1955 Pacific Tigers football team

1955 Pacific Tigers football
ConferenceIndependent
Record5–4
Head coach
Home stadiumPacific Memorial Stadium
1955 Western college football independents records
Conf. Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Long Beach State   –   5 – 2 – 0
Hawaii   –   7 – 4 – 0
San Jose State   –   5 – 3 – 1
Cal Poly San Dimas   –   4 – 3 – 0
La Verne   –   5 – 4 – 0
Pacific (CA)   –   5 – 4 – 0
Air Force   –   4 – 4 – 0
Pepperdine   –   5 – 5 – 0
Los Angeles State   –   3 – 6 – 0
Santa Barbara   –   3 – 6 – 0
UC Riverside   –   1 – 3 – 1

The 1955 Pacific Tigers football team represented the College of the Pacific (COP)—now known as the University of the Pacific—as an independent during the 1955 college football season. Led by third-year head coach Jack Myers, the Tigers compiled a record of 5–4 and outscored opponents 132 to 121. The team played home games at Pacific Memorial Stadium in Stockton, California.

Schedule

DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 17at Stanford
L 14–3325,000[1]
September 24at No. 19 Purdue
L 7–1444,500[2]
October 1Cincinnati
W 27–1414,500[3]
October 8at Idaho
W 20–09,500[4][5]
October 15Oregon State
  • Pacific Memorial Stadium
  • Stockton, CA
W 13–722,500[6]
October 22at San Jose State
W 14–718,313[7]
October 29Washington State
  • Pacific Memorial Stadium
  • Stockton, CA
W 30–012,000[8]
November 5No. 5 UCLA
  • Pacific Memorial Stadium
  • Stockton, CA
L 0–3426,000[9]
November 19at Texas Tech
L 7–1316,500[10]

Team players in the NFL

The following College of the Pacific players were selected in the 1956 NFL draft.[13][14][15]

Player Position Round Overall NFL team
A.D. Williams End – Flanker 3 32 Los Angeles Rams
Gene Cronin Defensive end – Linebacker – Guard 7 74 Detroit Lions

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

Player Position First NFL team
Clyde Conner End 1956 San Francisco 49ers

References

  1. ^ "Stanford wins opener, 33–14". Santa Barbara News-Press. September 18, 1955. Retrieved January 18, 2026 – via Newspapers.com.
  2. ^ "It's a struggle". Tulsa World. September 25, 1955. Retrieved January 18, 2026 – via Newspapers.com.
  3. ^ "COP impresses in easy victory over Cincy". The Fresno Bee. October 2, 1955. Retrieved January 18, 2026 – via Newspapers.com.
  4. ^ "COP Tigers crush Idaho, 20–0". Lewiston Morning Tribune. Idaho. Associated Press. October 9, 1955. p. 11.
  5. ^ Boni, Bill (October 9, 1955). "Rough, tough Tigers humble Idaho, 20–0". Spokesman-Review. Spokane, Washington. p. 2, sports.
  6. ^ "Oregon State suffers 13–7 defeat by COP". The Los Angeles Times. October 16, 1955. Retrieved January 18, 2026 – via Newspapers.com.
  7. ^ "Pacific edges San Jose State, 14 to 7, in rousing battle". San Francisco Chronicle. October 23, 1955. Retrieved January 18, 2026 – via Newspapers.com.
  8. ^ "COP routs WSC for 5th in row". Oakland Tribune. October 30, 1955. Retrieved January 18, 2026 – via Newspapers.com.
  9. ^ "COP finds Bruins are not in same grid set, suffer 34–0 walloping". The Fresno Bee. November 6, 1955. Retrieved January 18, 2026 – via Newspapers.com.
  10. ^ "Texas Tech cops 13–7 victory over Pacific". The Times-Herald. November 20, 1955. Retrieved April 6, 2025 – via Newspapers.com.
  11. ^ "1955 Pacific Tigers Schedule and Results". College Football at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference. Retrieved April 7, 2025.
  12. ^ "1955-56 Pacific Tigers; Schedule/Results". National Collegiate Athletic Association. Retrieved April 9, 2025.
  13. ^ "1956 NFL Draft". Archived from the original on November 26, 2010. Retrieved December 7, 2016.
  14. ^ "Pacific Players/Alumni". Retrieved January 30, 2017.
  15. ^ "Draft History: U. of Pacific". Retrieved March 18, 2017.
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