1955 Texas A&M

7–⁠2–⁠1 (4–⁠1–⁠1 Southwest Conference), coached by Bear Bryant, finished No. 17 in the AP poll. Share

Schedule and results

Biggest winBeat LSU 28–⁠0Sep 24
By 28 points, its widest win.

Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below.

Date	Opponent	Result
Sep 16	atUCLA	L 0–⁠21	14%
Sep 24	vsLSU	W 28–⁠0	44%
Oct 1	vsHouston	W 21–⁠3	48%
Oct 8	atNebraska	W 27–⁠0	44%
Oct 15	atTCU	W 19–⁠16	27%
Oct 22	vsBaylor	W 19–⁠7	48%
Oct 29	atArkansas	T 7–⁠7	46%
Nov 5	vsSMU	W 13–⁠2	56%
Nov 12	atRice	W 20–⁠12	53%
Nov 24	vsTexas	L 6–⁠21	71%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Lost to Texas 21–⁠6; No. 17 in the final AP poll; 2nd in the Southwest Conference.

In program history: The 62nd-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 125 on file).

AP poll, week by week

Wk 5: 19
Wk 6: 12
Wk 7: 11
Wk 8: 12
Wk 9: 9
Wk 10: 8
Wk 11: 8
Final: 17

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: 7–⁠2–⁠1
Conference: 4–⁠1–⁠1 2nd in Southwest Conference
AP final: No. 17 peak No. 8
Points: 160–⁠89
Coach: Bear Bryant
Elo: 1576 +150 this season
SP+ rating: —
SRS: 17.9 No. 8 of 110 major-college teams
Recruiting class: —

All-Southwest Conference

2 first team, 2 second team

First team

Gene StallingsEAP-1
Dennis GoehringOGAP-1

Second team

Jack PardeeBAP-2
Jack PowellOTAP-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 Southwest Conference standings

Team	Conf.	Overall	AP final
TCU	5–⁠1	9–⁠2	6
Texas A&M	4–⁠1–⁠1	7–⁠2–⁠1	17
Texas	4–⁠2	5–⁠5
Arkansas	3–⁠2–⁠1	5–⁠4–⁠1
Baylor	2–⁠4	5–⁠5
SMU	2–⁠4	4–⁠6
Rice	0–⁠6	2–⁠7–⁠1

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