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1955 Mississippi State

6–⁠4 (4–⁠4 Southeastern Conference), coached by Darrell Royal.

Schedule and results

Mississippi State in 1955, game by game: lost at Florida 14–20; won at Tennessee 13–7; won vs. Memphis 33–0; won vs. Tulane 14–0; won at Kentucky 20–14; won at Alabama 26–7; won vs. North Texas 20–7; lost at Auburn 26–27; lost at LSU 7–34; lost vs. No. 15 Ole Miss 0–26+33−27Lost 14–20 at Florida-6FloridaWon 13–7 at Tennessee+6TennesseeWon 33–0 vs. Memphis+33MemphisWon 14–0 vs. Tulane+14TulaneWon 20–14 at Kentucky+6KentuckyWon 26–7 at Alabama+19AlabamaWon 20–7 vs. North Texas+13North TexasLost 26–27 at Auburn-1AuburnLost 7–34 at LSU-27LSULost 0–26 vs. No. 15 Ole Miss-26No. 15 Ole Miss
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below.
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 17atFloridaL 14–⁠2046%
Sep 24atTennesseeW 13–⁠750%
Oct 1vsMemphisW 33–⁠095%
Oct 8vsTulaneW 14–⁠072%
Oct 15atKentuckyW 20–⁠1440%
Oct 22atAlabamaW 26–⁠766%
Oct 29vsNorth TexasW 20–⁠790%
Nov 5atAuburnL 26–⁠2744%
Nov 12atLSUL 7–⁠3464%
Nov 26vs15Ole MissL 0–⁠2640%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Lost to Ole Miss 26–⁠0; unranked in the final AP poll; tied for 6th in the Southeastern Conference.

In program history: The 47th-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 124 on file).

AP poll, week by week

  1. Wk 8: 20
  2. Wk 9: 18

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
6–⁠4
Conference
4–⁠4 tied for 6th in Southeastern Conference
AP final
Unranked peak No. 18
Points
173–⁠142
Coach
Darrell Royal
Elo
1537 −9 this season
SP+ rating
—
SRS
9.3 No. 31 of 110 major-college teams
Recruiting class
—

Drafted in 1956

The 1956 draft
Rd 1Art Davis RBPittsburgh Steelers

All-SEC

1 first team, 1 second team

First team

  • Scott SuberOGAP-1; UP-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).

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.