| Baltimore Colts at Detroit Lions Game Statistics |
| Date: November 5, 1955 Location: Detroit, MI |
| Venue: Briggs Stadium Attendance: 53874 |
| Weather: Smoke Haze Temp: 41 F Humidty: 73% Wind: 12 mph |
| Score By Quarters | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Baltimore ColtsBAL | 0 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 14 |
| Detroit LionsDET | 3 | 7 | 0 | 14 | 24 |
| Qtr | Team | Scoring Plays | BAL | DET |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Detroit LionsDET | Doak Walker 40 FG | 0 | 3 |
| 2 | Detroit LionsDET | Dave Middleton 43 pass from Bobby Layne (Doak Walker kick) | 0 | 10 |
| 2 | Baltimore ColtsBAL | Gary Kerkorian 2 run (Bert Rechichar kick) | 7 | 10 |
| 3 | Baltimore ColtsBAL | Jim Mutscheller 13 pass from Gary Kerkorian (Bert Rechichar kick) | 14 | 10 |
| 4 | Detroit LionsDET | Doak Walker 6 run (Doak Walker kick) | 14 | 17 |
| 4 | Detroit LionsDET | Doak Walker 1 run (Doak Walker kick) | 14 | 24 |
| LINEUPS | ||
|---|---|---|
| Baltimore Colts | ||
| Offense | ||
| 87 | LOE | Lloyd Colteryahn |
| 74 | LOT | Ken Jackson |
| 63 | LOG | Art Spinney |
| 52 | C | Dick Szymanski |
| 68 | ROG | Alex Sandusky |
| 72 | ROT | George Radosevich |
| 84 | ROE | Jim Mutscheller |
| 14 | QB | George Shaw |
| 22 | LOH | Buddy Young |
| 45 | ROH | L.G. Dupre |
| 35 | FB | Alan Ameche |
| Defense | ||
| 50 | LDE | Buzz Nutter |
| 70 | LDT | Art Donovan |
| 73 | MG | Joe Campanella |
| 77 | RDT | Tom Finnin |
| 76 | RDE | Don Joyce |
| 67 | LLB | Doug Eggers |
| 65 | RLB | Bill Pellington |
| 23 | LDH | Carl Taseff |
| 44 | LS | Bert Rechichar |
| 40 | RS | Jesse Thomas |
| 25 | RDH | Don Shula |
| Detroit Lions | ||
| Offense | ||
| 83 | LOE | Jim Doran |
| 63 | LOT | Dick Stanfel |
| 66 | LOG | Harley Sewell |
| 52 | C | Andy Miketa |
| 60 | ROG | Jim Salsbury |
| 50 | ROT | Charlie Ane |
| 28 | ROE | Dave Middleton |
| 22 | QB | Bobby Layne |
| 14 | LOH | Bob Hoernschemeyer |
| 20 | ROH | Bill Stits |
| 34 | FB | Lew Carpenter |
| Defense | ||
| 86 | LDE | Bob Long |
| 78 | LDT | Darris McCord |
| 76 | MG | Lou Creekmur |
| 74 | RDT | Bob Miller |
| 88 | RDE | Jim Cain |
| 56 | LLB | Joe Schmidt |
| 57 | RLB | Leon Cunningham |
| 25 | LDH | Jimmy David |
| 24 | LS | Jack Christiansen |
| 21 | RS | Carl Karilivacz |
| 20 | RDH | Bill Stits |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Baltimore Colts | |||||
| Alan Ameche | 13 | 32 | 2.5 | 9 | 0 |
| George Shaw | 2 | 20 | 10.0 | 17 | 0 |
| L.G. Dupre | 6 | 13 | 2.2 | 7 | 0 |
| Gary Kerkorian | 3 | 11 | 3.7 | 9 | 1 |
| Buddy Young | 5 | -12 | -2.4 | 6 | 0 |
| Detroit Lions | |||||
| Doak Walker | 5 | 62 | 12.4 | 51 | 2 |
| Bill Stits | 14 | 44 | 3.1 | 6 | 0 |
| Bob Hoernschemeyer | 13 | 32 | 2.5 | 7 | 0 |
| Lew Carpenter | 5 | 31 | 6.2 | 7 | 0 |
| Bobby Layne | 3 | 9 | 3.0 | 8 | 0 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | TS | YL | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Baltimore Colts | |||||||||||
| Gary Kerkorian | 18 | 10 | 55.6 | 1 | 172 | 9.6 | 48 | 1 | 22 | 83.6 | |
| George Shaw | 4 | 2 | 50.0 | 0 | 23 | 5.8 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 67.7 | |
| Detroit Lions | |||||||||||
| Bobby Layne | 24 | 13 | 54.2 | 4 | 193 | 8.0 | 49 | 1 | 6 | 55.0 | |
| RECEIVING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Baltimore Colts | |||||
| Jim Mutscheller | 4 | 81 | 20.3 | 48 | 1 |
| Buddy Young | 3 | 66 | 22.0 | 41 | 0 |
| Raymond Berry | 3 | 36 | 12.0 | 17 | 0 |
| Alan Ameche | 1 | 9 | 9.0 | 9 | 0 |
| Carl Taseff | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 3 | 0 |
| Detroit Lions | |||||
| Jim Doran | 6 | 75 | 12.5 | 18 | 0 |
| Dave Middleton | 4 | 82 | 20.5 | 49 | 1 |
| Doak Walker | 1 | 19 | 19.0 | 19 | 0 |
| Lew Carpenter | 1 | 17 | 17.0 | 17 | 0 |
| Bill Stits | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Baltimore Colts | |||||
| Don Shula | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Bert Rechichar | 1 | 40 | 40.0 | 40 | 0 |
| Carl Taseff | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Detroit Lions | |||||
| Jack Christiansen | 1 | 20 | 20.0 | 20 | 0 |
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Baltimore Colts | |||||
| Monte Brethauer | 5 | 194 | 38.8 | 46 | 0 |
| Detroit Lions | |||||
| Jug Girard | 3 | 79 | 26.3 | 31 | 0 |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Baltimore Colts | ||||||
| Detroit Lions | ||||||
| Lee Riley | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Jimmy David | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Baltimore Colts | ||||||
| Buddy Young | 2 | 43 | 21.5 | 26 | 0 | |
| Bert Rechichar | 1 | 27 | 27.0 | 27 | 0 | |
| Dean Renfro | 1 | 20 | 20.0 | 20 | 0 | |
| Alan Ameche | 1 | 15 | 15.0 | 15 | 0 | |
| Detroit Lions | ||||||
| Dave Middleton | 2 | 33 | 16.5 | 19 | 0 | |
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