1955 Mississippi State Maroons football team

1955 Mississippi State Maroons football
Conference	Southeastern Conference
1955 record	6–4 (4–4 SEC)
Head coach	Darrell Royal (2nd year)
Home stadium	Scott Field (Capacity: 35,000)

1955 SEC football standings
	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
#10 Ole Miss $	5	–	1	–	0			10	–	1	–	0
#8 Auburn	5	–	1	–	1			8	–	2	–	1
#7 Georgia Tech	4	–	1	–	1			9	–	1	–	1
Tennessee	3	–	2	–	1			6	–	3	–	1
Vanderbilt	4	–	3	–	0			8	–	3	–	0
Mississippi State	4	–	4	–	0			6	–	4	–	0
Kentucky	3	–	3	–	1			6	–	3	–	1
Tulane	3	–	3	–	1			5	–	4	–	1
LSU	2	–	3	–	1			3	–	5	–	2
Florida	3	–	5	–	0			4	–	6	–	0
Georgia	2	–	5	–	0			4	–	6	–	0
Alabama	0	–	7	–	0			0	–	10	–	0
$ – Conference champion Rankings from AP Poll

The 1955 Mississippi State Maroons football team represented Mississippi State College during the 1955 college football season. After the season, head coach Darrell Royal left to take the job at Washington.^[1]

Schedule

Date	Time	Opponent^#	Rank^#	Site	TV	Result
September 17		at Florida		Florida Field • Gainesville, FL		L 14–20
September 24		at Tennessee		Neyland Stadium • Knoxville, TN		W 13–7
October 1		Memphis State*		Scott Field • Starkville, MS		W 33–0
October 8		Tulane		Scott Field • Starkville, MS		W 14–0
October 15		at #20 Kentucky		Commonwealth Stadium • Lexington, KY (Rivalry)		W 20–14
October 22		at Alabama		Denny Stadium • Tuscaloosa, AL (Rivalry)		W 26–7
October 29		North Texas State*		Scott Field • Starkville, MS		W 20–7
November 5		at #14 Auburn	#20	Cliff Hare Stadium • Auburn, AL		L 26–27
November 12		at LSU	#18	Tiger Stadium • Baton Rouge, LA (Rivalry)		L 7–34
November 26		#15 Ole Miss		Scott Field • Starkville, MS (Egg Bowl)		L 0–26
*Non-conference game. Homecoming. ^#Rankings from AP Poll. All times are in Central Time.

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References

1. "Washington hiers Darrell Royal". news.google.com. Ludington Daily News. 1956-02-28.
2. College Football @ Sports-Reference.com. Retrieved December 26, 2015