
1955 Pittsburgh Steelers Statistics
Team Record: 4-8
Finishing 6th in the NFL's East Division
Coach: Walt Kiesling (4-8)
Location: Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
1955 Pittsburgh Steelers Results
The Pittsburgh Steelers of the National Football League ended the 1955 season with a record of 4 wins and 8 losses, finishing sixth in the NFL's East Division.
The Steelers scored only 195 points, worst in the league, and the wobbly defensive unit yielded 285. Jim Finks tossed for 2,270 yards. Ray Mathews grabbed 42 passes for 762 yards, while Elbie Nickel contributed to the receiving game, too.
Fran Rogel carried the ball for a team-best 588 yards for Pittsburgh.
Richie McCabe intercepted 3 opponent throws.
Walt Kiesling coached the team.
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Passing:
Player | Att | Comp | Comp % | Yds | Yds/Att | TDs | TD % | Ints | Int % | Long | Rating |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Jim Finks | 344 | 165 | 48.0 | 2270 | 6.6 | 10 | 2.9 | 26 | 7.6 | 62 | 47.7 |
Ted Marchibroda | 43 | 24 | 55.8 | 280 | 6.5 | 2 | 4.7 | 3 | 7.0 | 47 | 62.2 |
Vic Eaton | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 39.6 |
Lynn Chandnois | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 100.0 | 0 | 0.0 |
Totals | 390 | 189 | 48.5 | 2550 | 6.5 | 12 | 3.1 | 30 | 7.7 | 62 |
Rushing:
Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
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 | 8 | 1 |
Totals | 420 | 1284 | 3.1 | 27 | 13 |
Receiving:
Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Ray Mathews | 42 | 762 | 18.1 | 61 | 6 |
Elbie Nickel | 36 | 488 | 13.6 | 30 | 2 |
Lynn Chandnois | 27 | 385 | 14.3 | 36 | 0 |
Fran Rogel | 24 | 222 | 9.2 | 28 | 0 |
Ed Bernet | 22 | 276 | 12.5 | 38 | 1 |
Sid Watson | 19 | 223 | 11.7 | 62 | 1 |
Jack O'Brien | 9 | 105 | 11.7 | 38 | 2 |
Leon Campbell | 9 | 76 | 8.4 | 36 | 0 |
Jack McClairen | 1 | 13 | 13.0 | 13 | 0 |
Totals | 189 | 2550 | 13.5 | 62 | 12 |
Kicking:
Player | X/CA | X/CM | X/CP % | FGA | FGM | FG % | Pts. |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Tad Weed | 12 | 12 | 100.0 | 6 | 3 | 50.0 | 21 |
Art Michalik | 15 | 9 | 60.0 | 12 | 1 | 8.3 | 12 |
Totals | 27 | 21 | 77.8 | 18 | 4 | 22.2 | 33 |
Punting:
Punt Returns:
Kick Returns:
Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Sid Watson | 27 | 716 | 26.5 | 49 | 0 |
Lynn Chandnois | 9 | 223 | 24.8 | 46 | 0 |
Leon Campbell | 4 | 133 | 33.2 | 55 | 0 |
Fran Rogel | 1 | 81 | 81.0 | 61 | 0 |
Bob Gaona | 2 | 4 | 2.0 | 4 | 0 |
Marv Matuszak | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
Totals | 44 | 1157 | 26.3 | 61 | 0 |
Interceptions:
Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Richie McCabe | 3 | 29 | 9.7 | 25 | 0 |
Dale Dodrill | 2 | 25 | 12.5 | 25 | 0 |
John Reger | 2 | 11 | 5.5 | 9 | 0 |
Jim Hill | 1 | 9 | 9.0 | 9 | 0 |
Marv Matuszak | 1 | 7 | 7.0 | 7 | 0 |
Dick Doyle | 1 | 4 | 4.0 | 4 | 0 |
Totals | 10 | 85 | 8.5 | 25 | 0 |
Defense and Fumbles:
Player | Tackle | Brup | Fum | FRec | FYds | FTD | FF |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
John Reger | 0 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 0 | |
Lou Tepe | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Ernie Stautner | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Willie McClung | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Bob Gaona | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Dale Dodrill | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Joe O'Malley | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
Jim Hill | 0 | 0 | 1 | 11 | 0 | 0 | |
Lou Ferry | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Richie McCabe | 0 | 0 | 1 | 76 | 1 | 0 | |
Lynn Chandnois | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
Jim Finks | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
Frank Varrichione | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Marv Matuszak | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Jack Butler | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Sid Watson | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
Dick Flanagan | 0 | 1 | 9 | 0 | 0 | ||
Ed Meadows | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Bill McPeak | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
Leon Campbell | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Fran Rogel | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
Ray Mathews | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
Ed Bernet | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
Ted Marchibroda | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
Totals | 0 | 0 | 26 | 28 | 102 | 1 | 0 |
Total Scoring:
Touchdowns | Other | Total | ||||||||||||
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Player | Rush | Rec | Punt | Kick | MFG | Int | Fum | Other | FG | X/C | Single | 2Pt | Saf | Points |
Ray Mathews | 1 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 42 | ||||||||
Lynn Chandnois | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30 | |||||||
Jim Finks | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | |||||||||
Tad Weed | 3 | 12 | 0 | 21 | ||||||||||
Elbie Nickel | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | |||||||||
Fran Rogel | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | |||||||
Jack O'Brien | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | |||||||||
Art Michalik | 1 | 9 | 0 | 12 | ||||||||||
Joe O'Malley | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||||||||
Richie McCabe | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||||||||
Ed Bernet | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||||||||
Sid Watson | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||||||
Ted Marchibroda | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||||||||
Totals | 13 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 21 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 195 |