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1955 Baltimore Colts
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Record: 5-6-1, Finished 4th in NFL West Division
NFL Season Summary
Scored 214 points (17.8/g), 11th of 12 in the NFL.
Allowed 239 points (19.9/g), 6th.
Differential of -25 points (-2.1/g), 8th.
Expected W-L: 5.2-6.8.
Takeaway/Giveaway Differential +3 (0.2/g), 5th.
Coached by Weeb Ewbank (5-6-1)
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1955 Statistics / Starters & Roster / Games & Schedule / Team Draftees
Starters
Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · CSV · PRE · Hide Non-primary Starters| Pos | Age | Yrs | GS | Summary of Player Stats | Drafted (tm/rnd/yr) | |
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| Offensive Starters | Complete Team Stats | |||||
| QB | George Shaw | 22 | Rook | 12 | 119 for 237, 1,586 yards, 10 td, 19 int, & 68 rushes for 301 yards and 3 td | Baltimore Colts / 1st / 1st pick / 1955 |
| FB | Alan Ameche*+ | 22 | Rook | 0 | 213 rushes for 961 yards, 9 td, & 27 catches for 141 yards and 0 td | Baltimore Colts / 1st / 3rd pick / 1955 |
| LH | L.G. Dupre | 23 | Rook | 0 | 88 rushes for 338 yards, 1 td, & 10 catches for 153 yards and 0 td | Baltimore Colts / 3rd / 27th pick / 1955 |
| RH | Buddy Young | 29 | 8 | 0 | 32 rushes for 87 yards, 1 td, & 19 catches for 426 yards and 1 td | |
| LE | Raymond Berry | 22 | Rook | 0 | 13 catches for 205 yards, 0 td | Baltimore Colts / 20th / 232nd pick / 1954 |
| LT | George Radosevich | 27 | 1 | 0 | ||
| LG | Art Spinney | 28 | 5 | 0 | 1 fumble recovered | Baltimore Colts / 15th / 184th pick / 1950 |
| C | Dick Szymanski* | 23 | Rook | 0 | Baltimore Colts / 2nd / 16th pick / 1955 |
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| RG | Alex Sandusky | 23 | 1 | 12 | Baltimore Colts / 16th / 184th pick / 1954 |
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| RT | Dick Chorovich | 22 | Rook | 0 | 1 fumble recovered | Baltimore Colts / 12th / 136th pick / 1955 |
| RE | Jim Mutscheller | 25 | 1 | 0 | 33 catches for 518 yards, 7 td | Dallas Texans / 12th / 134th pick / 1952 |
| Defensive Starters | ||||||
| LDE | Gino Marchetti* | 28 | 3 | 0 | Dallas Texans / 2nd / 14th pick / 1952 |
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| LDT | Art Donovan*+ | 30 | 5 | 0 | New York Giants / 22nd / 204th pick / 1947 |
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| RDT | Tom Finnin | 28 | 2 | 0 | 0 interceptions, 1 fumble recovered | New York Giants / 24th / 306th pick / 1950 |
| RDE | Don Joyce | 26 | 4 | 0 | 0 interceptions, 1 fumble recovered | Chicago Cardinals / 2nd / 18th pick / 1951 |
| LLB | Doug Eggers | 25 | 1 | 0 | 0 interceptions, 3 fumbles recovered | |
| MLB | Joe Campanella | 25 | 3 | 0 | 2 interceptions, 0 fumbles recovered | Cleveland Browns / 3rd / 36th pick / 1952 |
| RLB | Bill Pellington | 28 | 2 | 0 | 2 interceptions, 4 fumbles recovered | |
| LDH | Carl Taseff | 27 | 4 | 0 | 1 interception, 1 fumble recovered | Cleveland Browns / 22nd / 267th pick / 1951 |
| RDH | Don Shula | 25 | 4 | 0 | 5 interceptions, 2 fumbles recovered | Cleveland Browns / 9th / 110th pick / 1951 |
| LS | Jesse Thomas | 27 | Rook | 0 | 1 interception, 0 fumbles recovered | New York Yanks / 10th / 119th pick / 1951 |
| RS | Bert Rechichar* | 25 | 3 | 0 | 6 interceptions, 0 fumbles recovered | Cleveland Browns / 1st / 10th pick / 1952 |
| Special Teams Starters | ||||||
| K | Bert Rechichar* | 25 | 3 | 0 | 10 of 24 field goals & 25 of 26 extra points | Cleveland Browns / 1st / 10th pick / 1952 |
| P | Monte Brethauer | 24 | 2 | 0 | 55 punts for a 39.3 average, 0 blocked | Baltimore Colts / 24th / 278th pick / 1953 |
| PR | Bert Rechichar* | 25 | 3 | 0 | 30 punt returns for a 4.0 average and 0 td | Cleveland Browns / 1st / 10th pick / 1952 |
| KR | Bert Rechichar* | 25 | 3 | 0 | 9 kick returns for a 26.1 average and 0 td | Cleveland Browns / 1st / 10th pick / 1952 |
| Age | Pos | G | GS | Wt | Ht | College/Univ | BirthDate | Yrs | Drafted (tm/rnd/yr) | |
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| Alan Ameche*+ | 22 | FB | 12 | 0 | 218 | 6-0 | Wisconsin | 6/1/1933 | Rook | Baltimore Colts / 1st / 3rd pick / 1955 |
| Raymond Berry | 22 | E | 12 | 0 | 187 | 6-2 | Schreiner College,SMU | 2/27/1933 | Rook | Baltimore Colts / 20th / 232nd pick / 1954 |
| Monte Brethauer | 24 | DB-E | 12 | 0 | 178 | 6-1 | Oregon | 4/8/1931 | 2 | Baltimore Colts / 24th / 278th pick / 1953 |
| Walter Bryan | 22 | DB-HB | 10 | 0 | 185 | 6-1 | Tarleton State,Texas Tech | 12/23/1933 | Rook | Baltimore Colts / 9th / 99th pick / 1955 |
| Joe Campanella | 25 | LB-DT-T | 11 | 0 | 242 | 6-2 | Ohio State | 9/3/1930 | 3 | Cleveland Browns / 3rd / 36th pick / 1952 |
| Dick Chorovich | 22 | DT-T | 11 | 0 | 260 | 6-4 | Miami (OH) | 11/29/1933 | Rook | Baltimore Colts / 12th / 136th pick / 1955 |
| Lloyd Colteryahn | 24 | E | 12 | 0 | 220 | 6-2 | Maryland | 8/26/1931 | 1 | Pittsburgh Steelers / 4th / 42nd pick / 1953 |
| Art Donovan*+ | 30 | DT-T | 12 | 0 | 263 | 6-2 | Boston College,Notre Dame | 6/5/1925 | 5 | New York Giants / 22nd / 204th pick / 1947 |
| L.G. Dupre | 23 | HB | 11 | 0 | 190 | 5-11 | Baylor | 9/10/1932 | Rook | Baltimore Colts / 3rd / 27th pick / 1955 |
| Doug Eggers | 25 | LB | 12 | 0 | 213 | 6-0 | South Dakota State | 9/21/1930 | 1 | |
| Tom Finnin | 28 | DT | 11 | 0 | 262 | 6-2 | Detroit Mercy | 9/28/1927 | 2 | New York Giants / 24th / 306th pick / 1950 |
| Harry Hugasian | 26 | HB-DB | 2 | 0 | 192 | 6-1 | Stanford | 8/29/1929 | Rook | Dallas Texans / 21st / 242nd pick / 1952 |
| Ken Jackson | 26 | T-G | 8 | 0 | 236 | 6-2 | Texas | 4/26/1929 | 3 | New York Yanks / 2nd / 22nd pick / 1951 |
| Don Joyce | 26 | DE-DT | 11 | 0 | 253 | 6-3 | Tulane | 10/8/1929 | 4 | Chicago Cardinals / 2nd / 18th pick / 1951 |
| Gary Kerkorian | 25 | QB | 7 | 0 | 185 | 5-11 | Stanford | 1/14/1930 | 3 | Pittsburgh Steelers / 19th / 222nd pick / 1952 |
| Gino Marchetti* | 28 | DE-T-DT | 8 | 0 | 244 | 6-4 | San Francisco | 1/2/1927 | 3 | Dallas Texans / 2nd / 14th pick / 1952 |
| Jim Mutscheller | 25 | E-DE | 12 | 0 | 205 | 6-1 | Notre Dame | 3/31/1930 | 1 | Dallas Texans / 12th / 134th pick / 1952 |
| Bob Myers | 22 | DT | 1 | 0 | 260 | 6-0 | Ohio State | 1/31/1933 | Rook | Baltimore Colts / 28th / 328th pick / 1955 |
| Buzz Nutter | 24 | C-LB | 12 | 0 | 230 | 6-4 | Virginia Tech | 2/16/1931 | 1 | Washington Redskins / 12th / 136th pick / 1953 |
| Jack Patera | 22 | LB | 12 | 0 | 234 | 6-1 | Oregon | 8/1/1933 | Rook | Baltimore Colts / 4th / 44th pick / 1955 |
| Bill Pellington | 28 | LB | 12 | 0 | 234 | 6-2 | Defiance,Rutgers | 9/25/1927 | 2 | |
| George Preas | 22 | T-G-LB | 12 | 0 | 244 | 6-2 | Virginia Tech | 6/25/1933 | Rook | Baltimore Colts / 5th / 51st pick / 1955 |
| George Radosevich | 27 | T-C | 12 | 0 | 228 | 6-2 | Pittsburgh | 1/25/1928 | 1 | |
| Bert Rechichar* | 25 | DB-LB-HB-E | 12 | 0 | 209 | 6-1 | Tennessee | 7/16/1930 | 3 | Cleveland Browns / 1st / 10th pick / 1952 |
| Dean Renfro | 23 | HB | 7 | 0 | 180 | 5-11 | North Texas | 6/15/1932 | Rook | Cleveland Browns / 2nd / 25th pick / 1955 |
| Alex Sandusky | 23 | G | 12 | 12 | 235 | 6-1 | Clarion | 8/17/1932 | 1 | Baltimore Colts / 16th / 184th pick / 1954 |
| George Shaw | 22 | QB | 12 | 12 | 183 | 6-1 | Oregon | 7/25/1933 | Rook | Baltimore Colts / 1st / 1st pick / 1955 |
| Burrell Shields | 26 | HB | 8 | 0 | 203 | 6-2 | John Carroll | 9/6/1929 | 1 | Cleveland Browns / 6th / 72nd pick / 1952 |
| Don Shula | 25 | DB | 9 | 0 | 190 | 5-11 | John Carroll | 1/4/1930 | 4 | Cleveland Browns / 9th / 110th pick / 1951 |
| Art Spinney | 28 | G-DE | 12 | 0 | 230 | 6-0 | Boston College | 11/8/1927 | 5 | Baltimore Colts / 15th / 184th pick / 1950 |
| Dick Szymanski* | 23 | C-LB | 12 | 0 | 233 | 6-3 | Notre Dame | 10/7/1932 | Rook | Baltimore Colts / 2nd / 16th pick / 1955 |
| Carl Taseff | 27 | DB-HB | 11 | 0 | 192 | 5-11 | John Carroll | 9/28/1928 | 4 | Cleveland Browns / 22nd / 267th pick / 1951 |
| Jesse Thomas | 27 | DB | 12 | 0 | 180 | 5-10 | Michigan State | 5/23/1928 | Rook | New York Yanks / 10th / 119th pick / 1951 |
| Bob White | 26 | HB | 3 | 0 | 176 | 5-11 | Stanford | 5/25/1929 | 4 | San Francisco 49ers / 16th / 184th pick / 1951 |
| Royce Womble | 24 | HB-FL | 3 | 0 | 185 | 6-0 | North Texas | 8/12/1931 | 1 | |
| Buddy Young | 29 | HB-FB-DB | 11 | 0 | 175 | 5-4 | Illinois | 1/5/1926 | 8 | |
| Dick Young | 25 | FB-HB | 11 | 0 | 210 | 5-11 | Tennessee-Chattanooga | 8/25/1930 | Rook | Chicago Cardinals / 18th / 206th pick / 1954 |
| Team Total | 24.9 | 12 | 214.7 | 6-0.8 | 1.7 |