1955 Pittsburgh Steelers Statistics

National Football League (NFL)
Team Record: 4-8
Finishing 6th in the NFL's East Division
Coach: Walt Kiesling (4-8)
Location: Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

1955 Pittsburgh Steelers Roster
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:

Player	No.	Yds	Avg.	Long
Vic Eaton	66	2522	38.2	57
Joe Zombek	5	201	40.2	45
Totals	71	2723	38.4	57

Punt Returns:

Player	No.	Yds	Avg.	Long
Vic Eaton	23	73	3.2	20
Sid Watson	23	15	0.7	12
Totals	46	88	1.9	20

Kick Returns:

Player	No.	Yds	Avg.	Long
Sid Watson	27	716	26.5	49
Lynn Chandnois	9	223	24.8	46
Leon Campbell	4	133	33.2	55
Fran Rogel	1	81	81.0	61
Bob Gaona	2	4	2.0	4
Marv Matuszak	1	0	0.0	0
Totals	44	1157	26.3	61

Interceptions:

Player	No.	Yds	Avg.	Long
Richie McCabe	3	29	9.7	25
Dale Dodrill	2	25	12.5	25
John Reger	2	11	5.5	9
Jim Hill	1	9	9.0	9
Marv Matuszak	1	7	7.0	7
Dick Doyle	1	4	4.0	4
Totals	10	85	8.5	25

Defense and Fumbles:

Player	Tackle	Brup	Fum	FRec	FYds	FTD
John Reger		0	0	5	4	0
Lou Tepe			0	2	0	0
Ernie Stautner			0	2	0	0
Willie McClung			0	2	0	0
Bob Gaona			0	2	0	0
Dale Dodrill		0	0	2	0	0
Joe O'Malley			0	1	0
Jim Hill		0	0	1	11	0
Lou Ferry			0	1	0	0
Richie McCabe		0	0	1	76	1
Lynn Chandnois			2	1	0
Jim Finks			5	1	0
Frank Varrichione			0	1	0	0
Marv Matuszak		0	1	1	0	0
Jack Butler			0	1	0	0
Sid Watson			7	1	0
Dick Flanagan			0	1	9	0
Ed Meadows			0	1	0	0
Bill McPeak			0	1	2	0
Leon Campbell			1	0	0	0
Fran Rogel			5	0	0
Ray Mathews			1	0	0
Ed Bernet			1	0	0
Ted Marchibroda			3	0	0
Totals	0	0	26	28	102	1

Total Scoring:

	Touchdowns								Other					Total
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