Year: | 1955 |
Team: | Southern Jaguars |
Sport: | football |
Conference: | Southwestern Athletic Conference |
Short Conf: | SWAC |
Record: | 7–2–1 |
Conf Record: | 6–1 |
Head Coach: | Ace Mumford |
Hc Year: | 20th |
Stadium: | Memorial Stadium |
Champion: | SWAC champion |
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.[1]