| Detroit Lions at Baltimore Colts Game Statistics |
| Date: October 1, 1955 Location: Baltimore, MD |
| Venue: Memorial Stadium Attendance: 40030 |
| Weather: Cloudy Temp: 63 F Humidty: 75% Wind: 6 mph |
| Score By Quarters | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Detroit LionsDET | 6 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 13 |
| Baltimore ColtsBAL | 7 | 14 | 7 | 0 | 28 |
| Qtr | Team | Scoring Plays | DET | BAL |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Detroit LionsDET | Dorne Dibble 44 pass from Bobby Layne (Doak Walker kick failed) | 6 | 0 |
| 1 | Baltimore ColtsBAL | Alan Ameche 2 run (Bert Rechichar kick) | 6 | 7 |
| 2 | Baltimore ColtsBAL | Jim Mutscheller 15 pass from George Shaw (Bert Rechichar kick) | 6 | 14 |
| 2 | Baltimore ColtsBAL | Alan Ameche 57 run (Bert Rechichar kick) | 6 | 21 |
| 2 | Detroit LionsDET | Dorne Dibble 1 pass from Bobby Layne (Doak Walker kick) | 13 | 21 |
| 3 | Baltimore ColtsBAL | Lloyd Colteryahn 3 pass from George Shaw (Bert Rechichar kick) | 13 | 28 |
| LINEUPS | ||
|---|---|---|
| Detroit Lions | ||
| Offense | ||
| 83 | LOE | Jim Doran |
| 76 | LOT | Lou Creekmur |
| 62 | LOG | George Atkins |
| 50 | C | Charlie Ane |
| 63 | ROG | Dick Stanfel |
| 78 | ROT | Darris McCord |
| 87 | ROE | Dorne Dibble |
| 22 | QB | Bobby Layne |
| 23 | LOH | Jug Girard |
| 28 | ROH | Dave Middleton |
| 34 | FB | Lew Carpenter |
| Defense | ||
| 82 | LDE | Leon Hart |
| 72 | LDT | Gil Mains |
| 60 | MG | Jim Salsbury |
| 74 | RDT | Bob Miller |
| 88 | RDE | Jim Cain |
| 56 | LLB | Joe Schmidt |
| 85 | RLB | Sonny Gandee |
| 25 | LDH | Jimmy David |
| 44 | LS | Lee Riley |
| 21 | RS | Carl Karilivacz |
| 20 | RDH | Bill Stits |
| Baltimore Colts | ||
| Offense | ||
| 82 | LOE | Raymond Berry |
| 72 | LOT | George Radosevich |
| 63 | LOG | Art Spinney |
| 52 | C | Dick Szymanski |
| 68 | ROG | Alex Sandusky |
| 78 | ROT | Dick Chorovich |
| 84 | ROE | Jim Mutscheller |
| 14 | QB | George Shaw |
| 31 | LOH | Harry Hugasian |
| 45 | ROH | L.G. Dupre |
| 35 | FB | Alan Ameche |
| Defense | ||
| 75 | LDE | Gino Marchetti |
| 70 | LDT | Art Donovan |
| 73 | MG | Joe Campanella |
| 77 | RDT | Tom Finnin |
| 76 | RDE | Don Joyce |
| 65 | LLB | Bill Pellington |
| 67 | RLB | Doug Eggers |
| 23 | LDH | Carl Taseff |
| 44 | LS | Bert Rechichar |
| 80 | RS | Monte Brethauer |
| 25 | RDH | Don Shula |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Detroit Lions | |||||
| Dave Middleton | 9 | 26 | 2.9 | 13 | 0 |
| Lew Carpenter | 7 | 16 | 2.3 | 8 | 0 |
| Harry Gilmer | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 5 | 0 |
| Baltimore Colts | |||||
| Alan Ameche | 21 | 153 | 7.3 | 57t | 2 |
| George Shaw | 7 | 52 | 7.4 | 16 | 0 |
| Harry Hugasian | 6 | 15 | 2.5 | 8 | 0 |
| L.G. Dupre | 5 | 7 | 1.4 | 9 | 0 |
| Dick Young | 7 | 6 | 0.9 | 7 | 0 |
| Dean Renfro | 1 | 5 | 5.0 | 5 | 0 |
| Buddy Young | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | TS | YL | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Detroit Lions | |||||||||||
| Bobby Layne | 42 | 19 | 45.2 | 2 | 238 | 5.7 | 44t | 2 | 9 | 59.4 | |
| Harry Gilmer | 2 | 2 | 100.0 | 0 | 24 | 12.0 | 14 | 0 | 15 | 116.7 | |
| Bill Stits | 1 | 1 | 100.0 | 0 | 41 | 41.0 | 41 | 0 | 0 | 118.8 | |
| Baltimore Colts | |||||||||||
| George Shaw | 19 | 10 | 52.6 | 1 | 118 | 6.2 | 19 | 2 | 12 | 85.0 | |
| RECEIVING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Detroit Lions | |||||
| Jug Girard | 7 | 89 | 12.7 | 19 | 0 |
| Dorne Dibble | 5 | 91 | 18.2 | 44t | 2 |
| Lew Carpenter | 4 | 29 | 7.3 | 15 | 0 |
| Jim Doran | 2 | 43 | 21.5 | 38 | 0 |
| Dave Middleton | 2 | -4 | -2.0 | 1 | 0 |
| Doak Walker | 1 | 41 | 41.0 | 41 | 0 |
| Bill Stits | 1 | 14 | 14.0 | 14 | 0 |
| Baltimore Colts | |||||
| Lloyd Colteryahn | 4 | 38 | 9.5 | 19 | 1 |
| Jim Mutscheller | 2 | 25 | 12.5 | 15t | 1 |
| Harry Hugasian | 2 | 25 | 12.5 | 13 | 0 |
| Raymond Berry | 1 | 19 | 19.0 | 19 | 0 |
| Buddy Young | 1 | 11 | 11.0 | 11 | 0 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Detroit Lions | |||||
| Doak Walker | 1 | 20 | 20.0 | 20 | 0 |
| Baltimore Colts | |||||
| Bert Rechichar | 1 | 26 | 26.0 | 26 | 0 |
| Joe Campanella | 1 | 12 | 12.0 | 12 | 0 |
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Detroit Lions | |||||
| Jug Girard | 5 | 192 | 38.4 | 46 | 0 |
| Baltimore Colts | |||||
| Monte Brethauer | 7 | 258 | 36.9 | 45 | 0 |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Detroit Lions | ||||||
| Jug Girard | 2 | 3 | 1.5 | 3 | 0 | |
| Bill Stits | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Doak Walker | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Baltimore Colts | ||||||
| Bert Rechichar | 3 | 9 | 3.0 | 6 | 0 | |
| Carl Taseff | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Detroit Lions | ||||||
| Leon Hart | 3 | 67 | 22.3 | 25 | 0 | |
| Jim Martin | 1 | 14 | 14.0 | 14 | 0 | |
| Baltimore Colts | ||||||
| Alan Ameche | 1 | 19 | 19.0 | 19 | 0 | |
| Carl Taseff | 1 | 19 | 19.0 | 19 | 0 | |
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