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1955 Occidental Tigers Football Team
The 1955 Occidental Tigers football team represented Occidental College in the Southern California Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (SCIAC) during the 1955 college football season. In their 11th season under head coach Roy Dennis, the Tigers compiled a 6–2 record (2–2 against SCIAC opponents) and outscored opponents by a total of 141 to 69. The team played its home games at Patterson Field in Los Angeles. Two Occidental players were selected as first-team players on the 1955 All-SCIAC team: junior end Jim Mora and senior fullback Don Lyon. Three others were named to the second team: junior quarterback Jack Kemp, junior tackle Ron Botchan, and senior guard Manuel Murietta. Lyon led the SCIAC in rushing with 478 yards; Mora led the league in receiving with 19 catches for 319 yards; Kemp led the league with 70.1 passing yards per game. Three members of Occidental's 1955 team went on to play professional football: Jack Kemp; Jim Mora; and Ron Botchan. Schedule Refer ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Southern California Intercollegiate Athletic Conference
The Southern California Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (SCIAC) is a college athletic conference that operates in the NCAA's Division III. The conference was founded in 1915 and it consists of twelve small private schools that are located in southern California and organized into nine athletic programs. Claremont-Mudd-Scripps and Pomona-Pitzer are combined teams for sports purposes. The SCIAC currently sponsors men's baseball, men's and women's basketball, men's and women's cross country, football, men's and women's golf, women's lacrosse, men's and women's soccer, softball, men's and women's swimming and diving, men's and women's tennis, men's and women's track and field, women's volleyball and men's and women's water polo. History A forerunner conference to the SCIAC was the Intercollegiate Football Association of Southern California, which existed in the 1890s. It included Occidental, Caltech (then called Throop Polytechnic), USC, Chaffey College and Los Angeles H ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1955 Los Angeles State Diablos Football Team
The 1955 Los Angeles State Diablos football team represented Los Angeles State College—now known as California State University, Los Angeles—as a member of the California Collegiate Athletic Association (CCAA) during the 1955 college football season. Led by fifth-year head coach Leonard Adams, Los Angeles State compiled an overall record of 3–6 with a mark of 0–1 in conference play, placing fourth in the CCAA. The Diablos played home games at Snyder Stadium in Los Angeles Los Angeles ( ; es, Los Ángeles, link=no , ), often referred to by its initials L.A., is the largest city in the state of California and the second most populous city in the United States after New York City, as well as one of the world' .... Schedule Notes References {{Cal State Los Angeles Diablos football navbox Los Angeles State Cal State Los Angeles Diablos football seasons Los Angeles State Diablos football ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1955 Southern California Intercollegiate Athletic Conference Football Season
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