1955 Los Angeles State Diablos football team
The 1955 Los Angeles State Diablos football team represented Los Angeles State[note 1] during the 1955 college football season.
| 1955 Los Angeles State Diablos football | |
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| Conference | California Collegiate Athletic Association |
| 1955 record | 3–6 (0–1 CCAA) |
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| Home stadium | Snyder Stadium |
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| Team | W | L | T | W | L | T | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Fresno State | 2 | – | 0 | – | 0 | 9 | – | 1 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Cal Poly | 2 | – | 1 | – | 0 | 7 | – | 3 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Santa Barbara | 1 | – | 1 | – | 0 | 3 | – | 6 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Los Angeles State | 0 | – | 1 | – | 0 | 3 | – | 6 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| San Diego State | 0 | – | 2 | – | 0 | 2 | – | 8 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Los Angeles State competed in the California Collegiate Athletic Association (CCAA). The team was led by fifth-year head coach Leonard (Bud) Adams, who had been the leader of the team since the school started playing intercollegiate football in 1951. The Diablos played home games at Snyder Stadium. They finished the season with a record of three wins and six losses (3–6, 0–1 CCAA).
Schedule
| Date | Opponent | Site | Result | Attendance |
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| September 24 | at BYU* |
| L 0–33 | |
| September 30 | Pomona-Claremont[note 3]* |
| W 20–13 | |
| October 7 | at Occidental* |
| L 7–16 | |
| October 15 | at Santa Barbara[note 4] |
| L 7–14 | |
| October 21 | La Verne* |
| W 19–2 | |
| October 28 | Terminal Island Navy[note 5]* |
| L 0–14 | |
| November 5 | at Nevada* |
| L 12–13 | |
| November 11 | Whittier* |
| W 20–6 | |
| November 18 | Pepperdine[note 7]* |
| L 0–6 | 3,000 |
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Team players in the NFL
No Los Angeles State players were selected in the 1956 NFL Draft.[2][3]
Notes
- California State University, Los Angeles (Cal State LA) was known as Los Angeles State College of Applied Arts and Sciences from 1947 to 1963.
- This stadium is the predecessor to the current Cougar Stadium on the BYU campus, which was opened for the 1964 season
- What is now known as the Pomona-Pitzer football team was known as Pomona-Claremont from 1950 to 1961. Pitzer College did not exist until 1963.
- University of California, Santa Barbara was known as Santa Barbara College of the University of California from 1944 to 1958.
- Naval Air Station Terminal Island was one of several names for the Naval air station and repair facility located on Terminal Island in Los Angeles County, California from 1938 to 1997
- This stadium is the predecessor to the current Mackay Stadium, which was opened for the 1966 season."University of Nevada, Reno; Mackay Stadium". Retrieved January 4, 2017.
- Pepperdine University was known as George Pepperdine College from 1937 to 1970.
References
- "1955 - Cal St.-Los Angeles". Retrieved January 19, 2017.
- "1956 NFL Draft". Retrieved January 19, 2017.
- "Los Angeles St. Players/Alumni". Retrieved January 19, 2017.
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