1955 San Jose State Spartans football team

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1955 San Jose State Spartans football
ConferenceIndependent
Record5–3–1
Head coach
Home stadium Spartan Stadium
Seasons
  1954
1956  
1955 Western college football independents records
ConfOverall
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
UC Riverside   1 3 1

The 1955 San Jose State Spartans football team represented San Jose State College [note 1] during the 1955 college football season.

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San Jose State played as an Independent in 1955. The team was led by sixth-year head coach Bob Bronzan, and played home games at Spartan Stadium in San Jose, California. They finished the season with a record of five wins, three losses and one tie (5–3–1). Overall, the team outscored its opponents 159–114 for the season.

Schedule

DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 16at Utah State
W 13–0
September 23 Hawaii W 34–016,000 [1]
October 8 Arizona State
  • Spartan Stadium
  • San Jose, CA
W 27–20 [2]
October 15at New Mexico W 14–0 [3]
October 22 Pacific (CA)
  • Spartan Stadium
  • San Jose, CA
L 7–14
October 29at Stanford L 18–34 [4]
November 5 Cal Poly
  • Spartan Stadium
  • San Jose, CA
W 20–14
November 12at Washington State T 13–1316,000 [5]
November 18at Fresno State L 13–1911,145 [6]

[7]

Team players in the NFL

The following San Jose State players were selected in the 1956 NFL draft. [8] [9]

PlayerPositionRoundOverallNFL team
Jack AdamsTackle21246 Philadelphia Eagles
Clarence WessmanEnd22256 San Francisco 49ers
Jim Hughes Guard24289 Cleveland Browns
Joe UlmBack30352 Philadelphia Eagles

Notes

  1. San Jose State University was known as San Jose State College from 1935 to 1971.
  2. This stadium is the predecessor to the current Maverik Stadium (Romney Stadium) that has served as the home of the Aggies since 1968

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The 1954 San Jose State Spartans football team represented San Jose State College during the 1954 college football season.

References

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  2. "Football Scores". The San Bernardino County Sun. San Bernardino, California. October 9, 1955. p. 43. Retrieved October 31, 2017 via Newspapers.com. Open Access logo PLoS transparent.svg
  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. "2016 Washington State Media Guide" (PDF). WSUCougars.com. Washington State Cougars Athletics. Retrieved February 14, 2017.
  6. "Fresno State 2016 Media Guide" (PDF). Retrieved December 8, 2016.
  7. "San Jose State 2016 Football Media Guide" . Retrieved December 16, 2016.
  8. "1956 NFL Draft". Archived from the original on November 26, 2010. Retrieved December 7, 2016.
  9. "San Jose St. Players/Alumni" . Retrieved December 16, 2016.