The 1962 Pittsburgh Steelers season was the franchise's 30th in the National Football League.

Regular season

Schedule

Note: Intra-conference opponents are in bold text.

Game summaries

Week 1 (Sunday September 16, 1962): Detroit Lions 

at Tiger Stadium, Detroit, Michigan

 Game time: 
 Game weather: 
 Game attendance: 46,641
 Referee: 
 TV announcers:

Scoring Drives:

 Detroit – Cogdill 1 pass from Plum (Walker kick)
 Pittsburgh – Carpenter 43 pass from Brown (Michaels kick)
 Detroit – Pietrosante 22 run (Walker kick)
 Detroit – Cogdill 21 pass from Plum (Walker kick)
 Detroit – Lewis 1 run (Walker kick)
 Detroit – Lewis 1 run (Walker kick)
 Detroit – FG Walker 44
 Detroit – Studstill 9 pass from Plum (Walker kick)

Week 2 (Sunday September 23, 1962): Dallas Cowboys  

at Cotton Bowl, Dallas, Texas

 Game time: 
 Game weather: 
 Game attendance: 19,478
 Referee: 
 TV announcers:

Scoring Drives:

 Dallas – Lockett 29 pass from LeBaron (Baker kick)
 Pittsburgh – Womack 16 run (Michaels kick)
 Pittsburgh – Dial 38 pass from Layne (Michaels kick)
 Pittsburgh – Johnson 16 pass from Layne (Michaels kick)
 Dallas – Perkins 2 run (Baker kick)
 Pittsburgh – Safety, Dallas holding in end zone
 Dallas – Perkins 6 run (Baker kick)
 Pittsburgh – Womack 3 run (Michaels kick)
 Dallas – Clarke 13 pass from LeBaron (Baker kick)

Week 3 (Sunday September 30, 1962): New York Giants  

at Forbes Field, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

 Game time: 
 Game weather: 
 Game attendance: 40,916
 Referee: 
 TV announcers:

Scoring Drives:

 Pittsburgh – Womack 7 run (Michaels kick)
 New York Giants – FG Chandler 23
 Pittsburgh – Mack 28 pass from Layne (Michaels kick)
 New York Giants – Dudley 11 pass from Tittle (Chandler kick)
 Pittsburgh – FG Michaels 41
 New York Giants – Webster 58 pass from Tittle (Chandler kick)
 Pittsburgh – FG Michaels 33
 New York Giants – Gifford 27 pass from Tittle (Chandler kick)
 New York Giants – Shofner 16 pass from Tittle (Chandler kick)
 Pittsburgh – Johnson 1 run (Michaels kick)

Week 4 (Saturday October 6, 1962): Philadelphia Eagles  

at Forbes Field, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

 Game time: 
 Game weather: 
 Game attendance: 23,164
 Referee: 
 TV announcers:

Scoring Drives:

 Pittsburgh – FG Michaels 14
 Pittsburgh – Schmitz 24 interception return (Michaels kick)
 Pittsburgh – FG Michaels 10
 Philadelphia – McDonald 46 pass from Jurgensen (Walston kick)

Week 5 (Sunday October 14, 1962): New York Giants  

at Yankee Stadium, The Bronx, New York

 Game time: 
 Game weather: 
 Game attendance: 62,808
 Referee: 
 TV announcers:

Scoring Drives:

 New York Giants – FG Chandler 30
 Pittsburgh – Layne 1 run (Michaels kick)
 Pittsburgh – Johnson 5 pass from Layne (Michaels kick)
 New York Giants – Walton 21 pass from Tittle (Chandler kick)
 Pittsburgh – FG Michaels 16
 Pittsburgh – FG Michaels 9
 New York Giants – Gifford 16 pass from Tittle (Chandler kick)

Week 6 (Sunday October 21, 1962): Dallas Cowboys  

at Forbes Field, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

 Game time: 
 Game weather: 
 Game attendance: 23,106
 Referee: 
 TV announcers:

Scoring Drives: Dallas – Perkins 1 run (Baker kick)
 Pittsburgh – Dial 26 pass from Layne (Michaels kick)
 Dallas – Howton 16 pass from LeBaron (Baker kick)
 Pittsburgh – FG Michaels 10
 Dallas – Clark 45 pass from LeBaron (Baker kick)
 Pittsburgh – FG Michaels 40
 Dallas – Clark 3 pass from LeBaron (Baker kick)
 Pittsburgh – Johnson 1 run (Michaels kick)
 Pittsburgh – Dial 9 pass form Layne (Michaels kick)
 Dallas – Clarke 13 pass from LeBaron (Baker kick)
 Dallas Folkins 26 pass from LeBaron (Baker kick)

 Week 7 (Sunday October 28, 1962): Cleveland Browns  

at Forbes Field, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

 Game time: 
 Game weather: 
 Game attendance: 35,417
 Referee: 
 TV announcers:Scoring Drives: Cleveland – Costello 21 fumble run (Groza kick)
 Cleveland – FG Groza 37
 Cleveland – Scales 12 run (Groza kick)
 Pittsburgh – Hoak 1 run (Michaels kick)
 Cleveland – Brown 15 pass from Ryan (Groza kick)
 Cleveland – FG Groza 51
 Cleveland – Brown 1 run (Groza kick)
 Cleveland – Green 8 pass from Ryan (Groza kick)
 Pittsburgh – Dial 6 pass from Brown (Michaels kick)

 Week 8 (Sunday November 4, 1962): Minnesota Vikings  

at Forbes Field, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

 Game time: 
 Game weather: 
 Game attendance: 14,642
 Referee: 
 TV announcers:Scoring Drives: Pittsburgh – Johnson 2 run (Michaels kick)
 PIttsburgh – Womack 3 run (Michaels kick)
 Minnesota – Mason 37 pass from Tarkenton (Christopherson kick)
 Minnesota – Ferguson 19 pass from Tarkenton  (Christopherson kick)
 Pittsburgh – Safety, Huth recovered fumble in end zone, covered by Stautner
 PIttsburgh – FG Michaels 32
 Pittsburgh – Johnson 2 run (Michaels kick)
 Minnesota Reichow 4 pass from Tarkenton (Christopherson kick)
 Pittsburgh – FG Michaels 38
 Minnesota – Ferguson 59 pass from Tarkenton (Christopherson kick)
 Minnesota – FG Christopherson 42
 Pittsburgh – FG Michaels
 Pittsburgh – Hoak 16 run (Michaels kick)

 Week 9 (Sunday November 11, 1962): St. Louis Cardinals  

at Busch Stadium, St. Louis, Missouri

 Game time: 
 Game weather: 
 Game attendance: 20,265
 Referee: 
 TV announcers:Scoring Drives: St. Louis – Crow 22 run (Perry kick)
 Pittsburgh – FG Michaels 27
 St. Louis – FG Perry 22
 Pittsburgh – Carpenter 9 pass from Layne (kick failed)
 St. Louis – Gautt 1 run (Perry kick)
 Pittsburgh – Hoak 5 run (Michaels kick)
 Pittsburgh – Johnson 5 run (Michaels kick)
 Pittsburgh – FG Michaels 8

 Week 10 (Sunday November 18, 1962): Washington Redskins  

at Forbes Field, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

 Game time: 
 Game weather: 
 Game attendance: 21,231
 Referee: 
 TV announcers:Scoring Drives: Pittsburgh – FG Michaels 37
 Washington – Cunningham 10 pass from Snead (Khayat kick)
 Pittsburgh – FG Michaels 18
 Washington – Anderson 46 pass from Snead (Khayat kick)
 Washington – Barnes 32 run (Khayat kick)
 Pittsburgh – Mack 20 pass from Brown (Michaels kick)
 Pittsburgh – Dial 9 pass from Brown (Michaels kick)
 Pittsburgh – FG Michaels 24

 Week 11 (Sunday November 25, 1962): Cleveland Browns  

at Cleveland Municipal Stadium, Cleveland, Ohio

 Game time: 
 Game weather: 
 Game attendance: 53,601
 Referee: 
 TV announcers:Scoring Drives: Cleveland – Brown 34 pass from Ryan (Groza kick)
 Cleveland – Collins 12 pass from Ryan (Groza kick)
 Pittsburgh – Womack 15 run (Michaels kick)
 Cleveland – Renfro 31 pass from Ryan (Groza kick)
 Pittsburgh – Johnson 6 run (Michaels kick)
 Cleveland – Brown 1 run (Groza kick)
 Cleveland – Brown 1 run (Groza kick)

 Week 12 (Sunday December 2, 1962): St. Louis Cardinals  

at Forbes Field, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

 Game time: 
 Game weather: 
 Game attendance: 17,285
 Referee: 
 TV announcers:Scoring Drives: Pittsburgh – Daniel 49 interception return (Michaels kick)
 Pittsburgh – FG Michaels 35
 Pittsburgh – FG Michaels 36
 Pittsburgh – FG Michaels 23
 St. Louis – Randle 12 pass from Johnson (Perry kick)
 Pittsburgh – FG Michaels 10

 Week 13 (Sunday December 9, 1962): Philadelphia Eagles  

at Franklin Field, Philadelphia

 Game time: 
 Game weather: 
 Game attendance: 60,671
 Referee: George Rennix
 TV announcers:Scoring Drives: Philadelphia – Retzlaff 7 pass from Jurgensen (Walston kick)
 Pittsburgh – Carpenter 12