1955 Texas Longhorns football team

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1955 Texas Longhorns football
Conference Southwest Conference
Record5–5 (4–2 SWC)
Head coach
Home stadium Memorial Stadium
Seasons
  1954
1956  
1955 Southwest Conference football standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L TW L T
No. 6 TCU $ 5 1 09 2 0
No. 17 Texas A&M 4 1 17 2 1
Texas 4 2 05 5 0
Arkansas 3 2 15 4 1
Baylor 2 4 05 5 0
SMU 2 4 04 6 0
Rice 0 6 02 7 1
  • $ Conference champion
Rankings from AP Poll

The 1955 Texas Longhorns football team was an American football team that represented the University of Texas (now known as the University of Texas at Austin) as a member of the Southwest Conference (SWC) during the 1955 college football season. In their fifth year under head coach Ed Price, the Longhorns compiled an overall record of 5–5, with a mark of 4–2 in conference play, and finished third in the SWC. [1]

Schedule

DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 17 Texas Tech *L 14–2047,000 [2]
September 24 Tulane *
  • Memorial Stadium
  • Austin, TX
W 35–2130,000 [3]
September 30at No. 9 USC *L 7–1961,996 [4]
October 8vs. No. 3 Oklahoma *L 0–2075,504 [5] [6]
October 15at Arkansas L 20–2736,000 [7]
October 22 Rice
  • Memorial Stadium
  • Austin, TX (rivalry)
W 32–1446,000 [8]
October 29at SMU
  • Cotton Bowl
  • Dallas, TX
W 19–1846,500 [9]
November 5 Baylor
  • Memorial Stadium
  • Austin, TX
W 21–2040,000 [10]
November 12No. 8 TCU
  • Memorial Stadium
  • Austin, TX (rivalry)
L 20–4755,000 [11]
November 24at No. 8 Texas A&M W 21–641,800 [12]
  • *Non-conference game
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

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