1966 Pittsburgh Steelers (NFL)

6th place Eastern Conference 5-8-1 .385

Tom Fletcher	Defensive Backs
Don Heinrich	Offensive Backs
Leon McLaughlin	Offensive Line
Hugh Taylor	Offensive Ends
LaVern Torgeson	Defense

SCORES
Day	Date		Opponent	Score		Location	Venue	Attendance
Sat	8/6/1966	A	New York Giants	14-16	L	Ithaca, NY	Schoellkopf Field	21000
Sat	8/13/1966	N	Minnesota Vikings	6-35	L	Portland, OR	Multnomah Stadium	21228
Sat	8/20/1966	N	San Francisco 49ers	34-17	W	Portland, OR	Multnomah Stadium	18090
Sat	8/27/1966	A	Green Bay Packers	6-17	L	Green Bay, WI	Lambeau Field	50861
Sat	9/3/1966	N	Cleveland Browns	10-13	L	Birmingham, AL	Legion Field	23590
Sun	9/11/1966	H	New York Giants	34-34	T	Pittsburgh, PA	Pitt Stadium	37693
Sun	9/18/1966	H	Detroit Lions	17-3	W	Pittsburgh, PA	Pitt Stadium	35473
Sun	9/25/1966	H	Washington Redskins	27-33	L	Pittsburgh, PA	Pitt Stadium	37505
Sun	10/2/1966	A	Washington Redskins	10-24	L	Washington, DC	D.C. Stadium	47360
Sat	10/8/1966	A	Cleveland Browns	10-41	L	Cleveland, OH	Cleveland Stadium	82687
Sun	10/16/1966	H	Philadelphia Eagles	14-31	L	Pittsburgh, PA	Pitt Stadium	28233
Sun	10/30/1966	A	Dallas Cowboys	21-52	L	Dallas, TX	Cotton Bowl	58453
Sun	11/6/1966	H	Cleveland Browns	16-6	W	Pittsburgh, PA	Pitt Stadium	39690
Sun	11/13/1966	H	St. Louis Cardinals	30-9	W	Pittsburgh, PA	Pitt Stadium	28552
Sun	11/20/1966	H	Dallas Cowboys	7-20	L	Pittsburgh, PA	Pitt Stadium	42185
Sun	11/27/1966	A	St. Louis Cardinals	3-6	L	St. Louis, MO	Busch Memorial Stadium	46099
Sun	12/4/1966	A	Philadelphia Eagles	23-27	L	Philadelphia, PA	Franklin Field	54275
Sun	12/11/1966	A	New York Giants	47-28	W	New York, NY	Yankee Stadium	62658
Sun	12/18/1966	A	Atlanta Falcons	57-33	W	Atlanta, GA	Atlanta-Fulton County Stadium	56229

Exhibition game. Playoff game. A=Away game. H=Home game. N=Neutral site game. W=Win. L=Loss. T=Tie. OT=Overtime.

ROSTER
No	Player	Pos	Ht	Wt	Age	College	GP	GS
30	Willie Asbury	FB	6-1	230	23	Kent State	14	14
78	John Baker	LDE	6-6	279	31	North Carolina Central	7	3
85	Gary Ballman	SE	6-0	203	26	Michigan State	13	13
71	Charlie Bradshaw	ROT	6-6	255	30	Baylor	14	14
24	Jim Bradshaw	RS	6-1	199	27	Tennessee-Chattanooga	9	7
63	Rod Breedlove	RLB	6-2	225	28	Maryland	11	3
52	Gene Breen	LB	6-2	229	25	Virginia Tech	2	0
49	Amos Bullocks	HB	6-0	201	27	Southern Illinois	8	0
23	Jim Butler	HB	5-10	191	23	Edward Waters	14	1
53	John Campbell	LLB	6-3	222	28	Minnesota	13	11
83	Mike Clark	K	6-1	203	26	Texas A&M	14	0
44	Willie Daniel	LCB	5-11	187	29	Mississippi State	12	5
79	Larry Gagner	LOG	6-3	240	23	Florida	14	14
74	Riley Gunnels	RDT	6-3	250	29	Georgia	14	9
82	John Hilton	TE	6-5	222	24	Richmond	14	14
64	Chuck Hinton	LDT	6-5	257	27	North Carolina Central	14	14
42	Dick Hoak	HB	5-11	191	27	Penn State	13	12
29	Bob Hohn	DB	6-0	187	25	Nebraska	4	0
15	George Izo	QB	6-3	218	29	Notre Dame	4	1
77	Dan James	LOT	6-4	262	29	Ohio State	10	10
87	Roy Jefferson	FL	6-2	194	23	Utah	14	14
84	Tony Jeter	TE	6-3	222	22	Nebraska	9	0
26	Brady Keys	RCB	6-0	189	29	East Los Angeles JC; Colorado State	14	14
55	Pat Killorin	C	6-2	220	22	Syracuse	5	0
75	Ken Kortas	RDT	6-2	282	24	Louisville	14	5
46	Frank Lambert	P	6-3	200	23	Mississippi	14	0
31	Dick Leftridge	FB	6-2	240	22	West Virginia	4	0
38	Mike Lind	FB	6-2	220	26	Notre Dame	6	0
68	Mike Magac	ROG	6-3	240	28	Missouri	14	14
73	Ray Mansfield	C	6-3	252	25	Washington	14	14
20	Paul Martha	RS	6-0	186	24	Pittsburgh	12	7
60	Ben McGee	RDE	6-2	255	27	Jackson State	14	14
11	Ron Meyer	QB	6-4	205	22	South Dakota State	4	0
14	Bill Nelsen	QB	6-0	195	25	El Cerritos JC; Southern California	5	5
72	Fran O'Brien	OT	6-1	253	30	Michigan State	11	0
58	Roger Pillath	LOT	6-4	249	25	Wisconsin	6	0
51	Tim Powell	DE	6-4	248	24	Northwestern	4	0
34	Andy Russell	RLB-LLB	6-3	221	25	Missouri	14	14
50	Bill Saul	MLB	6-4	225	26	Penn State	14	14
67	Bob Schmitz	LB	6-1	235	28	Wisconsin; Montana State	8	0
25	Jerry Simmons	FL	6-1	190	24	Bethune-Cookman	13	0
37	Bobby Smith	HB	6-0	203	24	North Texas	8	1
10	Ron Smith	QB	6-5	220	24	Wake Forest; Richmond	9	8
88	Steve Smith	TE	6-5	246	22	Michigan	3	0
61	Eli Strand	OG	6-2	250	23	Iowa State	8	0
28	Clendon Thomas	LS	6-2	196	31	Oklahoma	14	14
65	Lloyd Voss	LDE	6-4	256	24	Nebraska	14	11
62	Ralph Wenzel	OG	6-3	240	23	Foothill JC; San Diego State	6	0
86	J.R. Wilburn	SE	6-2	190	23	South Carolina	14	1
47	Marv Woodson	LCB	6-0	195	25	Indiana	14	9

DRAFT LIST
Round	Overall	Player	Pos	College
1	12	Dick Leftridge	FB	West Virginia
2	19	Larry Gagner	OG	Florida
3	35	Pat Killorin	C	Syracuse
7	98	Emerson Boozer	HB	Maryland-Eastern Shore
9	128	Dale Stewart	DB	Pittsburgh
10	143	Jerry Marion	DB	Wyoming
11	158	Charley Washington	HB	Grambling State
13	188	Benjy Dial	QB	Eastern New Mexico
14	203	Joe Novogratz	LB	Pittsburgh
15	218	Joe Dobson	T	Idaho
16	233	Jim Long	E	Purdue
17	248	Mike Brundage	QB	Oregon
18	263	Ken Lucas	QB	Pittsburgh
19	278	Dave Neilson	QB	Albion
20	293	Ron Springer	T	Albion

SCORING BY QUARTERS	1st	2nd	3rd	4th
Team Totals	41	115	102	58
Opponents Totals	55	102	83	107

TEAM STATS	TOP	1ST DOWNS	FDR	FDP	FDX	3RD DOWN EFFICIENCY	4TH DOWN EFFICIENCY	PEN	PENY
Team Totals		207	65	117	25	/ %	/ %	75	768
Opponents Totals		238	107	105	26	/ %	/ %	82	835

SCORING	TD	X1	X1A	PCT	FG	FGA	PCT	SAF	PTS
Mike Clark	0	34	34	100.0	21	32	65.6	0	97
Willie Asbury	9	0	0		0	0		0	54
Gary Ballman	5	0	0		0	0		0	30
Jim Butler	4	0	0		0	0		0	24
John Hilton	4	0	0		0	0		0	24
Roy Jefferson	4	0	0		0	0		0	24
Amos Bullocks	2	0	0		0	0		0	12
Dick Leftridge	2	0	0		0	0		0	12
Andy Russell	1	1	1	100.0	0	0		0	7
Jim Bradshaw	1	0	0		0	0		0	6
Dick Hoak	1	0	0		0	0		0	6
Jerry Simmons	1	0	0		0	0		0	6
Clendon Thomas	1	0	0		0	0		0	6
Marv Woodson	1	0	0		0	0		0	6
(Team)	0	0	1	0.0	0	0		1	2
Team Totals	36	35	36	97.2	21	32	65.6	1	316
Opponents Totals	42	38	42	90.5	19	33	57.6	0	347

FIELD GOALS	MADE	ATT	PCT	1-19	20-29	30-39	40-49	50+
Mike Clark	21	32	65.6	4/4	7/10	4/8	6/9	0/1
Team Totals	21	32	65.6	4/4	7/10	4/8	6/9	0/1
Opponents Totals	19	33	57.6	7/	5/	3/	3/	1/

RUSHING	ATT	YDS	AVG	LG	TD
Willie Asbury	169	544	3.2	45	7
Dick Hoak	81	212	2.6	16	1
Jim Butler	46	114	2.5	19	2
Bobby Smith	24	93	3.9	21	0
Amos Bullocks	29	83	2.9	13	1
Roy Jefferson	2	36	18.0	24	0
Bill Nelsen	6	18	3.0	9	0
Dick Leftridge	8	17	2.1	5	2
Mike Lind	3	4	1.3	3	0
Ron Meyer	1	-2	-2.0	-2	0
Ron Smith	4	-9	-2.3	2	0
George Izo	2	-18	-9.0	-4	0
Team Totals	375	1092	2.9	45	13
Opponents Totals	468	1786	3.8		11

PASSING	ATT	COM	PCT	INC	YDS	Y/ATT	Y/COM	LG	TD	TD%	INT	INT%	TS	YL	NYP	RTG
Ron Smith	181	79	43.6	90	1249	6.9	15.8	84t	8	4.4	12	6.6	42	326	923	54.3
Bill Nelsen	112	63	56.3	48	1122	10.0	17.8	68t	7	6.3	1	0.9	15	141	981	107.8
George Izo	81	35	43.2	38	360	4.4	10.3	37t	2	2.5	8	9.9	4	26	334	25.3
Ron Meyer	19	7	36.8	11	59	3.1	8.4	19	0	0.0	1	5.3	4	23	36	23.8
Dick Hoak	6	4	66.7	2	87	14.5	21.8	42t	1	16.7	0	0.0	1	7	80	149.3
Willie Asbury	1	0	0.0	1	0	0.0			0	0.0	0	0.0	0	0	0	39.6
Amos Bullocks	1	0	0.0	1	0	0.0			0	0.0	0	0.0	0	0	0	39.6
Team Totals	401	188	46.9	191	2877	7.2	15.3	84t	18	4.5	22	5.5	66	523	2354	63.1
Opponents Totals	307	192	62.5	91	2849	9.3	14.8		27	8.8	24	7.8	38	344	2505	89.6

RECEIVING	REC	YDS	AVG	LG	TD
John Hilton	46	603	13.1	32t	4
Gary Ballman	41	663	16.2	79t	5
Roy Jefferson	32	772	24.1	84t	4
Dick Hoak	23	239	10.4	31	0
Willie Asbury	19	228	12.0	37t	2
J.R. Wilburn	7	103	14.7	42	0
Jerry Simmons	6	68	11.3	21t	1
Amos Bullocks	5	64	12.8	18	1
Jim Butler	4	93	23.3	66t	1
Bobby Smith	3	26	8.7	21	0
Tony Jeter	2	18	9.0	11	0
Team Totals	188	2877	15.3	84t	18
Opponents Totals	192	2849	14.8		27

INTERCEPTIONS	INT	YDS	AVG	LG	TD
Marv Woodson	4	91	22.8	56t	1
Jim Bradshaw	4	82	20.5	28	1
Brady Keys	4	0	0.0	0	0
Paul Martha	3	44	14.7	35	0
Clendon Thomas	2	24	12.0	24	0
Bill Saul	2	21	10.5	13	0
Rod Breedlove	2	10	5.0	9	0
John Campbell	2	6	3.0	6	0
Riley Gunnels	1	2	2.0	2	0
Team Totals	24	280	11.7	56t	2
Opponents Totals	22	319	14.5		1

PUNTING	NO	YDS	AVG	LG	BL	RYDS
Frank Lambert	78	3284	42.1	63	0	242
Team Totals	78	3284	42.1	63	0	242
Opponents Totals	64	2421	37.8			43

PUNT RETURNS	NO	FC	YDS	AVG	LG
Roy Jefferson	12	14	29	2.4	12
Brady Keys	5	9	11	2.2	11
Jim Bradshaw	2	5	3	1.5	2
Jerry Simmons	2	0	0	0.0	0
Team Totals	21	28	43	2.0	12
Opponents Totals	42		242	5.8

KICKOFF RETURNS	NO	YDS	AVG	LG	TD
Jim Butler	17	454	26.7	93t	1
Gary Ballman	20	477	23.9	70	0
Jerry Simmons	10	196	19.6	38	0
Marv Woodson	6	113	18.8	20	0
Paul Martha	2	39	19.5	20	0
Bill Saul	2	35	17.5	22	0
Andy Russell	2	12	6.0	7	0
Brady Keys	1	18	18.0	18	0
John Campbell	1	15	15.0	15	0
Mike Lind	1	15	15.0	15	0
Dick Leftridge	1	10	10.0	10	0
John Hilton	1	0	0.0	0	0
Team Totals	64	1384	21.6	93t	1
Opponents Totals	63	1485	23.6		1

FUMBLES	NO	LOST	OWN	OPP	REC	YDS	TD
Willie Asbury	6		0	0	0	0	0
Gary Ballman	2		1	0	1	0	0
Charlie Bradshaw	0	0	3	0	3	0	0
Jim Bradshaw	0	0	0	1	1	0	0
Rod Breedlove	0	0	0	1	1	0	0
Amos Bullocks	1		0	0	0	0	0
Jim Butler	4		0	0	0	0	0
John Campbell	0	0	0	2	2	8	0
Larry Gagner	0	0	2	0	2	0	0
Riley Gunnels	0	0	0	1	1	0	0
John Hilton	1		0	0	0	0	0
Dick Hoak	3		0	0	0	0	0
George Izo	2		0	0	0	0	0
Roy Jefferson	3		2	0	2	0	0
Tony Jeter	0	0	0	1	1	0	0
Brady Keys	2		0	0	0	0	0
Ken Kortas	0	0	0	1	1	0	0
Frank Lambert	0	0	1	0	1	0	0
Dick Leftridge	1		0	1	1	0	0
Mike Magac	0	0	1	0	1	0	0
Ray Mansfield	1		3	0	3	-20	0
Paul Martha	0	0	0	1	1	0	0
Ben McGee	0	0	0	2	2	9	0
Ron Meyer	1		0	0	0	0	0
Bill Nelsen	1		1	0	1	0	0
Roger Pillath	0	0	0	1	1	0	0
Bill Saul	0	0	1	1	2	0	0
Jerry Simmons	1		1	1	2	0	0
Bobby Smith	2		0	0	0	0	0
Ron Smith	2		0	0	0	0	0
Clendon Thomas	0	0	1	1	2	23	1
Ralph Wenzel	0	0	0	1	1	0	0
J.R. Wilburn	1		0	0	0	0	0
Team Totals	34	17	17	16	33	20	1
Opponents Totals	37	16	21	17	38		2