1955 Whitworth Pirates football team

1955 Whitworth Pirates football
Evergreen champion
ConferenceEvergreen Conference
Record9–0 (6–0 Evergreen)
Head coach
Seasons
← 1954
1956 →
1955 Evergreen Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Whitworth $ 6 0 0 9 0 0
Pacific Lutheran 5 1 0 5 3 0
Puget Sound 4 2 0 6 2 0
Eastern Washington 3 3 0 4 4 0
Central Washington 2 4 0 2 6 0
UBC 1 5 0 ? ? ?
Western Washington 0 6 0 1 7 0
  • $ – Conference champion

The 1955 Whitworth Pirates football team was an American football team represented Whitworth University of Spokane, Washington, as a member of the Evergreen Conference during the 1955 college football season. In their fourth year under head coach James Lounsberry, the Pirates compiled a perfect 9–0 record (6–0 against conference opponents), won the Evergreen Conference championship, and outscored opponents by a total of 185 to 34.[1]

Between November 14, 1953, and September 29, 1956, the Pirates won 21 consecutive games, including back-to-back perfect seasons in 1954 and 1955.[2]

  1. ^ "1955 - Whitworth". College Football Data Warehouse. Archived from the original on September 18, 2015. Retrieved May 10, 2023.
  2. ^ "Whitworth Considered For Tangerine Bowl". Spokane Daily Chronicle. November 25, 1955. p. 8 – via Newspapers.com.