1955 Mississippi State Maroons football team

1955 Mississippi State Maroons football
Conference	Southeastern Conference
1955 record	6–4 (4–4 SEC)
Head coach	Darrell Royal (2nd year)
Home stadium	Scott Field (Capacity: 35,000)

1955 SEC football standings
	Conf					Overall
Team	W		L		T	W		L		T
#10 Ole Miss $	5	–	1	–	0	10	–	1	–	0
#8 Auburn	5	–	1	–	1	8	–	2	–	1
#7 Georgia Tech	4	–	1	–	1	9	–	1	–	1
Tennessee	3	–	2	–	1	6	–	3	–	1
Vanderbilt	4	–	3	–	0	8	–	3	–	0
Mississippi State	4	–	4	–	0	6	–	4	–	0
Kentucky	3	–	3	–	1	6	–	3	–	1
Tulane	3	–	3	–	1	5	–	4	–	1
LSU	2	–	3	–	1	3	–	5	–	2
Florida	3	–	5	–	0	4	–	6	–	0
Georgia	2	–	5	–	0	4	–	6	–	0
Alabama	0	–	7	–	0	0	–	10	–	0

$ – Conference champion Rankings from AP Poll

The 1955 Mississippi State Maroons football team represented Mississippi State College during the 1955 college football season. After the season, head coach Darrell Royal left to take the job at Washington.^[1]

Schedule

Date	Opponent^#	Rank^#	Site	Result
September 17	at Florida		Florida Field • Gainesville, FL	L 14–20
September 24	at Tennessee		Neyland Stadium • Knoxville, TN	W 13–7
October 1	Memphis State*		Scott Field • Starkville, MS	W 33–0
October 8	Tulane		Scott Field • Starkville, MS	W 14–0
October 15	at No. 20 Kentucky		Commonwealth Stadium • Lexington, KY (Rivalry)	W 20–14
October 22	at Alabama		Denny Stadium • Tuscaloosa, AL (Rivalry)	W 26–7
October 29	North Texas State*		Scott Field • Starkville, MS	W 20–7
November 5	at No. 14 Auburn	No. 20	Cliff Hare Stadium • Auburn, AL	L 26–27
November 12	at LSU	No. 18	Tiger Stadium • Baton Rouge, LA (Rivalry)	L 7–34
November 26	No. 15 Ole Miss		Scott Field • Starkville, MS (Egg Bowl)	L 0–26
*Non-conference game. Homecoming. ^#Rankings from AP Poll. All times are in Central Time.

↑ "Washington hiers Darrell Royal". news.google.com. Ludington Daily News. 1956-02-28.
↑ College Football @ Sports-Reference.com. Retrieved December 26, 2015

Mississippi State Bulldogs football

Venues	Davis Wade Stadium (1914–present)

Bowls & rivalries	Bowl games Alabama Kentucky LSU Ole Miss: Egg Bowl

Culture & lore	Bully "Hail State" Famous Maroon Band

People	Head coaches NFL draftees Statistical leaders

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