1955 Mississippi State Maroons football team

1955 Mississippi State Maroons football
ConferenceSoutheastern Conference
Record6–4 (4–4 SEC)
Head coach
Home stadiumScott Field
Seasons
← 1954
1956 →
1955 Southeastern Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
No. 10 Ole Miss $ 5 1 0 10 1 0
No. 8 Auburn 5 2 1 8 2 1
No. 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. The team was led by second-year head coach Darrell Royal and compiled a 6–4 record, sixth in the Southeastern Conference.

Halfback Art Davis was named to the FWAA/Look Magazine All America Team and voted their College "Player of the Year". Guard Scott Suber was named to the first team NEA All America Team.

After the season, Royal left in late February to become the head football coach at the University of Washington.[1][2][3]

  1. ^ "Royal hired as UW coach". Spokesman-Review. (Spokane, Washington). Associated Press. February 29, 1956. p. 21.
  2. ^ "Royal gets 4-year contract; $17,000". Eugene Register-Guard. (Oregon). Associated Press. March 1, 1956. p. 3D.
  3. ^ "Washington hires Darrell Royal". news.google.com. Ludington Daily News. February 28, 1956.