1955 Pacific Tigers football team

The 1955 Pacific Tigers football team represented the College of the Pacific[note 1] during the 1955 college football season.

1955 Pacific Tigers football
ConferenceIndependent
1955 record5–4
Head coach
Home stadiumPacific Memorial Stadium
1955 Western college football independents records
Conf  Overall
TeamW L T  W L T
Long Beach State      5 2 0
San Jose State      5 3 1
La Verne      5 4 0
Pacific (CA)      5 4 0
Hawaii      7 4 0
Cal Poly San Dimas      4 3 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

DateOpponentSiteResultAttendance
September 17at StanfordL 14–33
September 24at No. 19 PurdueL 7–14
October 1CincinnatiW 27–14
October 8at IdahoW 20–0
October 15Oregon State
  • Pacific Memorial Stadium
  • Stockton, CA
W 13–7[1]
October 22at San Jose State[note 3]W 14–7
October 29Washington State
  • Pacific Memorial Stadium
  • Stockton, CA
W 30–0[2]12,000
November 5No. 5 UCLA
  • Pacific Memorial Stadium
  • Stockton, CA
L 0–3426,000
November 19at Texas TechL 7–1316,500
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

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Team players in the NFL

The following College of the Pacific players were selected in the 1956 NFL Draft.[4][5][6]

PlayerPositionRoundOverallNFL team
A.D. WilliamsEnd – Flanker332Los Angeles Rams
Gene CroninDefensive end – Linebacker – Guard774Detroit Lions

The following finished their college career in 1955, were not drafted, but played in the NFL.

PlayerPositionFirst NFL team
Clyde ConnerEnd1956 San Francisco 49ers

Notes

  1. University of the Pacific (UOP) was known as College of the Pacific from 1911 to 1961.
  2. Amos Alonzo Stagg Memorial Stadium was known as Pacific Memorial Stadium from its opening in 1950 through 1987.
  3. San Jose State University was known as San Jose State College from 1935 to 1971.

References

  1. "Football Scores". The San Bernardino County Sun. San Bernardino, California. October 16, 1955. p. 45. Retrieved October 31, 2017 via Newspapers.com.
  2. "Football Scores". The San Bernardino County Sun. San Bernardino, California. October 30, 1955. p. 25. Retrieved October 31, 2017 via Newspapers.com.
  3. "1955 - Pacific (CA)". College Football Data Warehouse. Retrieved January 30, 2017.
  4. "1956 NFL Draft". Retrieved December 7, 2016.
  5. "Pacific Players/Alumni". Retrieved January 30, 2017.
  6. "Draft History: U. of Pacific". Retrieved March 18, 2017.
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