1955 Pacific Tigers football team

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1955 Pacific Tigers football
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ConferenceIndependent
Record5–4
Head coach
Home stadium Pacific Memorial Stadium
Seasons
  1954
1956  
1955 Western college football independents records
Conf.Overall
TeamW L TW 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
Los Angeles State   3 6 0
Santa Barbara   3 6 0
UC Riverside   1 3 1

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

Contents

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

DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 17at Stanford L 14–33
September 24at No. 19 Purdue L 7–1444,500
October 1 Cincinnati W 27–14
October 8at Idaho W 20–09,500 [1] [2]
October 15 Oregon State
  • Pacific Memorial Stadium
  • Stockton, CA
W 13–722,500 [3]
October 22at San Jose State W 14–7
October 29 Washington State
  • Pacific Memorial Stadium
  • Stockton, CA
W 30–012,000 [4]
November 5No. 5 UCLA
  • Pacific Memorial Stadium
  • Stockton, CA
L 0–3426,000
November 19at Texas Tech L 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. [6] [7] [8]

PlayerPositionRoundOverallNFL team
A.D. Williams End – Flanker332 Los Angeles Rams
Gene Cronin Defensive end – Linebacker – Guard774 Detroit Lions

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

PlayerPositionFirst NFL team
Clyde Conner End 1956 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.

References

  1. "COP Tigers crush Idaho, 20-0". Lewiston Morning Tribune. (Idaho). Associated Press. October 9, 1955. p. 11.
  2. Boni, Bill (October 9, 1955). "Rough, tough Tigers humble Idaho, 20-0". Spokesman-Review. (Spokane, Washington). p. 2, sports.
  3. "Football Scores". The San Bernardino County Sun. San Bernardino, California. October 16, 1955. p. 45. Retrieved October 31, 2017 via Newspapers.com. Open Access logo PLoS transparent.svg
  4. "Football Scores". The San Bernardino County Sun. San Bernardino, California. October 30, 1955. p. 25. Retrieved October 31, 2017 via Newspapers.com. Open Access logo PLoS transparent.svg
  5. "1955 - Pacific (CA)". College Football Data Warehouse. Archived from the original on September 10, 2015. Retrieved January 30, 2017.
  6. "1956 NFL Draft". Archived from the original on November 26, 2010. Retrieved December 7, 2016.
  7. "Pacific Players/Alumni" . Retrieved January 30, 2017.
  8. "Draft History: U. of Pacific" . Retrieved March 18, 2017.