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1955 Alfred Saxons football team information


1955 Alfred Saxons football
ConferenceIndependent
Record8–0
Head coach
  • Alex Yunevich (15th season)
Home stadiumMerrill Field
Seasons
← 1954
1956 →
1955 Eastern college football independents records
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Alfred     8 0 0
Drexel     8 0 0
Trinity (CT)     7 0 0
Juniata     8 0 1
Carnegie Tech     5 1 1
Tufts     5 2 0
Boston College     5 2 1
No. 20 Army     6 3 0
Colgate     6 3 0
No. 11 Pittsburgh     7 4 0
Holy Cross     6 4 0
Syracuse     5 3 0
Penn State     5 4 0
Buffalo     4 4 1
Hofstra     3 6 0
Bucknell     2 6 1
Boston University     2 6 0
Franklin & Marshall     2 6 0
Villanova     1 9 0
Temple     0 8 0
Rankings from AP Poll

The 1955 Alfred Saxons football team was an American football team that represented Alfred University of Alfred, New York, as an independent during the 1955 college football season. In their 15th season under head coach Alex Yunevich, the Saxons compiled a perfect 8–0 record, shut out six of eight opponents, and outscored all opponents by a total of 190 to 21.[1][2] The team rejected a "feeler" from officials of the Refrigerator Bowl.[3]

Jimmy Ryan led the team in scoring with 55 points and also led the team in rushing with 558 yards on 92 carries. End Charlie Shultz led the team with 10 receptions for 147 yards.[4] Shultz received first-team honors on the 1955 Little All-America college football team.[5]

Alfred had back-to-back perfect seasons in 1955 and 1956.[6] The team played its home games at Merrill Field in Alfred, New York.

  1. ^ "1955 - Alfred (NY)". College Football Data Warehouse. Archived from the original on September 11, 2015. Retrieved May 12, 2023.
  2. ^ "Orange and Saxons Share Football Honors Upstate". The Post-Standard. November 14, 1955. p. 14 – via Newspapers.com.
  3. ^ "Alfred Vetoes Bowl 'Feeler'". The Elmira Advertiser. November 17, 1955. p. 14 – via Newspapers.com.
  4. ^ "Weaver Third In Scoring For Alfred". Elmira Sunday Telegram. November 20, 1955. p. 2D – via Newspapers.com.
  5. ^ "Alfred's Chuck Schultz On Little All-America". Elmira Star-Gazette. December 1, 1955. p. 48 – via Newspapers.com.
  6. ^ "Alfred University Football Record Book" (PDF). gosaxons.com. Alfred University. p. 9. Retrieved May 12, 2023.

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