1955 NFL season

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The 1955 NFL season was the 36th regular season of the National Football League. NBC paid $100,000 to replace DuMont as the national television network for the NFL Championship Game. The season ended when the Cleveland Browns defeated the Los Angeles Rams in the title game.

Major rule changes

  • The ball is dead immediately when the ball carrier touches the ground with any part of his body except his hands or feet while in the grasp of an opponent.
  • A new exception is made in regards to scoring a safety: When a defender intercepts a pass, his intercepting momentum carries him into his own end zone, and he is stopped before returning the ball back into the field of play, then the ball will be next put in play at the spot of the interception.

Final standings

W = Wins, L = Losses, T = Ties, PCT= Winning Percentage, PF= Points For, PA = Points Against

Eastern Conference
Team W L T PCT PF PA
Cleveland Browns 9 2 1 .818 349 218
Washington Redskins 8 4 0 .667 246 222
New York Giants 6 5 1 .545 267 223
Chicago Cardinals 4 7 1 .364 224 252
Philadelphia Eagles 4 7 1 .364 248 231
Pittsburgh Steelers 4 8 0 .333 195 285
Western Conference
Team W L T PCT PF PA
Los Angeles Rams 8 3 1 .727 260 231
Chicago Bears 8 4 0 .667 294 251
Green Bay Packers 6 6 0 .500 258 276
Baltimore Colts 5 6 1 .455 214 239
San Francisco 49ers 4 8 0 .333 216 298
Detroit Lions 3 9 0 .250 230 275


NFL Championship Game

Cleveland 38, Los Angeles 14 at Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum, Los Angeles, December 26, 1955


Preceded by:
1954 NFL season
NFL seasons
1955
Succeeded by:
1956 NFL season
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