1955 Baltimore Colts season

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1955 Baltimore Colts season
Owner Carroll Rosenbloom
General manager Don "Red" Kellett
Head coach Weeb Ewbank
Home field Memorial Stadium
Results
Record5–6–1
Division place4th NFL Western
Playoff finishDid not qualify
Program for the October 23 game against the visiting Washington Redskins. Colts-program-551023.jpg
Program for the October 23 game against the visiting Washington Redskins.

The 1955 Baltimore Colts season was the third season for the team in the National Football League. The Baltimore Colts finished the National Football League's 1955 season with a record of 5 wins, 6 losses and 1 tie and finished fourth in the Western Conference.

Contents

Regular season

Schedule

WeekDateOpponentResultRecordVenueAttendanceRecap
1September 25 Chicago Bears W 23–171–0 Memorial Stadium 36,167 Recap
2October 1 Detroit Lions W 28–132–0Memorial Stadium40,030 Recap
3October 8at Green Bay Packers W 24–203–0 Milwaukee County Stadium 40,199 Recap
4October 16at Chicago Bears L 10–383–1 Wrigley Field 40,184 Recap
5October 23 Washington Redskins L 13–143–2Memorial Stadium51,587 Recap
6October 29 Green Bay Packers W 14–104–2Memorial Stadium34,411 Recap
7November 5at Detroit Lions L 14–244–3 Briggs Stadium 53,874 Recap
8November 13at New York Giants L 7–174–4 Polo Grounds 33,982 Recap
9November 20 Los Angeles Rams T 17–174–4–1Memorial Stadium41,146 Recap
10November 27 San Francisco 49ers W 26–145–4–1Memorial Stadium33,485 Recap
11December 4at Los Angeles Rams L 14–205–5–1 Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum 37,024 Recap
12December 11at San Francisco 49ers L 24–355–6–1 Kezar Stadium 35,371 Recap
Note: Intra-conference opponents are in bold text.

Standings

NFL Western Conference
WLTPCTCONFPFPASTK
Los Angeles Rams 831.7276–3–1260231W3
Chicago Bears 840.6677–3294251W2
Green Bay Packers 660.5005–5258276L1
Baltimore Colts 561.4555–4–1214239L2
San Francisco 49ers 480.3334–6216298W1
Detroit Lions 390.2502–8230275L2
Note: Tie games were not officially counted in the standings until 1972.
NFL Eastern Conference
WLTPCTCONFPFPASTK
Cleveland Browns 921.8187–2–1349218W2
Washington Redskins 840.6676–4246222W1
New York Giants 651.5454–5–1267223W2
Philadelphia Eagles 471.3644–5–1248231L1
Chicago Cardinals 471.3643–6–1224252L2
Pittsburgh Steelers 480.3334–6195285L7
Note: Tie games were not officially counted in the standings until 1972.

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