Year: | 1955 |
Team: | Whitworth Pirates |
Sport: | football |
Conference: | Evergreen Conference |
Short Conf: | Evergreen |
Record: | 9–0 |
Conf Record: | 6–0 |
Head Coach: | James Lounsberry |
Hc Year: | 4th |
Champion: | Evergreen champion |
The 1955 Whitworth Pirates football team was an American football team represented Whitworth University of Spokane, Washington, as a member of the Evergreen Conference during the 1955 college football season. In their fourth year under head coach James Lounsberry, the Pirates compiled a perfect 9–0 record (6–0 against conference opponents), won the Evergreen Conference championship, and outscored opponents by a total of 185 to 34.[1]
Between November 14, 1953, and September 29, 1956, the Pirates won 21 consecutive games, including back-to-back perfect seasons in 1954 and 1955.[2]