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Record: 6-6-0, Finished 3rd in NFL West Division
NFL Season Summary
Scored 258 points (21.5/g), 5th of 12 in the NFL.
Allowed 276 points (23.0/g), 10th.
Differential of -18 points (-1.5/g), 7th.
Expected W-L: 5.5-6.5.
Takeaway/Giveaway Differential +5 (0.4/g), 4th.
Coached by Lisle Blackbourn (6-6-0)
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1955 Statistics / Starters & Roster / Games & Schedule / Team Draftees
| Score | Offense | Defense | |||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Week | Date | Rec | Opp | Tm | Opp | 1stD | TotYd | PassY | RushY | TO | 1stD | TotYd | PassY | RushY | TO | ||||
| 1 | Sun | September 25 | box | W | 1-0 | Detroit Lions | 20 | 17 | 18 | 294 | 122 | 172 | 4 | 16 | 311 | 140 | 171 | 2 | |
| 2 | Sun | October 2 | box | W | 2-0 | Chicago Bears | 24 | 3 | 19 | 386 | 163 | 223 | 1 | 11 | 217 | 85 | 132 | 6 | |
| 3 | Sat | October 8 | box | L | 2-1 | Baltimore Colts | 20 | 24 | 17 | 322 | 186 | 136 | 3 | 8 | 255 | 152 | 103 | 4 | |
| 4 | Sun | October 16 | box | W | 3-1 | Los Angeles Rams | 30 | 28 | 20 | 343 | 231 | 112 | 6 | 16 | 260 | 109 | 151 | 3 | |
| 5 | Sun | October 23 | box | L | 3-2 | @ | Cleveland Browns | 10 | 41 | 9 | 161 | 22 | 139 | 3 | 21 | 454 | 250 | 204 | |
| 6 | Sat | October 29 | box | L | 3-3 | @ | Baltimore Colts | 10 | 14 | 17 | 305 | 163 | 142 | 4 | 17 | 257 | 55 | 202 | 4 |
| 7 | Sun | November 6 | box | L | 3-4 | @ | Chicago Bears | 31 | 52 | 19 | 319 | 168 | 151 | 5 | 25 | 504 | 98 | 406 | 5 |
| 8 | Sun | November 13 | box | W | 4-4 | Chicago Cardinals | 31 | 14 | 24 | 325 | 122 | 203 | 2 | 10 | 333 | 221 | 112 | 6 | |
| 9 | Sun | November 20 | box | W | 5-4 | San Francisco 49ers | 27 | 21 | 26 | 438 | 187 | 251 | 4 | 19 | 398 | 212 | 186 | 5 | |
| 10 | Thu | November 24 | box | L | 5-5 | @ | Detroit Lions | 10 | 24 | 11 | 228 | 120 | 108 | 7 | 19 | 282 | 92 | 190 | 6 |
| 11 | Sun | December 4 | box | W | 6-5 | @ | San Francisco 49ers | 28 | 7 | 13 | 236 | 151 | 85 | 2 | 20 | 281 | 117 | 164 | 5 |
| 12 | Sun | December 11 | box | L | 6-6 | @ | Los Angeles Rams | 17 | 31 | 20 | 305 | 144 | 161 | 3 | 14 | 310 | 157 | 153 | 3 |
| Passing | Rushing | |||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pts | Yds | Ply | Y/P | 1stD | Cmp | Att | Yds | TD | Int | 1stD | Att | Yds | TD | 1stD | TO | FL | 1stPy | |||
| Team Offense | 258 | 3662 | 809 | 4.5 | 213 | 159 | 348 | 1779 | 17 | 19 | 4.7 | 95 | 433 | 1883 | 11 | 4.3 | 106 | 44 | 25 | 12 |
| Team Defense | 276 | 3862 | 744 | 5.2 | 274 | 118 | 259 | 1688 | 13 | 31 | 6.3 | 71 | 475 | 2174 | 18 | 4.6 | 196 | 49 | 18 | 7 |
| Lg Rank Offense | 5 | 7 | 6 | 4 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 10 | 7 | 5 | 9 | 2 | 8 | 12 | ||||||
| Lg Rank Defense | 10 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 11 | 10 | 12 | 10 | 11 | 1 | 5 | ||||||
| Age | Pos | G | GS | QBrec | Cmp | Att | Yds | TD | Int | Lng | Sk | Yds | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tobin Rote | 27 | QB | 12 | 12 | 6-6-0 | 157 | 342 | 45.9 | 1977 | 17 | 5.0 | 19 | 5.6 | 60 | 5.8 | 3.8 | 12.6 | 164.8 | 57.8 | |||||
| Paul Held | 27 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 50.0 | 27 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 18 | 6.8 | 6.8 | 13.5 | 13.5 | 71.9 | |||||||
| Charlie Brackins | 23 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 39.6 | ||||||||
| Team Total | 25.0 | 12 | 6-6-0 | 159 | 348 | 45.7 | 2004 | 17 | 4.9 | 19 | 5.5 | 60 | 5.8 | 3.8 | 12.6 | 167.0 | 57.7 | |||||||
| Opp Total | 12 | 118 | 259 | 45.6 | 1688 | 13 | 5.0 | 31 | 12.0 | 6.5 | 1.6 | 14.3 | 140.7 | 44.4 | 10 | 80 | 6.3 | 1.3 |
| Rushing | Receiving | ||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Age | Pos | G | GS | Att | Yds | TD | Lng | Rec | Yds | TD | Lng | YScm | RRTD | Fmb | |||||||
| Howie Ferguson* | 25 | FB | 12 | 0 | 192 | 859 | 4 | 57 | 4.5 | 71.6 | 16.0 | 22 | 153 | 7.0 | 0 | 16 | 1.8 | 12.8 | 1012 | 4 | 8 |
| Breezy Reid | 28 | LH | 12 | 0 | 83 | 303 | 2 | 28 | 3.7 | 25.3 | 6.9 | 13 | 138 | 10.6 | 1 | 60 | 1.1 | 11.5 | 441 | 3 | 4 |
| Tobin Rote | 27 | QB | 12 | 12 | 74 | 332 | 5 | 49 | 4.5 | 27.7 | 6.2 | 332 | 5 | 10 | |||||||
| Joe Johnson | 26 | 12 | 0 | 49 | 210 | 0 | 21 | 4.3 | 17.5 | 4.1 | 9 | 71 | 7.9 | 1 | 30 | 0.8 | 5.9 | 281 | 1 | 4 | |
| Veryl Switzer | 23 | RH | 12 | 0 | 16 | 101 | 0 | 38 | 6.3 | 8.4 | 1.3 | 14 | 103 | 7.4 | 1 | 22 | 1.2 | 8.6 | 204 | 1 | 6 |
| Fred Cone | 29 | K | 12 | 0 | 12 | 25 | 0 | 14 | 2.1 | 2.1 | 1.0 | 1 | 7 | 7.0 | 0 | 7 | 0.1 | 0.6 | 32 | 0 | 0 |
| Al Carmichael | 27 | rh | 10 | 0 | 6 | 45 | 0 | 20 | 7.5 | 4.5 | 0.6 | 16 | 222 | 13.9 | 1 | 32 | 1.6 | 22.2 | 267 | 1 | 0 |
| Paul Held | 27 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 0 | 8 | 8.0 | 4.0 | 0.5 | 8 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||
| Billy Howton* | 25 | RE | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 44 | 697 | 15.8 | 5 | 60 | 3.7 | 58.1 | 697 | 5 | 2 | |
| Gary Knafelc | 23 | LE | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 40 | 613 | 15.3 | 8 | 48 | 3.3 | 51.1 | 613 | 8 | 0 | |
| Team Total | 25.0 | 12 | 433 | 1883 | 11 | 57 | 4.3 | 156.9 | 36.1 | 159 | 2004 | 12.6 | 17 | 60 | 13.3 | 167.0 | 3887 | 28 | 37 | ||
| Opp Total | 12 | 475 | 2174 | 18 | 4.6 | 181.2 | 39.6 | 118 | 1688 | 14.3 | 13 | 9.8 | 140.7 | 3862 | 31 | 27 | |||||
| Punt Returns | Kick Returns | ||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Age | Pos | G | GS | Ret | Yds | TD | Lng | Rt | Yds | TD | Lng | APYd | |||
| Veryl Switzer | 23 | RH | 12 | 0 | 24 | 158 | 0 | 38 | 6.6 | 17 | 445 | 0 | 57 | 26.2 | 807 |
| Al Carmichael | 27 | rh | 10 | 0 | 10 | 89 | 0 | 40 | 8.9 | 14 | 418 | 1 | 100 | 29.9 | 774 |
| Bill Forester | 23 | MG | 12 | 0 | 3 | 52 | 0 | 20 | 17.3 | 52 | |||||
| Joe Johnson | 26 | 12 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 5.0 | 2 | 46 | 0 | 27 | 23.0 | 332 | |
| Breezy Reid | 28 | LH | 12 | 0 | 2 | 21 | 0 | 17 | 10.5 | 462 | |||||
| Howie Ferguson* | 25 | FB | 12 | 0 | 1 | 20 | 0 | 20 | 20.0 | 1032 | |||||
| Len Szafaryn | 27 | LT | 12 | 12 | 1 | 28 | 1 | 28 | 28.0 | 28 | |||||
| Team Total | 25.0 | 12 | 36 | 280 | 1 | 40 | 7.8 | 39 | 1002 | 1 | 100 | 25.7 | 5169 | ||
| Opp Total | 12 | 36 | 1 | 48 | 1157 | 0 | 24.1 | ||||||||
| 0--19 | 20--29 | 30--39 | 40--49 | 50+ | Tot | PAT | Punting | ||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Age | Pos | G | GS | FGA | FGM | FGA | FGM | FGA | FGM | FGA | FGM | FGA | FGM | FGA | FGM | XPA | XPM | Pnt | Yds | Lng | Blck | ||||
| Dick Deschaine | 23 | P | 12 | 0 | 56 | 2420 | 73 | 0 | 43.2 | ||||||||||||||||
| Fred Cone | 29 | K | 12 | 0 | 24 | 16 | 66.7% | 30 | 30 | 100.0% | |||||||||||||||
| Team Total | 25.0 | 12 | 24 | 16 | 66.7% | 30 | 30 | 100.0% | 56 | 2420 | 73 | 0 | 43.2 | ||||||||||||
| Opp Total | 12 | 17 | 8 | 47.1% | 36 | 36 | 100.0% | 52 | 2174 | 41.8 | |||||||||||||||
| Def Interceptions | Fumbles | Tackles | ||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Age | Pos | G | GS | Sk | Int | Yds | TD | Lng | PD | FF | Fmb | FR | Yds | TD | Tkl | Ast | Sfty | |
| Billy Bookout | 23 | RDH | 12 | 0 | 2 | 39 | 0 | 27 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| Nate Borden | 23 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||
| Buddy Brown | 29 | RG | 12 | 12 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Fred Cone | 29 | K | 12 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Bobby Dillon*+ | 25 | RS | 12 | 0 | 9 | 153 | 0 | 61 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| Howie Ferguson* | 25 | FB | 12 | 0 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Bill Forester | 23 | MG | 12 | 0 | 4 | 32 | 0 | 17 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| Jerry Helluin | 26 | LDT | 12 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Billy Howton* | 25 | RE | 12 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Jim Jennings | 22 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||
| Joe Johnson | 26 | 12 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||
| John Martinkovic* | 28 | LDE | 12 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Doyle Nix | 22 | LDH | 12 | 0 | 5 | 33 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| Breezy Reid | 28 | LH | 12 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Jim Ringo | 24 | C | 12 | 12 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Tobin Rote | 27 | QB | 12 | 12 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Veryl Switzer | 23 | RH | 12 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Deral Teteak | 26 | RLB | 12 | 0 | 2 | 41 | 0 | 32 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| Val Joe Walker | 25 | LS | 12 | 0 | 6 | 77 | 0 | 36 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| Roger Zatkoff*+ | 24 | 12 | 0 | 3 | 25 | 0 | 15 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
| Team Total | 25.0 | 12 | 31 | 400 | 0 | 61 | 37 | 30 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||
| Opp Total | 12 | 28 | 27 | 9 | ||||||||||||||
| Age | Pos | G | GS | RshTD | RecTD | PR TD | KR TD | FblTD | IntTD | OthTD | 2PM | XPM | FGM | Sfty | Pts | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fred Cone | 29 | K | 12 | 0 | 30 | 16 | 78 | |||||||||
| Gary Knafelc | 23 | LE | 12 | 0 | 8 | 48 | ||||||||||
| Billy Howton* | 25 | RE | 12 | 0 | 5 | 30 | ||||||||||
| Tobin Rote | 27 | QB | 12 | 12 | 5 | 30 | ||||||||||
| Howie Ferguson* | 25 | FB | 12 | 0 | 4 | 24 | ||||||||||
| Breezy Reid | 28 | LH | 12 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 18 | |||||||||
| Al Carmichael | 27 | rh | 10 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 12 | |||||||||
| Joe Johnson | 26 | 12 | 0 | 1 | 6 | |||||||||||
| Veryl Switzer | 23 | RH | 12 | 0 | 1 | 6 | ||||||||||
| Len Szafaryn | 27 | LT | 12 | 12 | 1 | 6 | ||||||||||
| Team Total | 25.0 | 12 | 11 | 17 | 1 | 1 | 30 | 16 | 258 | |||||||
| Opp Total | 12 | 18 | 13 | 1 | 36 | 8 | 276 |