The 1955 BYU Cougars football team was an American football team that represented Brigham Young University (BYU) as a member of the Skyline Conference during the 1955 college football season. In their seventh and final season under head coach Chick Atkinson, the Cougars compiled an overall record of 1–9 with a mark of 0–7 against conference opponents, finished last out of eight teams in the Skyline, and were outscored by a total of 300 to 104.[1][2]
| 1955 BYU Cougars football | |
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| Conference | Skyline Conference |
| Record | 1–9 (0–7 Skyline Six) |
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| Home stadium | Cougar Stadium |
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| Team | W | L | T | W | L | T | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Colorado A&M $ | 6 | – | 1 | – | 0 | 8 | – | 2 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Utah | 4 | – | 1 | – | 0 | 6 | – | 3 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Denver | 5 | – | 2 | – | 0 | 8 | – | 2 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Wyoming | 5 | – | 2 | – | 0 | 8 | – | 3 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Utah State | 3 | – | 4 | – | 0 | 4 | – | 6 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Montana | 2 | – | 4 | – | 0 | 3 | – | 7 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| New Mexico | 1 | – | 5 | – | 0 | 2 | – | 8 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| BYU | 0 | – | 7 | – | 0 | 1 | – | 9 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The team's statistical leaders included Don Dixon with 335 passing yards, Phil Oyler with 366 rushing yards and 381 yards of total offense, Owen Skousen with 190 receiving yards, and LeGrand Young with 19 points scored.[3]
Schedule
edit| Date | Opponent | Site | Result | Attendance | Source | ||
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| September 17 | at Oregon State* | L 0–33 | 8,000 | ||||
| September 24 | Los Angeles State* |
| W 33–0 | ||||
| October 1 | at Montana | L 13–27 | |||||
| October 8 | at Utah | L 9–41 | |||||
| October 21 | at Denver | L 0–33 | 8,000 | [4] | |||
| October 29 | at Wyoming | L 6–14 | |||||
| November 5 | Utah State |
| L 21–47 | ||||
| November 11 | Idaho* |
| L 6–49 | [5][6] | |||
| November 19 | Colorado A&M |
| L 0–35 | ||||
| November 26 | at New Mexico | L 16–21 | [7] | ||||
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References
edit- ^ "1955 BYU Cougars Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved January 2, 2019.
- ^ "BYU Football 2015 Almanac" (PDF). Brigham Young University. 2015. p. 168. Archived from the original (PDF) on September 3, 2019. Retrieved January 2, 2019.
- ^ BYU Football 2015 Almanac, pp. 162-164.
- ^ "Denver Trounces BYU Eleven, 33-0". The Ogden Standard-Examiner. October 22, 1955. p. 7 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "UI wins first tilt, 49 to 6". Spokesman-Review. (Spokane, Washington). Associated Press. November 12, 1955. p. 10.
- ^ "Idaho wins first by wide edge; senior end suffers knee injury". Spokane Daily Chronicle. (Washington). November 12, 1955. p. 8.
- ^ J.D. Kailer (November 27, 1955). "New Mexico Edges Past Brigham Young, 21-16: Lobos End Losses In Season's Finale". Albuquerque Journal. p. 25 – via Newspapers.com.
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