The 1955 Florida Gators football team represented the
University of Florida during the
1955 college football season. The season was
Bob Woodruff's sixth as the head coach of the Florida Gators football team. The Gators played their only eight-game
Southeastern Conference schedule before the 1990s, and probably the most difficult of the 1950s. The standout Gator players included offensive and defensive tackle
John Barrow, halfback and punter
Don Chandler, two-way halfback
Jackie Simpson and defensive back
John Symank. The highlights of the 1955 season included three conference victories over the
Mississippi State Maroons (20–14),
LSU Tigers (18–14), and
Georgia Bulldogs (19–13). The Gators closed out the season with a knife's edge 7–6 road loss to the
Miami Hurricanes in their home stadium in Miami, Florida. Woodruff's 1955 Florida Gators finished 4–6 overall and 3–5 in the SEC, placing tenth of twelve teams in the conference.[1]
The 1955 Florida Gators football team represented the
University of Florida during the
1955 college football season. The season was
Bob Woodruff's sixth as the head coach of the Florida Gators football team. The Gators played their only eight-game
Southeastern Conference schedule before the 1990s, and probably the most difficult of the 1950s. The standout Gator players included offensive and defensive tackle
John Barrow, halfback and punter
Don Chandler, two-way halfback
Jackie Simpson and defensive back
John Symank. The highlights of the 1955 season included three conference victories over the
Mississippi State Maroons (20–14),
LSU Tigers (18–14), and
Georgia Bulldogs (19–13). The Gators closed out the season with a knife's edge 7–6 road loss to the
Miami Hurricanes in their home stadium in Miami, Florida. Woodruff's 1955 Florida Gators finished 4–6 overall and 3–5 in the SEC, placing tenth of twelve teams in the conference.[1]