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1961 Pittsburgh Steelers season | |
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Owner | Art Rooney |
Head coach | Buddy Parker |
Home field | Forbes Field |
Results | |
Record | 6–8 |
Division place | 5th NFL Eastern |
Playoff finish | Did not qualify |
The 1961 Pittsburgh Steelers season was the franchise's 29th in the National Football League.
Week | Date | Opponent | Result | Record |
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1 | September 17 | at Dallas Cowboys | L 24–27 | 0–1 |
2 | September 24 | New York Giants | L 14–17 | 0–2 |
3 | October 1 | at Los Angeles Rams | L 14–24 | 0–3 |
4 | October 8 | at Philadelphia Eagles | L 16–21 | 0–4 |
5 | October 15 | Washington Redskins | W 20–0 | 1–4 |
6 | October 22 | Cleveland Browns | L 28–30 | 1–5 |
7 | October 29 | San Francisco 49ers | W 20–10 | 2–5 |
8 | November 5 | at Cleveland Browns | W 17–13 | 3–5 |
9 | November 12 | Dallas Cowboys | W 37–7 | 4–5 |
10 | November 19 | at New York Giants | L 21–42 | 4–6 |
11 | November 26 | St. Louis Cardinals | W 30–27 | 5–6 |
12 | December 3 | Philadelphia Eagles | L 24–35 | 5–7 |
13 | December 10 | at Washington Redskins | W 30–14 | 6–7 |
14 | December 17 | at St. Louis Cardinals | L 0–20 | 6–8 |
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total | |
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Steelers | 0 | 14 | 0 | 10 | 24 |
Cowboys | 7 | 3 | 7 | 10 | 27 |
Scoring Drives:
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total | |
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Giants | 0 | 7 | 10 | 0 | 17 |
Steelers | 7 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 14 |
at Forbes Field, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Scoring Drives:
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Steelers | 0 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 14 |
Rams | 7 | 7 | 0 | 10 | 24 |
at Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum, Los Angeles
Scoring Drives:
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Steelers | 3 | 7 | 0 | 6 | 16 |
Eagles | 0 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 21 |
at Franklin Field, Philadelphia
Scoring Drives:
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Redskins | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Steelers | 17 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 20 |
at Forbes Field, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Scoring Drives:
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Browns | 3 | 7 | 3 | 17 | 30 |
Steelers | 0 | 0 | 14 | 14 | 28 |
at Forbes Field, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Scoring Drives:
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
49ers | 0 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 10 |
Steelers | 17 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 20 |
at Forbes Field, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Scoring Drives:
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Steelers | 0 | 0 | 10 | 7 | 17 |
Browns | 7 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 13 |
at Cleveland Municipal Stadium, Cleveland, Ohio
Scoring Drives:
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Steelers | 7 | 13 | 7 | 10 | 37 |
Cowboys | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 7 |
Scoring Drives:
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Giants | 7 | 7 | 14 | 14 | 42 |
Steelers | 7 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 21 |
at Forbes Field, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Scoring Drives:
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Cardinals | 13 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 27 |
Steelers | 0 | 13 | 14 | 0 | 27 |
at Forbes Field, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Scoring Drives:
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Eagles | 14 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 35 |
Steelers | 7 | 3 | 7 | 7 | 24 |
at Forbes Field, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Scoring Drives:
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Steelers | 7 | 3 | 14 | 6 | 30 |
Redskins | 0 | 7 | 0 | 7 | 14 |
at D.C. Stadium, Washington, D.C.
Scoring Drives:
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Steelers | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Cardinals | 7 | 0 | 6 | 7 | 20 |
at Busch Stadium, St. Louis, Missouri
Scoring Drives:
NFL Eastern Conference | |||||||||
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W | L | T | PCT | CONF | PF | PA | STK | ||
New York Giants | 10 | 3 | 1 | .769 | 9–2–1 | 368 | 220 | T1 | |
Philadelphia Eagles | 10 | 4 | 0 | .714 | 8–4 | 361 | 297 | W1 | |
Cleveland Browns | 8 | 5 | 1 | .615 | 8–3–1 | 319 | 270 | T1 | |
St. Louis Cardinals | 7 | 7 | 0 | .500 | 7–5 | 279 | 267 | W3 | |
Pittsburgh Steelers | 6 | 8 | 0 | .429 | 5–7 | 295 | 287 | L1 | |
Dallas Cowboys | 4 | 9 | 1 | .308 | 2–9–1 | 236 | 380 | L4 | |
Washington Redskins | 1 | 12 | 1 | .077 | 1–10–1 | 174 | 392 | W1 |