1955 Tennessee Tech Golden Eagles football team
American college football season
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The 1955 Tennessee Tech Golden Eagles football team represented Tennessee Polytechnic Institute (TPI)—now known as Tennessee Tech–as a member of the Ohio Valley Conference (OVC) during the 1955 college football season. Led by second-year head coach Wilburn Tucker, the Golden Eagles compiled an overall record of 7–3 with a mark of 5–0 in conference play, winning the OVC title. The team's co-captains were Dean Kirk and Joe Mac Reeves.[1]
ConferenceOhio Valley Conference
Record7–3 (5–0 OVC)
Headcoach
- Wilburn Tucker (2nd season)
Captains
- Dean Kirk
- Joe Mac Reeves
| 1955 Tennessee Tech Golden Eagles football | |
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OVC champion | |
| Conference | Ohio Valley Conference |
| Record | 7–3 (5–0 OVC) |
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| Home stadium | Overall Field |
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| Team | W | L | T | W | L | T | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Tennessee Tech $ | 5 | – | 0 | – | 0 | 7 | – | 3 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Middle Tennessee | 4 | – | 1 | – | 0 | 7 | – | 2 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Eastern Kentucky | 3 | – | 2 | – | 0 | 5 | – | 4 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Murray State | 2 | – | 3 | – | 0 | 6 | – | 4 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Western Kentucky | 1 | – | 4 | – | 0 | 3 | – | 6 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Morehead State | 0 | – | 5 | – | 0 | 0 | – | 9 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Schedule
| Date | Time | Opponent | Site | Result | Attendance | Source |
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| September 17 | Florence State* |
| W 26–7 | 6,000 | [2] | |
| September 24 | Murray State |
| W 20–7 | 5,000 | [3] | |
| October 1 | at Morehead State | Morehead, KY | W 55–0 | [4] | ||
| October 8 | Eastern Kentucky |
| W 13–7 | 9,000 | [5] | |
| October 15 | at Memphis State* | L 12–20 | [6] | |||
| October 22 | at Western Kentucky | Bowling Green, KY | W 19–7 | [7] | ||
| October 29 | 7:00 p.m. | at East Tennessee State* | Johnson City, TN | L 6–14 | 3,000 | [8][9][10] |
| November 5 | Austin Peay* |
| W 37–7 | [11] | ||
| November 12 | Arkansas State* |
| L 20–27 | [12] | ||
| November 24 | at Middle Tennessee | W 55–14 | 10,000 | [13] | ||
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