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1955 Miami

6–⁠3, coached by Andy Gustafson, finished No. 14 in the AP poll.

Schedule and results

Miami in 1955, game by game: lost at Georgia Tech 6–14; won vs. Florida State 34–0; lost vs. Notre Dame 0–14; lost vs. TCU 19–21; won at Pittsburgh 21–7; won vs. Boston College 14–7; won vs. Bucknell 46–0; won vs. Alabama 34–12; won vs. Florida 7–6+46−14Lost 6–14 at Georgia Tech-8Georgia TechWon 34–0 vs. Florida State+34Florida StateLost 0–14 vs. Notre Dame-14Notre DameLost 19–21 vs. TCU-2TCUWon 21–7 at Pittsburgh+14PittsburghWon 14–7 vs. Boston College+7Boston CollegeWon 46–0 vs. Bucknell+46BucknellWon 34–12 vs. Alabama+22AlabamaWon 7–6 vs. Florida+1Florida
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below.
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 17atGeorgia TechL 6–⁠1436%
Sep 30vsFlorida StateW 34–⁠071%
Oct 7vsNotre DameL 0–⁠1442%
Oct 21vsTCUL 19–⁠2151%
Oct 29atPittsburghW 21–⁠738%
Nov 4vsBoston CollegeW 14–⁠766%
Nov 11vsBucknellW 46–⁠095%
Nov 18vsAlabamaW 34–⁠1287%
Nov 26vsFloridaW 7–⁠674%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Beat Florida 7–⁠6; No. 14 in the final AP poll.

In program history: The 36th-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 96 on file).

AP poll, week by week

  1. Wk 1: 9
  2. Wk 2: 15
  3. Wk 4: 15
  4. Wk 9: 20
  5. Wk 11: 14
  6. Final: 14

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
6–⁠3
Conference
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AP final
No. 14 peak No. 9
Points
181–⁠81
Coach
Andy Gustafson
Elo
1625 +33 this season
SP+ rating
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SRS
14.7 No. 14 of 110 major-college teams
Recruiting class
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Drafted in 1956

The 1956 draft
Rd 1Jack Losch RBGreen Bay Packers