1955 Southwestern Louisiana Bulldogs football team

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1955 Southwestern Louisiana Bulldogs football
Conference Gulf States Conference
1955 record5–4 (3–3 GSC)
Head coach
Home stadium McNaspy Stadium
Seasons
  1954
1956  
1955 Gulf States Conference football standings
Conf  Overall
TeamW L T  W L T
Louisiana Tech $600  910
McNeese State 510  711
Southeastern Louisiana 420  550
Southwestern Louisiana 330  540
Northwestern State 240  450
Northeast Louisiana State 150  460
Louisiana College 060  280
  • $ Conference champion

The 1955 Southwestern Louisiana Bulldogs football team was an American football team that represented the Southwestern Louisiana Institute of Liberal and Technical Learning (now known as the University of Louisiana at Lafayette) in the Gulf States Conference during the 1955 college football season. In their fifth year under head coach Raymond Didier, the team compiled a 5–4 record. [1] [2]

Schedule

DateOpponentSiteResultSource
September 17at Lamar Tech *L 6–19
September 24at Southeastern Louisiana L 0–20
October 1 East Texas State *W 20–15
October 8at Northeast Louisiana State W 26–6 [3]
October 15 Corpus Christi *
  • McNaspy Stadium
  • Lafayette, LA
W 49–12
October 29at Louisiana Tech
L 14–28 [4]
November 5 Louisiana College
  • McNaspy Stadium
  • Lafayette, LA
W 21–14
November 12 Northwestern State
  • McNaspy Stadium
  • Lafayette, LA
W 27–13
November 19 McNeese State
L 7–12
  • *Non-conference game

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References

  1. "2019 Louisiana Football Media Guide" (PDF). Louisiana Athletics Communications Office. 2019. p. 97. Retrieved January 3, 2021.
  2. "Athletics". L'Acadien. University of Southwestern Louisiana. 1956. pp. 220–227. Retrieved January 3, 2021.
  3. "SLI eleven rumbles over Northeast St, 26–6". The Daily Advertiser. October 9, 1955. p. 10. Retrieved January 22, 2021 via Newspapers.com.
  4. "Tech overcomes SLI lead for 28–14 victory". The Daily Advertiser. October 30, 1955. Retrieved June 27, 2021 via Newspapers.com.