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1955 Ole Miss

10–⁠1 (5–⁠1 Southeastern Conference), coached by John Vaught, finished No. 10 in the AP poll.

Schedule and results

Ole Miss in 1955, game by game: won at Georgia 26–13; lost at Kentucky 14–21; won vs. North Texas 33–0; won vs. Vanderbilt 13–0; won at Tulane 27–13; won vs. Arkansas 17–7; won at LSU 29–26; won at Memphis 39–6; won vs. Houston 27–11; won at Mississippi State 26–0; won vs. No. 7 TCU 14–13+33−7Won 26–13 at Georgia+13GeorgiaLost 14–21 at Kentucky-7KentuckyWon 33–0 vs. North Texas+33North TexasWon 13–0 vs. Vanderbilt+13VanderbiltWon 27–13 at Tulane+14TulaneWon 17–7 vs. Arkansas+10ArkansasWon 29–26 at LSU+3LSUWon 39–6 at Memphis+33MemphisWon 27–11 vs. Houston+16HoustonWon 26–0 at Mississippi State+26Mississippi Sta…Won 14–13 vs. No. 7 TCU+1No. 7 TCU
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below; orange marks an upset win.
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 17atGeorgiaW 26–⁠1362%
Sep 24atKentuckyL 14–⁠2157%
Oct 1vsNorth TexasW 33–⁠092%
Oct 8vsVanderbiltW 13–⁠071%
Oct 15atTulaneW 27–⁠1371%
Oct 22vsArkansasW 17–⁠771%
Oct 29atLSUW 29–⁠2670%
Nov 5atMemphisW 39–⁠696%
Nov 12vsHoustonW 27–⁠1180%
Nov 26atMississippi StateW 26–⁠060%
Jan 2Bowls & playoffvs7TCUCotton BowlW 14–⁠1350%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Beat TCU 14–⁠13 in the Cotton Bowl; No. 10 in the final AP poll; Southeastern Conference champions.

In program history: The 11th-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 124 on file).

AP poll, week by week

  1. Wk 1: 15
  2. Wk 2: 8
  3. Wk 7: 20
  4. Wk 8: 15
  5. Wk 9: 14
  6. Wk 10: 14
  7. Wk 11: 15
  8. Final: 10

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.

Southeastern Conference champions5–⁠1 in the conference

Record
10–⁠1
Conference
5–⁠1 first in Southeastern Conference
AP final
No. 10 peak No. 8
Points
265–⁠110
Coach
John Vaught
Elo
1722 +95 this season
SP+ rating
—
SRS
22.4 No. 5 of 110 major-college teams
Recruiting class
—
Captain
Buddy Alliston

Drafted in 1956

The 1956 draft
Rd 2Billy Kinard BCleveland Browns

All-SEC

2 first team, 2 second team

First team

  • Eagle DayQBAP-3; UP-1
  • Paige CothrenFBAP-1; UP-3

Second team

  • Vaughn AllisonOGAP-2; UP-3
  • Gene DubuissonCAP-2; UP-3

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.