The1960 Pittsburgh Steelers season was the franchise's 28th in theNational Football League. They compiled a 5–6–1 record and a fifth-place finish under head coachBuddy Parker while playing their home games atForbes Field andPitt Stadium.

Among the Steelers' preseason games in 1960 was an exhibition match with theToronto Argonauts of theCanadian Football League; the Steelers won handily, 43–16. Forty-eight years later, the Steelers returned to Toronto to face theBuffalo Bills as the first game in theToronto Series, played on August 14th, 2008, and in which the Steelers lost to the Bills by a score of 24–21.

• Saturday night (September 24)
• A bye week was necessary in1960, as the league expanded to an odd-number (13) of teams (Dallas); one team was idle each week.

atCotton Bowl,Dallas, Texas

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• Game attendance: 30,000
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• TV announcers:
• Dallas – Doran 75 pass from LeBaron (Cone kick)
• Dallas – Dugan 7 pass from Lebaron (Cone kick)
• Pittsburgh –Carpenter 28 pass fromLayne (Layne kick)
• Dallas – McIlhenny 5 run (Cone kick)
• Pittsburgh –Orr 6 pass fromLayne (Layne kick)
• Pittsburgh –Dial 70 pass fromTracy (Layne kick)
• Dallas – Doran 54 pass from LeBaron (Cone kick)
• Pittsburgh –Carpenter 49 pass fromLayne (Layne kick)
• Pittsburgh –Tracy 65 pass fromLayne (Layne kick)

Scoring Drives:

atCleveland Municipal Stadium,Cleveland, Ohio

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• Game attendance: 67,692
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Scoring Drives:

• Cleveland – Plum 1 run (Baker kick)
• Cleveland – Mitchell 5 run (Baker kick)
• Cleveland – Kreitling 60 pass from Plum (Baker kick)
• Pittsburgh –Tracy 40 pass fromLayne (Layne kick)
• Pittsburgh –Tracy 1 run (kick failed)
• Cleveland – Brown 2 run (Baker kick)
• Pittsburgh –Dial 3 pass fromLayne (Rechichar kick)

atForbes Field,Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

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• Game attendance: 40,323
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Scoring Drives:

• Pittsburgh –Orr 22 pass fromTracy (Rechichar kick)
• New York Giants – FG Summerall 41
• New York Giants – Safety,Johnson tackled in end zone by Grier
• New York Giants – Rote 9 pass from Shaw (Summerall kick)
• Pittsburgh –Dial 30 pass fromLayne (Rechichar kick)
• Pittsburgh – FGRechichar 11
• New York Giants – Gifford 44 pass from Conerly (Summerall kick)

atForbes Field,Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

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• Game attendance: 22,971
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Scoring Drives:

• Pittsburgh – FGRechichar 42
• Pittsburgh – FGRechichar 31
• Pittsburgh –Tracy 4 run (Rechichar kick)
• Pittsburgh –Dial 26 pass fromLayne (Rechichar kick)
• St. Louis – Crow 6 run (Conrad kick)
• St. Louis – Mestnik 2 run (Conrad kick)
• Pittsburgh –Orr 51 pass fromTracy (Rechichar kick)

atGriffith Stadium,Washington, DC

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• Game attendance: 25,292
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Scoring Drives:

• Washington – Olszewski 1 run (Khayat kick)
• Pittsburgh –Tracy 5 pass from Bukich (Layne kick)
• Washington – FG Khayat 15
• Pittsburgh – FGLayne 17
• Pittsburgh –Lewis recovered fumble in end zone (Layne kick)
• Washington – Walton 35 pass from Guglielmi (Khayat kick)
• Washington – Anderson 12 pass from Guglielmi (Khayat kick)
• Pittsburgh – FGLayne 15
• Pittsburgh –Dial 27 pass from Bukich (Layne kick)
• Washington – FG Khayat 43

atForbes Field,Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

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• Game attendance: 30,155
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Scoring Drives:

• Green Bay – FG Hornung 35
• Green Bay – FG Hornung 35
• Green Bay – FG Hornung 45
• Green Bay – FG Hornung 17
• Pittsburgh –Tracy 37 pass fromLayne (Layne kick)
• Pittsburgh –Dial 48 pass fromLayne (pass failed)
• Green Bay – Taylor 1 run (Hornung kick)

atFranklin Field,Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

• Game time:
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• Game attendance: 58,324
• Referee: John Pace
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Scoring Drives:

• Philadelphia – Barnes 9 run (Walston kick)
• Philadelphia – McDonald 24 pass from Van Brocklin (Walston kick)
• Philadelphia – FG Walston 21
• Philadelphia – McDonald 39 pass from Van Brocklin (Walston kick)
• Philadelphia – FG Walston 11
• Pittsburgh –Dial 50 pass fromTracy (Layne kick)
• Philadelphia – McDonald 26 pass from Van Brocklin (Walston kick)

atYankee Stadium,Bronx, New York

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• Game attendance: 63,321
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Scoring Drives:

• Pittsburgh –Layne 1 run (Layne kick)
• Pittsburgh –Tracy 1 run (Layne kick)
• New York Giants – Gifford 6 run (Summerall kick)
• Pittsburgh – FGLayne 10
• Pittsburgh –Dial 7 pass fromLayne (Layne kick)
• New York Giants – Gifford 57 pass from Conerly (Summerall kick)
• New York Giants – FG Summerall 43
• New York Giants – Gifford 27 pass from Conerly (Summerall kick)
• New York Giants – FG Summerall 37

atForbes Field,Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

• Game time:
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• Game attendance: 35,215
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Scoring Drives:

• Pittsburgh –Johnson 3 run (Layne kick)
• Cleveland – FG Baker 19
• Cleveland Kreitling 6 pass from Plum (Baker kick)
• Pittsburgh –Tracy 4 run (Layne kick)

atForbes Field,Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

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• Game attendance: 22,234
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Scoring Drives:

• Pittsburgh – FG Tracy 37
• Pittsburgh – FG Tracy 31
• Pittsburgh – Tracy 28 run (Layne kick)
• Washington – James 49 pass from Guolielmi (Khayat kick)
• Pittsburgh – FG Layne 23
• Washington – FG Khayat 9
• Pittsburgh – FG Tracy 28
• Pittsburgh – FG Layne 11

atForbes Field,Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

• Game time:
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• Game attendance: 22,101
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Scoring Drives:

• Pittsburgh –Layne 6 run (Layne kick)
• Pittsburgh –Johnson 7 pass fromLayne (kick failed)
• Pittsburgh –Johnson 87 run (Layne kick)
• Pittsburgh –Dial 15 pass fromJohnson (Layne kick)
• Philadelphia – Brown 53 pass from Jurgensen (Walston kick)
• Philadelphia – Brown 7 run (Walston kick)
• Philadelphia – McDonald 19 pass from Jurgensen (Walston kick)

atBusch Stadium I,St. Louis, Missouri

• Game time:
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• Game attendance: 20,840
• Referee:
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Scoring Drives:

• St. Louis – Mestnik 1 run (Perry kick)
• Pittsburgh –Orr 49 pass fromLayne (Layne kick)
• St. Louis – FG Perry 16
• St. Louis – Randle 14 pass from Roach (Perry kick)
• St. Louis – Randle 8 pass from Roach (Perry kick)
• St. Louis – Roach 1 run (Perry kick)
• St. Louis – Randle 33 pass from Roach (Perry kick)

Note: Tie games were not officially counted in the standings until 1972.

• 1960 Pittsburgh Steelers atPro-Football-Reference.com
• 1960 Pittsburgh Steelers Highlights atyoutube.com

• Pittsburgh Steelers seasons
• 1960 NFL season by team
• 1960 in sports in Pennsylvania

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