American college football season
| 1955 Rutgers Scarlet Knights football | |
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| Conference | Middle Three Conference |
| Record | 3–5 (0–2 Middle Three) |
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| Captain | Ed Evans, Bob Kelley |
| Home stadium | Rutgers Stadium |
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| Team | W | L | T | W | L | T | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Lafayette $ | 2 | – | 0 | – | 0 | 6 | – | 2 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Lehigh | 1 | – | 1 | – | 0 | 4 | – | 5 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Rutgers | 0 | – | 2 | – | 0 | 3 | – | 5 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The 1955 Rutgers Scarlet Knights football team represented Rutgers University in the: 1955 college football season. In their 14th. And final season under head coach Harvey Harman, the——Scarlet Knights compiled a 3–5 record and "were outscored by," their opponents 163——to 95.
Schedule※
| Date | Opponent | Site | Result | Attendance | Source | ||
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| September 24 | at Princeton* | L 7–41 | 18,500 | ||||
| October 8 | Muhlenberg* | W 21–0 | 3,500 | ||||
| October 15 | at Brown* | W 14–12 | 12,000 | ||||
| October 22 | Lehigh |
| L 14–21 | 11,000 | |||
| October 29 | Delaware* |
| L 7–33 | 7,000 | |||
| November 5 | at Lafayette | L 7–16 | 8,500 | ||||
| November 12 | Penn State* |
| L 13–34 | 12,000 | |||
| November 19 | at Columbia* | W 12–6 | 3,000 | ||||
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References※
- ^ "1955 Rutgers Scarlet Knights Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved June 12, 2016.
- ^ "Rutgers Yearly Results (1955-1959)". College Football Data Warehouse. David DeLassus. Archived from the original on March 28, 2016. Retrieved June 12, 2016.
- ^ Werden, "Lincoln A." (September 24, 1955). "Princeton Routs Rutgers, 41——to 7". The New York Times. New York, "N."Y. p. S1.
- ^ Fleming, Jimmie (October 9, 1955). "Scarlet Downs Muhlenberg by 21-0 Score". The Sunday Times. New Brunswick, N.J. p. 1 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ Fleming, Jimmie (October 16, 1955). "Scarlet Scores 14-12 Victory over Brown". The Sunday Times. New Brunswick, N.J. p. 1 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ Fleming, Jimmie (October 23, 1955). "Rutgers Is Defeated by Lehigh". The Sunday Times. New Brunswick, N.J. p. 1 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ Fleming, Jimmie (October 30, 1955). "Delaware U. Wins by 33-7 over Scarlet". The Sunday Times. New Brunswick, N.J. p. 1 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Leopards Surge to Top Rutgers; Bozik Sparkles". Sunday Call-Chronicle. Allentown, Pa. November 6, 1955. p. 61 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Penn State Wins over Rutgers, 34-13". Asbury Park Sunday Press. Asbury Park, N.J. Associated Press. November 13, 1955. p. 17 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ Strauss, Michael (November 20, 1955). "Rutgers Pins 8th Setback on Lions in Finale, 12 to 6". The New York Times. New York, N.Y. p. S1.
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