1955 Temple Owls football team

The 1955 Temple Owls football team was an American football team that represented Temple University as an independent during the 1955 college football season. In its first and only season under head coach Josh Cody, the team compiled a 0–8 record.[1] Cody was Temple's athletic director (1952–1959) and basketball coach (1942–1952); he stepped in as head football coach for the 1955 season following the departure of the prior head coach, Albert Kawal. The team played its home games at Temple Stadium in Philadelphia.

1955 Temple Owls football
ConferenceIndependent
1955 record0–8
Head coachJosh Cody (1st season)
Home stadiumTemple Stadium
1955 Eastern college football independents records
Conf  Overall
TeamW L T  W L T
Drexel      8 0 0
Carnegie Tech      5 1 1
Princeton      7 2 0
Yale      7 2 0
Tufts      5 2 0
Boston College      5 2 1
No. 20 Army      6 3 0
Colgate      6 3 0
No. 11 Pittsburgh      7 4 0
Holy Cross      6 4 0
Syracuse      5 3 0
Cornell      5 4 0
Penn State      5 4 0
Boston University      2 6 0
Franklin & Marshall      2 6 0
Brown      2 7 0
Columbia      1 8 0
Villanova      1 9 0
Temple      0 8 0
Penn      0 9 0
Rankings from AP Poll

Schedule

DateOpponentSiteResultSource
September 24at Holy Cross
L 7–42
October 1ScrantonL 6–20
October 15at Bucknell
  • Memorial Stadium
  • Lewisburg, PA
L 0–38
October 22at Carnegie TechL 16–18
October 29at Lehigh
L 14–27
November 5Muhlenberg
  • Temple Stadium
  • Philadelphia, PA
L 6–7
November 12Delaware
  • Temple Stadium
  • Philadelphia, PA
L 0–46
November 19at Boston University
L 0–25[2][3]

References

  1. "2019 Temple Owls Football Media Guide" (PDF). Temple University. p. 130. Retrieved May 25, 2020.
  2. "BU Aerials Smother Temple: 8th Loss in Row Ends Owl Card". The Philadelphia Inquirer. November 20, 1955. pp. 1S, 12S via Newspapers.com.
  3. "Bredice Sparks B.U. to 25-0 Win". The Boston Glove. November 20, 1955. p. 53 via Newspapers.com.
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