The 1955 Pittsburgh Steelers season was the franchise's 23rd in the
National Football League
The National Football League (NFL) is a professional American football league that consists of 32 teams, divided equally between the American Football Conference (AFC) and the National Football Conference (NFC). The NFL is one of the ...
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Regular season
Schedule
Note: Intra-conference opponents are in bold text.
Game summaries
Week 1 (Monday September 26, 1955):
Chicago Cardinals
The professional American football team now known as the Arizona Cardinals previously played in Chicago, Illinois, as the Chicago Cardinals from 1898 to 1959 before relocating to St. Louis, Missouri, for the 1960 through 1987 seasons.
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Forbes Field
Forbes Field was a baseball park in the Oakland (Pittsburgh), Oakland neighborhood of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, from 1909 to June 28, 1970. It was the third home of the Pittsburgh Pirates Major League Baseball (MLB) team, and the first home of t ...
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Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Pittsburgh ( ) is a city in the Commonwealth (U.S. state), Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, United States, and the county seat of Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, Allegheny County. It is the most populous city in both Allegheny County and Wester ...
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* 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
The Los Angeles Rams are a professional American football team based in the Los Angeles metropolitan area. The Rams compete in the National Football League (NFL) as a member of the National Football Conference (NFC) West division. The Rams play ...
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Los Angeles Coliseum
The Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum (also known as the L.A. Coliseum) is a multi-purpose stadium in the Exposition Park neighborhood of Los Angeles, California. Conceived as a hallmark of civic pride, the Coliseum was commissioned in 1921 as a mem ...
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Los Angeles, California
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* 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
The New York Giants are a professional American football team based in the New York metropolitan area. The Giants compete in the National Football League (NFL) as a member club of the league's National Football Conference (NFC) East division. ...
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Forbes Field
Forbes Field was a baseball park in the Oakland (Pittsburgh), Oakland neighborhood of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, from 1909 to June 28, 1970. It was the third home of the Pittsburgh Pirates Major League Baseball (MLB) team, and the first home of t ...
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Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Pittsburgh ( ) is a city in the Commonwealth (U.S. state), Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, United States, and the county seat of Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, Allegheny County. It is the most populous city in both Allegheny County and Wester ...
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* 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
The Philadelphia Eagles are a professional American football team based in Philadelphia. The Eagles compete in the National Football League (NFL) as a member club of the league's National Football Conference (NFC) East division. The team plays ...
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Forbes Field
Forbes Field was a baseball park in the Oakland (Pittsburgh), Oakland neighborhood of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, from 1909 to June 28, 1970. It was the third home of the Pittsburgh Pirates Major League Baseball (MLB) team, and the first home of t ...
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Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Pittsburgh ( ) is a city in the Commonwealth (U.S. state), Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, United States, and the county seat of Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, Allegheny County. It is the most populous city in both Allegheny County and Wester ...
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* 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
The New York Giants are a professional American football team based in the New York metropolitan area. The Giants compete in the National Football League (NFL) as a member club of the league's National Football Conference (NFC) East division. ...
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Polo Grounds
The Polo Grounds was the name of three stadiums in Upper Manhattan, New York City, used mainly for professional baseball and American football from 1880 through 1963. The original Polo Grounds, opened in 1876 and demolished in 1889, was built fo ...
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New York, New York
New York, often called New York City or NYC, is the most populous city in the United States. With a 2020 population of 8,804,190 distributed over , New York City is also the most densely populated major city in the Uni ...
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* 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
The Philadelphia Eagles are a professional American football team based in Philadelphia. The Eagles compete in the National Football League (NFL) as a member club of the league's National Football Conference (NFC) East division. The team plays ...
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Connie Mack Stadium
Shibe Park, known later as Connie Mack Stadium, was a ballpark located in Philadelphia. It was the home of the Philadelphia Athletics of the American League (AL) and the Philadelphia Phillies of the National League (NL). When it opened April 12, ...
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Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Philadelphia, often called Philly, is the largest city in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, the sixth-largest city in the U.S., the second-largest city in both the Northeast megalopolis and Mid-Atlantic regions after New York City. Sinc ...
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* 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
The professional American football team now known as the Arizona Cardinals previously played in Chicago, Illinois, as the Chicago Cardinals from 1898 to 1959 before relocating to St. Louis, Missouri, for the 1960 through 1987 seasons.
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Comiskey Park
Comiskey Park was a baseball park in Chicago, Illinois, located in the
Armour Square neighborhood on the near-southwest side of the city. The stadium served as the home of the Chicago White Sox of the American League from 1910 through 1990. Buil ...
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Chicago, Illinois
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* Game time:
* Game weather:
* Game attendance: 23,310
* Referee:
* TV announcers:
Scoring Drives:
* Pittsburgh – FG
Weed
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30
* Chicago Cardinals – FG Summerall 21
* Chicago Cardinals – Summerall 26 interception (Summerall kick)
* Pittsburgh – FG
Weed
A weed is a plant considered undesirable in a particular situation, "a plant in the wrong place", or a plant growing where it is not wanted.Harlan, J. R., & deWet, J. M. (1965). Some thoughts about weeds. ''Economic botany'', ''19''(1), 16-24. ...
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* 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
The Detroit Lions are a professional American football team based in Detroit. The Lions compete in the National Football League (NFL) as a member of the National Football Conference (NFC) North Division. The team play their home games at Ford ...
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Forbes Field
Forbes Field was a baseball park in the Oakland (Pittsburgh), Oakland neighborhood of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, from 1909 to June 28, 1970. It was the third home of the Pittsburgh Pirates Major League Baseball (MLB) team, and the first home of t ...
,
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Pittsburgh ( ) is a city in the Commonwealth (U.S. state), Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, United States, and the county seat of Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, Allegheny County. It is the most populous city in both Allegheny County and Wester ...
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* 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
A weed is a plant considered undesirable in a particular situation, "a plant in the wrong place", or a plant growing where it is not wanted.Harlan, J. R., & deWet, J. M. (1965). Some thoughts about weeds. ''Economic botany'', ''19''(1), 16-24. ...
kick)
* Detroit – FG Walker 23
* Detroit – Walker 21 pass from Stits (Walker kick)
* Pittsburgh –
Chandnois 1 run (
Weed
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kick)
* Detroit – Stits 7 interception
* Pittsburgh –
Mathews 47 pass from
Marchibroda (
Weed
A weed is a plant considered undesirable in a particular situation, "a plant in the wrong place", or a plant growing where it is not wanted.Harlan, J. R., & deWet, J. M. (1965). Some thoughts about weeds. ''Economic botany'', ''19''(1), 16-24. ...
kick)
* Pittsburgh –
Marchibroda 8 run (
Weed
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kick)
Week 9 (Sunday November 20, 1955):
Cleveland Browns
The Cleveland Browns are a professional American football team based in Cleveland. Named after original coach and co-founder Paul Brown, they compete in the National Football League (NFL) as a member club of the American Football Conference ( ...
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Cleveland Municipal Stadium
Cleveland Stadium, commonly known as Municipal Stadium, Lakefront Stadium or Cleveland Municipal Stadium, was a multi-purpose stadium located in Cleveland, Ohio. It was one of the early multi-purpose stadiums, built to accommodate both baseball an ...
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Cleveland, Ohio
Cleveland ( ), officially the City of Cleveland, is a city in the U.S. state of Ohio and the county seat of Cuyahoga County. Located in the northeastern part of the state, it is situated along the southern shore of Lake Erie, across the U.S. ...
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* Game time:
* Game weather:
* Game attendance: 53,509
* Referee:
* TV announcers:
Scoring Drives:
* Pittsburgh –
Nickel
Nickel is a chemical element with symbol Ni and atomic number 28. It is a silvery-white lustrous metal with a slight golden tinge. Nickel is a hard and ductile transition metal. Pure nickel is chemically reactive but large pieces are slow to ...
16 pass from
Finks (
Weed
A weed is a plant considered undesirable in a particular situation, "a plant in the wrong place", or a plant growing where it is not wanted.Harlan, J. R., & deWet, J. M. (1965). Some thoughts about weeds. ''Economic botany'', ''19''(1), 16-24. ...
kick)
* Cleveland – Konz 15 interception (
Groza kick)
* Cleveland – Lavelli 6 pass from Graham (
Groza kick)
* Pittsburgh –
Nickel
Nickel is a chemical element with symbol Ni and atomic number 28. It is a silvery-white lustrous metal with a slight golden tinge. Nickel is a hard and ductile transition metal. Pure nickel is chemically reactive but large pieces are slow to ...
30 pass from
Marchibroda (
Weed
A weed is a plant considered undesirable in a particular situation, "a plant in the wrong place", or a plant growing where it is not wanted.Harlan, J. R., & deWet, J. M. (1965). Some thoughts about weeds. ''Economic botany'', ''19''(1), 16-24. ...
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
The Washington Commanders are a professional American football team based in the Washington metropolitan area. The Commanders compete in the National Football League (NFL) as a member club of the league's National Football Conference (NFC) N ...
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Forbes Field
Forbes Field was a baseball park in the Oakland (Pittsburgh), Oakland neighborhood of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, from 1909 to June 28, 1970. It was the third home of the Pittsburgh Pirates Major League Baseball (MLB) team, and the first home of t ...
,
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Pittsburgh ( ) is a city in the Commonwealth (U.S. state), Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, United States, and the county seat of Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, Allegheny County. It is the most populous city in both Allegheny County and Wester ...
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* 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
A weed is a plant considered undesirable in a particular situation, "a plant in the wrong place", or a plant growing where it is not wanted.Harlan, J. R., & deWet, J. M. (1965). Some thoughts about weeds. ''Economic botany'', ''19''(1), 16-24. ...
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
A weed is a plant considered undesirable in a particular situation, "a plant in the wrong place", or a plant growing where it is not wanted.Harlan, J. R., & deWet, J. M. (1965). Some thoughts about weeds. ''Economic botany'', ''19''(1), 16-24. ...
kick)
Week 11 (Sunday December 4, 1955):
Cleveland Browns
The Cleveland Browns are a professional American football team based in Cleveland. Named after original coach and co-founder Paul Brown, they compete in the National Football League (NFL) as a member club of the American Football Conference ( ...
''at
Forbes Field
Forbes Field was a baseball park in the Oakland (Pittsburgh), Oakland neighborhood of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, from 1909 to June 28, 1970. It was the third home of the Pittsburgh Pirates Major League Baseball (MLB) team, and the first home of t ...
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Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Pittsburgh ( ) is a city in the Commonwealth (U.S. state), Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, United States, and the county seat of Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, Allegheny County. It is the most populous city in both Allegheny County and Wester ...
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* 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
A weed is a plant considered undesirable in a particular situation, "a plant in the wrong place", or a plant growing where it is not wanted.Harlan, J. R., & deWet, J. M. (1965). Some thoughts about weeds. ''Economic botany'', ''19''(1), 16-24. ...
kick)
Week 12 (Sunday December 11, 1955):
Washington Redskins
The Washington Commanders are a professional American football team based in the Washington metropolitan area. The Commanders compete in the National Football League (NFL) as a member club of the league's National Football Conference (NFC) N ...
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Griffith Stadium
Griffith Stadium stood in Washington, D.C., from 1911 to 1965, between Georgia Avenue and 5th Street (left field), and between W Street and Florida Avenue NW.
The site was once home to a wooden baseball park. Built in 1891, it was called Bounda ...
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Washington, DC
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* Game time:
* Game weather:
* Game attendance: 20,547
* Referee:
* TV announcers:
Scoring Drives:
* Washington – Elter 22 run (Janowicz kick)
* Pittsburgh –
Rogel 1 run (
Weed
A weed is a plant considered undesirable in a particular situation, "a plant in the wrong place", or a plant growing where it is not wanted.Harlan, J. R., & deWet, J. M. (1965). Some thoughts about weeds. ''Economic botany'', ''19''(1), 16-24. ...
kick)
* Pittsburgh –
Mathews 29 pass from
Finks (
Weed
A weed is a plant considered undesirable in a particular situation, "a plant in the wrong place", or a plant growing where it is not wanted.Harlan, J. R., & deWet, J. M. (1965). Some thoughts about weeds. ''Economic botany'', ''19''(1), 16-24. ...
kick)
* Pittsburgh – FG
Weed
A weed is a plant considered undesirable in a particular situation, "a plant in the wrong place", or a plant growing where it is not wanted.Harlan, J. R., & deWet, J. M. (1965). Some thoughts about weeds. ''Economic botany'', ''19''(1), 16-24. ...
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* Washington – Thomas 11 pass from LeBaron
* Washington – Atkeson 5 pass from LeBaron (Janowicz kick)
* Washington – Janowicz 3 run (Janowicz kick)
Standings
References
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