 | 1955 Baltimore Colts StatisticsNational Football League (NFL) |
Coach: Weeb Ewbank (5-6-1)
1955 Baltimore Colts Roster1955 Baltimore Colts Game-by-Game Results
The Baltimore Colts of the National Football League ended the 1955 season with a record of 5 wins and 6 losses and 1 tie, finishing fourth in the NFL's West Division. Weeb Ewbank coached the team.
Passing:
| Player | Att | Comp | Comp % | Yds | Yds/Att | TDs | TD % | Ints | Int % | Long | Sacked | Yds Lost | Rating |
| George Shaw | 237 | 119 | 50.2 | 1586 | 6.7 | 10 | 4.2 | 19 | 8.0 | 82 | 52.5 | ||
| Gary Kerkorian | 29 | 15 | 51.7 | 209 | 7.2 | 1 | 3.4 | 3 | 10.3 | 48 | 47.1 | ||
| Totals | 266 | 134 | 50.4 | 1795 | 6.7 | 11 | 4.1 | 22 | 8.3 | 82 | 0 | 0 | |
| Opponents | 320 | 158 | 49.4 | 2087 | 6.5 | 12 | 3.8 | 19 | 5.9 |
Rushing:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
| Alan Ameche | 213 | 961 | 4.5 | 79 | 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 |
| Totals | 456 | 1833 | 4.0 | 79 | 15 |
| Opponents | 448 | 2035 | 4.5 | 18 |
Receiving:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
| 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 | 82 | 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 |
| Totals | 134 | 1795 | 13.4 | 82 | 11 |
| Opponents | 158 | 2087 | 6.5 | 12 |
Kicking:
| Player | XPA | XPM | XP % | FGA | FGM | FG % | Pts. |
| Bert Rechichar | 26 | 25 | 96.2 | 24 | 10 | 41.7 | 55 |
| Gary Kerkorian | 0.0 | 2 | 1 | 50.0 | 3 | ||
| Totals | 26 | 25 | 96.2 | 26 | 11 | 42.3 | 58 |
| Opponents | 30 | 29 | 96.7 | 14 | 10 | 71.4 | 59 |
Punting:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long |
| Monte Brethauer | 55 | 2161 | 39.3 | 56 |
| Totals | 55 | 2161 | 39.3 | 56 |
| Opponents | 56 | 2234 | 39.9 |
Punt Returns:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
| 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 |
| Totals | 48 | 178 | 3.7 | 24 | 0 |
| Opponents | 37 | 0.0 | 0 |
Kick Returns:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
| Bert Rechichar | 9 | 235 | 26.1 | 59 | 0 |
| Buddy Young | 9 | 222 | 24.7 | 43 | 0 |
| Carl Taseff | 7 | 162 | 23.1 | 38 | 0 |
| Bob White | 4 | 142 | 35.5 | 0 | 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 | 16 | 0 |
| Dean Renfro | 1 | 20 | 20.0 | 20 | 0 |
| Totals | 40 | 941 | 23.5 | 59 | 0 |
| Opponents | 36 | 724 | 20.1 | 0 |
Interceptions:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
| 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 |
| Totals | 19 | 260 | 13.7 | 40 | 0 |
| Opponents | 22 | 0.0 |
Defense and Fumbles:
| Tackles | Fumbles | Kicks | |||||||||||
| Player | Tackle | Solo | Assist | TFL | TFL Yds | Brup | QBH | Fum | F Rec | F Rec Yds | FR TD | FF | K Blk |
| Alan Ameche | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| Monte Brethauer | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||
| Dick Chorovich | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||
| L.G. Dupre | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| Doug Eggers | 0 | 3 | 25 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||
| Tom Finnin | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||
| Harry Hugasian | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||
| Ken Jackson | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||
| Don Joyce | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||
| Gary Kerkorian | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| Jim Mutscheller | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| Bill Pellington | 0 | 0 | 4 | 9 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
| George Preas | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||
| George Shaw | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| Don Shula | 0 | 0 | 2 | 26 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
| Art Spinney | 0 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||
| Carl Taseff | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
| Buddy Young | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| Dick Young | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||
| Totals | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | 24 | 69 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Opponents | 24 | 14 | |||||||||||
Total Scoring:
| Touchdowns | Other | Total | ||||||||||
| Player | Rush | Rec | Punt | Kick | Int | Fum | Other | FG | XP | 2 Pt | Saf | Points |
| Bert Rechichar | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 25 | 55 | |||||
| George Shaw | 3 | 0 | 18 | |||||||||
| Buddy Young | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | ||||||
| Jim Mutscheller | 7 | 0 | 42 | |||||||||
| Gary Kerkorian | 1 | 0 | 1 | 9 | ||||||||
| Lloyd Colteryahn | 3 | 0 | 18 | |||||||||
| L.G. Dupre | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||||||||
| Alan Ameche | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 54 | |||||||
| Totals | 15 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 25 | 0 | 0 | 214 |
| Opponents | 18 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 29 | 239 | |||||