1955 Texas
5–5 (4–2 Southwest Conference), coached by Edwin Price. Share
Schedule and results
- Biggest winBeat Rice 32–14Oct 22
By 18 points, its widest win.
| Date | Opponent | Result | Elo |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 17 | vs Texas Tech | L 14–20 | 48% |
| Sep 24 | vs Tulane | W 35–21 | 70% |
| Sep 30 | at USC | L 7–19 | 32% |
| Oct 8 | vs Oklahoma | L 0–20 | 24% |
| Oct 15 | at Arkansas | L 20–27 | 38% |
| Oct 22 | vs Rice | W 32–14 | 43% |
| Oct 29 | at SMU | W 19–18 | 33% |
| Nov 5 | vs Baylor | W 21–20 | 56% |
| Nov 12 | vs TCU | L 20–47 | 41% |
| Nov 24 | at Texas A&M | W 21–6 | 29% |
Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.
How it ended: Beat Texas A&M 21–6; unranked in the final AP poll; 3rd in the Southwest Conference.
In program history: The 96th-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 126 on file).
- Record
- 5–5
- Conference
- 4–2 3rd in Southwest Conference
- AP final
- Unranked
- Points
- 189–212
- Coach
- Edwin Price
- Elo
- 1563 +18 this season
- SP+ rating
- —
- SRS
- 11.2 No. 24 of 110 major-college teams
- Recruiting class
- —
Drafted in 1956
The 1956 draft| Rd 1 | Menan Schriewer E | Chicago Bears |
| Rd 5 | Herb Gray E | Baltimore Colts |
All-Southwest Conference
3 first team, 2 second teamFirst team
Walter FondrenBAP-1- Menan SchriewerEAP-1
- Herb GrayOGAP-1
Second team
- Delano WomackBAP-2
- John TatumCAP-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.