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1955 Southwestern Louisiana Bulldogs football
ConferenceGulf States Conference
Record5–4 (3–3 GSC)
Head coach
Home stadiumMcNaspy Stadium
Seasons← 19541956 →
1955 Gulf States Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Louisiana Tech $ 6 – 0 – 0 9 – 1 – 0
McNeese State 5 – 1 – 0 7 – 1 – 1
Southeastern Louisiana 4 – 2 – 0 5 – 5 – 0
Southwestern Louisiana 3 – 3 – 0 5 – 4 – 0
Northwestern State 2 – 4 – 0 4 – 5 – 0
Northeast Louisiana State 1 – 5 – 0 4 – 6 – 0
Louisiana College 0 – 6 – 0 2 – 8 – 0
  • $ – Conference champion

The 1955 Southwestern Louisiana Bulldogs football team was an American football team that represented the Southwestern Louisiana Institute of Liberal and Technical Learning (now known as the University of Louisiana at Lafayette) in the Gulf States Conference during the 1955 college football season. In their fifth year under head coach Raymond Didier, the team compiled a 5–4 record.

Schedule

DateTimeOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 17at Lamar Tech*L 6–195,000
September 24at Southeastern LouisianaL 0–20
October 18:00 p.m.East Texas State*W 20–15
October 8at Northeast Louisiana StateW 26–6
October 15Corpus Christi*
  • McNaspy Stadium
  • Lafayette, LA
W 49–12
October 29at Louisiana TechL 14–286,000
November 5Louisiana College
  • McNaspy Stadium
  • Lafayette, LA
W 21–14
November 12Northwestern State
  • McNaspy Stadium
  • Lafayette, LA
W 27–13
November 19McNeese StateL 7–12
  • *Non-conference game

References

  1. "2019 Louisiana Football Media Guide" (PDF). Louisiana Athletics Communications Office. 2019. p. 97. Retrieved January 3, 2021.
  2. "Athletics". L'Acadien. University of Southwestern Louisiana. 1956. pp. 220–227. Retrieved January 3, 2021.
  3. "Lamar Tech Rips Louisiana Eleven". The American-Statesman. Austin, Texas. United Press. September 18, 1955. p. B2. Retrieved January 26, 2022 – via Newspapers.com Open access icon.
  4. "Lamar 19, SLI 6". The Shreveport Times. Shreveport, Louisiana. Associated Press. September 19, 1955. p. 3C. Retrieved January 27, 2022 – via Newspapers.com Open access icon.
  5. "SLI Hosts Strong East Texas 11". The Daily Advertiser. Lafayette, Louisiana. September 30, 1955. p. 14. Retrieved January 26, 2022 – via Newspapers.com Open access icon.
  6. "SLI Upsets Texans 20-15 in Thrilling Duel". The Daily Advertiser. Lafayette, Louisiana. October 2, 1955. p. 12. Retrieved January 26, 2022 – via Newspapers.com Open access icon.
  7. "SLI eleven rumbles over Northeast St, 26–6". The Daily Advertiser. October 9, 1955. p. 10. Retrieved January 22, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
  8. "Tech overcomes SLI lead for 28–14 victory". The Daily Advertiser. October 30, 1955. Retrieved June 27, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
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