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1955 West Virginia

8–⁠2 (4–⁠0 Southern Conference), coached by Art Lewis, finished No. 19 in the AP poll.

Schedule and results

West Virginia in 1955, game by game: won vs. Richmond 33–12; won vs. Wake Forest 46–0; won vs. VMI 47–12; won vs. William & Mary 39–13; won vs. Penn State 21–7; won at Marquette 39–0; won at George Washington 13–7; lost at Pittsburgh 7–26; lost vs. Syracuse 13–20; won at NC State 27–7+46−19Won 33–12 vs. Richmond+21RichmondWon 46–0 vs. Wake Forest+46Wake ForestWon 47–12 vs. VMI+35VMIWon 39–13 vs. William & Mary+26William & MaryWon 21–7 vs. Penn State+14Penn StateWon 39–0 at Marquette+39MarquetteWon 13–7 at George Washington+6George Washingt…Lost 7–26 at Pittsburgh-19PittsburghLost 13–20 vs. Syracuse-7SyracuseWon 27–7 at NC State+20NC State
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below.
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 24vsRichmondW 33–⁠1277%
Oct 1vsWake ForestW 46–⁠075%
Oct 8vsVMIW 47–⁠1285%
Oct 15vsWilliam & MaryW 39–⁠1384%
Oct 22vsPenn StateW 21–⁠768%
Oct 29atMarquetteW 39–⁠074%
Nov 4atGeorge WashingtonW 13–⁠763%
Nov 12atPittsburghL 7–⁠2663%
Nov 19vsSyracuseL 13–⁠2068%
Nov 25atNC StateW 27–⁠767%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Beat NC State 27–⁠7; No. 19 in the final AP poll; Southern Conference champions.

In program history: The 14th-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 124 on file).

AP poll, week by week

  1. Wk 1: 19
  2. Wk 3: 13
  3. Wk 4: 11
  4. Wk 5: 10
  5. Wk 6: 8
  6. Wk 7: 7
  7. Wk 8: 7
  8. Wk 9: 6
  9. Wk 10: 13
  10. Final: 19

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.

Southern Conference champions4–⁠0 in the conference

Consensus All-AmericanBruce Bosley, OT

Record
8–⁠2
Conference
4–⁠0 first in Southern Conference
AP final
No. 19 peak No. 6
Points
285–⁠104
Coach
Art Lewis
Elo
1659 +48 this season
SP+ rating
—
SRS
11.6 No. 21 of 110 major-college teams
Recruiting class
—

Drafted in 1956

The 1956 draft
Rd 1Joe Marconi FBLos Angeles Rams
Rd 2Bruce Bosley OTSan Francisco 49ers
Rd 3Sam Huff LBNew York Giants
Rd 3Fred Wyant BWashington Redskins
Rd 4Bobby Moss BCleveland Browns

All-Southern Conference

4 first team, 3 second team

First team

Second team

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

1955 Southern Conference standings

TeamConf.OverallAP final
West Virginia4–⁠08–⁠219
Virginia Tech2–⁠1–⁠16–⁠3–⁠1
George Washington3–⁠25–⁠4
Richmond3–⁠2–⁠24–⁠3–⁠2
Davidson2–⁠25–⁠4
The Citadel2–⁠25–⁠4
Furman1–⁠11–⁠9
William & Mary1–⁠3–⁠11–⁠7–⁠1
VMI1–⁠61–⁠9

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