1965 Pittsburgh Steelers season explained

Team:	Pittsburgh Steelers
Year:	1965
Record:	2–12
Division Place:	7th NFL Eastern
Coach:	Mike Nixon
Stadium:	Pitt Stadium
Playoffs:	Did not qualify
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The 1965 Pittsburgh Steelers season was the team's 33rd in the National Football League.

The team set a modern NFL record with a minus-30 turnover ratio. Their -195 point differential is the worst in Steelers history.

NFL draft

See main article: article and 1965 NFL draft.

Regular season

Schedule

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Record	Venue
1	September 19	Green Bay Packers	L 9–41	0–1	Pitt Stadium
2	September 26	at San Francisco 49ers	L 17–27	0–2	Kezar Stadium
3	October 3	New York Giants	L 13–23	0–3	Pitt Stadium
4		at Cleveland Browns	L 19–24	0–4	Cleveland Municipal Stadium
5	October 17	St. Louis Cardinals	L 7–20	0–5	Pitt Stadium
6	October 24	at Philadelphia Eagles	W 20–14	1–5	Franklin Field
7	October 31	Dallas Cowboys	W 22–13	2–5	Pitt Stadium
8	November 7	at St. Louis Cardinals	L 17–21	2–6	Busch Stadium (I)
9	November 14	at Dallas Cowboys	L 17–24	2–7	Cotton Bowl
10	November 21	Washington Redskins	L 3–31	2–8	Pitt Stadium
11	November 28	Cleveland Browns	L 21–42	2–9	Pitt Stadium
12	December 5	at New York Giants	L 10–35	2–10	Yankee Stadium
13	December 12	Philadelphia Eagles	L 13–47	2–11	Pitt Stadium
14	December 19	at Washington Redskins	L 14–35	2–12	D. C. Stadium

Note: Intra-conference opponents are in bold text.

Game summaries

at Pitt Stadium, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

Game time:
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Game attendance: 38,383
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Scoring Drives:

Pittsburgh – FG Clark 21
Pittsburgh – FG Clark 34
Green Bay – Adderley 34 interception (Chandler kick)
Pittsburgh – FG Clark 32
Green Bay – Fleming 31 pass from Starr (Chandler kick)
Green Bay – FG Chandler 9
Green Bay – FG Chandler 19
Green Bay – Hornung 10 pass from Starr (Chandler kick)
Green Bay – Pitts 2 run (Chandler kick)
Green Bay – Pitts 2 run (Chandler kick)

at Kezar Stadium, San Francisco, California

Game time:
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Game attendance: 30,140
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San Francisco – Crow 49 pass from Brodie (Davis kick)
Pittsburgh – Hoak 1 run (Clark kick)
San Francisco – FG Davis 37
San Francisco – FG Davis 27
Pittsburgh – FG Clark 32
San Francisco – Wiltard 9 run (Davis kick)
Pittsburgh – Campbell 15 fumble return (Clark kick)
San Francisco – Brodie 4 run (Davis kick)

at Pitt Stadium, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

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Game attendance: 31,871
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New York Giants – Thurlow 6 run (Stynchula kick)
Pittsburgh – FG Clark 22
New York Giants – Morrison 4 pass form Morrall (Stynchula kick)
Pittsburgh – FG Clark 48
New York Giants – FG Timberlake 43
Pittsburgh – Hoak 1 run (Clark kick)
New York Giants – Thomas 29 pass form Morrall (kick failed)

at Cleveland Municipal Stadium, Cleveland, Ohio

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Game attendance: 80,187
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Cleveland – FG Groza 38
Cleveland – Brown 4 pass from Ryan (Groza kick)
Pittsburgh – Nelsen 1 run (kick failed)
Pittsburgh – Hoak – 42 run (kick failed)
Cleveland – Brown 1 run (Groza kick)
Pittsburgh – Hoak 15 run (Clark kick)
Cleveland – Collins 14 pass from Ryan (Groza kick)

at Pitt Stadium, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

Game time:
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Game attendance: 31,085
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St. Louis – Randle 8 pass from Johnson (Bakken kick)
Pittsburgh – Ballman 5 run (Clark kick)
St. Louis – FG Bakken 32
St. Louis – Conrad 71 pass from Johnson (Bakken kick)
St. Louis – FG Bakken 35

at Franklin Field, Philadelphia

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Game attendance: 56,515
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Philadelphia – Gros 4 run (Baker kick)
Pittsburgh – Daniel 17 fumble return (kick failed)
Pittsburgh – J. Bradshaw 82 interception return (Clark kick)
Pittsburgh – Lind 4 pass from Nelsen (Clark kick)
Philadelphia – Poage 14 pass from Concannon (Baker kick)

at Pitt Stadium, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

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Game attendance: 37,804
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Dallas – Smith 2 pass from Meredith (kick failed)
Pittsburgh – Hoak 2 pass from Nelsen (kick failed)
Pittsburgh – Ballman 20 pass from Nelsen (kick failed)
Pittsburgh – Ballman 72 pass from Nelsen (Clark kick)
Dallas – Gent 8 pass from Meredith (Villanueva kick)
Pittsburgh – FG Clark 18

at Busch Stadium, St. Louis, Missouri

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Game attendance: 31,899
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Scoring Drives:

Pittsburgh – FG Clark 11
St. Louis – Triplett 3 run (Bakken kick)
St. Louis – Randle 15 pass from Johnson (Bakken kick)
Pittsburgh – Jefferson 50 pass from Nelsen (Clark kick)
Pittsburgh – Lind 2 run (Clark kick)
St. Louis – Gambrell 59 pass from Johnson (Bakken kick)

at Cotton Bowl, Dallas, Texas

Game time:
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Game attendance: 57,293
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Scoring Drives:

Pittsburgh – Hoak 3 run (Clark kick)
Dallas – Clarke 1 pass from Meredith (Villanueva kick)
Dallas – FG Villanueva 33
Pittsburgh – FG Clark 32
Pittsburgh – Folkins 18 fumble return (Clark kick)
Dallas – Reeves 2 run (Villanueva kick)
Dallas – Hayes 28 pass from Meredith (Villanueva kick)

at Pitt Stadium, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

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Game attendance: 25,052
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Pittsburgh – FG Clark 34
Washington – Lewis 1 run (Jencks kick)
Washington – FG Jencks 9
Washington – Taylor 8 run (Jencks kick)
Washington – Coia 45 pass from Jurgensen (Jencks kick)
Washington – Harris 57 punt return (Jencks kick)

at Pitt Stadium, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

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Game attendance: 42,757
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Cleveland – Kelly 56 punt return (Groza kick)
Cleveland – Brown 2 run (Groza kick)
Cleveland – Brown 2 run (Groza kick)
Pittsburgh – Ballman 87 pass from Nelsen (Clark kick)
Cleveland – Brown 15 run (Groza kick)
Pittsburgh – Butler 43 pass from Nelsen (Clark kick)
Cleveland – Brewer 25 pass from Ninowski (Groza kick)
Pittsburgh – Thomas 80 pass from Nelsen (Clark kick)
Cleveland – Brown 27 pass from Ninowski (Groza kick)

at Yankee Stadium, The Bronx, New York

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Game attendance: 62,735
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Scoring Drives:

New York Giants – Shofner 33 pass from Morrall (Timberlake kick)
Pittsburgh – FG Clark 25
Pittsburgh – Ballman 1 run (Clark kick)
New York Giants – Frederickson 13 run (Timberlake kick)
New York Giants – Frederickson 3 run (Timberlake kick)
New York Giants – Frederickson 19 pass from Morrall (Timberlake kick)
New York Giants – Jones 28 pass from Wood (Timberlake kick)

at Pitt Stadium, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

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Game attendance: 22,002
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Philadelphia – Gros 2 run (Baker kick)
Philadelphia – Retzlaff 13 pass from Snead (kick failed)
Philadelphia – Matson 8 run (Baker kick)
Philadelphia – Baughan 33 interception return (Baker kick)
Philadelphia – Nettles 56 interception return (Baker kick)
Pittsburgh – Ballman 20 pass from Wade (Clark kick)
Pittsburgh – Woodson 61 interception return (kick failed)
Philadelphia – Tarasovic 40 interception return (kick failed)
Philadelphia – Lang 8 run (Baker kick)

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

Game time:
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Game attendance: 49,806
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Scoring Drives:

Washington – Lewis 10 pass from Jurgensen (Jencks kick)
Washington – Harris 34 interception (Jencks kick)
Pittsburgh – Ballman 2 run (Clark kick)
Washington – Walters 63 interception return (Jencks kick)
Pittsburgh – Ballman 44 pass from Wade (Clark kick)
Washington – Pellegrini 31 fumble return (Jencks kick)
Washington – Hughley 4 pass from Jurgensen (Jencks kick)

External links

1965 Pittsburgh Steelers season at Profootballreference.com
1965 Pittsburgh Steelers season statistics at jt-sw.com