1955 Mississippi Southern Southerners football team

The 1955 Mississippi Southern Southerners football team was an American football team that represented Mississippi Southern College (now known as the University of Southern Mississippi) as an independent during the 1955 college football season. In their seventh year under head coach Thad Vann, the team compiled a 9–1 record.

1955 Mississippi Southern Southerners football
Conference	Independent
Record	9–1
Head coach	Thad Vann (7th season)
Home stadium	Faulkner Field
Seasons ← 1954 1956 →

1955 Southern college football independents records

v t e	Conf.							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
Centre			–					8	–	0	–	0
Mississippi Southern			–					9	–	1	–	0
Delaware			–					8	–	1	–	0
Louisville			–					7	–	2	–	0
Tampa			–					7	–	2	–	0
No. 18 Navy			–					6	–	2	–	1
Arkansas State			–					6	–	3	–	0
No. 14 Miami (FL)			–					6	–	3	–	0
Chattanooga			–					5	–	4	–	1
Florida State			–					5	–	5	–	0
Memphis State			–					2	–	7	–	0
Howard (AL)			–					1	–	8	–	0
Sewanee			–					1	–	8	–	0
Rankings from AP Poll

Schedule

Date	Time	Opponent	Site	Result	Attendance	Source
September 17		Elon	Faulkner Field Hattiesburg, MS	W 39–0	8,000	[1]
September 24		at Louisiana Tech	Tech Stadium Ruston, LA (rivalry)	W 7–6	7,500	[2]
September 30		at Chattanooga	Chamberlain Field Chattanooga, TN	L 0–10	6,800	[3]
October 8		North Texas State	Faulkner Field Hattiesburg, MS	W 26–0	12,500	[4]
October 15		at Southeastern Louisiana	Strawberry Stadium Hammond, LA	W 33–0	8,000	[5]
October 21		at Memphis State	Crump Stadium Memphis, TN (rivalry)	W 34–14	9,189	[6]
November 5	2:30 p.m.	at Abilene Christian	Fair Park Stadium Abilene, TX	W 40–0	7,000	[7][8][9]
November 12		North Dakota State	Faulkner Field Hattiesburg, MS	W 58–0	9,000	[10]
November 19		Dayton	Mississippi Veterans Memorial Stadium Jackson, MS	W 19–13	6,500	[11]
November 25		Florida State	Faulkner Field Hattiesburg, MS	W 21–6	7,000	[12]
Homecoming All times are in Central time

After the season

NFL draft

The following Southerners were selected in the 1956 NFL draft after the season.^[13]

Round	Pick	Player	Position	NFL Team
16	184	George Herring	Quarterback	San Francisco 49ers