1955 Baltimore Colts (NFL) |
| 4th place • Western Conference • 5-6-1 .455 |
| Head Coach: Weeb Ewbank |
| Frank Cumiskey | Centers/Guards |
| Tom Hughes | Ends |
| Frank Lauterbur | Tackles |
| Charley Winner | Backfield |
| SCORES | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Day | Date | Opponent | Score | Location | Venue | Attendance | |||
| Sat | 8/13/1955 | A | Philadelphia Eagles | 6-21 | L | Hershey, PA | Hershey Stadium | 8006 | |
| Sat | 8/20/1955 | H | Fort Belvoir | 61-0 | W | Westminster, MD | Westminster High School Stadium | 5000 | |
| Tue | 8/30/1955 | H | Washington Redskins | 28-28 | T | Baltimore, MD | Memorial Stadium | 23280 | |
| Tue | 9/6/1955 | N | New York Giants | 14-17 | L | Minneapolis, MN | Parade Stadium | 20000 | |
| Sat | 9/10/1955 | A | Chicago Cardinals | 24-14 | W | Chicago, IL | Comsikey Park | 11872 | |
| Sun | 9/18/1955 | N | Pittsburgh Steelers | 44-17 | W | Buffalo, NY | War Memorial Stadium | 20754 | |
| Sun | 9/25/1955 | H | Chicago Bears | 23-17 | W | Baltimore, MD | Memorial Stadium | 36167 | |
| Sat | 10/1/1955 | H | Detroit Lions | 28-13 | W | Baltimore, MD | Memorial Stadium | 40030 | |
| Sat | 10/8/1955 | A | Green Bay Packers | 24-20 | W | Milwaukee, WI | County Stadium | 40199 | |
| Sun | 10/16/1955 | A | Chicago Bears | 10-38 | L | Chicago, IL | Wrigley Field | 40184 | |
| Sun | 10/23/1955 | H | Washington Redskins | 13-14 | L | Baltimore, MD | Memorial Stadium | 51387 | |
| Sat | 10/29/1955 | H | Green Bay Packers | 14-10 | W | Baltimore, MD | Memorial Stadium | 34411 | |
| Sat | 11/5/1955 | A | Detroit Lions | 14-24 | L | Detroit, MI | Briggs Stadium | 53874 | |
| Sun | 11/13/1955 | A | New York Giants | 7-17 | L | New York, NY | Polo Grounds | 33982 | |
| Sun | 11/20/1955 | H | Los Angeles Rams | 17-17 | T | Baltimore, MD | Memorial Stadium | 41146 | |
| Sun | 11/27/1955 | H | San Francisco 49ers | 26-14 | W | Baltimore, MD | Memorial Stadium | 33485 | |
| Sun | 12/4/1955 | A | Los Angeles Rams | 14-20 | L | Los Angeles, CA | Memorial Coliseum | 37024 | |
| Sun | 12/11/1955 | A | San Francisco 49ers | 24-35 | L | San Francisco, CA | Kezar Stadium | 33471 | |
Exhibition game. Playoff game. A=Away game. H=Home game. N=Neutral site game. W=Win. L=Loss. T=Tie. OT=Overtime.
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| ROSTER | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Player | No | Pos | Ht | Wt | Age | College | GP | GS |
| Alan Ameche | 35 | FB | 6-1 | 218 | 22 | Wisconsin | 12 | 12 |
| Raymond Berry | 82 | LOE | 6-2 | 189 | 22 | Schreiner Institute JC; Southern Methodist | 12 | 8 |
| Monte Brethauer | 80 | P-RS | 6-1 | 178 | 24 | Oregon | 12 | 1 |
| Walter Bryan | 21 | LDH-LOH | 6-1 | 185 | 22 | Tarleton State JC; Texas Tech | 10 | 4 |
| Joe Campanella | 73 | MG-RDT | 6-1 | 242 | 25 | Ohio State | 11 | 9 |
| Dick Chorovich | 78 | ROT | 6-4 | 260 | 23 | Miami (Ohio) | 11 | 6 |
| Lloyd Colteryahn | 87 | LOE | 6-2 | 220 | 24 | Maryland | 12 | 4 |
| Art Donovan | 70 | LDT | 6-2 | 263 | 31 | Notre Dame; Boston College | 12 | 12 |
| L.G. Dupre | 45 | LOH-ROH | 5-11 | 190 | 23 | Baylor | 11 | 8 |
| Doug Eggers | 67 | RLB-LLB | 6-0 | 213 | 25 | South Dakota State | 12 | 12 |
| Tom Finnin | 77 | RDT | 6-2 | 262 | 28 | Detroit Mercy | 11 | 11 |
| Harry Hugasian | 31 | LOH | 6-0 | 193 | 26 | Stanford | 2 | 1 |
| Ken Jackson | 74 | ROT-LOT | 6-2 | 236 | 26 | Texas | 8 | 6 |
| Don Joyce | 76 | RDE | 6-3 | 253 | 26 | Tulane | 11 | 11 |
| Gary Kerkorian | 18 | QB-K | 5-11 | 185 | 25 | Stanford | 8 | 0 |
| Gino Marchetti | 75 | LDE | 6-4 | 244 | 29 | Modesto JC; San Francisco | 8 | 8 |
| Jim Mutscheller | 84 | ROE | 6-1 | 213 | 25 | Notre Dame | 12 | 12 |
| Bob Myers | 79 | DT | 6-5 | 270 | 22 | Ohio State | 1 | 0 |
| Buzz Nutter | 50 | LDE | 6-4 | 230 | 24 | Virginia Tech | 12 | 4 |
| Jack Patera | 61 | MG-LOG | 6-1 | 234 | 22 | Oregon | 12 | 5 |
| Bill Pellington | 65 | LLB-RLB | 6-2 | 234 | 28 | Defiance; Rutgers | 12 | 12 |
| George Preas | 60 | ROG-RDE-LOG | 6-2 | 244 | 22 | Virginia Tech | 11 | 1 |
| George Radosevich | 72 | LOT-ROT-DE | 6-2 | 238 | 27 | Pittsburgh | 12 | 12 |
| Bert Rechichar | 44 | LS-K | 6-1 | 209 | 25 | Tennessee | 12 | 12 |
| Dean Renfro | 20 | LOH-ROH | 5-11 | 180 | 23 | North Texas | 7 | 1 |
| Alex Sandusky | 68 | ROG | 6-1 | 235 | 23 | Clarion | 12 | 12 |
| George Shaw | 14 | QB | 6-1 | 183 | 22 | Oregon | 12 | 12 |
| Burrell Shields | 31 | LOH | 6-2 | 199 | 26 | John Carroll | 9 | 2 |
| Don Shula | 25 | RDH | 5-11 | 190 | 25 | John Carroll | 9 | 9 |
| Art Spinney | 63 | LOG | 6-0 | 230 | 28 | Boston College | 12 | 11 |
| Dick Szymanski | 52 | C | 6-3 | 233 | 23 | Notre Dame | 12 | 12 |
| Carl Taseff | 23 | LDH-RDH | 5-11 | 182 | 27 | John Carroll | 11 | 11 |
| Jesse Thomas | 40 | RS | 5-10 | 180 | 27 | Michigan State | 12 | 11 |
| Bobby White | 32 | DB | 5-11 | 176 | 26 | Glendale CC; Stanford | 3 | 0 |
| Royce Womble | 26 | LOH-ROH | 6-0 | 185 | 24 | North Texas | 3 | 2 |
| Buddy Young | 22 | ROH-LOH | 5-4 | 173 | 29 | Illinois | 11 | 10 |
| Dick Young | 24 | FB | 5-11 | 210 | 25 | Tennessee-Chattanooga | 11 | 0 |
| DRAFT LIST | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Round | Overall | Player | Pos | College |
| Bonus | 1 | George Shaw | B | Oregon |
| 1 | 3 | Alan Ameche | B | Wisconsin |
| 2 | 16 | Dick Szymanski | C | Notre Dame |
| 3 | 27 | L.G. Dupre | B | Baylor |
| 4 | 44 | Jack Patera | G | Oregon |
| 5 | 51 | George Preas | G | Virginia Tech |
| 6 | 64 | Leo Lewis | B | Lincoln (Missouri) |
| 7 | 75 | Frank McDonald | E | Miami (Florida) |
| 8 | 88 | Dale Meinert | G | Oklahoma State |
| 9 | 99 | Walter Bryan | B | Texas Tech |
| 9 | 104 | Bill Evans | G | Miami (Ohio) |
| 11 | 123 | Emil Radik | B | Nebraska-Omaha |
| 12 | 136 | Dick Chorovich | T | Miami (Ohio) |
| 13 | 147 | Pat Abbruzzi | B | Rhode Island |
| 14 | 160 | John Lee | B | Georgia Tech |
| 15 | 171 | Jerry Peterson | T | Texas |
| 16 | 184 | Dick Lawsell | T | Texas Christian |
| 17 | 195 | Wes Clark | T | Southern Mississippi |
| 18 | 208 | Charlie Shepard | B | North Texas |
| 19 | 219 | Jim Cobb | T | Abilene Christian |
| 20 | 232 | Charley Cianciola | E | Lawrence |
| 21 | 243 | Nick Manych | E | Eastern Michigan |
| 22 | 256 | Jerry Welch | B | South Dakota State |
| 23 | 267 | Dick McNamara | B | Minnesota |
| 24 | 280 | Alex Esquivel | B | Mexico City |
| 25 | 291 | Dick Grann | T | Rhode Island |
| 26 | 304 | Marion Minker | T | Bucknell |
| 27 | 315 | Jim Locke | T | Virginia Tech |
| 28 | 328 | Bob Myers | T | Ohio State |
| 29 | 339 | Bill Waters | T | Austin |
| SCORING BY QUARTERS | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team Totals | 54 | 44 | 57 | 59 | 214 |
| Opponents Totals | 36 | 72 | 69 | 62 | 239 |
| TEAM STATS | TOP | 1st Downs | FDR | FDP | FDX | 3rd Down Efficiency | 4th Down Efficiency | PEN | PENY |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team Totals | 206 | 93 | 92 | 21 | / % | / % | 59 | 565 | |
| Opponents Totals | 234 | 120 | 98 | 16 | / % | / % | 69 | 681 |
| SCORING | TD | X1 | X1A | PCT | FG | FGA | PCT | SAF | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bert Rechichar | 0 | 25 | 26 | 96.2 | 10 | 24 | 41.7 | 0 | 55 |
| Alan Ameche | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 54 | ||
| Jim Mutscheller | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 42 | ||
| Lloyd Colteryahn | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | ||
| George Shaw | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | ||
| Buddy Young | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | ||
| Gary Kerkorian | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 50.0 | 0 | 9 | |
| L.G. Dupre | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Team Totals | 26 | 25 | 26 | 96.2 | 11 | 26 | 42.3 | 0 | 214 |
| Opponents Totals | 30 | 29 | 30 | 96.7 | 10 | 14 | 71.4 | 0 | 239 |
| FIELD GOALS | MADE | ATT | PCT | BL | LG | 1-19 | 20-29 | 30-39 | 40-49 | 50+ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bert Rechichar | 10 | 24 | 41.7 | 1 | 52 | 3/10 | 3/5 | 1/4 | 1/3 | 2/2 |
| Gary Kerkorian | 1 | 2 | 50.0 | 0 | 30 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 1/2 | 0/0 | 0/0 |
| Team Totals | 11 | 26 | 42.3 | 1 | 52 | 3/10 | 3/5 | 2/6 | 1/3 | 2/2 |
| Opponents Totals | 10 | 14 | 71.4 | 3/ | 2/ | 2/ | 3/ | 0/ |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alan Ameche | 213 | 961 | 4.5 | 79t | 9 |
| L.G. Dupre | 88 | 338 | 3.8 | 60 | 1 |
| George Shaw | 68 | 301 | 4.4 | 37 | 3 |
| Buddy Young | 32 | 87 | 2.7 | 25 | 1 |
| Dick Young | 17 | 39 | 2.3 | 10 | 0 |
| Burrell Shields | 10 | 34 | 3.4 | 14 | 0 |
| Harry Hugasian | 12 | 34 | 2.8 | 15 | 0 |
| Gary Kerkorian | 6 | 20 | 3.3 | 12 | 1 |
| Dean Renfro | 4 | 13 | 3.3 | 5 | 0 |
| Walter Bryan | 2 | 4 | 2.0 | 8 | 0 |
| Royce Womble | 4 | 2 | 0.5 | 4 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 456 | 1833 | 4.0 | 79t | 15 |
| Opponents Totals | 448 | 2035 | 4.5 | 81t | 18 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INC | YDS | Y/ATT | Y/COM | LG | TD | TD% | INT | INT% | TS | YL | NYP | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| George Shaw | 237 | 119 | 119 | 99 | 1586 | 6.7 | 13.3 | 82t | 10 | 4.2 | 19 | 8.0 | 111 | 1475 | 52.5 | |
| Gary Kerkorian | 29 | 15 | 15 | 11 | 209 | 7.2 | 13.9 | 48 | 1 | 3.4 | 3 | 10.3 | 111 | 98 | 47.1 | |
| Team Totals | 266 | 134 | 134 | 110 | 1795 | 6.7 | 13.4 | 82t | 11 | 4.1 | 22 | 8.3 | 164 | 1631 | 51.5 | |
| Opponents Totals | 320 | 158 | 158 | 143 | 2288 | 7.2 | 14.5 | 60 | 12 | 3.8 | 19 | 5.9 | 201 | 2087 | 60.8 |
| RECEIVING | REC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jim Mutscheller | 33 | 518 | 15.7 | 48 | 7 |
| Alan Ameche | 27 | 141 | 5.2 | 18 | 0 |
| Lloyd Colteryahn | 21 | 251 | 12.0 | 22 | 3 |
| Buddy Young | 19 | 426 | 22.4 | 82t | 1 |
| Raymond Berry | 13 | 205 | 15.8 | 45 | 0 |
| L.G. Dupre | 10 | 153 | 15.3 | 30 | 0 |
| Harry Hugasian | 3 | 32 | 10.7 | 13 | 0 |
| Burrell Shields | 3 | 27 | 9.0 | 19 | 0 |
| Dick Young | 2 | 15 | 7.5 | 11 | 0 |
| Royce Womble | 1 | 14 | 14.0 | 14 | 0 |
| Bill Pellington | 1 | 10 | 10.0 | 10 | 0 |
| Carl Taseff | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 3 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 134 | 1795 | 13.4 | 82t | 11 |
| Opponents Totals | 158 | 2288 | 14.5 | 60 | 12 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bert Rechichar | 6 | 109 | 18.2 | 40 | 0 |
| Don Shula | 5 | 64 | 12.8 | 31 | 0 |
| Joe Campanella | 2 | 35 | 17.5 | 23 | 0 |
| Bill Pellington | 2 | 17 | 8.5 | 12 | 0 |
| Jesse Thomas | 1 | 23 | 23.0 | 23 | 0 |
| Jack Patera | 1 | 8 | 8.0 | 8 | 0 |
| Walter Bryan | 1 | 4 | 4.0 | 4 | 0 |
| Carl Taseff | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 19 | 260 | 13.7 | 40 | 0 |
| Opponents Totals | 22 | 269 | 12.2 | 39 | 0 |
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL | TB | I20 | RYDS | NYDS | NET |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Monte Brethauer | 55 | 2161 | 39.3 | 56 | 0 | 2 | 71 | 2050 | 37.3 | |
| Team Totals | 55 | 2161 | 39.3 | 56 | 0 | 0 | 71 | 2050 | 37.3 | |
| Opponents Totals | 56 | 2234 | 39.9 | 63 | 0 | 178 |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bert Rechichar | 30 | 121 | 4.0 | 24 | 0 | |
| Carl Taseff | 14 | 46 | 3.3 | 20 | 0 | |
| Bill Pellington | 1 | 6 | 6.0 | 6 | 0 | |
| Dick Young | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 3 | 0 | |
| Jack Patera | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 2 | 0 | |
| Buddy Young | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Team Totals | 48 | 178 | 3.7 | 24 | 0 | |
| Opponents Totals | 37 | 71 | 1.9 | 11 | 0 |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bert Rechichar | 9 | 235 | 26.1 | 59 | 0 | |
| Buddy Young | 9 | 222 | 24.7 | 43 | 0 | |
| Carl Taseff | 7 | 162 | 23.1 | 38 | 0 | |
| Bobby White | 4 | 142 | 35.5 | 54 | 0 | |
| Alan Ameche | 4 | 60 | 15.0 | 19 | 0 | |
| Dick Young | 2 | 37 | 18.5 | 22 | 0 | |
| Bill Pellington | 2 | 36 | 18.0 | 19 | 0 | |
| Raymond Berry | 2 | 27 | 13.5 | 17 | 0 | |
| Dean Renfro | 1 | 20 | 20.0 | 20 | 0 | |
| Team Totals | 40 | 941 | 23.5 | 59 | 0 | |
| Opponents Totals | 36 | 724 | 20.1 | 57 | 0 |
| FUMBLES | NO | LOST | OWN | OPP | REC | YDS | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alan Ameche | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Monte Brethauer | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
| Dick Chorovich | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 |
| L.G. Dupre | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Doug Eggers | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 25 | 0 |
| Tom Finnin | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Ken Jackson | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Don Joyce | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Gary Kerkorian | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Jim Mutscheller | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Bill Pellington | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 9 | 0 |
| George Preas | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| George Shaw | 6 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
| Don Shula | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 26 | 0 |
| Art Spinney | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 0 |
| Carl Taseff | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Bobby White | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Buddy Young | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Dick Young | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Team Totals | 18 | 8 | 10 | 14 | 24 | 69 | 0 |
| Opponents Totals | 24 | 14 | 10 | 8 | 18 | 0 |
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