, 1965): Washington Redskins

at D.C. Stadium, Washington, D.C.

Game time:

Game weather:

Game attendance: 49,806

Referee:

TV announcers:

Scoring Drives:

Washington – Lewis 10 pass from Jurgensen (Jencks kick)

Washington – Harris 34 interception (Jencks kick)

Pittsburgh – Ballman 2 run (Clark kick)

Washington – Walters 63 interception return (Jencks kick)

Pittsburgh – Ballman 44 pass from Wade (Clark kick)

Washington – Pellegrini 31 fumble return (Jencks kick)

Washington – Hughley 4 pass from Jurgensen (Jencks kick)

Standings

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