American college football season
1955 Army Cadets football Conference Independent Coaches No. 15 AP No. 20 1955 record 6–3 Head coach Captain Pat Uebel Home stadium Michie Stadium Seasons
The 1955 Army Cadets football team represented the United States Military Academy in the 1955 college football season . In their 15th year under head coach Earl Blaik , the Cadets compiled a 6–3 record and outscored all opponents by a combined total of 256 to 72.[1] In the annual Army–Navy Game , the Cadets defeated the Midshipmen by a 14 to 6 score. The Cadets also lost to Michigan, Syracuse, and Yale.[2]
No Army players were honored on the 1955 College Football All-America Team .
Schedule [ ]
Date Time Opponent Rank Site TV Result Attendance Source September 24 Furman No. 14 W 81–0
October 1 No. 18 Penn State No. 6 Michie Stadium West Point, NY W 35–624,200
October 8 at No. 2 Michigan No. 6 L 2–2697,366 [3]
October 15 Syracuse No. 18 Michie Stadium West Point, NY L 0–1312,500
October 22 Columbia Michie Stadium West Point, NY W 45–022,500 [4]
October 29 Colgate Michie Stadium West Point, NY W 27–724,700 [5]
November 5 at Yale No. 19 L 12–1461,000 [6]
November 12 at Penn W 40–027,170 [7]
November 26 1:15 p.m. vs. No. 11 Navy NBC W 14–6
Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game All times are in Eastern time
Personnel [ ]
1955 Army Black Knights football team roster
Players
Coaches
Offense
Pos.
#
Name
Class
G
Ralph Chesnauskas
Sr
QB
Don Holleder
Sr
Peter Lash
FB
Pat Uebel
Sr
Defense
Special teams
Head coach
Coordinators/assistant coaches
Legend
(C) Team captain
(S) Suspended
(I) Ineligible
Injured
Redshirt
Game summaries [ ]
Navy [ ]
1
2
3
4
Total
Navy
6
0
0
0
6
Army
0
0
7
7
14
References [ ]
^ "Army Yearly Results (1955-1959)" . College Football Data Warehouse . David DeLassus. Archived from the original on September 5, 2015. Retrieved August 1, 2015 .
^ "1955 Army Black Knights Schedule and Results" . SR/College Football . Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved August 1, 2015 .
^ Tommy Devine (October 9, 1955). "Even Davy Couldn't Pin This Barr: Barr's 2 Tallies Pace M; Army Suffers 26-2 Setback" . Detroit Free Press . pp. 1C, 4C – via Newspapers.com .
^ Werden, Lincoln A. (October 23, 1955). "Cadets' Power on Ground Crushes Columbia, 45 to 0". The New York Times . New York, N.Y. p. S1.
^ Young, Dick (October 30, 1955). "Holleder Big Gun as Army Rolls over Colgate, 27-7" . Sunday News . New York, N.Y. p. 104 – via Newspapers.com .
^ Young, Dick (November 6, 1955). "Underdog Bulldog Takes Army, 14-12" . Sunday News . New York, N.Y. p. 112 – via Newspapers.com .
^ Ward, Gene (November 13, 1955). "Army in 40-0 Workout" . Sunday News . New York, N.Y. p. 105 – via Newspapers.com .
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