Steelers 32nd US football season
The 1964 Pittsburgh Steelers season was the team's 32nd in the National Football League .
The team played all of their home games at Pitt Stadium , and won five games, while losing nine, resulting in a fifth-place finish in the NFL Eastern Conference . Following the season, the Steelers dismissed head coach Buddy Parker and replaced him with Mike Nixon .
Regular season
Schedule
Game summaries
Week 1 (Sunday September 13, 1964): Los Angeles Rams
1
2
3
4
Total
Rams
0
13
13
0
26
Steelers
0
7
0
7
14
at Pitt Stadium , Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Game time: Game weather: Game attendance: 33,988Referee: TV announcers: Scoring drives:
Los Angeles – FG Gossett 9 0–3
Los Angeles – FG Gossett 39 0–6
Los Angeles – Wilson 1 run (Gossett kick)0–13
Pittsburgh – Ballman 25 pass from Brown (Clark kick)7–13
Los Angeles – Allen 10 pass from Munson (kick failed)7–19
Los Angeles – Lundy 14 interception return (Gossett kick)7–26
Pittsburgh – King 4 run (Clark kick)14–26
Week 2 (Sunday September 20, 1964): New York Giants
1
2
3
4
Total
Giants
14
0
7
3
24
Steelers
0
13
7
7
27
at Pitt Stadium , Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Game time: Game weather: Game attendance: 33,053Referee: TV announcers: Scoring drives:
New York Giants – Barnes 26 interception (Chandler kick)0–7
New York Giants – Webster 2 run (Chandler kick)0–14
Pittsburgh – Hinton 8 interception return (kick failed)6–14
Pittsburgh – Johnson 2 pass from Brown (Clark kick)13–14
Pittsburgh – Brown 2 run (Chandler kick)20–14
New York Giants – James 2 run (Chandler kick)20–21
Pittsburgh – Brown 1 run (Clark kick)27–21
New York Giants – FG Chandler 22 27–24
Week 3 (Sunday September 26, 1964): Dallas Cowboys
1
2
3
4
Total
Cowboys
3
7
0
0
10
Steelers
3
6
14
0
23
at Pitt Stadium , Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Game time: Game weather: Game attendance: 33,594Referee: TV announcers: Scoring drives:
Pittsburgh – FG Clark 3–0
Dallas – FG Van Raaphorst 16 3–3
Pittsburgh – Ballman 32 pass from Brown (kick failed)9–3
Dallas – Clarke 7 pass from Meredith (Van Raaphorst kick)9–10
Pittsburgh – Kelly 21 pass from Brown (Clark kick)16–10
Pittsburgh – King 4 pass from Brown (Clark kick)23–10
1
2
3
4
Total
Steelers
0
0
0
7
7
Eagles
7
7
0
7
21
at Franklin Field , Philadelphia
Game time: Game weather: Game attendance: 59,394Referee: Bud BrubakerTV announcers: Scoring drives:
Philadelphia – T. Brown 23 pass from Snead (Baker kick)0–7
Philadelphia – T. Brown 87 pass from Snead (Baker kick)0–14
Philadelphia – Retzlaff 31 pass from Snead (Baker kick)0–21
Pittsburgh – J. Bradshaw 33 run with recovered fumble (Clark kick)7–21
Week 5: at Cleveland Browns
Game information
First Quarter Second Quarter Third Quarter
Steelers Browns
1
2
3
4
Total
Steelers
3
7
0
0
10
Vikings
6
7
7
10
30
at Metropolitan Stadium , Bloomington, Minnesota
Game time: Game weather: Game attendance: 39,873Referee: TV announcers: Scoring Drives:
Pittsburgh – FG Clark 12 3–0
Minnesota – Brown 6 pass from Tarkenton (kick failed)6–3
Pittsburgh – Hoak 17 pass from Brown (Clark kick)10–6
Minnesota – Brown 59 pass from Tarkenton (Cox kick)10–13
Minnesota – Brown 1 run (Cox kick)10–20
Minnesota – FG Cox 25 10–23
Minnesota – Hawkins 56 interception return (Cox kick)10–30
1
2
3
4
Total
Eagles
7
10
3
14
34
Steelers
7
0
3
0
10
at Pitt Stadium , Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Game time: Game weather: Game attendance: 38,393Referee: George RennixTV announcers: Scoring drives:
Philadelphia – Concannon 15 run (Baker kick)0–7
Pittsburgh – Peaks 70 run (Clark kick)7–7
Philadelphia – Mack 53 pass from Snead (Baker kick)7–14
Philadelphia – FG Baker 14 7–17
Pittsburgh – FG Clark 13 10–17
Philadelphia – FG Baker 47 10–20
Philadelphia – Snead 1 run (Baker kick) 10–27
Philadelphia – Cross 94 interception return (Baker kick)10–34
Week 8: vs. Cleveland Browns
Game information
Second Quarter Third Quarter Fourth Quarter
Browns Steelers
1
2
3
4
Total
Steelers
3
10
3
14
30
Cardinals
3
10
7
14
34
at Busch Stadium , St. Louis, Missouri
Game time: Game weather: Game attendance: 28,245Referee: TV announcers: Scoring drives:
St. Louis – FG Bakken 12 0–3
Pittsburgh – FG Clark 19 3–3
St. Louis – Gautt 2 run (Bakken kick)3–10
Pittsburgh – FG Clark 43 6–10
St. Louis – FG Bakken 16 6–13
Pittsburgh – Ballman 28 pass from Brown 13–13
Pittsburgh – FG Clark 38 16–13
St. Louis – Conrad 2 pass from Johnson (Bakken kick)16–20
St. Louis – Gambrell 8 pass from Johnson (Bakken kick)16–27
St. Louis – Meinert 18 interception return (Bakken kick)16–34
Pittsburgh – Hoak 22 pass from Nelsen (Clark kick)23–34
Pittsburgh – Ballman 29 pass from Nelsen (Clark kick)30–34
1
2
3
4
Total
Redskins
7
13
10
0
30
Steelers
0
0
0
0
0
at Pitt Stadium , Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Game time: Game weather: Game attendance: 31,587Referee: TV announcers: Scoring drives:
Washington – Taylor 3 run (Martin kick)0–7
Washington – Coia 80 pass from Jurgensen (kick failed)0–13
Washington – Taylor 80 pass from Jurgensen (Martin kick)0–20
Washington – Sample 15 interception (Martin kick)0–27
Washington – FG Martin 31 0–30
Week 11 (Sunday November 22, 1964): New York Giants
1
2
3
4
Total
Steelers
3
14
20
7
44
Giants
0
3
0
14
17
at Yankee Stadium , The Bronx, New York
Game time: Game weather: Game attendance: 62,691Referee: TV announcers: Scoring drives:
Pittsburgh – FG Clark 10 3–0
Pittsburgh – Thomas 13 pass from Brown (Clark kick)10–0
Pittsburgh – Johnson 10 run (Clark kick)17–0
New York Giants FG Chandler 22 yd FG17–3
Pittsburgh – Ballman 22 pass from Brown (Clark kick)24–3
Pittsburgh – FG Clark 28 27–3
Pittsburgh – Johnson 2 run (Clark kick)34–3
Pittsburgh – FG Clark 23 37–3
New York Giants – Wood 8 run (Chandler kick)37–10
Pittsburgh – Hoak 5 run (Clark kick)44–10
New York Giants – Barnes recovered fumble in end zone (Chandler kick)44–17
1
2
3
4
Total
Cardinals
7
0
0
14
21
Steelers
0
3
7
10
20
at Pitt Stadium , Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Game time: Game weather: Game attendance: 27,807Referee: TV announcers: Scoring drives:
St. Louis – Crow 5 run (Bakken kick)0–7
Pittsburgh – FG Clark 30 3–7
Pittsburgh – J. Bradshaw 47 fumble return (Clark kick)10–7
Pittsburgh – Hoak 3 run (Clark kick) 17–7
Pittsburgh – FG Clark 36 20–7
St. Louis – Smith 42 pass from Johnson (Bakken kick)20–14
St. Louis – Fischer 49 fumble return (Bakken kick)20–21
1
2
3
4
Total
Steelers
7
0
0
7
14
Redskins
0
7
0
0
7
at D.C. Stadium , Washington, D.C.
Game time: Game weather: Game attendance: 42,219Referee: TV announcers: Scoring drives:
Week 14 (December 13, 1964): Dallas Cowboys
1
2
3
4
Total
Steelers
0
0
7
7
14
Cowboys
10
0
0
7
17
at Cotton Bowl , Dallas, Texas
Game time: Game weather: Game attendance: 35,271Referee: TV announcers: Scoring drives:
Dallas – FG Van Raaphorst 10 0–3
Dallas – Norman 8 pass from Meredith (Van Raaphorst kick)0–10
Pittsburgh – Hoak 3 pass from Brown (Clark kick)7–10
Dallas – Dunn 3 run (Van Raaphorst kick)7–17
Pittsburgh – Ballman 36 pass from Brown (Clark kick)14–17
Standings
Note: Tie games were not officially counted in the standings until 1972.
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