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1966 Pittsburgh Steelers

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Record: 5-8-1, Finished 6th in NFL East Division
NFL Season Summary

Scored 316 points (22.6/g), 7th of 15 in the NFL.
 Allowed 347 points (24.8/g), 12th.
 Differential of -31 points (-2.2/g), 11th.
 Expected W-L: 6.2-7.8.

 Takeaway/Giveaway Differential +1 (0.1/g), 7th.

Coached by Bill Austin (5-8-1)

1966 Statistics / Starters & Roster / Games & Schedule / Team Draftees

Team Games & Schedule

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Score Offense Defense
Week Date Rec Opp Tm Opp 1stD TotYd PassY RushY TO 1stD TotYd PassY RushY TO
1 Sun September 11 box T 0-0-1 New York Giants 34 34 25 404 266 138 3 8 279 247 32 5
2 Sun September 18 box W 1-0-1 Detroit Lions 17 3 15 256 143 113 1 9 158 89 69 4
3 Sun September 25 box L 1-1-1 Washington Redskins 27 33 15 278 206 72 6 17 320 228 92 2
4 Sun October 2 box L 1-2-1 @ Washington Redskins 10 24 16 249 180 69 4 11 333 249 84
5 Sat October 8 box L 1-3-1 @ Cleveland Browns 10 41 12 204 182 22 6 31 467 226 241 2
6 Sun October 16 box L 1-4-1 Philadelphia Eagles 14 31 14 178 91 87 3 22 281 93 188 3
7 Sun October 30 box L 1-5-1 @ Dallas Cowboys 21 52 6 119 112 7 4 24 425 233 192 3
8 Sun November 6 box W 2-5-1 Cleveland Browns 16 6 12 267 132 135 19 307 176 131 6
9 Sun November 13 box W 3-5-1 St. Louis Cardinals 30 9 6 150 102 48 3 14 251 195 56 4
10 Sun November 20 box L 3-6-1 Dallas Cowboys 7 20 16 163 110 53 3 16 258 134 124 1
11 Sun November 27 box L 3-7-1 @ St. Louis Cardinals 3 6 8 78 46 32 2 15 228 29 199 1
12 Sun December 4 box L 3-8-1 @ Philadelphia Eagles 23 27 15 250 155 95 2 19 304 124 180 2
13 Sun December 11 box W 4-8-1 @ New York Giants 47 28 20 392 297 95 1 15 310 191 119 2
14 Sun December 18 box W 5-8-1 @ Atlanta Falcons 57 33 27 458 332 126 1 18 370 291 79 5

Team Stats and Rankings

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Passing Rushing
Pts Yds Ply Y/P 1stD Cmp Att Yds TD Int NY/A 1stD Att Yds TD Y/A 1stD TO FL 1stPy
Team Offense 316 3446 842 4.1 207 188 401 2354 18 22 5.0 117 375 1092 13 2.9 65 39 17 25
Team Defense 347 4291 903 4.8 369 192 397 2505 27 24 5.8 105 468 1786 11 3.8 238 40 16 26
Lg Rank Offense 7 15 14 9 11 7 7 14 14 15 6 15 10 10
Lg Rank Defense 12 10 5 6 10 14 4 10 12 10 5 7 5 6

Passing

Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · CSV · PRE
Age Pos G GS QBrec Cmp Att Cmp% Yds TD TD% Int Int% Lng Y/A AY/A Y/C Y/G Rate Sk Yds NY/A ANY/A Sk%
Ron C. Smith 24 QB 9 7 2-5-0 79 181 43.6 1249 8 4.4 12 6.6 84 6.9 4.4 15.8 138.8 54.3
Bill Nelsen 25 qb 5 5 3-1-1 63 112 56.3 1122 7 6.3 1 0.9 68 10.0 10.2 17.8 224.4 107.8
George Izo 29 4 2 0-2-0 35 81 43.2 360 2 2.5 8 9.9 37 4.4 0.2 10.3 90.0 25.3
Ron Meyer 22 4 0 7 19 36.8 59 0 0.0 1 5.3 19 3.1 0.7 8.4 14.8 23.8
Dick Hoak 27 HB 13 0 4 6 66.7 87 1 16.7 0 0.0 42 14.5 16.2 21.8 6.7 149.3
Willie Asbury 23 FB 14 0 0 1 0.0 0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 39.6
Amos Bullocks 27 8 0 0 1 0.0 0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 39.6
Team Total 25.6 14 5-8-1 188 401 46.9 2877 18 4.5 22 5.5 84 7.2 5.2 15.3 205.5 63.1
Opp Total 14 192 397 48.4 2505 27 6.8 24 6.0 6.3 4.3 13.0 178.9 66.2 38 344 5.8 3.1

Rushing & Receiving

Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · CSV · PRE
Rushing Receiving
Age Pos G GS Att Yds TD Lng Y/A Y/G A/G Rec Yds Y/R TD Lng R/G Y/G YScm RRTD Fmb
Willie Asbury 23 FB 14 0 169 544 7 45 3.2 38.9 12.1 19 228 12.0 2 37 1.4 16.3 772 9 6
Dick Hoak 27 HB 13 0 81 212 1 16 2.6 16.3 6.2 23 239 10.4 0 31 1.8 18.4 451 1 3
Cannonball Butler 23 14 0 46 114 2 19 2.5 8.1 3.3 4 93 23.3 1 66 0.3 6.6 207 3 4
Amos Bullocks 27 8 0 29 83 1 13 2.9 10.4 3.6 5 64 12.8 1 18 0.6 8.0 147 2 1
Bobby L. Smith 24 8 0 24 93 0 21 3.9 11.6 3.0 3 26 8.7 0 21 0.4 3.3 119 0 2
Dick Leftridge 22 4 0 8 17 2 5 2.1 4.3 2.0 17 2 1
Bill Nelsen 25 qb 5 5 6 18 0 9 3.0 3.6 1.2 18 0 1
Ron C. Smith 24 QB 9 7 4 -9 0 2 -2.3 -1.0 0.4 -9 0 2
Mike Lind 26 6 0 3 4 0 3 1.3 0.7 0.5 4 0 0
Roy Jefferson 23 SE 14 0 2 36 0 24 18.0 2.6 0.1 32 772 24.1 4 84 2.3 55.1 808 4 3
George Izo 29 4 2 2 -18 0 -4 -9.0 -4.5 0.5 -18 0 2
Ron Meyer 22 4 0 1 -2 0 -2 -2.0 -0.5 0.3 -2 0 1
John Hilton 24 TE 14 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 46 603 13.1 4 32 3.3 43.1 603 4 1
Gary Ballman 26 FL 13 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 41 663 16.2 5 79 3.2 51.0 663 5 2
J.R. Wilburn 23 14 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 7 103 14.7 0 42 0.5 7.4 103 0 1
Jerry Simmons 24 13 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 6 68 11.3 1 21 0.5 5.2 68 1 1
Tony Jeter 22 9 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 2 18 9.0 0 11 0.2 2.0 18 0 0
Team Total 25.6 14 375 1092 13 45 2.9 78.0 26.8 188 2877 15.3 18 84 13.4 205.5 3969 31 34
Opp Total 14 468 1786 11 3.8 127.6 33.4 192 2505 13.0 27 13.7 178.9 4291 38 37

Kick & Punt Returns

Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · CSV · PRE
Punt Returns Kick Returns
Age Pos G GS Ret Yds TD Lng Y/R Rt Yds TD Lng Y/Rt APYd
Gary Ballman 26 FL 13 0 20 477 0 70 23.9 1140
Cannonball Butler 23 14 0 17 454 1 93 26.7 661
Roy Jefferson 23 SE 14 0 12 29 0 12 2.4 837
Jerry Simmons 24 13 0 2 0 0 0 0.0 10 196 0 38 19.6 264
Brady Keys* 30 RCB 14 0 5 11 0 11 2.2 1 18 0 18 18.0 29
Marv Woodson 25 LCB 14 0 6 113 0 20 18.8 113
Jim Bradshaw 27 9 0 2 3 0 2 1.5 3
Paul Martha 24 RS 12 0 2 39 0 20 19.5 39
Andy Russell 25 RLB 14 0 2 12 0 7 6.0 12
Bill Saul 26 MLB 14 0 2 35 0 22 17.5 35
John Campbell 28 LLB 13 0 1 15 0 15 15.0 15
John Hilton 24 TE 14 0 1 0 0 0 0.0 603
Dick Leftridge 22 4 0 1 10 0 10 10.0 27
Mike Lind 26 6 0 1 15 0 15 15.0 19
Team Total 25.6 14 21 43 0 12 2.0 64 1384 1 93 21.6 5396
Opp Total 14 42 0 63 1485 1 23.6

Kicking & Punting

Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · CSV · PRE
0--19 20--29 30--39 40--49 50+ Tot PAT Punting
Age Pos G GS FGA FGM FGA FGM FGA FGM FGA FGM FGA FGM FGA FGM FG% XPA XPM XP% Pnt Yds Lng Blck Y/P
Frank Lambert 23 P 14 0 78 3284 63 0 42.1
Mike Clark* 26 K 14 0 4 4 10 7 8 4 9 6 1 32 21 65.6% 34 34 100.0%
Andy Russell 25 RLB 14 0 1 1 100.0%
Team Total 25.6 14 4 4 10 7 8 4 9 6 1 32 21 65.6% 35 35 100.0% 78 3284 63 0 42.1
Opp Total 14 33 19 57.6% 42 38 90.5% 64 2419 37.8

Defense & Fumbles

Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · CSV · PRE
Def Interceptions Fumbles Tackles
Age Pos G GS Sk Int Yds TD Lng PD FF Fmb FR Yds TD Tkl Ast Sfty
Willie Asbury 23 FB 14 0 6 0 0 0
Gary Ballman 26 FL 13 0 2 1 0 0
Charlie Bradshaw 30 LT 14 0 0 3 0 0
Jim Bradshaw 27 9 0 4 82 1 28 0 1 0 0
Rod Breedlove 28 11 0 2 10 0 9 0 1 0 0
Amos Bullocks 27 8 0 1 0 0 0
Cannonball Butler 23 14 0 4 0 0 0
John Campbell 28 LLB 13 0 2 6 0 6 0 2 8 0
Larry Gagner 23 LG 14 14 0 2 0 0
Riley Gunnels 29 14 0 1 2 0 2 0 1 0 0
John Hilton 24 TE 14 0 1 0 0 0
Dick Hoak 27 HB 13 0 3 0 0 0
George Izo 29 4 2 2 0 0 0
Roy Jefferson 23 SE 14 0 3 2 0 0
Tony Jeter 22 9 0 0 1 0 0
Brady Keys* 30 RCB 14 0 4 0 0 0 2 0 0 0
Ken Kortas 24 LDT 14 0 0 1 0 0
Frank Lambert 23 P 14 0 0 1 0 0
Dick Leftridge 22 4 0 1 1 0 0
Mike Magac 28 RG 14 0 0 1 0 0
Ray Mansfield 25 C 14 0 1 3 -20 0
Paul Martha 24 RS 12 0 3 44 0 35 0 1 0 0
Ben McGee* 27 LDE 14 0 0 2 9 0
Ron Meyer 22 4 0 1 0 0 0
Bill Nelsen 25 qb 5 5 1 1 0 0
Roger Pillath 25 6 0 0 1 0 0
Bill Saul 26 MLB 14 0 2 21 0 13 0 2 0 0
Jerry Simmons 24 13 0 1 2 0 0
Bobby L. Smith 24 8 0 2 0 0 0
Ron C. Smith 24 QB 9 7 2 0 0 0
Clendon Thomas 31 LS 14 0 2 24 0 24 0 2 23 1
Ralph Wenzel 23 6 0 0 1 0 0
J.R. Wilburn 23 14 0 1 0 0 0
Marv Woodson 25 LCB 14 0 4 91 1 56
Team Total 25.6 14 24 280 2 56 34 33 20 1
Opp Total 14 66 37 21

Scoring Summary

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Age Pos G GS RshTD RecTD PR TD KR TD FblTD IntTD OthTD 2PM XPM FGM Sfty Pts
Mike Clark* 26 K 14 0 34 21 97
Willie Asbury 23 FB 14 0 7 2 54
Gary Ballman 26 FL 13 0 5 30
Cannonball Butler 23 14 0 2 1 1 24
John Hilton 24 TE 14 0 4 24
Roy Jefferson 23 SE 14 0 4 24
Amos Bullocks 27 8 0 1 1 12
Dick Leftridge 22 4 0 2 12
Andy Russell 25 RLB 14 0 1 1 7
Jim Bradshaw 27 9 0 1 6
Dick Hoak 27 HB 13 0 1 6
Jerry Simmons 24 13 0 1 6
Clendon Thomas 31 LS 14 0 1 6
Marv Woodson 25 LCB 14 0 1 6
Team Total 25.6 14 13 18 1 1 2 1 35 21 314
Opp Total 14 11 27 1 38 19 347