1955 Wiley Wildcats football team

The 1955 Wiley Wildcats football team represented Wiley College as a member of the Southwestern Athletic Conference (SWAC) during the 1955 college football season. In their second and final season under head coach Alva Tabor, the Wildcats compiled an overall record of 3–7 with a mark of 2–5 in conference play, placing in a three-way tie for fifth in the SWAC.^[2]

1955 Wiley Wildcats football
Conference	Southwestern Athletic Conference
Record	3–7 (2–5 SWAC)
Head coach	Alva Tabor (2nd season)
Home stadium	Wildcat 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]

Schedule

Date	Time	Opponent	Site	Result	Attendance	Source
September 24		Dillard*	Marshall, TX	W 15–0	2,000	[3]
October 1	2:00 p.m.	at Texas Southern	Public School Stadium Houston, TX	L 8–25		[4]
October 8		at Arkansas AM&N	Pine Bluff, AR	L 12–26		[5]
October 17		vs. Prairie View A&M	Cotton Bowl Dallas, TX (State Fair Classic)	L 7–34		[6]
October 24		vs. Grambling*	State Fair Stadium Shreveport, LA	L 0–20		[7]
October 29	8:00 p.m.	Bishop	Wildcat Stadium Marshall, TX	W 67–0		[8][9]
November 5	2:00 p.m.	at Langston	Anderson Field Langston, OK	L 0–6		[10][11][12]
November 12		at Southern	Memorial Stadium Baton Rouge, LA	L 6–16		[13]
November 19		Jackson*	Marshall, TX	L 19–25		[14]
November 24	2:00 p.m.	Texas College	Wildcat Stadium Marshall, TX	W 19–7		[15][16]
*Non-conference game Homecoming All times are in Central time