1965 Pittsburgh Steelers season

Regular season

Schedule

Game summaries

Week 1 (Sunday September 19, 1965): [Green Bay Packers]

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• Game attendance: 38,383
• Referee:
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• Pittsburgh – FG Clark 21
• Pittsburgh – FG Clark 34
• Green Bay – Adderley 34 interception
• Pittsburgh – FG Clark 32
• Green Bay – Fleming 31 pass from Starr
• Green Bay – FG Chandler 9
• Green Bay – FG Chandler 19
• Green Bay – Hornung 10 pass from Starr
• Green Bay – Pitts 2 run
• Green Bay – Pitts 2 run

  Week 2 (Sunday September 26, 1965): [San Francisco 49ers]

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

  Week 3 (Sunday October 3, 1965): [New York Giants]

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

  Week 4 (Saturday October 9, 1965): [Cleveland Browns]

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

  Week 5 (Sunday October 17, 1965): [St. Louis Cardinals]

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

  Week 6 (Sunday October 24, 1965): [Philadelphia Eagles]

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

  Week 7 (Sunday October 31, 1965): [Dallas Cowboys]

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

  Week 8 (Sunday November 7, 1965): St. Louis Cardinals">St. Louis Cardinals (football)">St. Louis Cardinals

• Game time:
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• Game attendance: 31,899
• Referee:
• TV announcers:

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

  Week 9 (Sunday November 14, 1965): [Dallas Cowboys]

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• Game attendance: 57,293
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• Pittsburgh – Hoak 3 run
• Dallas – Clarke 1 pass from Meredith
• Dallas – FG Villanueva 33
• Pittsburgh – FG Clark 32
• Pittsburgh – Folkins 18 fumble return
• Dallas – Reeves 2 run
• Dallas – Hayes 28 pass from Meredith

  Week 10 (Sunday November 21, 1965): [Washington Redskins]

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

  Week 11 (Sunday November 28, 1965): [Cleveland Browns]

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

  Week 12 (Sunday December 5, 1965): [New York Giants]

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• Game attendance: 62,735
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• New York Giants – Shofner 33 pass from Morrall
• Pittsburgh – FG Clark 25
• Pittsburgh – Ballman 1 run
• New York Giants – Frederickson 13 run
• New York Giants – Frederickson 3 run
• New York Giants – Frederickson 19 pass from Morrall
• New York Giants – Jones 28 pass from Wood

  Week 13 (Sunday December 12, 1965): [Philadelphia Eagles]

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

  Week 14 (December 19, 1965): [Washington Redskins]

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• Game attendance: 49,806
• Referee:
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• Washington – Lewis 10 pass from Jurgensen
• Washington – Harris 34 interception
• Pittsburgh – Ballman 2 run
• Washington – Walters 63 interception return
• Pittsburgh – Ballman 44 pass from Wade
• Washington – Pellegrini 31 fumble return
• Washington – Hughley 4 pass from Jurgensen

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