1955 West Virginia Mountaineers football team

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1955 West Virginia Mountaineers football
SoCon champion
ConferenceSouthern Conference
Ranking
CoachesNo. 17
APNo. 19
Record8–2 (4–0 SoCon)
Head coach
Home stadiumMountaineer Field
Seasons
← 1954
1956 →
1955 Southern Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
No. 19 West Virginia $ 4 – 0 – 0 8 – 2 – 0
VPI 2 – 1 – 1 6 – 3 – 1
Davidson 3 – 2 – 0 5 – 4 – 0
George Washington 3 – 2 – 0 5 – 4 – 0
Richmond 3 – 2 – 2 4 – 3 – 2
The Citadel 2 – 2 – 0 5 – 4 – 0
Furman 1 – 1 – 0 1 – 9 – 0
William & Mary 1 – 3 – 1 1 – 7 – 1
VMI 1 – 6 – 0 1 – 9 – 0
Washington and Lee 0 – 1 – 0 0 – 7 – 0
  • $ – Conference champion
Rankings from
AP Poll

The 1955 West Virginia Mountaineers football team was an

AP Poll and No. 17 in the final Coaches Poll
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Schedule

DateTimeOpponentRankSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 24Richmond
W 33–1221,000[1]
October 1Wake Forest*No. 13
  • Mountaineer Field
  • Morgantown, WV
W 46–025,000[2]
October 81:45 p.m.vs. VMINo. 11
W 47–1211,000[3][4]
October 15William & MaryNo. 10
  • Mountaineer Field
  • Morgantown, WV
W 39–1322,000[5]
October 22Penn State*No. 8
  • Mountaineer Field
  • Morgantown, WV (rivalry)
W 21–734,400[6]
October 29at
Milwaukee, WI
W 39–016,000[7]
November 4at George WashingtonNo. 7
W 13–722,500[8]
November 12at No. 17 Pittsburgh*No. 6
L 7–2657,996[9]
November 19Syracuse*No. 13
  • Mountaineer Field
  • Morgantown, WV (rivalry)
L 13–2022,000[10]
November 25at NC State*
W 27–74,500[11]
  • *Non-conference game
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game
  • All times are in Eastern time

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