1955 McMurry Indians football | |
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Texas Conference champion | |
Conference | Texas Conference |
Record | 8–2 (2–0 Texas) |
Head coach |
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Home stadium | Indian Stadium, Fair Park Stadium |
Conf | Overall | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Team | W | L | T | W | L | T | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
McMurry $ | 2 | – | 0 | – | 0 | 8 | – | 2 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Howard Payne | 1 | – | 1 | – | 0 | 6 | – | 2 | – | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Eastern New Mexico | 0 | – | 2 | – | 0 | 5 | – | 4 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The 1955 McMurry Indians football team represented McMurry College—now known as McMurry University—as a member of the Texas Conference during the 1955 college football season. Led by Douglas Cox in his first and only season as head coach, the Indians compiled an overall record of 8–2 with a mark of 2–0 in conference play, winning the Texas Conference title. [1]
Date | Time | Opponent | Site | Result | Attendance | Source |
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September 17 | at Gustavus Adolphus* |
| W 13–0 | [2] | ||
September 24 | 8:00 p.m. | at West Texas State* |
| L 0–6 | [3] [4] [5] | |
October 1 | 8:00 p.m. | at Sul Ross* | Alpine, TX | W 18–12 | [6] [7] | |
October 8 | at Midwestern (TX)* |
| W 21–20 | 6,000 | [8] [9] | |
October 15 | 8:00 p.m. | at Abilene Christian* |
| W 13–6 | 8,000 | [10] [11] [12] |
October 22 | at Cal Poly* | W 23–13 | 6,000 | [13] [14] | ||
October 29 | Eastern New Mexico |
| W 25–0 | 3,000 | [15] [16] | |
November 5 | 7:30 p.m. |
Howard Payne![]() |
| W 18–7 | 4,500 | [17] [18] |
November 12 | 8:00 p.m. | at North Texas State* | L 21–38 | [19] [20] | ||
November 19 | 8:00 p.m. | Missouri Valley* |
| W 14–6 | [21] [22] | |
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1955 McMurry Indians football | |
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Texas Conference champion | |
Conference | Texas Conference |
Record | 8–2 (2–0 Texas) |
Head coach |
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Home stadium | Indian Stadium, Fair Park Stadium |
Conf | Overall | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Team | W | L | T | W | L | T | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
McMurry $ | 2 | – | 0 | – | 0 | 8 | – | 2 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Howard Payne | 1 | – | 1 | – | 0 | 6 | – | 2 | – | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Eastern New Mexico | 0 | – | 2 | – | 0 | 5 | – | 4 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The 1955 McMurry Indians football team represented McMurry College—now known as McMurry University—as a member of the Texas Conference during the 1955 college football season. Led by Douglas Cox in his first and only season as head coach, the Indians compiled an overall record of 8–2 with a mark of 2–0 in conference play, winning the Texas Conference title. [1]
Date | Time | Opponent | Site | Result | Attendance | Source |
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September 17 | at Gustavus Adolphus* |
| W 13–0 | [2] | ||
September 24 | 8:00 p.m. | at West Texas State* |
| L 0–6 | [3] [4] [5] | |
October 1 | 8:00 p.m. | at Sul Ross* | Alpine, TX | W 18–12 | [6] [7] | |
October 8 | at Midwestern (TX)* |
| W 21–20 | 6,000 | [8] [9] | |
October 15 | 8:00 p.m. | at Abilene Christian* |
| W 13–6 | 8,000 | [10] [11] [12] |
October 22 | at Cal Poly* | W 23–13 | 6,000 | [13] [14] | ||
October 29 | Eastern New Mexico |
| W 25–0 | 3,000 | [15] [16] | |
November 5 | 7:30 p.m. |
Howard Payne![]() |
| W 18–7 | 4,500 | [17] [18] |
November 12 | 8:00 p.m. | at North Texas State* | L 21–38 | [19] [20] | ||
November 19 | 8:00 p.m. | Missouri Valley* |
| W 14–6 | [21] [22] | |
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