1963 Pittsburgh Steelers season

Infobox NFL season
team = Pittsburgh Steelers
year = 1963
record = 7-4-3
division_place = 4th NFL Eastern Conference
coach = Buddy Parker
stadium = Forbes Field
playoffs = none
previous = 1962
next = 1964

Regular season

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Game Summaries

Week 1 (Sunday September 15, 1963): Philadelphia Eagles

Linescore Amfootball
Road=Steelers
R1=0
R2=6
R3=0
R4=15
Home=Eagles
H1=7
H2=0
H3=7
H4=7"at Franklin Field, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania"

* Game time:
* Game weather:
* Game attendance: 58,205
* Referee:
* TV announcers:

Scoring Drives:

* Philadelphia - McDonald 13 pass from Jurgensen (Clark kick)
* Pittsburgh - FG Michaels 38
* Pittsburgh - FG Michaels 50
* Philadelphia - Smith 6 pass from Jurgensen (Clark kick)
* Pittsburgh - FG Michaels 17
* Pittsburgh - Johnson 1 run (kick failed)
* Philadelphia - McDonald 75 pass from Jurgensen (Clark kick)
* Pittsburgh - Johnson 11 pass from Brown (kick failed)

Week 2 (Sunday September 22, 1963): New York Giants

Linescore Amfootball
Road=Giants
R1=0
R2=0
R3=0
R4=0
Home=Steelers
H1=0
H2=10
H3=0
H4=21"at Pitt Stadium, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania"

* Game time:
* Game weather:
* Game attendance: 46,068
* Referee:
* TV announcers:

Scoring Drives:

* Pittsburgh - Hoak 1 run (Michaels kick)
* Pittsburgh - FG Michaels 11
* Pittsburgh - Hoak 2 pass from Brown (Michaels kick)
* Pittsburgh - Johnson 1 run (Michaels kick)
* Pittsburgh - Dial 46 pass from Brown (Michaels kick)

Week 3 (Sunday September 29, 1963): St. Louis Cardinals

Linescore Amfootball
Road=Cardinals
R1=7
R2=0
R3=3
R4=0
Home=Steelers
H1=3
H2=3
H3=0
H4=17"at Forbes Field, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania"

* Game time:
* Game weather:
* Game attendance: 28,225
* Referee:
* TV announcers:

Scoring Drives:

* St. Louis - Triplett 63 run (Bakken kick)
* Pittsburgh - FG Michaels 21
* Pittsburgh - FG Michaels 40
* St. Louis - FG Bakken 28
* Pittsburgh - Hoak 1 run (Michaels kick)
* Pittsburgh - FG Michaels 21
* Pittsburgh - Ferguson 4 run (Michaels kick)

Week 4 (Saturday October 5, 1963): Cleveland Browns

Linescore Amfootball
Road=Steelers
R1=3
R2=17
R3=3
R4=0
Home=Browns
H1=7
H2=7
H3=7
H4=21"at Cleveland Municipal Stadium, Cleveland, Ohio"

* Game time:
* Game weather:
* Game attendance: 84,684
* Referee:
* TV announcers:

Scoring Drives:

* Pittsburgh - FG Michaels 18
* Cleveland - Brown 8 run (Groza kick)
* Pittsburgh - FG Michaels 8
* Pittsburgh - Dial 24 pass from Brown (Michaels kick)
* Cleveland - Collins 15 pass from Ryan (Groza kick)
* Pittsburgh - Dial 41 pass from Brown (Michaels kick)
* Cleveland - Ryan 13 run (Groza kick)
* Pittsburgh - FG Michaels 8
* Cleveland - Collins 20 pass from Ryan (Groza kick)
* Cleveland - Krietling 19 pass from Ryan (Groza kick)

Week 5 (Sunday October 13, 1963): St. Louis Cardinals

Linescore Amfootball
Road=Steelers
R1=3
R2=17
R3=3
R4=0
Home=Cardinals
H1=3
H2=0
H3=7
H4=14"at Busch Stadium, St. Louis, Missouri"

* Game time:
* Game weather:
* Game attendance: 23,715
* Referee:
* TV announcers:

Scoring Drives:

* St. Louis - FG Bakken 44
* Pittsburgh - FG Michaels 45
* Pittsburgh - Mack 83 pass from Brown (Michaels kick)
* Pittsburgh - FG Michaels 47
* Pittsburgh - Brown 1 run (Michaels kick)

Week 6 (Sunday October 20, 1963): Washington Redskins

Linescore Amfootball
Road=Redskins
R1=3
R2=14
R3=7
R4=3
Home=Steelers
H1=7
H2=10
H3=7
H4=14"at Pitt Stadium, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania"

* Game time:
* Game weather:
* Game attendance: 41,987
* Referee:
* TV announcers:

* Pittsburgh - Brown 1 run (Michaels kick)
* Washington - FG Khayat 49
* Pittsburgh - Hoak 8 run (Michaels kick)
* Pittsburgh - FG Michaels 9
* Washington - Snead 1 run (Khayat kick)
* Washington - James 36 pass from Snead (Khayat kick)
* Washington - James 5 run (Khayat kick)
* Pittsburgh - Hoak 1 run (Michaels kick)
* Washington - FG Khayat 15
* Pittsburgh - Haley 24 interception return (Michaels kick)
* Pittsburgh - Dial 4 pass from Brown (Michaels kick)

Week 7 (Sunday October 27, 1963): Dallas Cowboys

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

* Game time:
* Game weather:
* Game attendance: 19,047
* Referee:
* TV announcers:

Scoring Drives:

* Dallas - Clarke 5 pass from Meredith (Baker kick)
* Dallas - Folkins 35 pass from Meredith (Baker kick)
* Pittsburgh - Dial 83 pass from Browns (kick failed)
* Dallas - Howton 13 pass from Meredith (Baker kick)
* Pittsburgh - Dial 25 pass from Brown (Tracy kick)
* Pittsburgh - Dial 14 pass from Brown (Tracy kick)
* Pittsburgh - Mack 85 pass from Brown (Michaels kick)

Week 8 (Sunday November 3, 1963): Green Bay Packers

Linescore Amfootball
Road=Steelers
R1=7
R2=0
R3=0
R4=7
Home=Packers
H1=3
H2=6
H3=14
H4=10"at Milwaukee County Stadium, Milwaukee, Wisconsin"

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

Scoring Drives:

* Pittsburgh - Hoak 2 run (Michaels kick)
* Green Bay - FG Kramer 23
* Green Bay - FG Kramer 36
* Green Bay - FG Kramer 12
* Green Bay - Taylor 1 run (Kramer kick)
* Green Bay - Pitts 2 run (Kramer kick)
* Green Bay - FG Kramer 37
* Pittsburgh - Mack 33 pass from Brown (Michaels kick)
* Green Bay - Pitts 1 run (Kramer kick)

Week 9 (Sunday November 10, 1963): Cleveland Browns

Linescore Amfootball
Road=Browns
R1=0
R2=7
R3=0
R4=0
Home=Steelers
H1=0
H2=0
H3=2
H4=7"at Pitt Stadium, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania"

* Game time:
* Game weather:
* Game attendance: 54,497
* Referee:
* TV announcers:

Scoring Drives:

* Cleveland - Collins 4 pass from Ryan (Groza kick)
* Pittsburgh - Safety, Brown tackled by Schmitz in end zone
* Pittsburgh - Ballman 9 pass from Brown (Michaels kick)

Week 10 (Sunday November 17, 1963): Washington Redskins

Linescore Amfootball
Road=Steelers
R1=7
R2=7
R3=10
R4=10
Home=Redskins
H1=7
H2=7
H3=0
H4=14"at D.C. Stadium, Washington, DC"

* Game time:
* Game weather:
* Game attendance: 42,219
* Referee:
* TV announcers:

Scoring Drives:

* Washington - Crabb 53 interception return (Khayat kick)
* Pittsburgh - Johnson 3 run (Michaels kick)
* Washington - Mitchell 19 pass from Snead (Khayat kick)
* Pittsburgh - Ballman 67 pass from Brown (Khayat kick)
* Pittsburgh - Johnson 1 run (Michaels kick)
* Pittsburgh - FG Michaels 27
* Washington - Mitchell 20 pass from Barnes (Khayat kick)
* Pittsburgh - FG Michaels 18
* Washington - Richter 21 pass from Snead (Khayat kick)
* Pittsburgh - Ballman 92 kickoff return (Michaels kick)

Week 11 (Sunday November 24, 1963): Chicago Bears

Linescore Amfootball
Road=Bears
R1=7
R2=7
R3=0
R4=3
Home=Steelers
H1=0
H2=14
H3=0
H4=3"at Forbes Field, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania"

* Game time:
* Game weather:
* Game attendance: 36,465
* Referee:
* TV announcers:

Scoring Drives:

* Chicago - Galimore 1 run (Jencks kick)
* Pittsburgh - Hoak 6 run (Michaels kick)
* Chicago - Bull 1 run (Jencks kick)
* Pittsburgh - Curry 31 pass from Brown (Michaels kick)
* Pittsburgh - FG Michaels 11
* Chicago - FG Leclerc 18

Week 12 (Sunday December 1, 1963): Philadelphia Eagles

Linescore Amfootball
Road=Eagles
R1=0
R2=14
R3=3
R4=3
Home=Steelers
H1=0
H2=3
H3=0
H4=17"at Forbes Field, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania"

* Game time:
* Game weather:
* Game attendance: 15,721
* Referee:
* TV announcers:

Scoring Drives:

* Pittsburgh - FG Michaels 10
* Philadelphia - Retzlalr 24 pass from Hill (Clark kick)
* Philadelphia - Brown 14 run (Clark kick)
* Philadelphia - FG Clark 23
* Pittsburgh - Ballman 57 pass from Brown (Michaels kick)
* Philadelphia - FG Clark 40
* Pittsburgh - Ballman 8 pass from Brown (Michaels kick)
* Pittsburgh - FG Michaels 24

Week 13 (Sunday December 8, 1963): Dallas Cowboys

Linescore Amfootball
Road=Steelers
R1=0
R2=17
R3=0
R4=7
Home=Cowboys
H1=9
H2=0
H3=10
H4=0"at Cotton Bowl, Dallas, Texas"

* Game time:
* Game weather:
* Game attendance: 24,136
* Referee:
* TV announcers:

Scoring Drives:

* Dallas - FG Baker 53
* Dallas - Meredith 2 run (kick failed)
* Pittsburgh - Dial 55 pass from Brown (Michaels kick)
* Pittsburgh - Carpenter 28 pass from Brown (Michaels kick)
* Pittsburgh - FG Michaels 24
* Dallas - FG Baker 46
* Dallas - Meredith 4 run (Baker kick)
* Pittsburgh - Sapp 24 run (Michaels kick)

Week 14 (December 15, 1963): New York Giants

Linescore Amfootball
Road=Steelers
R1=0
R2=3
R3=14
R4=0
Home=Giants
H1=9
H2=7
H3=14
H4=3"at Yankee Stadium, The Bronx, New York"

* Game time:
* Game weather:
* Game attendance: 63,240
* Referee:
* TV announcers:

Scoring Drives:

* New York Giants - FG Chandler 34
* New York Giants - Shotner 41 pass from Tittle (kick failed)
* New York Giants - Morrison 3 pass from Tittle (Chandler kick)
* Pittsburgh - FG Michaels 27
* Pittsburgh - Ballman 21 pass from Brown (Michaels kick)
* New York Giants - Morrison 22 pass from Tittle (Chandler kick)
* New York Giants - Morrison 1 run (Chandler kick)
* Pittsburgh - Dial 40 pass from Brown (Michaels kick)
* New York Giants - FG Chandler 41

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