1955 Navy Midshipmen football team

The 1955 Navy Midshipmen football team represented the United States Naval Academy (USNA) during the 1955 college football season. Navy competed as an independent with no conference affiliation. They began the season ranked 8th in the pre-season AP Poll.[1] The team was led by sixth-year head coach Eddie Erdelatz.[2][3]

1955 Navy Midshipmen football
ConferenceIndependent
Ranking
CoachesNo. 20
APNo. 18
1955 record6–2–1
Head coach
Home stadiumThompson Stadium
1955 Southern college football independents records
Conf  Overall
TeamW L T  W L T
Mississippi Southern      9 1 0
Delaware      8 1 0
Louisville      7 2 0
Tampa      7 2 0
No. 18 Navy      6 2 1
No. 14 Miami (FL)      6 3 0
Chattanooga      5 4 1
Florida State      5 5 0
Western Maryland      2 6 0
Sewanee      1 8 0
Rankings from AP Poll

Schedule

DateOpponentRankSiteResultAttendance
September 24William & MaryNo. 9W 7–0
October 1at South CarolinaNo. 15W 26–0
October 8PittsburghNo. 12W 21–0
October 15at Penn StateNo. 8W 34–14
October 22at PennNo. 4W 33–0
October 29at No. 9 Notre DameNo. 4L 7–2159,475
November 5DukeNo. 9
  • Memorial Stadium
  • Baltimore, MD
T 7–7
November 12at ColumbiaNo. 13W 47–0
November 26vs. ArmyNo. 11L 6–14
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

Roster

References

  1. "Navy (MD) 1955 AP Football Rankings - College Poll Archive - Historical College Football and Basketball Polls and Rankings". www.collegepollarchive.com. Retrieved 2016-10-14.
  2. "Football History" (PDF). United States Naval Academy. p. 192. Retrieved July 12, 2015.
  3. "Navy Yearly Results (1955-1959)". College Football Data Warehouse. David DeLassus. Retrieved July 14, 2015.


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