1955 Florida
4–6 (3–5 Southeastern Conference), coached by Bob Woodruff. Share
Schedule and results
- Biggest winBeat George Washington 28–0Oct 8
By 28 points, its widest win.
| Date | Opponent | Result | Elo |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 17 | vs Mississippi State | W 20–14 | 54% |
| Sep 24 | vs Georgia Tech | L 7–14 | 41% |
| Oct 1 | at Auburn | L 0–13 | 31% |
| Oct 8 | vsGeorge Washington | W 28–0 | 59% |
| Oct 15 | vs LSU | W 18–14 | 66% |
| Oct 22 | at Kentucky | L 7–10 | 40% |
| Nov 5 | vs Georgia | W 19–13 | 55% |
| Nov 12 | vs Tennessee | L 0–20 | 61% |
| Nov 19 | at Vanderbilt | L 6–21 | 35% |
| Nov 26 | at 9Miami | L 6–7 | 26% |
Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.
How it ended: Lost to Miami 7–6; unranked in the final AP poll; 10th in the Southeastern Conference.
In program history: The 87th-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 116 on file).
AP poll, week by week
- Wk 2: 19
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
- 4–6
- Conference
- 3–5 10th in Southeastern Conference
- AP final
- Unranked peak No. 19
- Points
- 111–126
- Coach
- Bob Woodruff
- Elo
- 1488 −31 this season
- SP+ rating
- —
- SRS
- 9.4 No. 30 of 110 major-college teams
- Recruiting class
- —
Drafted in 1956
The 1956 draft| Rd 5 | Don Chandler B | New York Giants |
| Rd 6 | Fred Cason B | New York Giants |
All-SEC
1 first teamFirst team
Steve DeLaTorreCAP-1; UP-1
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| Team | Conf. | Overall | AP final |
|---|---|---|---|
 Ole Miss | 5–1 | 10–1 | 10 |
| Auburn | 5–1–1 | 8–2–1 | 8 |
| Georgia Tech | 4–1–1 | 9–1–1 | 7 |
| Tennessee | 3–2–1 | 6–3–1 | |
| Vanderbilt | 4–3 | 8–3 | |
| Mississippi State | 4–4 | 6–4 | |
| Kentucky | 3–3–1 | 6–3–1 | |
 Tulane | 3–3–1 | 5–4–1 | |
| LSU | 2–3–1 | 3–5–2 | |
| Florida | 3–5 | 4–6 | |
| Georgia | 2–5 | 4–6 | |
 Alabama | 0–7 | 0–10 |
Ordered by conference winning percentage, then conference wins. Division splits and tiebreakers aren’t applied.