1955 Washington Redskins season

1955 Washington Redskins season
Head coach	Joe Kuharich
Owner	George Preston Marshall
Home field	Griffith Stadium
Results
Record	8–4
Division place	2nd NFL Eastern
Playoff finish	did not qualify

The 1955 Washington Redskins began with the team trying to improve on their 3–9 record from 1954.

Offseason

NFL Draft

Regular season

Schedule

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Attendance
1	September 25, 1955	at Cleveland Browns	W 27–17	30,041
2	October 1, 1955	at Philadelphia Eagles	W 31–30	31,891
3	October 9, 1955	Chicago Cardinals	L 24–10	26,337
4	October 16, 1955	Cleveland Browns	L 24–14	29,168
5	October 23, 1955	at Baltimore Colts	W 14–13	51,387
6	October 30, 1955	at New York Giants	L 35–7	17,402
7	November 6, 1955	Philadelphia Eagles	W 34–21	25,741
8	November 13, 1955	San Francisco 49ers	W 7–0	25,112
9	November 20, 1955	at Chicago Cardinals	W 31–0	16,901
10	November 27, 1955	at Pittsburgh Steelers	W 23–14	21,760
11	December 4, 1955	New York Giants	L 27–20	28,556
12	December 11, 1955	Pittsburgh Steelers	W 28–17	20,547

Standings

NFL Eastern Conference
	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.

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