1965 Pittsburgh Steelers Season

The 1965 Pittsburgh Steelers season was the team's 33rd in the National Football League.

The team set a modern NFL record with a minus-30 turnover ratio.

Regular season

Schedule

Note: Intra-conference opponents are in bold text.

Game summaries

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

References

External links

1965 Pittsburgh Steelers season
at Profootballreference.com

1965 Pittsburgh Steelers season
statistics at jt-sw.com

{{1965 NFL season by team

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