1961 Pittsburgh Steelers Game Log

Record: 6-8-0, 5th in NFL East Division (Schedule and Results)

Coach: Buddy Parker (6-8-0)

Points For: 295 (21.1/g) 8th of 14

Points Against: 287 (20.5/g) 7th of 14

Expected W-L: 7.2-6.8

SRS: -1.75 (11th of 14), SOS: -2.32

Other Notable Asst.: Walt Kiesling (Assistant Coach) and Mike Nixon (Backfield Coach)

Stadium: Forbes Field

Founder/Principal Owner/President: Art Rooney

General Manager: Francis Fogarty

Defensive Alignment: 4-3

Training Camp: Slippery Rock University (Slippery Rock, Pennsylvania)

Game Logs

Game Logs Table
								Score		Passing											Rushing				Scoring				Punting
Week	Day	Date			OT		Opp	Tm	Opp	Cmp	Att	Yds	TD	Int	Sk	Yds	Y/A	NY/A	Cmp%	Rate	Att	Yds	Y/A	TD	FGM	FGA	XPM	XPA	Pnt	Yds	ToP
1	Sun	September 17	boxscore	L		@	Dallas Cowboys	24	27	16	26	237	1	3		15	9.7	9.1	61.5	64.6	34	105	3.1	1	1	3	3	3	4	176
2	Sun	September 24	boxscore	L			New York Giants	14	17	10	24	128	1	2		30	6.6	5.3	41.7	38.2	38	124	3.3	1	0	1	2	2	7	360
3	Sun	October 1	boxscore	L		@	Los Angeles Rams	14	24	12	26	124	1	5		11	5.2	4.8	46.2	33.7	36	94	2.6	1	0	0	2	2	5	212
4	Sun	October 8	boxscore	L		@	Philadelphia Eagles	16	21	19	29	140	1	1		47	6.4	4.8	65.5	73.9	40	141	3.5	1	1	2	1	2	7	293
5	Sun	October 15	boxscore	W			Washington Redskins	20	0	8	18	90	2	2		25	6.4	5.0	44.4	57.4	43	95	2.2	0	2	3	2	2	6	290
6	Sun	October 22	boxscore	L			Cleveland Browns	28	30	15	24	222	2	1		53	11.5	9.3	62.5	103.1	26	87	3.3	2	0	1	4	4	6	291
7	Sun	October 29	boxscore	W			San Francisco 49ers	20	10	6	12	48	1	1		8	4.7	4.0	50.0	53.5	37	156	4.2	1	2	2	2	2	7	351
8	Sun	November 5	boxscore	W		@	Cleveland Browns	17	13	12	18	196	1	2		7	11.3	10.9	66.7	81.9	42	160	3.8	1	1	4	2	2	3	141
9	Sun	November 12	boxscore	W			Dallas Cowboys	37	7	11	23	204	2	1		16	9.6	8.9	47.8	89.8	39	167	4.3	1	3	3	4	4	4	210
10	Sun	November 19	boxscore	L		@	New York Giants	21	42	18	30	187	3	3		36	7.4	6.2	60.0	71.8	32	118	3.7	0	0	1	3	3	6	282
11	Sun	November 26	boxscore	W			St. Louis Cardinals	30	27	10	26	187	1	5		0	7.2	7.2	38.5	37.3	49	160	3.3	1	3	5	3	3	3	141
12	Sun	December 3	boxscore	L			Philadelphia Eagles	24	35	14	34	200	3	6		3	6.0	5.9	41.2	50.7	47	161	3.4	0	1	1	3	3	6	282
13	Sun	December 10	boxscore	W		@	Washington Redskins	30	14	13	19	214	4	0		12	11.9	11.3	68.4	145.6	39	110	2.8	0	1	1	3	4	5	227
14	Sun	December 17	boxscore	L		@	St. Louis Cardinals	0	20	12	25	155	0	2		27	7.3	6.2	48.0	34.6	41	83	2.0	0	0	1	0	0	4	187

Opponent Game Logs Table
								Score		Passing											Rushing				Scoring				Punting
Week	Day	Date			OT		Opp	Tm	Opp	Cmp	Att	Yds	TD	Int	Sk	Yds	Y/A	NY/A	Cmp%	Rate	Att	Yds	Y/A	TD	FGM	FGA	XPM	XPA	Pnt	Yds	ToP
1	Sun	September 17	boxscore	L		@	Dallas Cowboys	24	27	19	39	307	3	2		20	8.4	7.9	48.7	79.8	29	96	3.3	0	2	4	3	3	6	112
2	Sun	September 24	boxscore	L			New York Giants	14	17	16	28	136	2	0		34	6.1	4.9	57.1	93.7	33	142	4.3	0	1	3	2	2	8	307
3	Sun	October 1	boxscore	L		@	Los Angeles Rams	14	24	17	28	216	2	1		33	8.9	7.7	60.7	93.8	25	42	1.7	1	1	2	3	3	8	239
4	Sun	October 8	boxscore	L		@	Philadelphia Eagles	16	21	11	22	103	2	3		6	5.0	4.7	50.0	54.0	29	124	4.3	1	0	0	3	3	5	119
5	Sun	October 15	boxscore	W			Washington Redskins	20	0	12	43	126	0	6		20	3.4	2.9	27.9	0.0	22	65	3.0	0	0	3	0	0	7	144
6	Sun	October 22	boxscore	L			Cleveland Browns	28	30	12	20	149	0	2		7	7.8	7.5	60.0	43.5	47	229	4.9	3	3	3	3	3	3	47
7	Sun	October 29	boxscore	W			San Francisco 49ers	20	10	12	30	164	1	1		48	7.1	5.5	40.0	55.4	25	52	2.1	0	1	2	1	1	7	251
8	Sun	November 5	boxscore	W		@	Cleveland Browns	17	13	10	19	104	0	1		36	7.4	5.5	52.6	46.8	32	148	4.6	1	2	2	1	1	5	132
9	Sun	November 12	boxscore	W			Dallas Cowboys	37	7	13	33	122	0	2		21	4.3	3.7	39.4	25.1	20	63	3.2	1	0	0	1	1	10	418
10	Sun	November 19	boxscore	L		@	New York Giants	21	42	20	31	304	4	1		19	10.4	9.8	64.5	122.8	33	121	3.7	2	0	2	6	6	3	44
11	Sun	November 26	boxscore	W			St. Louis Cardinals	30	27	14	28	165	2	3		41	7.4	5.9	50.0	52.5	24	59	2.5	0	0	0	3	4	6	162
12	Sun	December 3	boxscore	L			Philadelphia Eagles	24	35	14	31	192	2	0		19	6.8	6.2	45.2	87.0	22	92	4.2	2	0	1	5	5	9	389
13	Sun	December 10	boxscore	W		@	Washington Redskins	30	14	21	45	247	2	3		25	6.0	5.5	46.7	50.9	24	96	4.0	0	0	2	2	2	3	276
14	Sun	December 17	boxscore	L		@	St. Louis Cardinals	0	20	10	23	111	2	0		5	5.0	4.8	43.5	87.4	31	134	4.3	0	0	2	2	3	6	182