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1955 Vanderbilt Commodores football team

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1955 Southeastern Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
No. 10 Ole Miss $ 5 1 0 10 1 0
No. 8 Auburn 5 2 1 8 2 1
No. 7 Georgia Tech 4 1 1 9 1 1
Tennessee 3 2 1 6 3 1
Vanderbilt 4 3 0 8 3 0
Mississippi State 4 4 0 6 4 0
Kentucky 3 3 1 6 3 1
Tulane 3 3 1 5 4 1
LSU 2 3 1 3 5 2
Florida 3 5 0 4 6 0
Georgia 2 5 0 4 6 0
Alabama 0 7 0 0 10 0
  • $ – Conference champion
Rankings from AP Poll

The 1955 Vanderbilt Commodores football team represented Vanderbilt University during the 1955 college football season. The team's head coach was Art Guepe, who was in his 3rd year as the Commodores' head coach. Members of the Southeastern Conference, the Commodores played their home games at Dudley Field in Nashville, Tennessee. In 1955, Vanderbilt went 8–3–0 overall with a conference record of 4–3–0 this was the best SEC record for Vandy until 2012 when they had an SEC record of 5–3–0. The team was led by Don Orr and Charley Horton.

Schedule

September 24at Georgia

L 13–14 October 1Alabama

W 21–6 October 8Ole Miss

  • Dudley Field
  • Nashville, Tennessee (Rivalry)

L 0–13 October 14at Chattanooga*

W 12–0 October 22Middle Tennessee State*

  • Dudley Field
  • Nashville, Tennessee

W 20–13 October 29Virginia*

  • Dudley Field
  • Nashville, Tennessee

W 34–7 November 5Kentuckydagger

  • Dudley Field
  • Nashville, Tennessee (Rivalry)

W 34–0 November 7at Tulane

W 20–7 November 19Florida

  • Dudley Field
  • Nashville, Tennessee

W 21–6 November 26TennesseeNo. 19

L 14–20 December 31vs. No. 8 Auburn*

W 25–13

Template:CFB Schedule End [1]

References