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1955 College Football Season
The 1955 college football season was the 87th season of intercollegiate football in the United States. It concluded with two teams recognized as a national champion: * Oklahoma compiled an 11–0 record in its 11th season under Bud Wilkinson. The Sooners were ranked No. 1 in the final Associated Press (AP) and United Press (UP) coaches polls. Securing their claim as national champion, Oklahoma defeated No.2 Maryland, 20–6, in the Orange Bowl. The 1955 season was part of a 47-game winning streak that ran from October 10, 1953, to November 9, 1957. * Grambling compiled a 10–0 record in their 13th season under Eddie Robinson, defeated Florida A&M in the Orange Blossom Classic, and was selected as the black college national champion. Other teams compiling perfect seasons in 1955 included Miami (OH) (9–0, AP No. 15 under Ara Parseghian); Hillsdale (declined Tangerine Bowl bid after being told national scoring champion and African-American Nate Clark must stay home ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Howard Cassady
Howard Albert "Hopalong" Cassady (March 2, 1934 – September 20, 2019) was an American professional American football, football Halfback (American football), halfback and Wide receiver, split end who played in the National Football League (NFL). He played college football for the Ohio State Buckeyes football, Ohio State Buckeyes, where he won the Heisman Trophy in 1955. Cassady played in the NFL for eight seasons, seven of them for the Detroit Lions, with whom he won the 1957 NFL Championship Game. He was inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame in 1979. Early life Cassady was born in Columbus, Ohio and attended the now closed Central High School (Columbus, Ohio), Central High School. College career Cassady played football for the Ohio State Buckeyes football, Ohio State Buckeyes from 1952 to 1955. During his college career, he scored 37 touchdowns in 36 games. He also played defensive back; a pass was never completed on him in his four years at the university. He w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Perfect Season
A perfect season is a sports season, including any requisite playoff portion, in which a team remains and finishes undefeated and untied. The feat is extremely rare at the professional level of any team sport, but has occurred more commonly at the collegiate and scholastic levels in the United States. A perfect regular season (known by other names outside the United States) is a season ''excluding'' any playoffs, where a team remains undefeated and untied; it is less rare than a complete perfect season but still exceptional. A perfect season may be part of a multi-season winning streak, or even a streak of perfect seasons. Exhibition games are generally not counted toward standings, for or against. For example, the 1972 Miami Dolphins (below) lost three of their preseason ("exhibition" games in 1972 NFL vernacular) games but are considered to have had a perfect season. Basketball Basketball leagues outside the NBA tend to be shorter than the NBA's 82-game season, thus making ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jim Swink
Jim Swink (March 14, 1936 – December 3, 2014) was an American professional football player who was a halfback for the Dallas Texans of the American Football League (AFL). He was an All-American playing college football at Texas Christian University in Fort Worth, Texas. Swink grew up in Rusk, Texas, which inspired his nickname, "the Rusk Rambler". He is remembered as one of the greatest running backs in Southwest Conference history and led the Horned Frogs to win consecutive conference championships in 1955 and 1956. These victories resulted in trips to the Cotton Bowl Classic. Career Playing career Swink was named an All-American player in 1955 and 1956. His best season was in 1955, when he rushed for 1,283 yards (which was second-best in the nation) and led the country with 125 points scored. In just the first four games of that season he gained 484 yards and scored 10 touchdowns. His best performance that year was during the rival match with Texas in Austin. Durin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hank Burnine
Harold Henry "Hank" Burnine (November 9, 1932 – January 21, 2020) was an American professional football end who played two seasons in the National Football League (NFL) with the New York Giants and Philadelphia Eagles. He was selected by the Giants in the twelfth round of the 1955 NFL draft after playing college football at the University of Missouri. Early life Harold Henry Burnine was born on November 9, 1932, in Henrietta, Missouri. He attended Richmond High School in Richmond, Missouri. College career Burnine played for the Missouri Tigers from 1953 to 1955. He led the NCAA in receptions with 44 and in receiving yards with 594 his senior year in 1955 while also earning All-American honors. He recorded career totals of 75 receptions for 1,145 yards. Burnine was team captain his senior season and also played in the Blue–Gray Football Classic and Senior Bowl. He won two track letters for the Tigers as a broad jumper. He was inducted into the University of Missouri Inter ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Art Luppino
Arthur Luppino (born c. 1934), also known as "the Cactus Comet", was an American football player. He grew up in La Jolla, California, and played college football for the Arizona Wildcats football team. He twice led the NCAA major colleges in rushing yardage with 1,359 rushing yards in 1954 and 1,313 rushing yards in 1955. In 1954, he also broke the NCAA modern-era single-season scoring record with 166 points. Luppino became a school teacher in San Diego, retiring in the mid-90s. He also owned a martial arts studio and a gun shop. See also * List of NCAA major college football yearly rushing leaders * List of NCAA major college football yearly scoring leaders The list of NCAA major college football yearly scoring leaders identifies the NCAA major college scoring leaders. Beginning with the 1937 college football season, when the NCAA began maintaining official records, the list includes each year's le ... * List of NCAA major college yearly punt and kickoff return leaders ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Total Offense
Total offense, also called total yards, is a gridiron football statistic representing the total number of yards rushing and yards passing by a player or team. Total offense differs from yards from scrimmage, which gives credit for passing yardage to the person receiving the football rather than the person throwing the football. In football, progress is measured by advancing the Football (ball), football towards the opposing team's Goal line (American football), goal line. The team on offense can make progress during the play by advancing the ball from the line of scrimmage. When the offensive team advances the ball by rush (American football), rushing the football, the player who carries the ball is given credit for the net gain, measured in rushing yards. When the offensive team advances the ball by reception (American football), pass reception, the player who throws the ball earns passing yards and the player who receives the ball earns receiving yards. The total of rushing ya ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
George Welsh (American Football)
George Thomas Welsh (August 26, 1933 – January 2, 2019) was an American college football player and coach. He served as head football coach of the Navy Midshipmen football team of the United States Naval Academy from 1973 to 1981, and the Virginia Cavaliers football team of the University of Virginia from 1982 to 2000. Welsh retired as the winningest coach in ACC history. Although that record was later surpassed by Bobby Bowden of Florida State, Welsh remains far and away the most successful coach in UVA history (his 134 wins are more than double those of runner-up Al Groh). He was named ACC Coach of the Year four times (1983, 1984, 1991 and 1995) and National Coach of the Year once (1991). Upon Welsh's retirement after the 2000 season, his 189 career victories ranked him 24th in Division I-A history. Welsh was inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame as a coach in 2004. Early life and career Welsh was born in Coaldale, Pennsylvania. He played for the Navy Midsh ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Maxwell Award
The Maxwell Award is presented annually to the college football player judged by a panel of sportscasters, sportswriters, and National Collegiate Athletic Association head coaches and the membership of the Maxwell Football Club to be the best all-around in the United States. The award is named after Robert "Tiny" Maxwell, a Swarthmore College football player, coach, and sportswriter. Johnny Lattner (1952, 1953) and Tim Tebow (2007, 2008) are the only players to have won the award twice. Since 2014 (the beginning of the College Football Playoff era), the Maxwell Award winner has gone on to win the Heisman Trophy during the same voting cycle in every year except 2018 ( Tua Tagovailoa), 2023 (Michael Penix Jr.), and 2024 ( Ashton Jeanty). It is the college equivalent of the Bert Bell Award of the National Football League The National Football League (NFL) is a Professional gridiron football, professional American football league in the United States. Composed of 32 teams, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Heisman Trophy
The Heisman Memorial Trophy ( ; also known simply as the Heisman) is awarded annually since 1935 to the top player in college football. It is considered the most prestigious award in the sport and is presented by the Heisman Trophy Trust following the regular season in December. The most recent List of Heisman Trophy winners, winner is former Colorado Buffaloes football, Colorado Buffaloes cornerback and wide receiver Travis Hunter. The award was created by the Downtown Athletic Club to recognize "the most valuable college football player east of the Mississippi River, Mississippi" and was first awarded to University of Chicago halfback Jay Berwanger. The award was given its name in 1936 after the death of the club's athletic director John Heisman and broadened to include players west of the Mississippi. Winners USC Trojans football, USC has the most Heisman trophies won with eight; Ohio State, Oklahoma, and Notre Dame each have seven; Ohio State has had six different players wi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1955 Whitworth Pirates Football Team
The 1955 Whitworth Pirates football team was an American football team represented Whitworth University of Spokane, Washington Spokane ( ) is the most populous city in eastern Washington and the county seat of Spokane County, Washington, United States. It lies along the Spokane River, adjacent to the Selkirk Mountains, and west of the Rocky Mountain foothills, south o ..., 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. Between November 14, 1953, and September 29, 1956, the Pirates won 21 consecutive games, including back-to-back perfect seasons in 1954 and 1955. Schedule References {{Reflist 1955 Evergreen Conference football season, Whitworth Whitworth Pirates football seasons College football undefeated ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1955 Trinity Bantams Football Team
The 1955 Trinity Bantams football team was an American football team that represented Trinity College of Hartford, Connecticut, as an independent during the 1955 college football season. In their 21st season under head coach Dan Jessee, the Bantams compiled a perfect 7–0 record and outscored opponents by a total of 233 to 54. The season was part of a 15-game winning streak that began with the last game of the 1953 season and included back-to-back perfect seasons in 1954 and 1955. It was also one of several perfect seasons for the Trinity football program, including 1934, 1949, 1954, 1993, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2008, 2012, 2016, and 2022 Four Trinity players were selected by head coaches and sports writers as first-team players on the 1955 Connecticut Small College Football team. The honorees were: fullback Charlie Sticka; quarterback Bob Alexander; end Sam Niness; and tackle Gerry Channell. The team played its home games at Trinity Field in Hartford. Schedule References { ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nate Clark
Nathan Clark Jr. (February 28, 1933 – February 9, 2005) was an American football halfback who played college football at Hillsdale College from 1953 to 1956. He led Hillsdale to consecutive undefeated seasons in 1955 and 1956 and was selected as a first-team back on the Little All-America teams in both years. He also led the country in scoring with 144 points scored in 1955. Early years Clark was born in Hawkinsville, Georgia, and raised in Benton Harbor, Michigan. He overcame a speech impediment. He excelled in sports and appeared in every football game for Benton Harbor High School from 1949 to 1952. He was twice selected as an all-state player. He was also a Golden Gloves champion of Michigan. He compiled a 42–2 record as a boxer. Hillsdale College Clark enrolled at Hillsdale College in the fall of 1953. He was the scoring leader for Hillsdale in 1953 with six touchdowns and one extra point in seven games played. As a sophomore in 1954, he was the top scorer in the Mic ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
