1955 Pittsburgh Steelers (NFL) |
| 6th place • Eastern Conference • 4-8-0 .333 |
| Head Coach: Walt Kiesling |
| Herman Ball | Line |
| Chuck Cherundolo | Assistant Coach |
| Nick Skorich | Line |
| Bob Snyder | Assistant Coach |
| SCORES | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Day | Date | Opponent | Result | Location | Venue | Attendance | |||
| Sat | 8/6/1955 | N | Los Angeles Rams | 24-35 | L | Portland, OR | Multnomah Stadium | 20942 | |
| Sat | 8/13/1955 | N | San Francisco 49ers | 14-60 | L | Sacramento, CA | Hughes Stadium | 23496 | |
| Sat | 8/27/1955 | A | Green Bay Packers | 16-14 | W | Green Bay, WI | City Stadium | 16912 | |
| Fri | 9/2/1955 | N | Detroit Lions | 0-24 | L | Miami, FL | Orange Bowl | 26402 | |
| Sun | 9/11/1955 | H | Philadelphia Eagles | 20-24 | L | Pittsburgh, PA | Forbes Field | 15808 | |
| Sun | 9/18/1955 | N | Baltimore Colts | 17-44 | L | Buffalo, NY | War Memorial Stadium | 20754 | |
| Mon | 9/26/1955 | H | Chicago Cardinals | 14-7 | W | Pittsburgh, PA | Forbes Field | 26359 | |
| Sun | 10/2/1955 | A | Los Angeles Rams | 26-27 | L | Los Angeles, CA | Memorial Coliseum | 45816 | |
| Sun | 10/9/1955 | H | New York Giants | 30-23 | W | Pittsburgh, PA | Forbes Field | 29422 | |
| Sat | 10/15/1955 | H | Philadelphia Eagles | 13-7 | W | Pittsburgh, PA | Forbes Field | 33413 | |
| Sun | 10/23/1955 | A | New York Giants | 19-17 | W | New York, NY | Polo Grounds | 27365 | |
| Sun | 10/30/1955 | A | Philadelphia Eagles | 0-24 | L | Philadelphia, PA | Connie Mack Stadium | 31164 | |
| Sat | 11/5/1955 | A | Chicago Cardinals | 13-27 | L | Chicago, IL | Comiskey Park | 23310 | |
| Sun | 11/13/1955 | H | Detroit Lions | 28-31 | L | Pittsburgh, PA | Forbes Field | 34441 | |
| Sun | 11/20/1955 | A | Cleveland Browns | 14-41 | L | Cleveland, OH | Cleveland Stadium | 54509 | |
| Sun | 11/27/1955 | H | Washington Redskins | 14-23 | L | Pittsburgh, PA | Forbes Field | 21760 | |
| Sun | 12/4/1955 | H | Cleveland Browns | 7-30 | L | Pittsburgh, PA | Forbes Field | 31101 | |
| Sun | 12/11/1955 | A | Washington Redskins | 17-28 | L | Washington, DC | Griffith Stadium | 20547 | |
| ROSTER | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Player | No | Pos | Ht | Wt | Age | College | GP | GS |
| Ed Bernet | 83 | LOE | 6-2 | 203 | 22 | Southern Methodist | 11 | 11 |
| Fred Broussard | 56 | C | 6-3 | 235 | 22 | Texas A&M; Northwestern State (Louisiana) | 6 | 0 |
| Jack Butler | 80 | RDH | 6-0 | 195 | 28 | St. Bonaventure | 12 | 12 |
| Tom Calvin | 35 | ROH-LOH | 6-0 | 200 | 29 | Alabama | 2 | 0 |
| Leon Campbell | 28 | ROH-FB | 6-0 | 199 | 28 | Arkansas | 12 | 0 |
| Lynn Chandnois | 49 | ROH | 6-2 | 198 | 32 | Michigan State | 8 | 8 |
| Dale Dodrill | 60 | MG | 6-1 | 211 | 29 | Colorado State | 12 | 12 |
| Skip Doyle | 41 | LS | 5-11 | 195 | 25 | Ohio State | 12 | 12 |
| Vic Eaton | 12 | P-RS-QB | 6-1 | 195 | 22 | Missouri | 12 | 1 |
| Nick Feher | 67 | ROG | 6-0 | 224 | 29 | Georgia | 2 | 2 |
| Lou Ferry | 78 | LDT-RDT | 6-2 | 244 | 28 | Villanova | 11 | 2 |
| Jim Finks | 7 | QB | 5-11 | 175 | 28 | Tulsa | 12 | 12 |
| Dick Flanagan | 57 | RLB-LLB | 6-0 | 216 | 29 | Ohio State | 12 | 12 |
| Bob Gaona | 72 | LOT | 6-3 | 243 | 24 | Wake Forest | 12 | 11 |
| Jimmy Hill | 42 | RS | 6-0 | 188 | 26 | Tennessee | 11 | 11 |
| Ted Marchibroda | 18 | QB | 5-10 | 178 | 24 | St. Bonaventure; Detroit Mercy | 8 | 0 |
| Ray Mathews | 25 | LOH | 6-0 | 185 | 26 | Clemson | 12 | 12 |
| Marv Matuszak | 61 | LB | 6-3 | 232 | 24 | Tulsa | 4 | 4 |
| Richie McCabe | 24 | LDH | 6-1 | 185 | 22 | Pittsburgh | 12 | 12 |
| Jack McClairen | 87 | LOE | 6-4 | 213 | 24 | Bethune-Cookman | 12 | 1 |
| Willie McClung | 76 | RDT-LDT | 6-2 | 250 | 25 | Florida A&M | 12 | 10 |
| Bill McPeak | 84 | RDE | 6-1 | 208 | 29 | Notre Dame; Pittsburgh | 10 | 9 |
| Ed Meadows | 86 | LDE | 6-2 | 221 | 23 | Duke | 12 | 12 |
| Art Michalik | 62 | MG-K | 6-2 | 229 | 25 | St. Ambrose | 12 | 0 |
| Dick Modzelewski | 79 | LDT-LOT | 6-0 | 258 | 24 | Maryland | 12 | 11 |
| Marion Motley | 36 | FB | 6-1 | 232 | 35 | Nevada-Reno | 7 | 0 |
| Elbie Nickel | 81 | ROE | 6-1 | 196 | 33 | Cincinnati | 12 | 12 |
| Jack O'Brien | 88 | LOE-ROE | 6-2 | 213 | 23 | Florida | 12 | 1 |
| Joe O'Malley | 85 | RDE-LDE | 6-1 | 217 | 22 | Georgia | 10 | 3 |
| John Reger | 50 | LLB-RLB | 6-0 | 225 | 24 | Pittsburgh | 12 | 8 |
| Fran Rogel | 33 | FB | 5-11 | 203 | 28 | California (Pennsylvania); Penn State | 12 | 12 |
| John Schweder | 66 | LOG | 6-1 | 224 | 28 | Pennsylvania | 12 | 12 |
| Ernie Stautner | 70 | ROG-RDT | 6-1 | 230 | 30 | Boston College | 12 | 12 |
| Lou Tepe | 55 | C-LB | 6-2 | 220 | 25 | Duke | 12 | 7 |
| Frank Varrichione | 77 | ROT | 6-1 | 234 | 23 | Notre Dame | 12 | 12 |
| Sid Watson | 39 | ROH-LOH | 5-11 | 187 | 23 | Northeastern | 12 | 4 |
| Tad Weed | 27 | K | 5-5 | 140 | 22 | Ohio State | 6 | 0 |
| Joe Zombek | 85 | P | 6-1 | 205 | 23 | Pittsburgh | 1 | 0 |
| DRAFT LIST | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Round | Overall | Player | Pos | College |
| 1 | 6 | Frank Varrichione | T | Notre Dame |
| 3 | 30 | Ed Bernet | E | Southern Methodist |
| 4 | 42 | Fred Broussard | C | Northwestern State (Louisiana) |
| 5 | 54 | George Mason | T | Alabama |
| 6 | 66 | Lem Harkey | B | College of Emporia |
| 7 | 78 | Hal Reeve | T | Oregon |
| 9 | 102 | Johnny Unitas | QB | Louisville |
| 10 | 114 | Terry Boyle | T | Cincinnati |
| 11 | 126 | Vic Eaton | B | Missouri |
| 12 | 138 | Jim Cooke | E | Lincoln (Pennsylvania) |
| 13 | 150 | Jim Whitmer | B | Purdue |
| 14 | 162 | John Byrne | G | John Carroll |
| 15 | 174 | Ellis Duckett | B | Michigan State |
| 16 | 186 | Frank Vincent | C | Glenville State |
| 17 | 198 | Ed Merchant | B | Miami (Ohio) |
| 18 | 210 | Al Maier | G | Marshall |
| 19 | 222 | Ed Smith | B | Texas Southern |
| 20 | 234 | Lou Matykiewicz | E | Iowa |
| 21 | 246 | Rees Phenix | T | Georgia Tech |
| 22 | 258 | Richie McCabe | B | Pittsburgh |
| 23 | 270 | Gordy Holz | T | Minnesota |
| 24 | 282 | Mike Mayock | E | Villanova |
| 25 | 294 | Charlie Bull | G | Missouri |
| 26 | 306 | Jim Soltau | E | Minnesota |
| 27 | 318 | Bill Sanford | B | Hofstra |
| 28 | 330 | Dave Williams | G | Ohio State |
| 29 | 342 | Bennie Sinclair | E | Texas A&M |
| 30 | 353 | Jim Caruzzi | B | Marquette |
| SCORING BY QUARTERS | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team Totals | 23 | 58 | 45 | 69 | 195 |
| Opponents Totals | 55 | 93 | 76 | 61 | 285 |
| TEAM STATS | TOP | 1st Downs | FDR | FDP | FDX | 3rd Down Efficiency | 4th Down Efficiency | PEN | PENY |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team Totals | 211 | 74 | 119 | 18 | / % | / % | 67 | 604 | |
| Opponents Totals | 176 | 98 | 67 | 11 | / % | / % | 66 | 657 |
| SCORING | TD | X1 | X1A | PCT | FG | FGA | PCT | SAF | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ray Mathews | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 42 | ||
| Lynn Chandnois | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30 | ||
| Jim Finks | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | ||
| Tad Weed | 0 | 12 | 12 | 100.0 | 3 | 6 | 50.0 | 0 | 21 |
| Elbie Nickel | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | ||
| Jack O'Brien | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | ||
| Fran Rogel | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | ||
| Art Michalik | 0 | 9 | 15 | 60.0 | 1 | 12 | 8.3 | 0 | 12 |
| Ed Bernet | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Ted Marchibroda | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Richie McCabe | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Joe O'Malley | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Sid Watson | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Team Totals | 27 | 21 | 27 | 77.8 | 4 | 18 | 22.2 | 0 | 195 |
| Opponents Totals | 36 | 33 | 36 | 91.7 | 12 | 25 | 48.0 | 0 | 285 |
| FIELD GOALS | MADE | ATT | PCT | BL | LG | 1-19 | 20-29 | 30-39 | 40-49 | 50+ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tad Weed | 3 | 6 | 50.0 | 0 | 30 | 1/1 | 1/1 | 1/3 | 0/1 | 0/0 |
| Art Michalik | 1 | 12 | 8.3 | 1 | 36 | 0/1 | 0/4 | 1/6 | 0/1 | 0/0 |
| Team Totals | 4 | 18 | 22.2 | 1 | 36 | 1/2 | 1/5 | 2/9 | 0/2 | 0/0 |
| Opponents Totals | 12 | 25 | 48.0 | 3/ | 4/ | 2/ | 2/ | 1/ |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fran Rogel | 168 | 588 | 3.5 | 19 | 2 |
| Lynn Chandnois | 105 | 353 | 3.4 | 23 | 5 |
| Ray Mathews | 57 | 187 | 3.3 | 23 | 1 |
| Jim Finks | 35 | 76 | 2.2 | 9 | 4 |
| Leon Campbell | 18 | 42 | 2.3 | 27 | 0 |
| Sid Watson | 29 | 31 | 1.1 | 15 | 0 |
| Marion Motley | 2 | 8 | 4.0 | 8 | 0 |
| Ted Marchibroda | 6 | -1 | -0.2 | 8t | 1 |
| Team Totals | 420 | 1284 | 3.1 | 27 | 13 |
| Opponents Totals | 494 | 1814 | 3.7 | 11 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INC | YDS | Y/ATT | Y/COM | LG | TD | TD% | INT | INT% | TS | YL | NYP | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jim Finks | 344 | 165 | 48.0 | 153 | 2270 | 6.6 | 13.8 | 62t | 10 | 2.9 | 26 | 7.6 | 143 | 2127 | 47.7 | |
| Ted Marchibroda | 43 | 24 | 55.8 | 16 | 280 | 6.5 | 11.7 | 47t | 2 | 4.7 | 3 | 7.0 | 11 | 269 | 62.2 | |
| Lynn Chandnois | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 100.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | |||
| Vic Eaton | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 39.6 | |||
| Sid Watson | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | -9 | ||||||||
| Team Totals | 390 | 189 | 48.5 | 171 | 2550 | 6.5 | 13.5 | 62t | 12 | 3.1 | 30 | 7.7 | 163 | 2387 | 47.9 | |
| Opponents Totals | 242 | 123 | 50.8 | 109 | 1530 | 6.3 | 12.4 | 74t | 19 | 7.9 | 10 | 4.1 | 235 | 1295 | 79.7 |
| RECEIVING | REC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ray Mathews | 42 | 762 | 18.1 | 61t | 6 | ||||
| Elbie Nickel | 36 | 488 | 13.6 | 30t | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Lynn Chandnois | 27 | 385 | 14.3 | 51 | 0 | 1 | |||
| Fran Rogel | 24 | 222 | 9.3 | 28 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Ed Bernet | 22 | 276 | 12.5 | 38 | 1 | 0 | |||
| Sid Watson | 19 | 223 | 11.7 | 62t | 1 | ||||
| Jack O'Brien | 9 | 105 | 11.7 | 38 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
| Leon Campbell | 9 | 76 | 8.4 | 36 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Jack McClairen | 1 | 13 | 13.0 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Team Totals | 189 | 2550 | 13.5 | 62t | 12 | ||||
| Opponents Totals | 123 | 1530 | 12.4 | 74t | 19 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Richie McCabe | 3 | 29 | 9.7 | 25 | 0 |
| Dale Dodrill | 2 | 25 | 12.5 | 25 | 0 |
| John Reger | 2 | 11 | 5.5 | 9 | 0 |
| Jimmy Hill | 1 | 9 | 9.0 | 9 | 0 |
| Marv Matuszak | 1 | 7 | 7.0 | 7 | 0 |
| Skip Doyle | 1 | 4 | 4.0 | 4 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 10 | 85 | 8.5 | 25 | 0 |
| Opponents Totals | 30 | 494 | 16.5 | 5 |
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL | TB | I20 | RYDS | NYDS | NET |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Vic Eaton | 66 | 2522 | 38.2 | 57 | 0 | |||||
| Joe Zombek | 5 | 201 | 40.2 | 45 | 0 | |||||
| Team Totals | 71 | 2723 | 38.4 | 57 | 0 | 304 | 34.1 | |||
| Opponents Totals | 80 | 3370 | 42.1 | 88 |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Vic Eaton | 23 | 73 | 3.2 | 20 | 0 | |
| Sid Watson | 23 | 15 | 0.7 | 12 | 0 | |
| Team Totals | 46 | 88 | 1.9 | 20 | 0 | |
| Opponents Totals | 42 | 304 | 7.2 | 1 |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sid Watson | 27 | 716 | 26.5 | 49 | 0 | |
| Lynn Chandnois | 9 | 223 | 24.8 | 46 | 0 | |
| Leon Campbell | 4 | 133 | 33.3 | 55 | 0 | |
| Bob Gaona | 2 | 4 | 2.0 | 4 | 0 | |
| Fran Rogel | 1 | 81 | 81.0 | 61L | 0 | |
| Marv Matuszak | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Team Totals | 44 | 1157 | 26.3 | 81 | 0 | |
| Opponents Totals | 38 | 779 | 20.5 | 0 |
| FUMBLES | NO | LOST | OWN | OPP | REC | YDS | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ed Bernet | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Jack Butler | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Leon Campbell | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Lynn Chandnois | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Dale Dodrill | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Lou Ferry | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Jim Finks | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Dick Flanagan | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 0 |
| Bob Gaona | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Jimmy Hill | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 0 |
| Ted Marchibroda | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Ray Mathews | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Marv Matuszak | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Richie McCabe | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 76 | 1 |
| Willie McClung | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Bill McPeak | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| Ed Meadows | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Joe O'Malley | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| John Reger | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 0 |
| Fran Rogel | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Ernie Stautner | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Lou Tepe | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Frank Varrichione | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Sid Watson | 7 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Team Totals | 26 | 17 | 9 | 19 | 28 | 102 | 1 |
| Opponents Totals | 35 | 19 | 16 | 17 | 33 | 0 |
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