1955 Sacramento State Hornets football team

The 1955 Sacramento State Hornets football team represented Sacramento State College[note 1] during the 1955 college football season.

1955 Sacramento State Hornets football
ConferenceFar Western Conference
1955 record1–6 (0–5 FWC)
Head coachDave Strong (2nd season)
Home stadiumCharles C. Hughes Stadium
1955 Far Western Conference football standings
Conf  Overall
TeamW L T  W L T
Chico State 5 –0 –0  7 –2 –0
Cal Aggies 3 –1 –1  5 –3 –1
San Francisco State 3 –2 –0  5 –5 –0
Humboldt State 2 –2 –1  7 –3 –1
Nevada 1 –4 –0  2 –5 –0
Sacramento State 0 –5 –0  1 –6 –0
  • * No conference champion was named for the 1955 season.

Sacramento State competed in the Far Western Conference (FWC)[note 2] in their second year of intercollegiate play. The Hornets were led by second-year head coach Dave Strong. They played home games at Charles C. Hughes Stadium in Sacramento, California. After going winless in their first season, the Hornets won their first game ever in the opener against Southern Oregon. However, they lost the rest of their games, finishing the season with a record of one win and six losses (1–6, 0–5 FWC). For the season the team was outscored by its opponents 48–176.

Schedule
DateOpponentSiteResultAttendance
September 24at Southern Oregon[note 3]*
W 7–6
October 8Nevada
L 7–28
October 15at Cal Aggies[note 4]
L 0–29[1]
October 22Santa Barbara[note 5]*
  • Hughes Stadium
  • Sacramento, CA
L 7–15
October 29at Humboldt State[note 6]
L 6–393,000[2]
November 5at Chico State[note 7]
L 7–26
November 12San Francisco State[note 8]
  • Hughes Stadium
  • Sacramento, CA
L 14–33
  • *Non-conference game

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Team players in the NFL

No Sacramento State players were selected in the 1956 NFL Draft.[4][5][6]

Notes
  1. California State University, Sacramento was known as Sacramento State College from 1947 to 1971.
  2. The Northern California Athletic Conference (NCAC) was known as the Far Western Conference (FWC) from its founding in 1925 to 1982.
  3. Southern Oregon University was known as Southern Oregon College of Education from 1939 to 1955.
  4. University of California, Davis was known as Northern Branch of the College of Agriculture from 1922 to 1959. In common usage, the sports teams were called the "Cal Aggies" from 1924 until the mid 1970s.
  5. University of California, Santa Barbara was known as Santa Barbara College of the University of California from 1944 to 1957.
  6. Humboldt State University was known as Humboldt State College from 1935 to 1971.
  7. California State University, Chico was known as Chico State College from 1935 to 1971.
  8. San Francisco State University was known as San Francisco State College from 1935 to 1971.

References
  1. "Football Scores". The San Bernardino County Sun. San Bernardino, California. October 16, 1955. p. 45. Retrieved October 31, 2017 – via Newspapers.com.
  2. "Lumberjacks Rout Sacramento". The Times Standard. Eureka, California. October 31, 1955. p. 16. Retrieved March 12, 2018 – via Newspapers.com.
  3. "Cal St.-Sacramento Yearly Results". Retrieved March 5, 2017.
  4. "1956 NFL Draft". Retrieved January 12, 2017.
  5. "Sacramento St. Players/Alumni". Retrieved April 3, 2017.
  6. "Draft History: Sacramento State". Retrieved April 3, 2017.
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