1955 Pittsburgh Steelers season

NFL team season November 2013 March 2026 Pittsburgh Steelers 1955 4–8 6th NFL Eastern Walt Kiesling Forbes Field Did not qualify Steelers seasons The 1955 Pittsburgh Steelers season was the franchise's 23rd in the National Football League. The team tried to improve their record from the previous season of 5-7, but instead collapsed after a 4-1 start, like the previous season, this time losing their final seven games, finishing 4-8. Regular season Schedule Week Date Opponent Result Record Venue Recap 1 September 26, 1955 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, 1955 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, 1955 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 Cardinals 0 0 0 7 Steelers 0 0 7 7 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 Steelers 0 0 13 13 Rams 0 17 0 10 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 Giants 7 3 7 6 Steelers 0 6 10 14 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 Eagles 0 7 0 0 Steelers 7 0 6 0 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 Steelers 6 7 6 0 Giants 7 7 3 0 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 Steelers 0 0 0 0 Eagles 0 0 14 10 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 Steelers 3 10 0 0 Cardinals 10 14 3 0 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 Lions 0 14 10 7 Steelers 0 7 0 21 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) As of MDY, this remains the last time the Steelers lost to the Lions at home.Pittsburgh Steelers vs. Detroit Lions https://www.footballdb.com/teams/nfl/pittsburgh-steelers/teamvsteam?opp=11&ha=H The Football Database Week 9 (Sunday November 20, 1955): Cleveland Browns Steelers 7 7 0 0 Browns 7 14 13 7 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 Redskins 7 7 9 0 Steelers 0 7 0 7 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 Browns 10 10 10 0 Steelers 0 0 0 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 Steelers 0 14 3 0 Redskins 7 0 7 14 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 Roster 1955 Pittsburgh Steelers  7 Jim Finks 18 Ted Marchibroda 28 Leon Campbell American football 25 Ray Mathews 33 Fran Rogel 39 Sid Watson y 83 Ed Bernet y 87 Cy McClairen y 81 Elbie Nickel 89 Jack O'Brien American football 72 Bob Gaona T 66 John Schweder G 70 Ernie Stautner G/DT 61 Lou Tepe C/LB 74 Frank Varrichione y T 60 Dale Dodrill MG 78 Lou Ferry DT 76 Willie McClung y DT 84 Bill McPeak DE 86 Ed Meadows DE 62 Art Michalik MG/K 79 Dick Modzelewski DT/T 85 Joe O'Malley y DE 57 Dick Flanagan 61 Marv Matuszak 50 John Reger y 80 Jack Butler American football CB 41 Dick Doyle American football S 12 Vic Eaton y S/P 42 Jim Hill American football, born 1929 S 24 Dick McCabe American football y CB 27 Tad Weed y K 49 Lynn Chandnois RB (IR) 7px -- Don Fritz no CB (Military) -- Johnny Lattner RB (Military) -- Marv McFadden G (Military) -- George Tarasovic DE (Military) References External links 1955 Pittsburgh Steelers at jt-sw.com 1955 Pittsburgh Steelers at Pro-Football-Reference.com 1955 Pittsburgh Steelers at ProFootballArchives.com Category:Pittsburgh Steelers seasons Pittsburgh Steelers Pitts