1955 Pacific Tigers football team

The 1955 Pacific Tigers football team represented the College of the Pacific[note 1] during the 1955 college football season.

1955 Pacific Tigers football
Conference	Independent
1955 record	5–4
Head coach	Jack Myers (3rd season)
Home stadium	Pacific Memorial Stadium

1955 Western college football independents records
	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
Long Beach State			–					5	–	2	–	0
San Jose State			–					5	–	3	–	1
La Verne			–					5	–	4	–	0
Pacific (CA)			–					5	–	4	–	0
Hawaii			–					7	–	4	–	0
Cal Poly San Dimas			–					4	–	3	–	0
UC Riverside			–					1	–	3	–	1

Pacific competed as an independent in 1955. They played home games in Pacific Memorial Stadium[note 2] in Stockton, California. In their third season under head coach Jack Myers, the Tigers finished with a record of five wins and four losses (5–4). For the season they outscored their opponents 132–121.

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Site	Result	Attendance
September 17	at Stanford	Stanford Stadium Stanford, CA	L 14–33
September 24	at No. 19 Purdue	Ross–Ade Stadium West Lafayette, IN	L 7–14
October 1	Cincinnati	Pacific Memorial Stadium Stockton, CA	W 27–14
October 8	at Idaho	Neale Stadium Moscow, ID	W 20–0
October 15	Oregon State	Pacific Memorial Stadium Stockton, CA	W 13–7[1]
October 22	at San Jose State[note 3]	Spartan Stadium San Jose, CA	W 14–7
October 29	Washington State	Pacific Memorial Stadium Stockton, CA	W 30–0[2]	12,000
November 5	No. 5 UCLA	Pacific Memorial Stadium Stockton, CA	L 0–34	26,000
November 19	at Texas Tech	Jones Stadium Lubbock, TX	L 7–13	16,500
Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

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Team players in the NFL

The following College of the Pacific players were selected in the 1956 NFL Draft.[4][5][6]

Player	Position	Round	Overall	NFL team
A.D. Williams	End – Flanker	3	32	Los Angeles Rams
Gene Cronin	Defensive end – Linebacker – Guard	7	74	Detroit Lions

The following finished their college career in 1955, were not drafted, but played in the NFL.

Player	Position	First NFL team
Clyde Conner	End	1956 San Francisco 49ers

Notes

1. University of the Pacific (UOP) was known as College of the Pacific from 1911 to 1961.
2. Amos Alonzo Stagg Memorial Stadium was known as Pacific Memorial Stadium from its opening in 1950 through 1987.
3. San Jose State University was known as San Jose State College from 1935 to 1971.

References

1. "Football Scores". The San Bernardino County Sun. San Bernardino, California. October 16, 1955. p. 45. Retrieved October 31, 2017 – via Newspapers.com.
2. "Football Scores". The San Bernardino County Sun. San Bernardino, California. October 30, 1955. p. 25. Retrieved October 31, 2017 – via Newspapers.com.
3. "1955 - Pacific (CA)". College Football Data Warehouse. Retrieved January 30, 2017.
4. "1956 NFL Draft". Retrieved December 7, 2016.
5. "Pacific Players/Alumni". Retrieved January 30, 2017.
6. "Draft History: U. of Pacific". Retrieved March 18, 2017.