1955 Army Cadets football team

The 1955 Army Cadets football team represented the United States Military Academy in the 1955 college football season. In their 15th year under head coach Earl Blaik, the Cadets compiled a 6–3 record and outscored all opponents by a combined total of 256 to 72.^[1] In the annual Army–Navy Game, the Cadets defeated the Midshipmen by a 14 to 6 score. The Cadets also lost to Michigan, Syracuse, and Yale.^[2]

1955 Army Cadets football
Conference	Independent
Ranking
Coaches	No. 15
AP	No. 20
Record	6–3
Head coach	Earl Blaik (15th season)
Captain	Pat Uebel
Home stadium	Michie Stadium
Seasons ← 1954 1956 →

1955 Eastern college football independents records

v t e	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
Alfred			–					8	–	0	–	0
Drexel			–					8	–	0	–	0
Trinity (CT)			–					7	–	0	–	0
Juniata			–					8	–	0	–	1
Carnegie Tech			–					5	–	1	–	1
Tufts			–					5	–	2	–	0
Boston College			–					5	–	2	–	1
No. 20 Army			–					6	–	3	–	0
Colgate			–					6	–	3	–	0
No. 11 Pittsburgh			–					7	–	4	–	0
Holy Cross			–					6	–	4	–	0
Syracuse			–					5	–	3	–	0
Penn State			–					5	–	4	–	0
Buffalo			–					4	–	4	–	1
Hofstra			–					3	–	6	–	0
Bucknell			–					2	–	6	–	1
Boston University			–					2	–	6	–	0
Franklin & Marshall			–					2	–	6	–	0
Villanova			–					1	–	9	–	0
Temple			–					0	–	8	–	0
Rankings from AP Poll

No Army players were honored on the 1955 College Football All-America Team.

Schedule

Date	Time	Opponent	Rank	Site	TV	Result	Attendance	Source
September 24		Furman	No. 14	Michie Stadium West Point, NY		W 81–0	17,000	^[3]
October 1		No. 18 Penn State	No. 6	Michie Stadium West Point, NY		W 35–6	24,200
October 8		at No. 2 Michigan	No. 6	Michigan Stadium Ann Arbor, MI		L 2–26	97,366	^[4]
October 15		Syracuse	No. 18	Michie Stadium West Point, NY		L 0–13	12,500
October 22		Columbia		Michie Stadium West Point, NY		W 45–0	22,500	^[5]
October 29		Colgate		Michie Stadium West Point, NY		W 27–7	24,700	^[6]
November 5		at Yale	No. 19	Yale Bowl New Haven, CT		L 12–14	61,000	^[7]
November 12		at Penn		Franklin Field Philadelphia, PA		W 40–0	27,170	^[8]
November 26	1:15 p.m.	vs. No. 11 Navy		Philadelphia Municipal Stadium Philadelphia, PA (Army–Navy Game)	NBC	W 14–6
Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game All times are in Eastern time

Game summaries

Navy

	1	2	3	4	Total
Navy	6	0	0	0	6
Army	0	0	7	7	14

Personnel

1955 Army Black Knights football team roster
Players			Coaches
Offense Pos. # Name Class G Ralph Chesnauskas Sr QB Don Holleder Sr   Peter Lash FB Pat Uebel Sr	Defense Pos. # Name Class	Special teams Pos. # Name Class	Head coach Earl Blaik Coordinators/assistant coaches Legend (C) Team captain (S) Suspended (I) Ineligible   Injured   Redshirt

References

1. . College Football Data Warehouse. David DeLassus. Archived from the original on September 5, 2015. Retrieved August 1, 2015.
2. "1955 Army Black Knights Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved August 1, 2015.
3. "Holleder plays quarterback as Army rips Furman, 81–0". The Baltimore Sun. September 25, 1955. Retrieved January 5, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
4. Tommy Devine (October 9, 1955). "Even Davy Couldn't Pin This Barr: Barr's 2 Tallies Pace M; Army Suffers 26-2 Setback". Detroit Free Press. pp. 1C, 4C – via Newspapers.com.
5. Werden, Lincoln A. (October 23, 1955). "Cadets' Power on Ground Crushes Columbia, 45 to 0". The New York Times. New York, N.Y. p. S1.
6. Young, Dick (October 30, 1955). "Holleder Big Gun as Army Rolls over Colgate, 27-7". Sunday News. New York, N.Y. p. 104 – via Newspapers.com.
7. Young, Dick (November 6, 1955). "Underdog Bulldog Takes Army, 14-12". Sunday News. New York, N.Y. p. 112 – via Newspapers.com.
8. Ward, Gene (November 13, 1955). "Army in 40-0 Workout". Sunday News. New York, N.Y. p. 105 – via Newspapers.com.