1963 Pittsburgh Steelers season

1963 Pittsburgh Steelers season
Head coach	Buddy Parker
Home field	Forbes Field (four games) Pitt Stadium (three games)
Results
Record	7–4–3
Division place	4th NFL Eastern
Playoff finish	did not qualify

The 1963 Pittsburgh Steelers season was the team's 31st in the National Football League. The Steelers won seven games, and lost four, with three games ending in a tie. As a result, the Steelers finished in fourth place in the NFL Eastern Conference. It was also their final season of splitting home games between Forbes Field and Pitt Stadium before moving all of their home games to the latter for the next six seasons..

For the first time in 1963, the Steelers wore their trademark black helmets with their logo on one side of the helmet. They had used the logo previously on yellow helmets, but 1963 was the first season in which their now-signature look was used full-time in the regular season.^[1]

Regular season

Schedule

Week	Date	Opponent	Result
1	September 15, 1963	at Philadelphia Eagles	T 21–21
2	September 22, 1963	New York Giants	W 31–0
3	September 29, 1963	St. Louis Cardinals	W 23–10
4	October 5, 1963	at Cleveland Browns	L 35–23
5	October 13, 1963	at St. Louis Cardinals	L 24–23
6	October 20, 1963	Washington Redskins	W 38–27
7	October 27, 1963	Dallas Cowboys	W 27–21
8	November 3, 1963	at Green Bay Packers	L 33–14
9	November 10, 1963	Cleveland Browns	W 9–7
10	November 17, 1963	at Washington Redskins	W 34–28
11	November 24, 1963	Chicago Bears	T 17–17
12	December 1, 1963	Philadelphia Eagles	T 20–20
13	December 8, 1963	at Dallas Cowboys	W 24–19
14	December 15, 1963	at New York Giants	L 33–17

Game summaries

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

	1	2	3	4	Total
Steelers	0	6	0	15	21
Eagles	7	0	7	7	21

at Franklin Field, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Game time:
Game weather:
Game attendance: 58,205
Referee: Bill Downes
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

	1	2	3	4	Total
Giants	0	0	0	0	0
Steelers	0	10	0	21	31

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

	1	2	3	4	Total
Cardinals	7	0	3	0	10
Steelers	3	3	0	17	23

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

	1	2	3	4	Total
Steelers	3	17	3	0	23
Browns	7	7	7	21	42

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

	1	2	3	4	Total
Steelers	3	17	3	0	23
Cardinals	3	0	7	14	24

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

	1	2	3	4	Total
Redskins	3	14	7	3	27
Steelers	7	10	7	14	38

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

	1	2	3	4	Total
Cowboys	7	7	7	0	21
Steelers	0	6	7	0	13

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

	1	2	3	4	Total
Steelers	7	0	0	7	14
Packers	3	6	14	10	33

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

	1	2	3	4	Total
Browns	0	7	0	0	7
Steelers	0	0	2	7	9

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

	1	2	3	4	Total
Steelers	7	7	10	10	34
Redskins	7	7	0	14	28

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

	1	2	3	4	Total
Bears	7	7	0	3	17
Steelers	0	14	0	3	17

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

	1	2	3	4	Total
Eagles	0	14	3	3	20
Steelers	0	3	0	17	20

at Forbes Field, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

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

Scoring Drives:

Pittsburgh – FG Michaels 10
Philadelphia – Retzlaff 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

	1	2	3	4	Total
Steelers	0	17	0	7	24
Cowboys	9	0	10	0	19

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

	1	2	3	4	Total
Steelers	0	3	14	0	17
Giants	9	7	14	3	33

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

Standings

NFL Eastern Conference
	W	L	T	PCT	CONF	PF	PA	STK
New York Giants	11	3	0	.786	9–3	448	280	W3
Cleveland Browns	10	4	0	.714	9–3	343	262	W1
St. Louis Cardinals	9	5	0	.643	8–4	341	283	L1
Pittsburgh Steelers	7	4	3	.636	7–3–2	321	295	L1
Dallas Cowboys	4	10	0	.286	3–9	305	378	W1
Washington Redskins	3	11	0	.214	2–10	279	398	L3
Philadelphia Eagles	2	10	2	.167	2–8–2	242	381	L2

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

References

↑ 1963 NFL season at Gridiron Uniform Database

Pittsburgh Pirates / Steelers seasons

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Bold indicates Super Bowl victory Italics indicates Super Bowl appearance

Pittsburgh Steelers

Founded in 1933 Formerly the Pittsburgh Pirates (1933–1939) Based and headquartered in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

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Stadiums	Home fields: Forbes Field Pitt Stadium Three Rivers Stadium Heinz Field Training facilities: Rooney Field Point Stadium UPMC Sportsplex Chuck Noll Field

Culture	Football in Western PA Rooney family Myron Cope Steeler Nation Terrible Towel Steel Curtain Evening Shade "Right Here, Right Now" "Renegade" "Here We Go" "Black and Yellow" YinzCam

Lore	Steelers lore J.P. Rooneys Pennsylvania Keystoners Steagles Card-Pitt Steelerettes Immaculate Reception Black Sunday Fighting Back: The Rocky Bleier Story 1995 AFC Championship Game The Chief

Rivalries	Baltimore Ravens Cincinnati Bengals Cleveland Browns Tennessee Titans Oakland Raiders Dallas Cowboys

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Division championships (21)	1972 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1983 1984 1992 1994 1995 1996 1997 2001 2002 2004 2007 2008 2010 2014

Conference championships (8)	1974 1975 1978 1979 1995 2005 2008 2010

League championships (6)	1974 (IX) 1975 (X) 1978 (XIII) 1979 (XIV) 2005 (XL) 2008 (XLIII)

Retired numbers	70 75

Hall of Fame members	Players: Bettis Blount Bradshaw Butler Dawson Dudley Greene Ham Harris Johnson Lambert Layne Stallworth Stautner Swann Webster Woodson Coaches and administration: Bell Kiesling Noll Art Rooney Dan Rooney

Current league affiliations	League: National Football League Conference: American Football Conference Division: North Division

Seasons (83)	1933 1934 1935 1936 1937 1938 1939 1940 1941 1942 1943 1944 1945 1946 1947 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016

Championship seasons in bold

1963 NFL season

Eastern Conference	Cleveland	Pittsburgh	Baltimore	Los Angeles	Western Conference
	Dallas	St. Louis	Chicago	Minnesota
	New York	Washington	Detroit	San Francisco
	Philadelphia		Green Bay

Related: 1963 AFL Season

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