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1955 Stanford

6–⁠3–⁠1 (3–⁠2–⁠1 Pacific Coast Conference), coached by Chuck Taylor, finished No. 16 in the AP poll.

Schedule and results

Stanford in 1955, game by game: won vs. Pacific 33–14; lost at Oregon State 0–10; won vs. Ohio State 6–0; lost at Michigan State 14–38; lost vs. UCLA 13–21; tied at Washington 7–7; won vs. San José State 34–18; won at USC 28–20; won vs. Oregon 44–7; won vs. California 19–0+37−24Won 33–14 vs. Pacific+19PacificLost 0–10 at Oregon State-10Oregon StateWon 6–0 vs. Ohio State+6Ohio StateLost 14–38 at Michigan State-24Michigan StateLost 13–21 vs. UCLA-8UCLATied 7–7 at Washington0WashingtonWon 34–18 vs. San José State+16San José StateWon 28–20 at USC+8USCWon 44–7 vs. Oregon+37OregonWon 19–0 vs. California+19California
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below.
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 17vsPacificW 33–⁠1457%
Sep 24atOregon StateL 0–⁠1056%
Oct 1vsOhio StateW 6–⁠031%
Oct 8atMichigan StateL 14–⁠3834%
Oct 15vsUCLAL 13–⁠2128%
Oct 22atWashingtonT 7–⁠735%
Oct 29vsSan José StateW 34–⁠1849%
Nov 5atUSCW 28–⁠2026%
Nov 12vsOregonW 44–⁠754%
Nov 19vsCaliforniaW 19–⁠073%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Beat California 19–⁠0; No. 16 in the final AP poll; 3rd in the Pacific Coast Conference.

In program history: The 36th-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 109 on file).

AP poll, week by week

  1. Wk 4: 20
  2. Wk 10: 18
  3. Wk 11: 17
  4. Final: 16

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
6–⁠3–⁠1
Conference
3–⁠2–⁠1 3rd in Pacific Coast Conference
AP final
No. 16 peak No. 16
Points
198–⁠135
Coach
Chuck Taylor
Elo
1587 +109 this season
SP+ rating
—
SRS
14.9 No. 13 of 110 major-college teams
Recruiting class
—

Drafted in 1956

The 1956 draft
Rd 6Paul Wiggin ECleveland Browns

All-Pacific Coast

4 first team, 2 second team

First team

Second team

  • Tony MosichOGUP-2
  • Joe LongCAP-2; UP-2

From Wikipedia’s 1955 all-conference team article, with the selectors that named each player (AP-1: the Associated Press’s first team).

1955 Pacific Coast Conference standings

TeamConf.OverallAP final
UCLA6–⁠09–⁠24
Oregon State5–⁠26–⁠3
Stanford3–⁠2–⁠16–⁠3–⁠116
Oregon4–⁠36–⁠4
Washington4–⁠3–⁠15–⁠4–⁠1
USC3–⁠36–⁠413
California1–⁠5–⁠12–⁠7–⁠1
Washington State1–⁠5–⁠11–⁠7–⁠2
Idaho0–⁠42–⁠7

Ordered by conference winning percentage, then conference wins. Division splits and tiebreakers aren’t applied.