1955 Pacific Tigers football team
The 1955 Pacific Tigers football team represented the College of the Pacific[note 1] during the 1955 college football season.
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Conference | Independent |
1955 record | 5–4 |
Head coach | Jack Myers (3rd season) |
Home stadium | Pacific Memorial Stadium |
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Long Beach State | – | 5 | – | 2 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
San Jose State | – | 5 | – | 3 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
La Verne | – | 5 | – | 4 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pacific (CA) | – | 5 | – | 4 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hawaii | – | 7 | – | 4 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Cal Poly San Dimas | – | 4 | – | 3 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
UC Riverside | – | 1 | – | 3 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pacific competed as an independent in 1955. They played home games in Pacific Memorial Stadium[note 2] in Stockton, California. In their third season under head coach Jack Myers, the Tigers finished with a record of five wins and four losses (5–4). For the season they outscored their opponents 132–121.
Schedule
Date | Opponent | Site | Result | Attendance |
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September 17 | at Stanford | L 14–33 | ||
September 24 | at No. 19 Purdue | L 7–14 | ||
October 1 | Cincinnati | W 27–14 | ||
October 8 | at Idaho | W 20–0 | ||
October 15 | Oregon State |
| W 13–7[1] | |
October 22 | at San Jose State[note 3] |
| W 14–7 | |
October 29 | Washington State |
| W 30–0[2] | 12,000 |
November 5 | No. 5 UCLA |
| L 0–34 | 26,000 |
November 19 | at Texas Tech | L 7–13 | 16,500 | |
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Team players in the NFL
The following College of the Pacific players were selected in the 1956 NFL Draft.[4][5][6]
Player | Position | Round | Overall | NFL team |
A.D. Williams | End – Flanker | 3 | 32 | Los Angeles Rams |
Gene Cronin | Defensive end – Linebacker – Guard | 7 | 74 | Detroit Lions |
The following finished their college career in 1955, were not drafted, but played in the NFL.
Player | Position | First NFL team |
Clyde Conner | End | 1956 San Francisco 49ers |
Notes
- University of the Pacific (UOP) was known as College of the Pacific from 1911 to 1961.
- Amos Alonzo Stagg Memorial Stadium was known as Pacific Memorial Stadium from its opening in 1950 through 1987.
- San Jose State University was known as San Jose State College from 1935 to 1971.
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References
- "Football Scores". The San Bernardino County Sun. San Bernardino, California. October 16, 1955. p. 45. Retrieved October 31, 2017 – via Newspapers.com.
- "Football Scores". The San Bernardino County Sun. San Bernardino, California. October 30, 1955. p. 25. Retrieved October 31, 2017 – via Newspapers.com.
- "1955 - Pacific (CA)". College Football Data Warehouse. Retrieved January 30, 2017.
- "1956 NFL Draft". Retrieved December 7, 2016.
- "Pacific Players/Alumni". Retrieved January 30, 2017.
- "Draft History: U. of Pacific". Retrieved March 18, 2017.
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