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1955 Mississippi State Maroons football team

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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.

Record6–4 (4–4 SEC)
Headcoach
HomestadiumScott Field
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1955 Mississippi State Maroons football
ConferenceSoutheastern Conference
Record6–4 (4–4 SEC)
Head coach
Home stadiumScott Field
Seasons
← 1954
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1955 Southeastern Conference football standings
Conf.Overall
TeamW L TW L T
No. 10 Ole Miss $5–1–010–1–0
No. 8 Auburn5–2–18–2–1
No. 7 Georgia Tech4–1–19–1–1
Tennessee3–2–16–3–1
Vanderbilt4–3–08–3–0
Mississippi State4–4–06–4–0
Kentucky3–3–16–3–1
Tulane3–3–15–4–1
LSU2–3–13–5–2
Florida3–5–04–6–0
Georgia2–5–04–6–0
Alabama0–7–00–10–0
  • $ – Conference champion
Rankings from AP Poll
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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]

Schedule

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DateOpponentRankSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 17at FloridaL 14–2029,000[4]
September 24at TennesseeW 13–716,500[5]
October 1Memphis State*W 33–0[6]
October 8Tulane
  • Scott Field
  • Starkville, MS
W 14–020,000[7]
October 15at No. 20 KentuckyW 20–14[8]
October 22at AlabamaW 26–728,000[9][10]
October 29North Texas State*
  • Scott Field
  • Starkville, MS
W 20–713,000[11]
November 5at No. 14 AuburnNo. 20L 26–2734,000[12]
November 12at LSUNo. 18L 7–34[13]
November 26No. 15 Ole Miss
L 0–2636,000[14]
  • *Non-conference game
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game
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[15]

After the season

NFL draft

The following Maroons were selected in the 1956 NFL draft after the season.[16]

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Round Pick Player Position NFL team
15Art DavisHalfbackPittsburgh Steelers
21247Jim HarnessBackBaltimore Colts
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