1955 Southern Jaguars football team

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1955 Southern Jaguars football team - Wikipedia

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1955 Southern Jaguars football
SWAC champion
Conference	Southwestern Athletic Conference
Record	7–2–1 (6–1 SWAC)
Head coach	Ace Mumford (20th season)
Home stadium	Memorial Stadium
Seasons ← 1954 1956 →

1955 Southwestern Athletic Conference football standings
v t e	Conf					Overall
Team	W		L		T	W		L		T
No. 5 Southern $	6	–	1	–	0	7	–	2	–	1
No. 10 Prairie View A&M	5	–	1	–	1	8	–	2	–	1
No. 8 Texas Southern	5	–	1	–	1	7	–	2	–	1
No. 6 Langston	4	–	1	–	2	6	–	1	–	2
Texas College	2	–	5	–	0	3	–	6	–	0
Wiley	2	–	5	–	0	3	–	7	–	0
Arkansas AM&N	2	–	5	–	0	2	–	8	–	0
Bishop	0	–	7	–	0	0	–	10	–	0

$ – Conference champion Rankings from the Pittsburgh Courier.^[1]

The 1955 Southern Jaguars football team was an American football team that represented Southern University in the Southwestern Athletic Conference (SWAC) during the 1955 college football season. In their 20th season under head coach Ace Mumford, the Jaguars compiled a 7–2–1 record, won the SWAC championship, and were ranked No. 5 in the final Pittsburgh Courier rankings of black college football teams.^[2]

Schedule

Date	Time	Opponent	Site	Result	Attendance	Source
September 24	8:00 p.m.	Texas Southern	Memorial Stadium Baton Rouge, LA	W 33–21		^[3]^[4]
October 1		Alcorn A&M	Baton Rouge, LA	T 18–18
October 8		at Xavier (LA)	New Orleans, LA	W 51–0
October 15		Arkansas AM&N	Memorial Stadium Baton Rouge, LA	W 47–6		^[5]
October 22		at Langston	Anderson Field Langston, OK	W 7–0		^[6]^[7]
October 29	2:00 p.m.	Texas College	Memorial Stadium Baton Rouge, LA	W 38–14		^[8]^[9]
November 5		at Bishop	Marshall, TX	W (forfeit)		^[10]^[11]
November 12		Wiley	Memorial Stadium Baton Rouge, LA	W 16–6		^[12]
November 19		at Florida A&M	Bragg Stadium Tallahassee, FL	L 0–51	9,000	^[13]
November 26		Prairie View A&M	Baton Rouge, LA	L 19–21		^[14]
All times are in Central time

References

^ "Final National Football Rating". The Pittsburgh Courier. December 10, 1955. p. 30 – via Newspapers.com.
^ "Final National Football Rating". The Pittsburgh Courier. December 10, 1955. p. 30 – via Newspapers.com.
^ "Jaguars Ready For Tigers". Jackson Advocate. Jackson, Mississippi. September 24, 1955. p. 7. Retrieved June 9, 2023 – via Newspapers.com .
^ Austin, S. W. (September 30, 1955). "Southern Jaguars Claw Texas Southern U., 33-21". The Call. Kansas City, Missouri. p. 10. Retrieved June 9, 2023 – via Newspapers.com .
^ "Southern Knocks Over Arkansas 47-6". News Leader. Baton Rouge, Louisiana. October 22, 1955. p. 6B. Retrieved June 10, 2023 – via Newspapers.com .
^ Phillips, John M. (October 27, 1955). "Southern Trips Langston 7-0 In Torrid Defensive Battle". The Black Dispatch. Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. p. 9. Retrieved June 10, 2023 – via Newspapers.com .
^ "S.U. Shaves Langston in Tight Game 7 to 0". News Leader. Baton Rouge, Louisiana. October 29, 1955. p. 6B. Retrieved June 10, 2023 – via Newspapers.com .
^ "Southern To Meet Texas in Homecoming Game". News Leader. Baton Rouge, Louisiana. October 29, 1955. p. 6B. Retrieved June 10, 2023 – via Newspapers.com .
^ "Southern U. Jaguars Slay Texas Steers, 38-14". The Call. Kansas City, Missouri. November 4, 1955. p. 12. Retrieved June 11, 2023 – via Newspapers.com .
^ "Bishop Cats To Host Southern U. Saturday". The Call. Kansas City, Missouri. November 4, 1955. p. 11. Retrieved June 10, 2023 – via Newspapers.com .
^ Austin, S. W. (November 11, 1955). "Southern U. Wins A Playless Game". The Call. Kansas City, Missouri. p. 10. Retrieved June 9, 2023 – via Newspapers.com .
^ "Southern Blast Game Wiley 16-6". News Leader. Baton Rouge, Louisiana. November 19, 1955. p. 6B. Retrieved June 10, 2023 – via Newspapers.com .
^ "Rattlers Trample Southern, 51-0". The Orlando Sentinel. November 20, 1955. p. 19 – via Newspapers.com.
^ "Prairie View Panthers Edge Southern Jaguar Cats 21-19". Alabama Tribune. December 2, 1955. p. 7 – via Newspapers.com.

v t e Southern Jaguars football
Venues	A. W. Mumford Stadium (1928–present) BREC Memorial Stadium
Bowls & rivalries	Grambling State: Bayou Classic Jackson State
Culture & lore	Lacumba The Human Jukebox Marching bands brawl
People	Head coaches NFL draftees
Seasons	1916 1917 1918 1919 1920 1921 1922 1923 1924 1925 1926 1927 1928 1929 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 1935 1936 1937 1938 1939 1940 1941 1942 1943 1944 1945 1946 1947 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024
National championship seasons in bold

Southwestern Athletic Conference football champions

Wiley (1921)
Paul Quinn (1922)
Wiley (1923)
Paul Quinn (1924)
Bishop (1925)
Samuel Huston (1926)
Wiley (1927)
Wiley (1928)
Wiley (1929)
Wiley (1930)
Prairie View (1931)
Wiley (1932)
Langston & Prairie View (1933)
Texas College (1934)
Texas College (1935)
Texas College & Langston (1936)
Texas College (1937)
Southern & Langston (1938)
Langston (1939)
Southern & Langston (1940)
No champion (1941)
Texas College (1942)
No champion (1943)
Wiley, Texas College, & Langston (1944)
Wiley (1945)
Southern (1946)
Southern (1947)
Southern (1948)
Southern & Langston (1949)
Southern (1950)
Prairie View (1951)
Prairie View (1952)
Prairie View (1953)
Prairie View (1954)
Southern (1955)
Texas Southern & Wiley (1956)
Wiley (1957)
Prairie View (1958)
Southern (1959)
Southern, Prairie View, & Grambling (1960)
Jackson State (1961)
Jackson State (1962)
Prairie View (1963)
Prairie View (1964)
Grambling (1965)
Grambling, Southern, & Texas Southern (1966)
Grambling (1967)
Alcorn A&M, Grambling, & Texas Southern (1968)
Alcorn A&M (1969)
Alcorn A&M (1970)
Grambling (1971)
Grambling & Jackson State (1972)
Grambling & Jackson State (1973)
Grambling State & Alcorn State (1974)
Grambling State, Jackson State, & Southern (1975)
Alcorn State (1976)
Grambling State (1977)
Grambling State (1978)
Grambling State & Alcorn State (1979)
Grambling State & Jackson State (1980)
Jackson State (1981)
Jackson State (1982)
Grambling State (1983)
Alcorn State (1984)
Jackson State & Grambling State (1985)
Jackson State (1986)
Jackson State (1987)
Jackson State (1988)
Grambling State (1989)
Jackson State (1990)
Alabama State (1991)
Alcorn State (1992)
Southern (1993)
Alcorn State & Grambling State (1994)
Jackson State (1995)
Jackson State (1996)
Southern (1997)
Southern (1998)
Southern (1999)
Grambling State (2000)
Grambling State (2001)
Grambling State (2002)
Southern (2003)
Alabama State (2004)
Grambling State (2005)
Alabama A&M (2006)
Jackson State (2007)
Grambling State (2008)
Prairie View (2009)
Texas Southern (2010) vacated
Grambling State (2011)
Arkansas–Pine Bluff (2012)
Southern (2013)
Alcorn State (2014)
Alcorn State (2015)
Grambling State (2016)
Grambling State (2017)
Alcorn State (2018)
Alcorn State (2019)
Alabama A&M (2020)
Jackson State (2021)
Jackson State (2022)
Florida A&M (2023)
Jackson State (2024)

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