1955 South Carolina Gamecocks football team

The 1955 South Carolina Gamecocks football team represented the University of South Carolina in the Atlantic Coast Conference in the 1955 college football season. The Gamecocks finished the season 3–6 overall.

1955 South Carolina Gamecocks football
ConferenceAtlantic Coast Conference
1955 record3–6 (1–5 ACC)
Head coach
Home stadiumCarolina Stadium
(Capacity: 34,000)
1955 Atlantic Coast Conference football standings
Conf  Overall
TeamW L T  W L T
No. 3 Maryland + 4 0 0  10 1 0
Duke + 4 0 0  7 2 1
Clemson 3 1 0  7 3 0
Wake Forest 3 3 1  5 4 1
North Carolina 3 3 0  3 7 0
NC State 0 2 1  4 5 1
South Carolina 1 5 0  3 6 0
Virginia 0 4 0  1 9 0
  • + Conference co-champions
Rankings from AP Poll[1]

Schedule

DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 17Wofford*W 26–7
September 24at Wake ForestL 19–34
October 1No. 15 Navy*L 0–26
October 8Furman (SC)W 19–0
October 20ClemsonL 14–2835,000[2]
October 29at No. 1 MarylandL 0–27
November 5at North CarolinaL 14–32
November 12No. 18 DukeL 7–41
November 26at VirginiaW 21–14
  • *Non-conference game
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

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References

  1. "1955 Atlantic Coast Conference Year Summary". sports-reference.com. Retrieved January 16, 2013.
  2. Jim Anderson (October 21, 1955). "Clemson Wins Big Thursday Classic, 28-14". The Greenville News. pp. 1, 22 via Newspapers.com.
  3. "1955 South Carolina Gamecocks Schedule and Results". Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved September 21, 2017.


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