NFL team season
The 1960 Pittsburgh Steelers season was the franchise's 28th in the
National Football League . They compiled a 5–6–1 record and a fifth-place finish under head coach
Buddy Parker while playing their home games at
Forbes Field .
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
Schedule
Saturday night (September 24)
A bye week was necessary in
1960 , as the league expanded to an odd-number (13) of teams (
Dallas ); one team was idle each week.
Game summaries
Week 1 (Saturday September 24, 1960):
Dallas Cowboys
1
2
3
4
Total
Steelers
7
7
14
7
35
Cowboys
14
7
7
0
28
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
1
2
3
4
Total
Steelers
0
0
7
13
20
Browns
7
14
0
7
28
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
1
2
3
4
Total
Giants
0
12
0
7
19
Steelers
7
0
7
3
17
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)
1
2
3
4
Total
Cardinals
0
0
0
14
14
Steelers
6
7
7
7
27
at
Forbes Field ,
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Game time:
Game weather:
Game attendance: 22,971
Referee:
TV announcers:
Scoring Drives:
1
2
3
4
Total
Steelers
7
3
7
10
27
Redskins
7
3
7
10
27
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
1
2
3
4
Total
Packers
9
3
0
7
19
Steelers
0
7
0
6
13
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)
1
2
3
4
Total
Steelers
0
0
0
7
7
Eagles
14
3
7
10
34
at
Franklin Field ,
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Game time:
Game weather:
Game attendance: 58,324
Referee: John Pace
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
1
2
3
4
Total
Steelers
14
10
0
0
24
Giants
7
7
3
10
27
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
1
2
3
4
Total
Browns
0
0
3
7
10
Steelers
7
0
0
7
14
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)
1
2
3
4
Total
Redskins
0
0
7
3
10
Steelers
6
7
3
6
22
at
Forbes Field ,
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Game time:
Game weather:
Game attendance: 22,234
Referee:
TV announcers:
Scoring Drives:
Pittsburgh – FG Tracy 37
Pittsburgh – FG Tracy 31
Pittsburgh – Tracy 28 run (Layne kick)
Washington – James 49 pass from Guolielmi (Khayat kick)
Pittsburgh – FG Layne 23
Washington – FG Khayat 9
Pittsburgh – FG Tracy 28
Pittsburgh – FG Layne 11
1
2
3
4
Total
Eagles
0
0
0
21
21
Steelers
13
14
0
0
27
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)
1
2
3
4
Total
Steelers
0
7
0
0
7
Cardinals
0
7
17
14
38
at
Busch Stadium I ,
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)
Standings
Note: Tie games were not officially counted in the standings until 1972.
Roster
1960 Pittsburgh Steelers final roster
Quarterbacks
Running backs
Wide receivers
Tight ends
Offensive linemen
Defensive linemen
Linebackers
Defensive backs
Special teams
Rookies in italics
References
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