1955 Pittsburgh Steelers season

1955 Pittsburgh Steelers season
Head coach	Walt Kiesling
Home stadium	Forbes Field
Results
Record	4–8
Division place	6th NFL Eastern
Playoffs	Did not qualify
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The 1955 Pittsburgh Steelers season was the franchise's 23rd in the National Football League.

Regular season

Schedule

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Record	Venue	Recap
1	September 26	Chicago Cardinals	W 14–7	1–0	Forbes Field	Recap
2	October 2	at Los Angeles Rams	L 26–27	1–1	Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum	Recap
3	October 9	New York Giants	W 30–23	2–1	Forbes Field	Recap
4	October 15	Philadelphia Eagles	W 13–7	3–1	Forbes Field	Recap
5	October 23	at New York Giants	W 19–17	4–1	Polo Grounds	Recap
6	October 30	at Philadelphia Eagles	L 0–24	4–2	Connie Mack Stadium	Recap
7	November 5	at Chicago Cardinals	L 13–27	4–3	Comiskey Park	Recap
8	November 13	Detroit Lions	L 28–31	4–4	Forbes Field	Recap
9	November 20	at Cleveland Browns	L 14–41	4–5	Cleveland Municipal Stadium	Recap
10	November 27	Washington Redskins	L 14–23	4–6	Forbes Field	Recap
11	December 4	Cleveland Browns	L 7–30	4–7	Forbes Field	Recap
12	December 11	at Washington Redskins	L 17–28	4–8	Griffith Stadium	Recap

Note: Intra-conference opponents are in bold text.

Game summaries

Week 1 (Monday September 26, 1955): Chicago Cardinals

	1	2	3	4	Total
Cardinals	0	0	0	7	7
Steelers	0	0	7	7	14

at Forbes Field, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

• Game time:
• Game weather:
• Game attendance: 26,359
• Referee:
• TV announcers:

Scoring Drives:

• Pittsburgh – O'Brien 4 pass from Finks (Michalik kick)
• Chicago Cardinals – Sanford 92 interception (Summerall kick)
• Pittsburgh – Mathews 27 pass from Finks (Michalik kick)

Week 2 (Sunday October 2, 1955): Los Angeles Rams

	1	2	3	4	Total
Steelers	0	0	13	13	26
Rams	0	17	0	10	27

at Los Angeles Coliseum, Los Angeles, California

• Game time:
• Game weather:
• Game attendance: 46,185
• Referee:
• TV announcers:

Scoring Drives:

• Los Angeles – Towler 1 run (Richter kick)
• Los Angeles – FG Richter 12
• Los Angeles – Boyd 74 pass from Van Brocklin (Richter kick)
• Pittsburgh – Chandnois 8 run (Michalik kick)
• Pittsburgh – Finks 1 run (kick failed)
• Pittsburgh – Chandnois 2 run (kick failed)
• Los Angeles – Fears 17 pass from Van Brocklin (Richter kick)
• Pittsburgh – McCabe 50 fumble run (Michalik kick)
• Los Angeles – FG Richter 32

Week 3 (Sunday October 9, 1955): New York Giants

	1	2	3	4	Total
Giants	7	3	7	6	23
Steelers	0	6	10	14	30

at Forbes Field, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

• Game time:
• Game weather:
• Game attendance: 29,422
• Referee:
• TV announcers:

Scoring Drives:

• New York Giants – Rote 25 pass from Gifford (Agajanian kick)
• Pittsburgh – Bernet 13 pass from Finks (kick blocked)
• New York Giants – FG Agajanian 27
• Pittsburgh – FG Michalik 36
• Pittsburgh – Finks 1 run (Michalik kick)
• New York Giants – Long 34 pass from Conerly (Agajanian kick)
• Pittsburgh – Rogel 1 run (Michalik kick)
• New York Giants – Rote 71 pass from Conerly (kick blocked)
• Pittsburgh – Mathews 23 pass from Finks (Michalik kick)

Week 4 (Saturday November 15, 1955): Philadelphia Eagles

	1	2	3	4	Total
Eagles	0	7	0	0	7
Steelers	7	0	6	0	13

at Forbes Field, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

• Game time:
• Game weather:
• Game attendance: 33,413
• Referee:
• TV announcers:

Scoring Drives:

• Pittsburgh – Finks 1 run (Michalik kick)
• Philadelphia – Bawel 42 interception (Bielski kick)
• Pittsburgh – Chandnois 2 run (kick failed)

Week 5 (Sunday October 23, 1955): New York Giants

	1	2	3	4	Total
Steelers	6	7	6	0	19
Giants	7	7	3	0	17

at Polo Grounds, New York, New York

• Game time:
• Game weather:
• Game attendance: 27,365
• Referee:
• TV announcers:

Scoring Drives:

• Pittsburgh – Mathews 21 run (kick failed)
• New York Giants – Rote 5 pass from Heinrich (Agajanian kick)
• Pittsburgh – Finks 2 run (Michalik kick)
• New York Giants – Schnelker 16 pass from Conerly (Agajanian kick)
• New York Giants – FG Agajanian 45
• Pittsburgh – Chandnois 4 run (kick failed)

Week 6 (Sunday October 30, 1955): Philadelphia Eagles

	1	2	3	4	Total
Steelers	0	0	0	0	0
Eagles	0	0	14	10	24

at Connie Mack Stadium, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

• Game time:
• Game weather:
• Game attendance: 31,164
• Referee:
• TV announcers:

Scoring Drives:

• Philadelphia – Wegert 29 run (Bielski kick)
• Philadelphia – Pihos 1- pass from Burk (Bielski kick)
• Philadelphia – Wegert 2 run (Bielski kick)
• Philadelphia – FG Bielski 50

Week 7 (Saturday November 5, 1955): Chicago Cardinals

	1	2	3	4	Total
Steelers	3	10	0	0	13
Cardinals	10	14	3	0	27

at Comiskey Park, Chicago, Illinois

• Game time:
• Game weather:
• Game attendance: 23,310
• Referee:
• TV announcers:

Scoring Drives:

• Pittsburgh – FG Weed 30
• Chicago Cardinals – FG Summerall 21
• Chicago Cardinals – Summerall 26 interception (Summerall kick)
• Pittsburgh – FG Weed 23
• Pittsburgh – Mathews 21 pass from Finks
• Chicago Cardinals – Nagler 34 pass from McHan (Summerall kick)
• Chicago Cardinals – Mann 18 pass from McHan (Summerall kick)
• Chicago Cardinals – FG Summerall 34

Week 8 (Sunday November 13, 1955): Detroit Lions

	1	2	3	4	Total
Lions	0	14	10	7	31
Steelers	0	7	0	21	28

at Forbes Field, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

• Game time:
• Game weather:
• Game attendance: 34,441
• Referee:
• TV announcers:

Scoring Drives:

• Detroit – Middleton 30 pass from Layne (Walker kick)
• Detroit – Carpenter 34 pass from Gilmer (Walker kick)
• Pittsburgh – O'Brien 6 pass from Finks (Weed kick)
• Detroit – FG Walker 23
• Detroit – Walker 21 pass from Stits (Walker kick)
• Pittsburgh – Chandnois 1 run (Weed kick)
• Detroit – Stits 7 interception
• Pittsburgh – Mathews 47 pass from Marchibroda (Weed kick)
• Pittsburgh – Marchibroda 8 run (Weed kick)

Week 9 (Sunday November 20, 1955): Cleveland Browns

	1	2	3	4	Total
Steelers	7	7	0	0	14
Browns	7	14	13	7	41

at Cleveland Municipal Stadium, Cleveland, Ohio

• Game time:
• Game weather:
• Game attendance: 53,509
• Referee:
• TV announcers:

Scoring Drives:

• Pittsburgh – Nickel 16 pass from Finks (Weed kick)
• Cleveland – Konz 15 interception (Groza kick)
• Cleveland – Lavelli 6 pass from Graham (Groza kick)
• Pittsburgh – Nickel 30 pass from Marchibroda (Weed kick)
• Cleveland – Lavelli 42 pass from Graham (Groza kick)
• Cleveland – Modzelewshi 3 run (kick blocked)
• Cleveland – Graham 4 run (Groza kick)
• Cleveland – Bassett 5 run (Groza kick)

Week 10 (Sunday November 27, 1955): Washington Redskins

	1	2	3	4	Total
Redskins	7	7	9	0	23
Steelers	0	7	0	7	14

at Forbes Field, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

• Game time:
• Game weather:
• Game attendance: 21,760
• Referee:
• TV announcers:

Scoring Drives:

• Washington – Elter 20 run (Hecker kick)
• Pittsburgh – Mathews 61 pass from Finks (Weed kick)
• Washington – Elter 33 run (Janowicz kick)
• Washington – FG Janowicz 13
• Washington – Scudero 49 punt return (kick failed)
• Pittsburgh – Watson 62 pass from Finks (Weed kick)

Week 11 (Sunday December 4, 1955): Cleveland Browns

	1	2	3	4	Total
Browns	10	10	10	0	30
Steelers	0	0	0	7	7

at Forbes Field, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

• Game time:
• Game weather:
• Game attendance: 31,101
• Referee:
• TV announcers:

Scoring Drives:

• Cleveland – Graham 4 run (Groza kick)
• Cleveland – FG Groza 16
• Cleveland – Renfro 46 pass from Graham (Groza kick)
• Cleveland – FG Groza 22
• Cleveland – Brewster 17 pass from Graham (Groza kick)
• Cleveland – FG Groza 46
• Pittsburgh – O'Malley recovered blocked kick in end zone (Weed kick)

Week 12 (Sunday December 11, 1955): Washington Redskins

	1	2	3	4	Total
Steelers	0	14	3	0	17
Redskins	7	0	7	14	28

at Griffith Stadium, Washington, DC

• Game time:
• Game weather:
• Game attendance: 20,547
• Referee:
• TV announcers:

Scoring Drives:

• Washington – Elter 22 run (Janowicz kick)
• Pittsburgh – Rogel 1 run (Weed kick)
• Pittsburgh – Mathews 29 pass from Finks (Weed kick)
• Pittsburgh – FG Weed 9
• Washington – Thomas 11 pass from LeBaron
• Washington – Atkeson 5 pass from LeBaron (Janowicz kick)
• Washington – Janowicz 3 run (Janowicz kick)

Standings

NFL Eastern Conference
view talk edit	W	L	T	PCT	CONF	PF	PA	STK
Cleveland Browns	9	2	1	.818	7–2–1	349	218	W2
Washington Redskins	8	4	0	.667	6–4	246	222	W1
New York Giants	6	5	1	.545	4–5–1	267	223	W2
Philadelphia Eagles	4	7	1	.364	4–5–1	248	231	L1
Chicago Cardinals	4	7	1	.364	3–6–1	224	252	L2
Pittsburgh Steelers	4	8	0	.333	4–6	195	285	L7

Note: Tie games were not officially counted in the standings until 1972.