1955 Mississippi State Maroons football team
The 1955 Mississippi State Maroons football team represented Mississippi State College during the 1955 college football season. The team was led by second-year head coach Darrell Royal and compiled a 6–4 record, sixth in the Southeastern Conference.
| 1955 Mississippi State Maroons football | |
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| Conference | Southeastern Conference |
| 1955 record | 6–4 (4–4 SEC) |
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| Home stadium | Scott Field (capacity: 35,000) |
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| Team | W | L | T | W | L | T | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| No. 10 Ole Miss $ | 5 | – | 1 | – | 0 | 10 | – | 1 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| No. 8 Auburn | 5 | – | 2 | – | 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 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Halfback Art Davis was named to the FWAA/Look Magazine All America Team and voted their College "Player of the Year". Guard Scott Suber was named to the first team NEA All America Team.
After the season, Royal left in late February to become the head football coach at the University of Washington.[1][2][3]
Schedule
| Date | Opponent | Rank | Site | Result | Attendance | Source |
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| September 17 | at Florida | L 14–20 | ||||
| September 24 | at Tennessee | W 13–7 | 16,500 | [4] | ||
| October 1 | Memphis State* | W 33–0 | [5] | |||
| October 8 | Tulane |
| W 14–0 | [6] | ||
| October 15 | at No. 20 Kentucky | W 20–14 | ||||
| October 22 | at Alabama | W 26–7 | 28,000 | [7][8] | ||
| October 29 | North Texas State* |
| W 20–7 | [9] | ||
| November 5 | at No. 14 Auburn | No. 20 | L 26–27 | |||
| November 12 | at LSU | No. 18 | L 7–34 | |||
| November 26 | No. 15 Ole Miss |
| L 0–26 | |||
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References
- "Royal hired as UW coach". Spokesman-Review. (Spokane, Washington). Associated Press. February 29, 1956. p. 21.
- "Royal gets 4-year contract; $17,000". Eugene Register-Guard. (Oregon). Associated Press. March 1, 1956. p. 3D.
- "Washington hires Darrell Royal". news.google.com. Ludington Daily News. 1956-02-28.
- "Maroons stem Vol surge, spoil Wyatt debut, 13–7". The Knoxville News-Sentinel. September 25, 1955. Retrieved March 30, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.
- "Two bright sophs lead Maroons in, 33 to 0". The Birmingham News. October 2, 1955. Retrieved September 21, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
- "Ole Miss and State gain conference prestige with wins". The Clarion-Ledger. October 9, 1955. Retrieved September 19, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
- Land, Charles (October 23, 1955). "State spoils Tide homecoming in 26–7 win". The Tuscaloosa News. Google News Archives. p. 13. Retrieved November 17, 2012.
- "Maroons belt Alabama, jump into title race". St. Petersburg Times. Google News Archives. Associated Press. October 23, 1955. p. 3C. Retrieved November 17, 2012.
- "North Texas beaten by Mississippi State". The Commercial Appeal. October 30, 1955. Retrieved January 29, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.
- College Football @ Sports-Reference.com. Retrieved December 26, 2015
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