1955 Alabama

0–⁠10 (0–⁠7 Southeastern Conference), coached by Ears Whitworth.

Schedule and results

Alabama in 1955, game by game: lost at Rice 0–20; lost at Vanderbilt 6–21; lost vs. TCU 0–21; lost vs. Tennessee 0–20; lost vs. Mississippi State 7–26; lost at Georgia 14–35; lost vs. Tulane 7–27; lost vs. Georgia Tech 2–26; lost at Miami 12–34; lost vs. No. 17 Auburn 0–26+7−26Lost 0–20 at Rice-20RiceLost 6–21 at Vanderbilt-15VanderbiltLost 0–21 vs. TCU-21TCULost 0–20 vs. Tennessee-20TennesseeLost 7–26 vs. Mississippi State-19Mississippi Sta…Lost 14–35 at Georgia-21GeorgiaLost 7–27 vs. Tulane-20TulaneLost 2–26 vs. Georgia Tech-24Georgia TechLost 12–34 at Miami-22MiamiLost 0–26 vs. No. 17 Auburn-26No. 17 Auburn
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below.

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Lost to Auburn 26–⁠0; unranked in the final AP poll; 12th in the Southeastern Conference.

In program history: The worst season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 123 on file).

Players on this team

Before 2004 our records hold honors and the draft; these are the players whose college years here, from their Wikipedia articles or their honors, include 1955.

Record
0–⁠10
Conference
0–⁠7 12th in Southeastern Conference
AP final
Unranked
Points
48–⁠256
Coach
Ears Whitworth
Elo
1329 −191 this season
SP+ rating
—
SRS
−7.9 No. 80 of 110 major-college teams
Recruiting class
—
Captain
Nick Germanos

All-SEC

1 second team

Second team

  • Nick GermanusEAP-3; UP-2

From Wikipedia’s 1955 all-conference team article, with the selectors that named each player (AP-1: the Associated Press’s first team).

1955 Southeastern Conference standings

Conference page
TeamConf.OverallAP final
Ole Miss5–⁠110–⁠110
Auburn5–⁠1–⁠18–⁠2–⁠18
Georgia Tech4–⁠1–⁠19–⁠1–⁠17
Tennessee3–⁠2–⁠16–⁠3–⁠1
Vanderbilt4–⁠38–⁠3
Mississippi State4–⁠46–⁠4
Kentucky3–⁠3–⁠16–⁠3–⁠1
Tulane3–⁠3–⁠15–⁠4–⁠1
LSU2–⁠3–⁠13–⁠5–⁠2
Florida3–⁠54–⁠6
Georgia2–⁠54–⁠6
Alabama0–⁠70–⁠10

Ordered by conference winning percentage, then conference wins. Division splits and tiebreakers aren’t applied.