1961 Pittsburgh Steelers season

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1961 Pittsburgh Steelers season
Head coach	Buddy Parker
Home field	Forbes Field
Results
Record	6-8
Division place	5th NFL Eastern Conference
Playoff finish	none
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Regular season

Week 1 (Sunday September 17, 1961): Dallas Cowboys

	1	2	3	4	Total
Steelers	0	14	0	10	24
Cowboys	7	3	7	10	27

at Cotton Bowl, Dallas, Texas

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Week 2 (Sunday September 24, 1961): New York Giants

	1	2	3	4	Total
Giants	0	7	10	0	17
Steelers	7	0	7	0	14

at Forbes Field, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

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Week 3 (Sunday October 1, 1961): Los Angeles Rams

	1	2	3	4	Total
Steelers	0	14	0	0	14
Rams	7	7	0	10	24

at Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum, Los Angeles, California

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Week 4 (Sunday October 8, 1961): Philadelphia Eagles

	1	2	3	4	Total
Steelers	3	7	0	6	16
Eagles	0	7	7	7	21

at Franklin Field, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

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Week 5 (Sunday October 15, 1961): Washington Redskins

	1	2	3	4	Total
Redskins	0	0	0	0	0
Steelers	17	0	0	3	20

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Week 6 (Sunday October 22, 1961): Cleveland Browns

	1	2	3	4	Total
Browns	3	7	3	17	30
Steelers	0	0	14	14	28

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Week 7 (Sunday October 29, 1961): San Francisco 49ers

	1	2	3	4	Total
49ers	0	7	3	0	10
Steelers	17	0	3	0	20

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Week 8 (Sunday November 5, 1961): Cleveland Browns

	1	2	3	4	Total
Steelers	0	0	10	7	17
Browns	7	0	3	3	13

at Cleveland Municipal Stadium, Cleveland, Ohio

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Week 9 (Sunday November 12, 1961): Dallas Cowboys

	1	2	3	4	Total
Steelers	7	13	7	10	37
Cowboys	0	7	0	0	7

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Week 10 (Sunday November 19, 1961): New York Giants

	1	2	3	4	Total
Giants	7	7	14	14	42
Steelers	7	0	0	14	21

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Week 11 (Sunday November 26, 1961): St. Louis Cardinals

	1	2	3	4	Total
Cardinals	13	0	0	14	27
Steelers	0	13	14	0	27

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Week 12 (Sunday December 3, 1961): Philadelphia Eagles

	1	2	3	4	Total
Eagles	14	7	7	7	35
Steelers	7	3	7	7	24

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Week 13 (Sunday December 10, 1961): Washington Redskins

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Steelers	7	3	14	6	30
Redskins	0	7	0	7	14

at D.C. Stadium, Washington, DC

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Week 14 (Sunday December 17, 1961): St. Louis Cardinals

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Steelers	0	0	0	0	0
Cardinals	7	0	6	7	20

at Busch Stadium, St. Louis, Missouri

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Media	Broadcasters KDKA-TV WPKD-TV SportsNet Pittsburgh Charlie Batch Chris Hoke Radio Network WDVE-FM WBGG-AM Bill Hillgrove Tunch Ilkin Craig Wolfley Steelers figures in broadcasting
Division championships (24)	1972 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1983 1984 1992 1994 1995 1996 1997 2001 2002 2004 2007 2008 2010 2014 2016 2017 2020
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League championships (6)	1974 (IX) 1975 (X) 1978 (XIII) 1979 (XIV) 2005 (XL) 2008 (XLIII)
Retired numbers	32 70 75
Hall of Fame members	Players: Bettis Blount Bradshaw Butler Dawson Dudley Faneca Greene Ham Harris Johnson Lambert Layne Polamalu Shell Stallworth Stautner Swann Webster Woodson Coaches and administration: Bell Cowher Kiesling Noll Art Rooney Dan Rooney
Current league affiliations	League: National Football League Conference: American Football Conference Division: North Division

1961 NFL season

Eastern Conference	Cleveland	Pittsburgh	Baltimore	Los Angeles	Western Conference
	Dallas	St. Louis	Chicago	Minnesota
	New York	Washington	Detroit	San Francisco
	Philadelphia		Green Bay

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