Sunday, October 3, 1965
New York Giants 23, Pittsburgh Steelers 13| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Final | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New York Giants (2-1-0) | 7 | 7 | 0 | 9 | 23 |
| Pittsburgh Steelers (0-3-0) | 0 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 13 |
| NYG | PIT | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | NYG | Steve Thurlow 6 yard rush (Andy Stynchula kick) | 7 | 0 |
| 2nd | PIT | Mike Clark 22 yard field goal | 7 | 3 |
| NYG | Joe Morrison 4 yard pass from Earl Morrall (Andy Stynchula kick) | 14 | 3 | |
| 3rd | PIT | Mike Clark 48 yard field goal | 14 | 6 |
| 4th | NYG | Bob Timberlake 43 yard field goal | 17 | 6 |
| PIT | Dick Hoak 1 yard rush (Mike Clark kick) | 17 | 13 | |
| NYG | Aaron Thomas 29 yard pass from Earl Morrall (kick failed) | 23 | 13 |
| NYG | PIT | |
|---|---|---|
| First downs | 17 | 18 |
| Rush-yards-TDs | 32-112-1 | 33-73-1 |
| Comp-Att-Yd-TD-INT | 11-18-248-2-0 | 17-28-263-0-2 |
| Sacked-yards | 2-16 | 3-13 |
| Net pass yards | 232 | 250 |
| Total yards | 344 | 323 |
| Fumbles-lost | 1-0 | 2-1 |
| Turnovers | 0 | 3 |
| Penalties-yards | 1-29 | 6-45 |
| Passing | Rushing | Receiving | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tm | Cmp | Att | Yds | TD | Int | Lng | Att | Yds | TD | Lng | Rec | Yds | TD | Lng | |
| Steve Thurlow | NYG | 1 | 1 | 49 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 56 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 30 | 0 | 0 |
| Earl Morrall | NYG | 10 | 17 | 199 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Aaron Thomas | NYG | 3 | 84 | 1 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Tucker Frederickson | NYG | 17 | 56 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 11 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| Joe Morrison | NYG | 4 | 63 | 1 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Del Shofner | NYG | 2 | 60 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Passing | Rushing | Receiving | |||||||||||||
| Tm | Cmp | Att | Yds | TD | Int | Lng | Att | Yds | TD | Lng | Rec | Yds | TD | Lng | |
| Bill Nelsen | PIT | 17 | 28 | 263 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Gary Ballman | PIT | 5 | 28 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 74 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| Mike Lind | PIT | 11 | 34 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 40 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| Dick Hoak | PIT | 8 | 15 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 58 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| Clendon Thomas | PIT | 4 | 47 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Paul Martha | PIT | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 26 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| Theron Sapp | PIT | 1 | 10 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Cannonball Butler | PIT | 6 | -8 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| Def Interceptions | Fumbles | Kick Returns | Punt Returns | ||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tm | Sk | Int | Yds | TD | Lng | FR | Yds | TD | Rt | Yds | TD | Lng | Ret | Yds | TD | Lng | |||
| Spider Lockhart | NYG | 1 | 17 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Dick Lynch | NYG | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Willie Williams | NYG | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 19 | 19.0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | -6 | -6.0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Def Interceptions | Fumbles | Kick Returns | Punt Returns | ||||||||||||||||
| Tm | Sk | Int | Yds | TD | Lng | FR | Yds | TD | Rt | Yds | TD | Lng | Ret | Yds | TD | Lng | |||
| Gary Ballman | PIT | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 23 | 23.0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| Cannonball Butler | PIT | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 64 | 21.3 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| Roy Jefferson | PIT | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| Brady Keys | PIT | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 2.0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||