1955 Cal Poly San Dimas Broncos football team

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1955 Cal Poly San Dimas Broncos football
ConferenceIndependent
1955 record4–3
Head coach
  • Staley Pitts (3rd season)
Seasons
← 1954
1956 →
1955 Western college football independents records
  • v
  • t
 Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Long Beach State   –   5 – 2 – 0
Hawaii   –   7 – 4 – 0
San Jose State   –   5 – 3 – 1
Cal Poly San Dimas   –   4 – 3 – 0
La Verne   –   5 – 4 – 0
Pacific (CA)   –   5 – 4 – 0
Air Force   –   4 – 4 – 0
Pepperdine   –   5 – 5 – 0
UC Riverside   –   1 – 3 – 1

The 1955 Cal Poly San Dimas Broncos football team represented Cal Poly Voorhis Unit[note 1] during the 1955 college football season. Cal Poly played as an independent in 1955.

Cal Poly San Dimas was led by third-year head coach Staley Pitts. The Broncos finished the season with a record of four wins and three losses (4–3). Overall, the team was outscored by its opponents 102–120 for the season.

Schedule[]

DateOpponentSiteResult
October 1at Imperial Valley CollegeImperial, CAW 19–0
October 7Caltech
L 0–19[1]
October 15California Baptist
W 46–18
October 21at Santa Barbara Junior College[note 2]Santa Barbara, CAW 10–7
October 28La Verne
  • Bonita High School
  • La Verne, CA
L 0–21[2]
November 5at UC Riverside
W 21–13
November 12Long Beach State[note 3]
  • Claremont Alumni Field
  • Claremont, CA
L 6–27

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Team players in the NFL[]

No Cal Poly San Dimas players were selected in the 1956 NFL Draft.[5][6][7]

Notes[]

  1. ^ California State Polytechnic University, Pomona (Cal Poly Pomona) was located in San Dimas, California and known as Cal Poly Voorhis Unit from 1938 to 1956. However, it was more commonly known as Cal Poly (San Dimas).
  2. ^ Santa Barbara City College was known as Santa Barbara Junior College from 1909 to 1958.
  3. ^ California State University, Long Beach was known as Long Beach State College from 1950 to 1963.

References[]

  1. ^ "Football Scores". The San Bernardino County Sun. San Bernardino, California. October 9, 1955. p. 43. Retrieved October 31, 2017 – via Newspapers.com.open access
  2. ^ "Football Scores". The San Bernardino County Sun. San Bernardino, California. October 30, 1955. p. 25. Retrieved October 31, 2017 – via Newspapers.com.open access
  3. ^ "1955 - Cal Poly-Pomona". Archived from the original on September 11, 2015. Retrieved February 23, 2017.
  4. ^ "Cal Poly Pomona football (1947‐1982)" (PDF). Retrieved February 23, 2017.
  5. ^ "1956 NFL Draft". Retrieved February 23, 2017.
  6. ^ "Cal Poly-Pomona Players/Alumni". Retrieved February 23, 2017.
  7. ^ "Draft History: Cal Poly-Pomona". Retrieved March 18, 2017.
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