1955 Mississippi State Maroons football
ConferenceSoutheastern Conference
Record6–4 (4–4 SEC)
Head coach
Home stadiumScott Field
Seasons
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1955 Southeastern Conference football standings
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 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

[15]

After the season

NFL Draft

The following Maroons were selected in the 1956 NFL Draft after the season.[16]

Round Pick Player Position NFL Team
1 5 Art Davis Halfback Pittsburgh Steelers
21 247 Jim Harness Back Baltimore Colts

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.
  16. ^ "1956 NFL Draft Listing". Pro-Football-Reference.com. Retrieved November 20, 2023.


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