1955 California

2–⁠7–⁠1 (1–⁠5–⁠1 Pacific Coast Conference), coached by Pappy Waldorf. Share

Schedule and results

Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below.

Date	Opponent	Result
Sep 17	atPittsburgh	L 7–⁠27	50%
Sep 24	vsIllinois	L 13–⁠20	65%
Oct 1	vsPennsylvania	W 27–⁠7	75%
Oct 8	vsWashington State	T 20–⁠20	72%
Oct 15	atOregon	L 0–⁠21	46%
Oct 22	vsUSC	L 6–⁠33	35%
Oct 29	atUCLA	L 0–⁠47	13%
Nov 5	vsWashington	W 20–⁠6	50%
Nov 12	vsOregon State	L 14–⁠16	56%
Nov 19	atStanford	L 0–⁠19	27%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Lost to Stanford 19–⁠0; unranked in the final AP poll; tied for 7th in the Pacific Coast Conference.

In program history: The 81st-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 112 on file).

Rd 4

Los Angeles Rams

1 second team

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

Team	Conf.	Overall	AP final
UCLA	6–⁠0	9–⁠2	4
Oregon State	5–⁠2	6–⁠3
Stanford	3–⁠2–⁠1	6–⁠3–⁠1	16
Oregon	4–⁠3	6–⁠4
Washington	4–⁠3–⁠1	5–⁠4–⁠1
USC	3–⁠3	6–⁠4	13
California	1–⁠5–⁠1	2–⁠7–⁠1
Washington State	1–⁠5–⁠1	1–⁠7–⁠2
Idaho	0–⁠4	2–⁠7

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