1955 BYU Cougars football team

The 1955 BYU Cougars football team was an American football team that represented Brigham Young University (BYU) as a member of the Skyline Conference during the 1955 college football season. In their seventh and final season under head coach Chick Atkinson, the Cougars compiled an overall record of 1–9 with a mark of 0–7 against conference opponents, finished last out of eight teams in the Skyline, and were outscored by a total of 300 to 104.^[1][2]

1955 BYU Cougars football
Conference	Skyline Conference
Record	1–9 (0–7 Skyline Six)
Head coach	Chick Atkinson (7th season)
Home stadium	Cougar Stadium
Seasons ← 1954 1956 →

1955 Skyline Conference football standings

v t e	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
Colorado A&M $	6	–	1	–	0			8	–	2	–	0
Utah	4	–	1	–	0			6	–	3	–	0
Denver	5	–	2	–	0			8	–	2	–	0
Wyoming	5	–	2	–	0			8	–	3	–	0
Utah State	3	–	4	–	0			4	–	6	–	0
Montana	2	–	4	–	0			3	–	7	–	0
New Mexico	1	–	5	–	0			2	–	8	–	0
BYU	0	–	7	–	0			1	–	9	–	0
$ – Conference champion

The team's statistical leaders included Don Dixon with 335 passing yards, Phil Oyler with 366 rushing yards and 381 yards of total offense, Owen Skousen with 190 receiving yards, and LeGrand Young with 19 points scored.^[3]

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Site	Result	Attendance	Source
September 17	at Oregon State*	Parker Stadium Corvallis, OR	L 0–33	8,000
September 24	Los Angeles State*	Cougar Stadium Provo, UT	W 33–0
October 1	at Montana	Dornblaser Field Missoula, MT	L 13–27
October 8	at Utah	Ute Stadium Salt Lake City, UT (rivalry)	L 9–41
October 21	at Denver	DU Stadium Denver, CO	L 0–33	8,000	[4]
October 29	at Wyoming	War Memorial Stadium Laramie, WY	L 6–14
November 5	Utah State	Cougar Stadium Provo, UT (rivalry)	L 21–47
November 11	Idaho*	Cougar Stadium Provo, UT	L 6–49		[5][6]
November 19	Colorado A&M	Cougar Stadium Provo, UT	L 0–35
November 26	at New Mexico	Zimmerman Field Albuquerque, NM	L 16–21		[7]
*Non-conference game

References

1. "1955 BYU Cougars Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved January 2, 2019.
2. "BYU Football 2015 Almanac" (PDF). Brigham Young University. 2015. p. 168. Archived from the original (PDF) on September 3, 2019. Retrieved January 2, 2019.
3. BYU Football 2015 Almanac, pp. 162-164.
4. "Denver Trounces BYU Eleven, 33-0". The Ogden Standard-Examiner. October 22, 1955. p. 7 – via Newspapers.com.
5. "UI wins first tilt, 49 to 6". Spokesman-Review. (Spokane, Washington). Associated Press. November 12, 1955. p. 10.
6. "Idaho wins first by wide edge; senior end suffers knee injury". Spokane Daily Chronicle. (Washington). November 12, 1955. p. 8.
7. J.D. Kailer (November 27, 1955). "New Mexico Edges Past Brigham Young, 21-16: Lobos End Losses In Season's Finale". Albuquerque Journal. p. 25 – via Newspapers.com.