1955 Texas Longhorns football team

The 1955 Texas Longhorns football team represented the University of Texas at Austin during the 1955 college football season.

1955 Texas Longhorns football
ConferenceSouthwest Conference
1955 record5–5 (4–2 SWC)
Head coach
Home stadiumMemorial Stadium
(Capacity: 60,130)
1955 Southwest Conference football standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L TW L T
No. 6 TCU $ 5 1 09 2 0
No. 17 Texas A&M 4 1 17 2 1
Texas 4 2 05 5 0
Arkansas 3 2 15 4 1
Baylor 2 4 05 5 0
SMU 2 4 04 6 0
Rice 0 6 02 7 1
  • $ Conference champion
Rankings from AP Poll

Schedule

DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 17Texas Tech*L 14–2047,000
September 24Tulane*
  • Memorial Stadium
  • Austin, TX
W 35–2130,000[1]
September 30at No. 9 USC*L 7–1961,996
October 8vs. No. 3 Oklahoma*L 0–2075,504[2][3]
October 15at ArkansasL 20–2736,000
October 22Rice
  • Memorial Stadium
  • Austin, TX (rivalry)
W 32–1446,000
October 29at SMU
  • Cotton Bowl
  • Dallas, TX
W 19–1846,500
November 5Baylor
  • Memorial Stadium
  • Austin, TX
W 21–2040,000
November 12No. 8 TCU
  • Memorial Stadium
  • Austin, TX (rivalry)
L 20–4755,000
November 24at No. 8 Texas A&MW 21–641,800
  • *Non-conference game
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

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References

  1. "Sophs Clements and Fondren team to demolish Green Wave by 35–21". The American-Statesman. September 25, 1955. Retrieved September 19, 2021 via Newspapers.com.
  2. "1955 OU Football Season Schedule - SoonerStats - Historical scores, records, and stats for Oklahoma Sooners football, basketball, baseball, and softball".
  3. Flem Hall (October 9, 1955). "Oklahoma Storms Past Longhorns, 20-0". Fort Worth Star-Telegram. p. II-1 via Newspapers.com.
  4. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2010-11-01. Retrieved 2009-12-11.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
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