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1955 California Golden Bears football
Conference Pacific Coast Conference
Record2–7–1 (1–5–1 PCC)
Head coach
Home stadium California Memorial Stadium
Seasons
←  1954
1956 →
1955 Pacific Coast Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
No. 4 UCLA $ 6 – 0 – 0 9 – 2 – 0
Oregon State 5 – 2 – 0 6 – 3 – 0
No. 16 Stanford 3 – 2 – 1 6 – 3 – 1
Oregon 4 – 3 – 0 6 – 4 – 0
Washington 4 – 3 – 1 5 – 4 – 1
No. 13 USC 3 – 3 – 0 6 – 4 – 0
California 1 – 5 – 1 2 – 7 – 1
Washington State 1 – 5 – 1 1 – 7 – 2
Idaho 0 – 4 – 0 2 – 7 – 0
  • $ – Conference champion
Rankings from AP Poll

The 1955 California Golden Bears football team was an American football team that represented the University of California, Berkeley in the Pacific Coast Conference (PCC) during the 1955 college football season. Under ninth-year head coach Pappy Waldorf, the Golden Bears compiled an overall record of 2–7–1 (1–5–1 in PCC, seventh). [1] [2] Home games were played on campus at California Memorial Stadium in Berkeley, California.

Schedule

DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 17at Pittsburgh*
L 7–2734,976 [3]
September 24 Illinois*
L 13–2032,000 [4]
October 1 Penn*
  • California Memorial Stadium
  • Berkeley, CA
W 27–721,000 [5] [6]
October 8 Washington State
  • California Memorial Stadium
  • Berkeley, CA
T 20–2033,000 [7]
October 15at Oregon
L 0–2121,515 [8]
October 22No. 10 USC
  • California Memorial Stadium
  • Berkeley, CA
L 6–3351,000 [9]
October 29at No. 6 UCLA
L 0–4756,980 [10]
November 5 Washington
  • California Memorial Stadium
  • Berkeley, CA
W 20–624,000 [11]
November 12 Oregon State
  • California Memorial Stadium
  • Berkeley, CA
L 14–1635,000 [12]
November 19at No. 18 Stanford
L 0–1991,500 [13]
  • *Non-conference game
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

[14]

References

  1. ^ "1955 California Golden Bears Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved October 21, 2016.
  2. ^ "California 2015 Football Information Guide" (PDF). CalBears.com. Cal Golden Bears Athletics. p. 164. Archived from the original (PDF) on October 26, 2016. Retrieved October 21, 2016.
  3. ^ "Pittsburgh vs California Summary of Football Game Statistics" (PDF). NCAA Football Statistics. NCAA. Archived from the original (PDF) on March 2, 2018. Retrieved February 26, 2018.
  4. ^ "California vs Illinois Summary of Football Game Statistics" (PDF). NCAA Football Statistics. NCAA. Archived from the original (PDF) on March 2, 2018. Retrieved February 26, 2018.
  5. ^ Selby, Don (October 2, 1955). "Bears Close Fast, Rip Penn, 27 to 7". San Francisco Examiner. San Francisco, Calif. sect. II, p. 12 – via Newspapers.com.
  6. ^ "California vs Pennsylvania Summary of Football Game Statistics" (PDF). NCAA Football Statistics. NCAA. Archived from the original (PDF) on March 2, 2018. Retrieved February 26, 2018.
  7. ^ "California vs Washington State Summary of Football Game Statistics" (PDF). NCAA Football Statistics. NCAA. Archived from the original (PDF) on March 2, 2018. Retrieved February 26, 2018.
  8. ^ "Oregon vs California Summary of Football Game Statistics" (PDF). NCAA Football Statistics. NCAA. Archived from the original (PDF) on March 2, 2018. Retrieved February 26, 2018.
  9. ^ "California vs USC Summary of Football Game Statistics" (PDF). NCAA Football Statistics. NCAA. Archived from the original (PDF) on March 2, 2018. Retrieved February 26, 2018.
  10. ^ "UCLA vs California Summary of Football Game Statistics" (PDF). NCAA Football Statistics. NCAA. Archived from the original (PDF) on March 2, 2018. Retrieved February 26, 2018.
  11. ^ "California vs Washington Summary of Football Game Statistics" (PDF). NCAA Football Statistics. NCAA. Archived from the original (PDF) on March 2, 2018. Retrieved February 26, 2018.
  12. ^ "California vs Oregon State Summary of Football Game Statistics" (PDF). NCAA Football Statistics. NCAA. Archived from the original (PDF) on March 2, 2018. Retrieved February 26, 2018.
  13. ^ "Stanford vs California Summary of Football Game Statistics" (PDF). NCAA Football Statistics. NCAA. Archived from the original (PDF) on March 2, 2018. Retrieved February 26, 2018.
  14. ^ 2015 Football Information Guide (PDF). Cal Athletics. 2015. p. 164. Archived from the original (PDF) on October 26, 2016.


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