1955 Pepperdine Waves football team

1955 Pepperdine Waves football
Conference	Independent
Record	5–5
Head coach	John Scolinos (1st season)
Home stadium	El Camino Stadium
Seasons ←  1954 1956  →

1955 Western college football independents records

v t e	Conf.							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		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 Pepperdine Waves football team represented George Pepperdine College ^{[note 1]} as an independent during the 1955 college football season. The team was led by first-year head coach John Scolinos and played home games at El Camino Stadium on the campus of El Camino College in Torrance, California. They finished the season with a record of 5–5.

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Site	Result	Attendance	Source
September 17	at Idaho State	Spud Bowl Pocatello, ID	L 0–9	4,200	[1]
September 24	San Diego State	El Camino Stadium Torrance, CA	W 21–0		[2]
October 1	Chico State	El Camino Stadium Torrance, CA	L 13–19
October 8	Terminal Island Navy [note 2]	El Camino Stadium Torrance, CA	W 27–6
October 15	at Redlands	Redlands Stadium [note 3] Redlands, CA	L 0–2		[3]
October 22	at Whittier	Hadley Field Whittier, CA	L 6–13	5,000
November 5	at Santa Barbara	La Playa Stadium Santa Barbara, CA	W 7–5
November 11	Arizona State–Flagstaff	El Camino Stadium Torrance, CA	W 34–14
November 18	at Los Angeles State	Snyder Field Los Angeles, CA ("Old Shoe" rivalry)	W 6–0	3,000	[4]
November 24	at Humboldt State	Redwood Bowl Arcata, CA	L 14–26	3,300	[5]
Homecoming

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Notes

1. Pepperdine University was known as George Pepperdine College from 1937 to 1970.
2. 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
3. This stadium is the predecessor to the current Ted Runner Stadium on the University of Redlands campus, which was opened for the 1968 season

References

1. "Bengals take Pepperdine gridders 9–0". The Times-News. September 18, 1955. Retrieved June 25, 2025– via Newspapers.com.
2. Howard Hagen (September 25, 1955). "Waves Jar Aztecs, Chase Jinx, 21-0". The San Diego Union. San Diego, California. p. G-3.
3. "Football Scores". The San Bernardino County Sun. San Bernardino, California. October 16, 1955. p. 45. Retrieved October 31, 2017– via Newspapers.com.
4. "Waves retain Ole Shoe, 6–0". The Los Angeles Times. November 19, 1955. Retrieved April 30, 2025– via Newspapers.com.
5. "Humboldt State Wins, 26-14; Pepperdine Boss Thumbed Out". Nevada State Journal. Reno, Nevada. November 26, 1955. p. 7. Retrieved March 12, 2018– via Newspapers.com.
6. Grenley, Dave (June 3, 2010). "The History of Pepperdine Football". Pepperdine Waves. Archived from the original on March 3, 2016. Retrieved February 15, 2017.