1955_Pacific_Tigers_football_team

1955 Pacific Tigers football team

1955 Pacific Tigers football team

American college football season

The 1955 Pacific Tigers football team represented the College of the Pacific[note 1] during the 1955 college football season.

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Pacific competed as an independent in 1955. They played home games in Pacific Memorial Stadium[note 2] in Stockton, California. In their third season under head coach Jack Myers, the Tigers finished with a record of five wins and four losses (5–4). For the season they outscored their opponents 132–121.

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Team players in the NFL

The following College of the Pacific players were selected in the 1956 NFL Draft.[6][7][8]

PlayerPositionRoundOverallNFL team
A.D. WilliamsEnd – Flanker332Los Angeles Rams
Gene CroninDefensive end – Linebacker – Guard774Detroit Lions

The following finished their college career in 1955, were not drafted, but played in the NFL.

PlayerPositionFirst NFL team
Clyde ConnerEnd1956 San Francisco 49ers

Notes

  1. [N 1]
    University of the Pacific (UOP) was known as College of the Pacific from 1911 to 1961.
  2. [N 2]
    Amos Alonzo Stagg Memorial Stadium was known as Pacific Memorial Stadium from its opening in 1950 through 1987.

References

  1. [1]
    "COP Tigers crush Idaho, 20-0". Lewiston Morning Tribune. (Idaho). Associated Press. October 9, 1955. p. 11.
  2. [2]
    Boni, Bill (October 9, 1955). "Rough, tough Tigers humble Idaho, 20-0". Spokesman-Review. (Spokane, Washington). p. 2, sports.
  3. [3]
    "Football Scores". The San Bernardino County Sun. San Bernardino, California. October 16, 1955. p. 45. Retrieved October 31, 2017 – via Newspapers.com.Open access icon
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    "Football Scores". The San Bernardino County Sun. San Bernardino, California. October 30, 1955. p. 25. Retrieved October 31, 2017 – via Newspapers.com.Open access icon
  5. [5]
    "1955 - Pacific (CA)". College Football Data Warehouse. Archived from the original on September 10, 2015. Retrieved January 30, 2017.
  6. [6]
    "1956 NFL Draft". Archived from the original on November 26, 2010. Retrieved December 7, 2016.
  7. [7]
    "Pacific Players/Alumni". Retrieved January 30, 2017.
  8. [8]
    "Draft History: U. of Pacific". Retrieved March 18, 2017.
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