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Conference | Southwest Conference |
Record | 5–5 (4–2 SWC) |
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Home stadium | Memorial Stadium |
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No.6TCU $ | 5 | – | 1 | – | 0 | 9 | – | 2 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
No.17Texas A&M | 4 | – | 1 | – | 1 | 7 | – | 2 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Texas | 4 | – | 2 | – | 0 | 5 | – | 5 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Arkansas | 3 | – | 2 | – | 1 | 5 | – | 4 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Baylor | 2 | – | 4 | – | 0 | 5 | – | 5 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
SMU | 2 | – | 4 | – | 0 | 4 | – | 6 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Rice | 0 | – | 6 | – | 0 | 2 | – | 7 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The 1955 Texas Longhorns football team was an American football team that represented the University of Texas (now known as the University of Texas at Austin) as a member of the Southwest Conference (SWC) during the 1955 college football season. In their fifth year under head coach Ed Price, the Longhorns compiled an overall record of 5–5, with a mark of 4–2 in conference play, and finished third in the SWC.[1]
Date | Opponent | Site | Result | Attendance | Source |
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September 17 | Texas Tech* |
| L 14–20 | 47,000 | [2] |
September 24 | Tulane* |
| W 35–21 | 30,000 | [3] |
September 30 | at No. 9USC* |
| L 7–19 | 61,996 | [4] |
October 8 | vs. No. 3Oklahoma* |
| L 0–20 | 75,504 | [5][6] |
October 15 | atArkansas |
| L 20–27 | 36,000 | [7] |
October 22 | Rice |
| W 32–14 | 46,000 | [8] |
October 29 | atSMU |
| W 19–18 | 46,500 | [9] |
November 5 | Baylor |
| W 21–20 | 40,000 | [10] |
November 12 | No. 8TCU |
| L 20–47 | 55,000 | [11] |
November 24 | at No. 8Texas A&M |
| W 21–6 | 41,800 | [12] |
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