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
ConferenceSoutheastern Conference
Record6–4 (4–4 SEC)
Head coach
Home stadiumScott Field
(capacity: 35,000)
1955 Southeastern Conference football standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L TW L T
No. 10 Ole Miss $ 5 –1 –010 –1 –0
No. 8 Auburn 5 –2 –18 –2 –1
No. 7 Georgia Tech 4 –1 –19 –1 –1
Tennessee 3 –2 –16 –3 –1
Vanderbilt 4 –3 –08 –3 –0
Mississippi State 4 –4 –06 –4 –0
Kentucky 3 –3 –16 –3 –1
Tulane 3 –3 –15 –4 –1
LSU 2 –3 –13 –5 –2
Florida 3 –5 –04 –6 –0
Georgia 2 –5 –04 –6 –0
Alabama 0 –7 –00 –10 –0
  • $ – Conference champion
Rankings from AP Poll

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
DateOpponentRankSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 17at Florida
L 14–2029,000[4]
September 24at Tennessee
W 13–716,500[5]
October 1Memphis State*
W 33–0[6]
October 8Tulane
  • Scott Field
  • Starkville, MS
W 14–020,000[7]
October 15at No. 20 Kentucky
W 20–14[8]
October 22at Alabama
W 26–728,000[9][10]
October 29North Texas State*
  • Scott Field
  • Starkville, MS
W 20–713,000[11]
November 5at No. 14 AuburnNo. 20
L 26–2734,000[12]
November 12at LSUNo. 18
L 7–34[13]
November 26No. 15 Ole Miss
L 0–2636,000[14]
  • *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. February 28, 1956.
  4. "Simpson hero in Florida victory over Miss State". The Selma Times-Journal. September 18, 1955. Retrieved October 7, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
  5. "Maroons stem Vol surge, spoil Wyatt debut, 13–7". The Knoxville News-Sentinel. September 25, 1955. Retrieved March 30, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.
  6. "Two bright sophs lead Maroons in, 33 to 0". The Birmingham News. October 2, 1955. Retrieved September 21, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
  7. "Ole Miss and State gain conference prestige with wins". The Clarion-Ledger. October 9, 1955. Retrieved September 19, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
  8. "Long, desperation pass beats Kentucky". The Paducah Sun. October 16, 1955. Retrieved October 7, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
  9. 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.
  10. "Maroons belt Alabama, jump into title race". St. Petersburg Times. Google News Archives. Associated Press. October 23, 1955. p. 3C. Retrieved November 17, 2012.
  11. "North Texas beaten by Mississippi State". The Commercial Appeal. October 30, 1955. Retrieved January 29, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.
  12. "Auburn squeezes past State, 27–26". The Commercial Appeal. November 6, 1955. Retrieved October 6, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
  13. "LSU rips Maroon '11' by 34 to 7". The Austin American-Statesman. November 13, 1955. Retrieved October 7, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
  14. "Ole Miss rips Maroons, 26–0". Fort Worth Star-Telegram. November 27, 1955. Retrieved October 7, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
  15. "1955 Mississippi State Bulldogs Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved October 7, 2023.


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