1955 Baltimore Colts Statistics

National Football League (NFL)
Team Record: 5-6-1
Finishing 4th in the NFL's West Division
Coach: Weeb Ewbank (5-6-1)
Location: Baltimore, Maryland

1955 Baltimore Colts Roster
1955 Baltimore Colts Results

The Baltimore Colts of the National Football League ended the 1955 season with a record of 5 wins and 6 losses and 1 ties, finishing fourth in the NFL's West Division.

The Colts stumbled, scoring only 214 points, while the defense gave up 239. Alan Ameche ran for a team-leading 961 yards for Baltimore.

George Shaw threw for 1,586 yards. Jim Mutscheller topped the receiving corps, hauling in 33 balls for 518 yards.

Bert Rechichar intercepted 6 opponent throws.

Weeb Ewbank coached the team.

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Passing:

Player	Att	Comp	Comp %	Yds	Yds/Att	TDs	TD %	Ints	Int %	Long	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

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	3.2	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

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

Kicking:

Player	X/CA	X/CM	X/CP %	FGA	FGM	FG %	Pts.
Bert Rechichar	26	25	96.2	24	10	41.7	55
Gary Kerkorian				2	1	50.0	3
Totals	26	25	96.2	26	11	42.3	58

Punting:

Player	No.	Yds	Avg.	Long
Monte Brethauer	55	2161	39.3	56
Totals	55	2161	39.3	56

Punt Returns:

Player	No.	Yds	Avg.	Long
Bert Rechichar	30	121	4.0	24
Carl Taseff	14	46	3.3	20
Bill Pellington	1	6	6.0	6
Dick Young	1	3	3.0	3
Jack Patera	1	2	2.0	2
Buddy Young	1	0	0.0	0
Totals	48	178	3.7	24

Kick Returns:

Player	No.	Yds	Avg.	Long
Bert Rechichar	9	235	26.1	59
Buddy Young	9	222	24.7	43
Carl Taseff	7	162	23.1	38
Bob White	4	142	35.5	0
Alan Ameche	4	60	15.0	19
Dick Young	2	37	18.5	22
Bill Pellington	2	36	18.0	19
Raymond Berry	2	27	13.5	16
Dean Renfro	1	20	20.0	20
Totals	40	941	23.5	59

Interceptions:

Player	No.	Yds	Avg.	Long
Bert Rechichar	6	109	18.2	40
Don Shula	5	64	12.8	31
Joe Campanella	2	35	17.5	23
Bill Pellington	2	17	8.5	12
Jesse Thomas	1	23	23.0	23
Jack Patera	1	8	8.0	8
Walter Bryan	1	4	4.0	4
Carl Taseff	1	0	0.0	0
Totals	19	260	13.7	40

Defense and Fumbles:

Player	Tackle	Brup	Fum	FRec	FYds	FTD
Bill Pellington		0	0	4	9	0
Doug Eggers			0	3	25	0
Don Shula		0	0	2	26	0
George Shaw			6	2	0
Monte Brethauer			2	2	0	0
Buddy Young			1	1	0
Don Joyce			0	1	0	0
Dick Young			2	1	0	0
George Preas			0	1	0	0
Alan Ameche			3	1	0
Art Spinney			0	1	6	0
Dick Chorovich			0	1	3	0
Carl Taseff		0	0	1	0	0
Tom Finnin			0	1	0	0
Jim Mutscheller			0	1	0
Ken Jackson			0	1	0	0
Gary Kerkorian			1	0	0
Harry Hugasian			1	0	0	0
L.G. Dupre			2	0	0
Totals	0	0	18	24	69	0

Total Scoring:

	Touchdowns								Other					Total
Player	Rush	Rec	Punt	Kick	MFG	Int	Fum	Other	FG	X/C	Single	2Pt	Saf	Points
Bert Rechichar			0	0		0			10	25	0			55
Alan Ameche	9	0		0					0	0	0			54
Jim Mutscheller		7							0	0	0			42
Lloyd Colteryahn		3							0	0	0			18
George Shaw	3								0	0	0			18
Buddy Young	1	1	0	0					0	0	0			12
Gary Kerkorian	1								1	0	0			9
L.G. Dupre	1	0							0	0	0			6
Totals	15	11	0	0	0	0	0	0	11	25	0	0	0	214