1955 Baltimore Colts (NFL)

4th place Western Conference 5-6-1 .455

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.

ROSTER
No	Player	Pos	Ht	Wt	Age	College	GP	GS
35	Alan Ameche	FB	6-1	218	22	Wisconsin	12	12
82	Raymond Berry	LOE	6-2	189	22	Schreiner Institute JC; Southern Methodist	12	8
80	Monte Brethauer	P-RS	6-1	178	24	Oregon	12	1
21	Walter Bryan	LDH-LOH	6-1	185	22	Tarleton State JC; Texas Tech	10	4
73	Joe Campanella	MG-RDT	6-1	242	25	Ohio State	11	9
78	Dick Chorovich	ROT	6-4	260	23	Miami (Ohio)	11	6
87	Lloyd Colteryahn	LOE	6-2	220	24	Maryland	12	4
70	Art Donovan	LDT	6-2	263	31	Notre Dame; Boston College	12	12
45	L.G. Dupre	LOH-ROH	5-11	190	23	Baylor	11	8
67	Doug Eggers	RLB-LLB	6-0	213	25	South Dakota State	12	12
77	Tom Finnin	RDT	6-2	262	28	Detroit Mercy	11	11
31	Harry Hugasian	LOH	6-0	193	26	Stanford	2	1
74	Ken Jackson	ROT-LOT	6-2	236	26	Texas	8	6
76	Don Joyce	RDE	6-3	253	26	Tulane	11	11
18	Gary Kerkorian	QB-K	5-11	185	25	Stanford	7	0
75	Gino Marchetti	LDE	6-4	244	29	Modesto JC; San Francisco	8	8
84	Jim Mutscheller	ROE	6-1	213	25	Notre Dame	12	12
79	Bob Myers	DT	6-5	270	22	Ohio State	1	0
50	Buzz Nutter	LDE	6-4	230	24	Virginia Tech	12	4
61	Jack Patera	MG-LOG	6-1	234	22	Oregon	12	5
65	Bill Pellington	LLB-RLB	6-2	234	28	Defiance; Rutgers	12	12
60	George Preas	ROG-RDE-LOG	6-2	244	22	Virginia Tech	12	1
72	George Radosevich	LOT-ROT-DE	6-2	238	27	Pittsburgh	12	12
44	Bert Rechichar	LS-K	6-1	209	25	Tennessee	12	12
20	Dean Renfro	LOH-ROH	5-11	180	23	North Texas	7	1
68	Alex Sandusky	ROG	6-1	235	23	Clarion	12	12
14	George Shaw	QB	6-1	183	22	Oregon	12	12
31	Burrell Shields	LOH	6-2	199	26	John Carroll	8	2
25	Don Shula	RDH	5-11	190	25	John Carroll	9	9
63	Art Spinney	LOG	6-0	230	28	Boston College	12	11
52	Dick Szymanski	C	6-3	233	23	Notre Dame	12	12
23	Carl Taseff	LDH-RDH	5-11	182	27	John Carroll	11	11
40	Jesse Thomas	RS	5-10	180	27	Michigan State	12	11
32	Bobby White	DB	5-11	176	26	Glendale CC; Stanford	3	0
26	Royce Womble	LOH-ROH	6-0	185	24	North Texas	3	2
22	Buddy Young	ROH-LOH	5-4	173	29	Illinois	11	10
24	Dick Young	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
Team Totals	54	44	57	59
Opponents Totals	36	72	69	62

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	PTS
Bert Rechichar	0	25	26	96.2	10	24	41.7	55
Alan Ameche	9	0	0		0	0		54
Jim Mutscheller	7	0	0		0	0		42
Lloyd Colteryahn	3	0	0		0	0		18
George Shaw	3	0	0		0	0		18
Buddy Young	2	0	0		0	0		12
Gary Kerkorian	1	0	0		1	2	50.0	9
L.G. Dupre	1	0	0		0	0		6
Team Totals	26	25	26	96.2	11	26	42.3	214
Opponents Totals	30	29	30	96.7	10	14	71.4	239

FIELD GOALS	MADE	ATT	PCT	1-19	20-29	30-39	40-49	50+
Gary Kerkorian	1	2	50.0	0/	0/	1/	0/	0/
Bert Rechichar	10	24	41.7	3/	3/	1/	1/	2/
Team Totals	11	26	42.3	3/	3/	2/	1/	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%	YL	NYP	RTG
George Shaw	237	119	50.2	99	1586	6.7	13.3	82t	10	4.2	19	8.0	111	1475	52.5
Gary Kerkorian	29	15	51.7	11	209	7.2	13.9	48	1	3.4	3	10.3	111	98	47.1
Team Totals	266	134	50.4	110	1795	6.7	13.4	82t	11	4.1	22	8.3	164	1631	51.5
Opponents Totals	320	158	49.4	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
Bert Rechichar	6	109	18.2	40
Don Shula	5	64	12.8	31
Joe Campanella	2	35	17.5	23
Bill Pellington	2	17	8.5	12
Jesse Thomas	1	23	23.0	23
Jack Patera	1	8	8.0	8
Walter Bryan	1	4	4.0	4
Carl Taseff	1	0	0.0	0
Team Totals	19	260	13.7	40
Opponents Totals	22	269	12.2	39

PUNTING	NO	YDS	AVG	LG	TB	RYDS	NYDS	NET
Monte Brethauer	55	2161	39.3	56	2	71	2050	37.3
Team Totals	55	2161	39.3	56	0	71	2050	37.3
Opponents Totals	56	2234	39.9	63		178

PUNT RETURNS	NO	YDS	AVG	LG
Bert Rechichar	30	121	4.0	24
Carl Taseff	14	46	3.3	20
Bill Pellington	1	6	6.0	6
Dick Young	1	3	3.0	3
Jack Patera	1	2	2.0	2
Buddy Young	1	0	0.0	0
Team Totals	48	178	3.7	24
Opponents Totals	37	71	1.9	11

KICKOFF RETURNS	NO	YDS	AVG	LG
Bert Rechichar	9	235	26.1	59
Buddy Young	9	222	24.7	43
Carl Taseff	7	162	23.1	38
Bobby White	4	142	35.5	54
Alan Ameche	4	60	15.0	19
Dick Young	2	37	18.5	22
Bill Pellington	2	36	18.0	19
Raymond Berry	2	27	13.5	17
Dean Renfro	1	20	20.0	20
Team Totals	40	941	23.5	59
Opponents Totals	36	724	20.1	57

FUMBLES	NO	LOST	OWN	OPP	REC	YDS
Alan Ameche	3		1	0	1	0
Monte Brethauer	2		2	0	2	0
Dick Chorovich	0	0	1	0	1	3
L.G. Dupre	2		0	0	0	0
Doug Eggers	0	0	0	3	3	25
Tom Finnin	0	0	0	1	1	0
Ken Jackson	0	0	0	1	1	0
Don Joyce	0	0	0	1	1	0
Gary Kerkorian	1		0	0	0	0
Jim Mutscheller	0	0	1	0	1	0
Bill Pellington	0	0	0	4	4	9
George Preas	0	0	0	1	1	0
George Shaw	6		2	0	2	0
Don Shula	0	0	0	2	2	26
Art Spinney	0	0	1	0	1	6
Carl Taseff	0	0	0	1	1	0
Bobby White	1		0	0	0	0
Buddy Young	1		1	0	1	0
Dick Young	2		1	0	1	0
Team Totals	18	8	10	14	24	69
Opponents Totals	24	14	10	8	18