1964 Pittsburgh Steelers season explained

Team:	Pittsburgh Steelers
Year:	1964
Record:	5–9
Division Place:	5th NFL Eastern
Coach:	Buddy Parker
Stadium:	Pitt Stadium
Playoffs:	Did not qualify
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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

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Record	Venue
1	September 13	Los Angeles Rams	L 14–26	0–1	Pitt Stadium
2	September 20	New York Giants	W 27–24	1–1	Pitt Stadium
3	September 27	Dallas Cowboys	W 23–17	2–1	Pitt Stadium
4	October 4	at Philadelphia Eagles	L 7–21	2–2	Franklin Field
5	October 10	at Cleveland Browns	W 23–7	3–2	Cleveland Municipal Stadium
6	October 18	at Minnesota Vikings	L 10–30	3–3	Metropolitan Stadium
7	October 25	Philadelphia Eagles	L 10–34	3–4	Pitt Stadium
8	November 1	Cleveland Browns	L 17–30	3–5	Pitt Stadium
9	November 8	at St. Louis Cardinals	L 30–34	3–6	Busch Stadium
10	November 15	Washington Redskins	L 0–30	3–7	Pitt Stadium
11	November 22	at New York Giants	W 44–17	4–7	Yankee Stadium
12	November 29	St. Louis Cardinals	L 20–21	4–8	Pitt Stadium
13	December 6	at Washington Redskins	W 14–7	5–8	D.C. Stadium
14	December 13	at Dallas Cowboys	L 14–17	5–9	Cotton Bowl
Note: Intra-conference opponents are in bold text.

Game summaries

at Pitt Stadium, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

• Game time:
• Game weather:
• Game attendance: 33,988
• Referee:
• 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

at Pitt Stadium, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

• Game time:
• Game weather:
• Game attendance: 33,053
• Referee:
• 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

at Pitt Stadium, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

• Game time:
• Game weather:
• Game attendance: 33,594
• Referee:
• 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

at Franklin Field, Philadelphia

• Game time:
• Game weather:
• Game attendance: 59,394
• Referee: Bud Brubaker
• TV 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

at Metropolitan Stadium, Bloomington, Minnesota

• Game time:
• Game weather:
• Game attendance: 39,873
• Referee:
• 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

at Pitt Stadium, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

• Game time:
• Game weather:
• Game attendance: 38,393
• Referee: George Rennix
• TV 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

at Busch Stadium, St. Louis, Missouri

• Game time:
• Game weather:
• Game attendance: 28,245
• Referee:
• 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 Brown13–13
• 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

at Pitt Stadium, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

• Game time:
• Game weather:
• Game attendance: 31,587
• Referee:
• 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

at Yankee Stadium, The Bronx, New York

• Game time:
• Game weather:
• Game attendance: 62,691
• Referee:
• 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

at Pitt Stadium, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

• Game time:
• Game weather:
• Game attendance: 27,807
• Referee:
• 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

at D.C. Stadium, Washington, D.C.

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

Scoring drives:

• Pittsburgh – Johnson 4 run (Clark kick)7–0
• Washington – Taylor 36 run (Martin kick)7–7
• Pittsburgh – Ballman 47 pass from Brown (Clark kick)14–7

at Cotton Bowl, Dallas, Texas

• Game time:
• Game weather:
• Game attendance: 35,271
• Referee:
• 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

External links

• 1964 Pittsburgh Steelers season at Profootballreference.com
• 1964 Pittsburgh Steelers season statistics at jt-sw.com