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1955 Pittsburgh

7–⁠4, coached by John Michelosen, finished No. 11 in the AP poll.

Schedule and results

Pittsburgh in 1955, game by game: won vs. California 27–7; won at Syracuse 22–12; lost at Oklahoma 14–26; lost at Navy 0–21; won vs. Nebraska 21–7; won at Duke 26–7; lost vs. Miami 7–21; won vs. Virginia 18–7; won vs. West Virginia 26–7; won at Penn State 20–0; lost vs. No. 9 Georgia Tech 0–7+20−21Won 27–7 vs. California+20CaliforniaWon 22–12 at Syracuse+10SyracuseLost 14–26 at Oklahoma-12OklahomaLost 0–21 at Navy-21NavyWon 21–7 vs. Nebraska+14NebraskaWon 26–7 at Duke+19DukeLost 7–21 vs. Miami-14MiamiWon 18–7 vs. Virginia+11VirginiaWon 26–7 vs. West Virginia+19West VirginiaWon 20–0 at Penn State+20Penn StateLost 0–7 vs. No. 9 Georgia Tech-7No. 9 Georgia Tech
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below.
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 17vsCaliforniaW 27–⁠750%
Sep 24atSyracuseW 22–⁠1241%
Oct 1atOklahomaL 14–⁠2622%
Oct 8atNavyL 0–⁠2124%
Oct 15vsNebraskaW 21–⁠770%
Oct 22atDukeW 26–⁠724%
Oct 29vsMiamiL 7–⁠2162%
Nov 5vsVirginiaW 18–⁠782%
Nov 12vsWest VirginiaW 26–⁠737%
Nov 19atPenn StateW 20–⁠043%
Jan 2Bowls & playoffvs9Georgia TechSugar BowlL 0–⁠738%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Lost to Georgia Tech 7–⁠0 in the Sugar Bowl; No. 11 in the final AP poll.

In program history: The 37th-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 128 on file).

AP poll, week by week

  1. Wk 2: 7
  2. Wk 3: 12
  3. Wk 7: 16
  4. Wk 9: 17
  5. Wk 10: 15
  6. Wk 11: 13
  7. Final: 11

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
7–⁠4
Conference
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AP final
No. 11 peak No. 7
Points
181–⁠122
Coach
John Michelosen
Elo
1624 +133 this season
SP+ rating
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SRS
13.2 No. 16 of 110 major-college teams
Recruiting class
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Drafted in 1956

The 1956 draft
Rd 2John Paluck EWashington Redskins