1955 college football season























1955 college football season
Preseason AP #1 UCLA Bruins[1]
Number of bowls 7
Champion
Oklahoma Sooners (AP, Coaches, FWAA)
Heisman
Howard Cassady, Ohio State HB


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The 1955 college football season saw the Oklahoma Sooners win the national championship after going 10-0-0. Although the final poll was taken before the postseason bowl games, Oklahoma played against the nation's other unbeaten and untied (10-0-0) team, the Maryland Terrapins, at the Orange Bowl in Miami, and won 20-6.


During the 20th century, the NCAA had no playoff for the college football teams that would later be described as "Division I-A". The NCAA did recognize a national champion based upon the final results of "wire service" (AP and UPI) polls. The extent of that recognition came in the form of acknowledgment in the annual NCAA Football Guide of the "unofficial" national champions. The AP poll in 1955 consisted of the votes of as many as 391 sportswriters.[2] Though not all writers voted in every poll, each would give their opinion of the twenty best teams. Under a point system of 20 points for first place, 19 for second, etc., the "overall" ranking was determined. Although the rankings were based on the collective opinion of the representative sportswriters, the teams that remained "unbeaten and untied" were generally ranked higher than those that had not. A defeat, even against a strong opponent, tended to cause a team to drop in the rankings, and a team with two or more defeats was unlikely to remain in the Top 20. Generally, the top teams played on New Year's Day in the four major postseason bowl games: the Rose Bowl (near Los Angeles at Pasadena), the Sugar Bowl (New Orleans), the Orange Bowl (Miami), and the Cotton Bowl (Dallas).




Contents






  • 1 Conference and program changes


    • 1.1 Conference changes


    • 1.2 Membership changes




  • 2 September


  • 3 October


  • 4 November


  • 5 Conference standings


    • 5.1 Minor conferences


      • 5.1.1 Conference standings






  • 6 Rankings


    • 6.1 Final AP Poll


    • 6.2 Final Coaches Poll




  • 7 Other champions


    • 7.1 Orange Blossom Classic


    • 7.2 Undefeated programs




  • 8 Bowl games


  • 9 Statistical leaders


  • 10 See also


  • 11 References





Conference and program changes



Conference changes



  • One conference began play in 1955:

    • Presidents' Athletic Conference – an active NCAA Division III conference


  • One conference played its final season in 1955:

    • Texas Collegiate Athletic Conference – active since the 1926 season


  • One conference changed its name prior to the 1955 season:
    • The New Mexico Intercollegiate Conference became the Frontier Conference, the name it retained until its demise after the 1962 season




Membership changes













School 1954 Conference 1955 Conference

Western Reserve Red Cats
 MAC
Presidents'


September


In the preseason poll released on September 12, 1955, the UCLA Bruins, 1954's co champions, received 33 first place votes, while Oklahoma had 32. Michigan had 34 votes, but the third most points overall. Other teams nominated for the top spot were defending champ Ohio State, Maryland, Notre Dame, Navy, Miami, Georgia Tech, Iowa, USC, Duke, West Virginia, and Purdue.[3] As the regular season progressed, a new poll would be issued on the Monday following the weekend's games. The preseason Top Five was 1.UCLA 2.Oklahoma 3.Michigan 4.Ohio State 5.Maryland.


On Friday, September 16, #1 UCLA opened in Los Angeles with a 21-0 win over visiting Texas A&M. September 17, Oklahoma, Michigan and Ohio State were idle, but #5 Maryland edged Missouri on the road, 13-12. #10 Georgia Tech, which had beaten #9 Miami 14-6 in Atlanta, rose to 2nd place in the next poll: 1.UCLA 2.Georgia Tech 3.Oklahoma 4.Michigan 5.Maryland.


On September 24, #1 UCLA and #5 Maryland met at College Park, before a record crowd. UCLA's Doug Peters plunged into the end zone in the first half, but fumbled the ball before crossing the goal line. In the second half, the home team Terrapins had the ball 17 yards from goal, on fourth down. Rather than kicking a field goal, Ed Vereb ran for the winning touchdown, giving Maryland a 7-0 win.[4]


#2 Georgia Tech won at #15 Florida, 14-7. #3 Oklahoma won at North Carolina 13-6. #4 Michigan beat Missouri 42-7. Maryland took over the top spot, while UCLA fell to 7th. #11 Notre Dame, which had beaten SMU 17-0, moved into the Top 5: 1.Maryland 2.Michigan 3.Georgia Tech 4.Notre Dame 5.Oklahoma.



October


October 1,
#1 Maryland won 20-6 at #20 Baylor in Texas.
#2 Michigan beat Michigan State 14-7 before a crowd of 97,239 at home in Ann Arbor. MSU had tied the score 7-7 after an errant punt by Michigan gave them the ball 39 yards from goal. Minutes later, Earl Morrall's punt was blocked to give Michigan the ball on the MSU 21, from which the winning score was made. #3 Georgia Tech beat SMU 20-7 in Atlanta.
#4 Notre Dame defeated Indiana 19-0.
#5 Oklahoma beat #12 Pittsburgh 26-14, marking its 21st consecutive win, and new record. The poll: 1.Maryland 2.Michigan 3.Oklahoma 4.Georgia Tech 5.Notre Dame


October 8
#1 Maryland beat Wake Forest 28-7, and #2 Michigan defeated visiting #6 Army, 26-2. Both stayed unbeaten, but Michigan took the top spot in the next poll. #3 Oklahoma defeated Texas 20-0 in Dallas.
#4 Georgia Tech won 7-0 at LSU.
#5 Notre Dame won 14-0 at #15 Miami, with both touchdowns coming on fourth down passes from Paul Hornung, before an Orange Bowl record crowd of 75,685.[5] In a game that would decide the Pac-8 title, UCLA beat Oregon State 38-0. The poll: 1.Michigan 2.Maryland 3.Oklahoma 4.Notre Dame 5.Georgia Tech


October 15 #1 Michigan defeated Northwestern, 14-2. #2 Maryland won at North Carolina, 25-7. #3 Oklahoma beat Kansas 44-6. However, #5 Georgia Tech lost to visiting #17 Auburn 14-12, and #4 Notre Dame lost 21-7 when it hosted #13 Michigan State. They dropped from the top five and were replaced by #8 Navy (which had won 34-14 at Penn State) and #11 Duke (which had won at #14 Ohio State, 20-14). The poll: 1.Michigan 2.Maryland 3.Oklahoma 4.Navy 5.Duke


October 22 In Minneapolis #1 Michigan faced a 1-3-0 Minnesota team, and was stunned when the Gophers racked up two touchdowns in the first quarter. Michigan's Terry Barr blocked the extra point attempt on the second touchdown, but the nation's #1 team was losing 13-0. Still down 13-7 at the half, the Wolverines fought back. Jim Van Pelt passed to Tom Maentz for a touchdown, and Van Pelt added the extra point to save Michigan, 14-13.[6] Minnesota would go on to a 3-6-0 finish. Meanwhile #2 Maryland won more convincingly at Syracuse, 34-13, to regain the top spot. #3 Oklahoma beat #14 Colorado, 56-21. #4 Navy won at Penn, 33-0. #5 Duke lost to Pitt, 26-7, and was replaced in the top five by #6 Michigan State, which beat Illinois 21-7.


The poll: 1.Maryland 2.Oklahoma 3.Michigan 4.Navy 5.Michigan State


October 29 Back at the top, #1 Maryland beat South Carolina 27-0, while #2 Oklahoma won at Kansas State, 40-7. #3 Michigan beat Iowa 33-21. #4 Navy lost at #9 Notre Dame, 21-7. #5 Michigan State won at Wisconsin, 27-0. UCLA returned to the Top Five from #6
after a 47-0 win over California.


The poll: 1.Maryland 2.Oklahoma 3.Michigan 4.Michigan State 5.UCLA



November


November 5 As both stayed undefeated, #1 Maryland beat LSU 13-0 and #2 Oklahoma won at Missouri, 20-0.
#3 Michigan lost at Illinois 25-6, while #4 Michigan State won at Purdue, 27-0. #5 UCLA won at Pacific, 34-0. #6 Notre Dame, which had won at Penn 46-14, returned to the top 5.


The poll: 1.Oklahoma 2.Maryland 3.Michigan State 4.UCLA 5.Notre Dame


November 12 Back at #1, Oklahoma beat Iowa State 52-0. #2 Maryland won at Clemson, 25-12. #3 Michigan State beat Minnesota 42-14. #4 UCLA was trailing Washington 17-16 in the closing seconds of a game, but Jim Decker kicked a field goal for a 19-17 victory.[7]#5 Notre Dame won at North Carolina, 27-7. The poll: 1.Oklahoma 2.Maryland 3.Michigan State 4.Notre Dame 5.UCLA


November 19 Although #1 Oklahoma was 8-0-0 and host Nebraska was 5-4-0, both had 5-0-0 records in Big 7 conference play when they met at Lincoln. The Sooners rolled, 41-0, to get the Orange Bowl bid. #2 Maryland closed its season with a 19-0 win over George Washington University and accepted the invitation to meet Oklahoma, but what would have been a #1 vs. #2 meeting changed when the Terrapins were rated third by the AP voters. #3 Michigan State, which had a 5-1 record in Big Ten play, beat Marquette 33-0 in a non-conference game; Michigan's 17-0 loss to Ohio State gave it a 5-2 mark. Ohio State had the better record in the Big Ten, 6-0 overall, but had gone to the Rose Bowl the year before, so MSU got the bid, where it would face #5 UCLA, which beat USC 17-7. #4 Notre Dame beat Iowa 17-14. Though Maryland, like Oklahoma, was unbeaten, the voters put once-beaten Michigan State in the second spot instead. The poll: 1.Oklahoma 2.Michigan State 3.Maryland 4.UCLA 5.Notre Dame. On November 26, #5 Notre Dame lost in Los Angeles to USC, 42-20, and dropped to 6th in the final AP poll, where it would be replaced by Ohio State. The other Top Five teams had finished their seasons.



Conference standings


The following is an incomplete list of conference standings:











































































































































































1955 ACC football standings

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 Conf     Overall
Team W   L   T     W   L  
T
No. 3 Maryland +
 4
 – 0
 – 0     10
 – 1
 – 0

Duke +
 4
 – 0
 – 0     7
 – 2
 – 1

Clemson
 3
 – 1
 – 0     7
 – 3
 – 0

Wake Forest
 3
 – 3
 – 1     5
 – 4
 – 1

North Carolina
 3
 – 3
 – 0     3
 – 7
 – 0

NC State
 0
 – 2
 – 1     4
 – 5
 – 1

South Carolina
 1
 – 5
 – 0     3
 – 6
 – 0

Virginia
 0
 – 4
 – 0     1
 – 9
 – 0


  • + – Conference co-champions
Rankings from AP Poll[8]




































































































































1955 Big 7 football standings

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  • t

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 Conf     Overall
Team W   L   T     W   L  
T
No. 1 Oklahoma $
 6
 – 0
 – 0     11
 – 0
 – 0

Nebraska
 5
 – 1
 – 0     5
 – 5
 – 0

Colorado
 3
 – 3
 – 0     6
 – 4
 – 0

Kansas State
 3
 – 3
 – 0     4
 – 6
 – 0

Kansas
 1
 – 4
 – 1     3
 – 6
 – 1

Iowa State
 1
 – 4
 – 1     1
 – 7
 – 1

Missouri
 1
 – 5
 – 0     1
 – 9
 – 0


  • $ – Conference champion
Rankings from AP Poll

















































































































































































1955 Big Ten football standings

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  • t

  • e

 Conf     Overall
Team W   L   T     W   L  
T
No. 5 Ohio State $
 6
 – 0
 – 0     7
 – 2
 – 0
No. 2 Michigan State
 5
 – 1
 – 0     9
 – 1
 – 0
No. 12 Michigan
 5
 – 2
 – 0     7
 – 2
 – 0

Purdue
 4
 – 2
 – 1     5
 – 3
 – 1

Illinois
 3
 – 3
 – 1     5
 – 3
 – 1

Wisconsin
 3
 – 4
 – 0     4
 – 5
 – 0

Iowa
 2
 – 3
 – 1     3
 – 5
 – 1

Minnesota
 2
 – 5
 – 0     3
 – 6
 – 0

Indiana
 1
 – 5
 – 0     3
 – 6
 – 0

Northwestern
 0
 – 6
 – 1     0
 – 8
 – 1


  • $ – Conference champion
Rankings from AP Poll





































































































































1955 Border Conference football standings

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 Conf     Overall
Team W   L   T     W   L  
T

Texas Tech $
 3
 – 0
 – 1     7
 – 3
 – 1

Arizona State
 4
 – 1
 – 0     8
 – 2
 – 1

Hardin–Simmons
 3
 – 2
 – 0     5
 – 5
 – 0

Texas Western
 3
 – 2
 – 1     6
 – 2
 – 2

Arizona
 1
 – 2
 – 1     5
 – 4
 – 1

West Texas State
 1
 – 4
 – 1     4
 – 4
 – 1

New Mexico A&M
 0
 – 4
 – 0     3
 – 7
 – 0


  • $ – Conference champion




































































































































1955 IIAC football standings

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  • t

  • e

 Conf     Overall
Team W   L   T     W   L  
T

Central Michigan +
 5
 – 1
 – 0     8
 – 1
 – 0

Michigan State Normal +
 5
 – 1
 – 0     7
 – 2
 – 0

Southern Illinois
 4
 – 1
 – 1     4
 – 4
 – 2

Illinois State
 2
 – 3
 – 1     3
 – 4
 – 2

Western Illinois
 2
 – 3
 – 1     5
 – 4
 – 1

Eastern Illinois
 1
 – 5
 – 0     3
 – 6
 – 0

Northern Illinois State
 0
 – 5
 – 1     0
 – 8
 – 1


  • + – Conference co-champions





































































































1955 NCAA independents football records

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  • t

  • e

 Conf     Overall
Team W   L   T     W   L  
T

Drexel
  
–
      8
 – 0
 – 0

Southern Miss
  
–
      9
 – 1
 – 0
No. 9 Notre Dame
  
–
      8
 – 2
 – 0

Syracuse
  
–
      5
 – 3
 – 0

Penn State
  
–
      5
 – 4
 – 0

Rankings from AP Poll







































































































1955 Missouri Valley Conference football standings

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  • t

  • e

 Conf     Overall
Team W   L   T     W   L  
T

Wichita +
 3
 – 1
 – 0     7
 – 2
 – 1

Detroit +
 3
 – 1
 – 0     5
 – 3
 – 1

Houston
 2
 – 2
 – 0     6
 – 4
 – 0

Tulsa
 1
 – 3
 – 0     2
 – 7
 – 1

Oklahoma A&M
 1
 – 3
 – 0     2
 – 8
 – 0


  • + – Conference co-champions


































































































































































1955 PCC football standings

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  • t

  • e

 Conf     Overall
Team W   L   T     W   L  
T
No. 4 UCLA $
 6
 – 0
 – 0     9
 – 2
 – 0

Oregon State
 5
 – 2
 – 0     6
 – 3
 – 0
No. 16 Stanford
 3
 – 2
 – 1     6
 – 3
 – 1

Oregon
 4
 – 3
 – 0     6
 – 4
 – 0

Washington
 4
 – 3
 – 1     5
 – 4
 – 1
No. 13 USC
 3
 – 3
 – 0     6
 – 4
 – 0

California
 1
 – 5
 – 1     2
 – 7
 – 1

Washington State
 1
 – 5
 – 1     1
 – 7
 – 2

Idaho
 0
 – 4
 – 0     2
 – 7
 – 0


  • $ – Conference champion
Rankings from AP Poll















































































































































































































1955 SEC football standings

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  • t

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 Conf     Overall
Team W   L   T     W   L  
T
No. 10 Ole Miss $
 5
 – 1
 – 0     10
 – 1
 – 0
No. 8 Auburn
 5
 – 1
 – 1     8
 – 2
 – 1
No. 7 Georgia Tech
 4
 – 1
 – 1     9
 – 1
 – 1

Tennessee
 3
 – 2
 – 1     6
 – 3
 – 1

Vanderbilt
 4
 – 3
 – 0     8
 – 3
 – 0

Mississippi State
 4
 – 4
 – 0     6
 – 4
 – 0

Kentucky
 3
 – 3
 – 1     6
 – 3
 – 1

Tulane
 3
 – 3
 – 1     5
 – 4
 – 1

LSU
 2
 – 3
 – 1     3
 – 5
 – 2

Florida
 3
 – 5
 – 0     4
 – 6
 – 0

Georgia
 2
 – 5
 – 0     4
 – 6
 – 0

Alabama
 0
 – 7
 – 0     0
 – 10
 – 0


  • $ – Conference champion
Rankings from AP Poll




















































































































































1955 Skyline Conference football standings

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  • t

  • e

 Conf     Overall
Team W   L   T     W   L  
T

Colorado A&M $
 6
 – 1
 – 0     8
 – 2
 – 0

Utah
 4
 – 1
 – 0     6
 – 3
 – 0

Denver
 5
 – 2
 – 0     8
 – 2
 – 0

Wyoming
 5
 – 2
 – 0     8
 – 3
 – 0

Utah State
 3
 – 4
 – 0     4
 – 6
 – 0

Montana
 2
 – 4
 – 0     3
 – 7
 – 0

New Mexico
 1
 – 5
 – 0     2
 – 8
 – 0

BYU
 0
 – 7
 – 0     1
 – 9
 – 0


  • $ – Conference champion

















































































































































































1955 Southern Conference football standings

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 Conf     Overall
Team W   L   T     W   L  
T
No. 19 West Virginia $
 4
 – 0
 – 0     8
 – 2
 – 0

VPI
 2
 – 1
 – 1     6
 – 3
 – 1

Davidson
 3
 – 2
 – 0     5
 – 4
 – 0

George Washington
 3
 – 2
 – 0     5
 – 4
 – 0

Richmond
 3
 – 2
 – 2     4
 – 3
 – 2

The Citadel
 2
 – 2
 – 0     5
 – 4
 – 0

Furman
 1
 – 1
 – 0     1
 – 9
 – 0

William & Mary
 1
 – 3
 – 1     1
 – 7
 – 1

VMI
 1
 – 6
 – 0     1
 – 9
 – 0

Washington and Lee
 0
 – 1
 – 0     0
 – 7
 – 0


  • $ – Conference champion
Rankings from AP Poll




































































































































1955 Southwest Conference football standings

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 Conf     Overall
Team W   L   T     W   L  
T
No. 6 TCU $
 5
 – 1
 – 0     9
 – 2
 – 0
No. 17 Texas A&M
 4
 – 1
 – 1     7
 – 2
 – 1

Texas
 4
 – 2
 – 0     5
 – 5
 – 0

Arkansas
 3
 – 2
 – 1     5
 – 4
 – 1

Baylor
 2
 – 4
 – 0     5
 – 5
 – 0

SMU
 2
 – 4
 – 0     4
 – 6
 – 0

Rice
 0
 – 6
 – 0     2
 – 7
 – 1


  • $ – Conference champion
Rankings from AP Poll


Minor conferences

































































































































































































Conference
 Champion(s)
 Record

California Collegiate Athletic Association
No champion
 —

Central Church College Conference
Concordia (NE)
 3–0–0

Central Intercollegiate Athletics Association
Maryland State
 7–0–0

Central Intercollegiate Athletic Conference
Pittsburg State
 5–0–0

College Conference of Illinois
Wheaton (IL)
 5–0–1

Evergreen Conference
Whitworth
 6–0–0

Far Western Conference
Chico State College
 5–0–0

Frontier Conference (Montana and Idaho)
Rocky Mountain
 4–0–0

Gulf Coast Conference
North Texas State
 2–0–0

Frontier Conference (New Mexico)
Adams State College
New Mexico Military Institute
 4–1–0

Indiana Collegiate Conference
St. Joseph's
Evansville
 5–1–0

Iowa Intercollegiate Athletic Conference
Parsons
 6–0–0

Kansas Collegiate Athletic Conference
College of Emporia
 7–0–0

Lone Star Conference
East Texas State Teachers
Sam Houston State Teachers
Southwest Texas State Teachers
 5–1–0

Michigan Intercollegiate Athletic Association
Hillsdale
 6–0–0

Mid-American Conference
Miami (OH)
 5–0–0

Midwest Collegiate Athletic Conference
Coe
 7–0–0

Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference
Gustavus Adolphus
 5–1–0

Missouri Intercollegiate Athletic Association
Southeast Missouri State
 5–0–0

Nebraska College Athletic Conference
Nebraska State Teachers (UN–Kearney)
 7–0–0

North Central Intercollegiate Athletic Conference
South Dakota State College
 5–0–1

North Dakota College Athletic Conference
Jamestown College
Dickinson State College
 5–1–0

Ohio Athletic Conference
Muskingum
 7–0–0

Ohio Valley Conference
Tennessee Tech
 5–0–0

Oklahoma Collegiate Athletic Conference
Central State College (OK)
Northeastern State Teachers (OK)
Southwestern State College (OK)
 4–1–0

Oregon Collegiate Conference
Unknown
 —

Pacific Northwest Conference
College of Idaho
Lewis & Clark
 4–1–0

Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference
Bloomsburg State Teachers
 3–0–1

Presidents' Athletic Conference
Western Reserve
 3–0–0

Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference
Idaho State College
 6–0–0

Southern California Intercollegiate Athletic Conference
Pomona-Pitzer
 4–0–0

South Dakota Intercollegiate Conference
Northern State Teachers
 6–1–0

Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Conference
Florida A&M
 6–0–0

Southwestern Athletic Conference
Southern
 6–1–0

State Teacher's College Conference of Minnesota
St. Cloud State Teachers
 4–0–0

Texas Collegiate Athletic Conference
McMurry
 2–0–0

Wisconsin State College Conference
Wisconsin State–Stevens Point
 6–0–0


Conference standings
















































































































1955 California Collegiate Athletic Association football standings

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 Conf     Overall
Team W   L   T     W   L  
T

Fresno State
 2
 – 0
 – 0     9
 – 1
 – 0

Cal Poly
 2
 – 1
 – 0     7
 – 3
 – 0

Santa Barbara
 1
 – 1
 – 0     3
 – 6
 – 0

Los Angeles State
 0
 – 1
 – 0     3
 – 6
 – 0

San Diego State
 0
 – 2
 – 0     2
 – 8
 – 0


  • No champion named for the 1955 season





















































































































1955 Far Western Conference football standings

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 Conf     Overall
Team W   L   T     W   L  
T

Chico State
 5
 – 0
 – 0     7
 – 2
 – 0

Cal Aggies
 3
 – 1
 – 1     5
 – 3
 – 1

San Francisco State
 3
 – 2
 – 0     5
 – 5
 – 0

Humboldt State
 2
 – 2
 – 1     7
 – 3
 – 1

Nevada
 1
 – 4
 – 0     2
 – 5
 – 0

Sacramento State
 0
 – 5
 – 0     1
 – 6
 – 0


  • No champion named for 1955 season





















































































































1955 Ohio Valley football standings

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 Conf     Overall
Team W   L   T     W   L  
T

Tennessee Tech $
 5
 – 0
 – 0     7
 – 3
 – 0

Middle Tennessee State
 4
 – 1
 – 0     7
 – 2
 – 1

Eastern Kentucky
 3
 – 2
 – 0     5
 – 4
 – 1

Murray State
 2
 – 3
 – 0     6
 – 4
 – 0

Western Kentucky
 1
 – 4
 – 0     3
 – 6
 – 0

Morehead State
 0
 – 5
 – 0     0
 – 9
 – 0


  • $ – Conference champion




















































































































































1955 SWAC football standings

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 Conf     Overall
Team W   L   T     W   L  
T

Southern $
 6
 – 1
 – 0     7
 – 2
 – 1

Prairie View A&M
 5
 – 1
 – 1     7
 – 2
 – 1

Texas Southern
 5
 – 1
 – 1     7
 – 2
 – 1

Langston
 4
 – 1
 – 2     6
 – 1
 – 2

Texas College
 2
 – 5
 – 0     3
 – 6
 – 0

Wiley
 2
 – 5
 – 0     3
 – 7
 – 0

Arkansas AM&N
 2
 – 5
 – 0     2
 – 8
 – 0

Bishop
 0
 – 7
 – 0     0
 – 10
 – 0


  • $ – Conference champion




Rankings


Main article: 1955 NCAA football rankings


Final AP Poll


The final rankings were made on November 28, after the regular season and without consideration of the postseason bowl games:







































































































1. Oklahoma
 (10-0-0)
 Big 7
2. Michigan State
 (8-1-0)
 Big 10
3. Maryland
 (10-0-0)
 ACC
4. UCLA
 (9-1-0)
 PCC
5. Ohio State
 (7-2-0)
 Big 10
6. TCU
 (9-1-0)
 SWC
7. Georgia Tech
 (8-1-1)
 SEC
8. Auburn
 (8-1-1)
 SEC
9. Notre Dame
 (8-2-0)
 Indep.
10. Mississippi
 (9-1-0)
 SEC
11. Pittsburgh
 (7-3-0)
 Indep.
12. Michigan
 (7-2-0)
 Big 10
13. USC
 (6-4-0)
 PCC
14. Miami (Florida)
 (6-3-0)
 Indep.
15. Miami (Ohio)
 (9-0-0)
 MAC
16. Stanford
 (6-3-1)
 PCC
17. Texas A&M
 (7-2-1)
 SWC
18. Navy
 (6-2-1)
 Indep.
19. West Virginia
 (8-2-0)
 Southern
20. Army
 (6-3-0)
 Indep.


Final Coaches Poll































































































Ranking
 Team
1 Oklahoma
2 Michigan State
3 Maryland
4 UCLA
5 Ohio State
6 Texas Christian
7 Georgia Tech
8 Auburn
9 Mississippi
10 Notre Dame
11 Pittsburgh
12 USC
13 Michigan
14 Texas A&M
15 Army
16 Duke
17 West Virginia
18 Miami (Fla.)
19 Iowa
20 (t) Navy
20 (t) Stanford
20 (t) Miami (Ohio)


Other champions



Orange Blossom Classic


Prior to the integration of sports teams, Miami Orange Bowl stadium hosted the New Year's Day game of the same name, and a December game for historically black colleges, the Orange Blossom Classic. Grambling State (9-0-0) and Florida A & M University (8-0-1) met to determine the best Negro college football team in the nation, with Grambling winning 28-21.



Undefeated programs


Miami University (Ohio) finished 9-0-0, as did Southeast Missouri State University, Heidelberg College, Hillsdale College, College of Emporia, Maryland State College and Whitworth College. Northern State Teachers College* of South Dakota went 9-0-0, and then lost to Kearney Teachers College in the "Botany Bowl", 34-13, played in Shenandoah, Iowa, on Thanksgiving Day.


Colleges that went 8-0-0 were Alfred University, Drexel University, Albany State College, Centre College, Coe College, Parsons College, Juniata College, Muskingum College, Shepherd College, and Stevens Point College. (7). Trinity College (Connecticut) went 7-0-0.
[9]



Bowl games







































Orange Bowl
#1 Oklahoma Sooners
 20
#3 Maryland Terrapins
 6

Rose Bowl
#2 Michigan State Spartans
 17
#4 UCLA Bruins
 14

Cotton Bowl
#10 Mississippi Rebels
 14
#6 TCU Horned Frogs
 13

Sugar Bowl
#7 Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets
 7
#11 Pittsburgh Panthers
 0

Gator Bowl
Vanderbilt Commodores
 25
#8 Auburn Tigers
 13


Statistical leaders


  • Player scoring most points: Jim Swink, TCU, 125.[10]


See also


  • 1955 College Football All-America Team


References





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  2. ^ appollarchive.com/football/ap


  3. ^ Id.


  4. ^ Independent Press-Telegram, (Long Beach, CA), Sep. 25, 1955, pB-1


  5. ^ Sports Illustrated, Oct. 17, 1955, p6


  6. ^ "Michigan Fights Back to Nip Gophers, 14-13," San Antonio Light, Oct. 23, 1955, p5-D


  7. ^ "Knox Hurt-- UCLA Barely Beats Huskies", Oakland Tribune, Nov. 13, 1955, pA-51. The game is referenced in Back to the Future Part II


  8. ^ "1955 Atlantic Coast Conference Year Summary". sports-reference.com. Retrieved January 16, 2013.


  9. ^ "Twenty-One Finish Unbeaten-Untied," The Huronite and Daily Plainsman (Huron, SD), Nov. 22, 1955, p9


  10. ^ http://library.la84.org/SportsLibrary/CFHSN/CFHSNv03/CFHSNv03n3a.pdf










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