American college football season
1955 Army Cadets football |
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Conference | Independent |
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Ranking |
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Coaches | No. 15 |
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AP | No. 20 |
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Record | 6–3 |
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Head coach | |
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Captain | Pat Uebel |
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Home stadium | Michie Stadium |
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The 1955 Army Cadets football team represented the United States Military Academy in the 1955 college football season. In their 15th year under head coach Earl Blaik, the Cadets compiled a 6–3 record and outscored all opponents by a combined total of 256 to 72.[1] In the annual Army–Navy Game, the Cadets defeated the Midshipmen by a 14 to 6 score. The Cadets also lost to Michigan, Syracuse, and Yale.[2]
No Army players were honored on the 1955 College Football All-America Team.
Schedule
Date | Time | Opponent | Rank | Site | TV | Result | Attendance | Source |
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September 24 | | Furman | No. 14 | | | W 81–0 | 17,000 | [3] |
October 1 | | No. 18 Penn State | No. 6 | - Michie Stadium
- West Point, NY
| | W 35–6 | 24,200 | |
October 8 | | at No. 2 Michigan | No. 6 | | | L 2–26 | 97,366 | [4] |
October 15 | | Syracuse | No. 18 | - Michie Stadium
- West Point, NY
| | L 0–13 | 12,500 | |
October 22 | | Columbia | | - Michie Stadium
- West Point, NY
| | W 45–0 | 22,500 | [5] |
October 29 | | Colgate | | - Michie Stadium
- West Point, NY
| | W 27–7 | 24,700 | [6] |
November 5 | | at Yale | No. 19 | | | L 12–14 | 61,000 | [7] |
November 12 | | at Penn | | | | W 40–0 | 27,170 | [8] |
November 26 | 1:15 p.m. | vs. No. 11 Navy | | | NBC | W 14–6 | | |
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Game summaries
Navy
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
Navy | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 |
Army | 0 | 0 | 7 | 7 | 14 |
Personnel
1955 Army Black Knights football team roster |
Players | Coaches |
Offense Pos. | # | Name | Class | G | | Ralph Chesnauskas | Sr | QB | | Don Holleder | Sr | | | Peter Lash | FB | | Pat Uebel | Sr | | Defense | Special teams | - Head coach
- Coordinators/assistant coaches
- Legend
- (C) Team captain
- (S) Suspended
- (I) Ineligible
- Injured
- Redshirt
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References
- ^ "Army Yearly Results (1955-1959)". College Football Data Warehouse. David DeLassus. Archived from the original on September 5, 2015. Retrieved August 1, 2015.
- ^ "1955 Army Black Knights Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved August 1, 2015.
- ^ "Holleder plays quarterback as Army rips Furman, 81–0". The Baltimore Sun. September 25, 1955. Retrieved January 5, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ Tommy Devine (October 9, 1955). "Even Davy Couldn't Pin This Barr: Barr's 2 Tallies Pace M; Army Suffers 26-2 Setback". Detroit Free Press. pp. 1C, 4C – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ Werden, Lincoln A. (October 23, 1955). "Cadets' Power on Ground Crushes Columbia, 45 to 0". The New York Times. New York, N.Y. p. S1.
- ^ Young, Dick (October 30, 1955). "Holleder Big Gun as Army Rolls over Colgate, 27-7". Sunday News. New York, N.Y. p. 104 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ Young, Dick (November 6, 1955). "Underdog Bulldog Takes Army, 14-12". Sunday News. New York, N.Y. p. 112 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ Ward, Gene (November 13, 1955). "Army in 40-0 Workout". Sunday News. New York, N.Y. p. 105 – via Newspapers.com.
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