1955 Arkansas
5–4–1 (3–2–1 Southwest Conference), coached by Jack Mitchell. Share
Schedule and results
- Biggest winBeat Oklahoma State 21–0Sep 24
By 21 points, its widest win.
| Date | Opponent | Result | Elo |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 17 | vs Tulsa | W 21–6 | 82% |
| Sep 24 | vs Oklahoma State | W 21–0 | 65% |
| Oct 1 | vs TCU | L 0–26 | 60% |
| Oct 8 | at Baylor | L 20–25 | 39% |
| Oct 15 | vs Texas | W 27–20 | 62% |
| Oct 22 | at Ole Miss | L 7–17 | 29% |
| Oct 29 | vs Texas A&M | T 7–7 | 54% |
| Nov 5 | at Rice | W 10–0 | 41% |
| Nov 12 | at SMU | W 6–0 | 43% |
| Nov 19 | vs LSU | L 7–13 | 71% |
Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.
How it ended: Lost to LSU 13–7; unranked in the final AP poll; 4th in the Southwest Conference.
In program history: The 48th-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 124 on file).
AP poll, week by week
- Wk 2: 17
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
- 5–4–1
- Conference
- 3–2–1 4th in Southwest Conference
- AP final
- Unranked peak No. 17
- Points
- 126–114
- Coach
- Jack Mitchell
- Elo
- 1567 −2 this season
- SP+ rating
- —
- SRS
- 11.4 No. 22 of 110 major-college teams
- Recruiting class
- —
- Captains
- Preston Carpenter and Henry Moore
Drafted in 1956
The 1956 draft| Rd 1 | Preston Carpenter RB | Cleveland Browns |
| Rd 2 | Henry Moore B | New York Giants |
All-Southwest Conference
2 first team, 3 second teamFirst team
Preston CarpenterBAP-1
Henry MooreBAP-1
Second team
- George WalkerBAP-2
- Bill FullerOTAP-2
- Wayland RobertsOGAP-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 Southwest Conference standings
| Team | Conf. | Overall | AP final |
|---|---|---|---|
| TCU | 5–1 | 9–2 | 6 |
| Texas A&M | 4–1–1 | 7–2–1 | 17 |
| Texas | 4–2 | 5–5 | |
| Arkansas | 3–2–1 | 5–4–1 | |
| Baylor | 2–4 | 5–5 | |
| SMU | 2–4 | 4–6 | |
| Rice | 0–6 | 2–7–1 |
Ordered by conference winning percentage, then conference wins. Division splits and tiebreakers aren’t applied.