The 1955 Pacific Tigers football team represented the College of the Pacific[note 1] during the 1955 college football season.
1955 Pacific Tigers football | |
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Conference | Independent |
Record | 5–4 |
Head coach |
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Home stadium | Pacific Memorial Stadium |
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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 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pacific competed as an independent in 1955. They played home games in Pacific Memorial Stadium[note 2] in Stockton, California. In their third season under head coach Jack Myers, the Tigers finished with a record of five wins and four losses (5–4). For the season they outscored their opponents 132–121.
Schedule
editDate | Opponent | Site | Result | Attendance | Source |
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September 17 | at Stanford | L 14–33 | |||
September 24 | at No. 19 Purdue | L 7–14 | 44,500 | ||
October 1 | Cincinnati | W 27–14 | |||
October 8 | at Idaho | W 20–0 | 9,500 | [1][2] | |
October 15 | Oregon State |
| W 13–7 | 22,500 | [3] |
October 22 | at San Jose State | W 14–7 | |||
October 29 | Washington State |
| W 30–0 | 12,000 | [4] |
November 5 | No. 5 UCLA |
| L 0–34 | 26,000 | |
November 19 | at Texas Tech | L 7–13 | 16,500 | ||
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Team players in the NFL
editThe following College of the Pacific players were selected in the 1956 NFL Draft.[6][7][8]
Player | Position | Round | Overall | NFL team |
A.D. Williams | End – Flanker | 3 | 32 | Los Angeles Rams |
Gene Cronin | Defensive end – Linebacker – Guard | 7 | 74 | Detroit Lions |
The following finished their college career in 1955, were not drafted, but played in the NFL.
Player | Position | First NFL team |
Clyde Conner | End | 1956 San Francisco 49ers |
Notes
edit- ^ University of the Pacific (UOP) was known as College of the Pacific from 1911 to 1961.
- ^ Amos Alonzo Stagg Memorial Stadium was known as Pacific Memorial Stadium from its opening in 1950 through 1987.
References
edit- ^ "COP Tigers crush Idaho, 20-0". Lewiston Morning Tribune. (Idaho). Associated Press. October 9, 1955. p. 11.
- ^ Boni, Bill (October 9, 1955). "Rough, tough Tigers humble Idaho, 20-0". Spokesman-Review. (Spokane, Washington). p. 2, sports.
- ^ "Football Scores". The San Bernardino County Sun. San Bernardino, California. October 16, 1955. p. 45. Retrieved October 31, 2017 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Football Scores". The San Bernardino County Sun. San Bernardino, California. October 30, 1955. p. 25. Retrieved October 31, 2017 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "1955 - Pacific (CA)". College Football Data Warehouse. Archived from the original on September 10, 2015. Retrieved January 30, 2017.
- ^ "1956 NFL Draft". Archived from the original on November 26, 2010. Retrieved December 7, 2016.
- ^ "Pacific Players/Alumni". Retrieved January 30, 2017.
- ^ "Draft History: U. of Pacific". Retrieved March 18, 2017.
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