1955 Mississippi State Maroons football team

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1955 Mississippi State Maroons football
ConferenceSoutheastern Conference
1955 record6–4 (4–4 SEC)
Head coach
Home stadiumScott Field
(Capacity: 35,000)
Seasons
← 1954
1956 →
1955 Southeastern Conference football standings
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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 – 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
  • $ – Conference champion
Rankings from AP Poll

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.

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 for Washington in the Pacific Coast Conference.[1][2][3]

Schedule[]

DateOpponentRankSiteResultSource
September 17at Florida
L 14–20
September 24at Tennessee
W 13–7
October 1Memphis State*
W 33–0[4]
October 8Tulane
W 14–0[5]
October 15at No. 20 Kentucky
W 20–14
October 22at Alabama
W 26–7
October 29North Texas State*
W 20–7[6]
November 5at No. 14 AuburnNo. 20
L 26–27
November 12at LSUNo. 18
L 7–34
November 26No. 15 Ole Miss
L 0–26
  • *Non-conference game
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

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References[]

  1. ^ "Royal hired as UW coach". Spokesman-Review. (Spokane, Washington). Associated Press. February 29, 1956. p. 21.
  2. ^ "Royal gets 4-year contract; $17,000". Eugene Register-Guard. (Oregon). Associated Press. March 1, 1956. p. 3D.
  3. ^ "Washington hires Darrell Royal". news.google.com. Ludington Daily News. 1956-02-28.
  4. ^ "Two bright sophs lead Maroons in, 33 to 0". The Birmingham News. October 2, 1955. Retrieved September 21, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
  5. ^ "Ole Miss and State gain conference prestige with wins". The Clarion-Ledger. October 9, 1955. Retrieved September 19, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
  6. ^ "North Texas beaten by Mississippi State". The Commercial Appeal. October 30, 1955. Retrieved January 29, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.
  7. ^ College Football @ Sports-Reference.com. Retrieved December 26, 2015


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