1955 Army Cadets football team

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]

1955 Army Cadets football
Conference	Independent
Ranking
Coaches	No. 15
AP	No. 20
1955 record	6–3
Head coach	Earl Blaik (15th season)
Home stadium	Michie Stadium

1955 Eastern college football independents records
	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
Drexel			–					8	–	0	–	0
Carnegie Tech			–					5	–	1	–	1
Princeton			–					7	–	2	–	0
Yale			–					7	–	2	–	0
Tufts			–					5	–	2	–	0
Boston College			–					5	–	2	–	1
No. 20 Army			–					6	–	3	–	0
Colgate			–					6	–	3	–	0
No. 11 Pittsburgh			–					7	–	4	–	0
Holy Cross			–					6	–	4	–	0
Syracuse			–					5	–	3	–	0
Cornell			–					5	–	4	–	0
Penn State			–					5	–	4	–	0
Buffalo			–					4	–	4	–	1
Harvard			–					3	–	4	–	1
Dartmouth			–					3	–	6	–	0
Boston University			–					2	–	6	–	0
Franklin & Marshall			–					2	–	6	–	0
Brown			–					2	–	7	–	0
Columbia			–					1	–	8	–	0
Villanova			–					1	–	9	–	0
Temple			–					0	–	8	–	0
Penn			–					0	–	9	–	0
Rankings from AP Poll

No Army players were honored on the 1955 College Football All-America Team.

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Rank	Site	Result
September 24	Furman		Michie Stadium West Point, NY	W 81–0
October 1	No. 18 Penn State	No. 6	Michie Stadium West Point, NY	W 35–6
October 8	at No. 2 Michigan	No. 6	Michigan Stadium Ann Arbor, MI	L 2–26
October 15	Syracuse		Michie Stadium West Point, NY	L 0–13
October 22	Columbia		Michie Stadium West Point, NY	W 45–0
October 29	Colgate		Michie Stadium West Point, NY	W 27–7
November 5	at Yale	No. 19	Yale Bowl New Haven, CT	L 12–14
November 12	at Penn		Franklin Field Philadelphia, PA	W 40–0
November 26	vs. No. 11 Navy		Municipal Stadium Philadelphia, PA (Army–Navy Game)	W 14–6
Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

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 Pos. # Name Class	Special teams Pos. # Name Class	Head coach Earl Blaik Coordinators/assistant coaches Legend (C) Team captain (S) Suspended (I) Ineligible Injured Redshirt

Game summaries

Navy

	1	2	3	4	Total
Navy	6	0	0	0	6
Army	0	0	7	7	14

References

1. "Army Yearly Results (1955-1959)". College Football Data Warehouse. David DeLassus. Retrieved August 1, 2015.
2. "1955 Army Black Knights Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved August 1, 2015.