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1955 USC Trojans football team

American college football season

Field	Value
year	1955
team	USC Trojans
sport	football
conference	Pacific Coast Conference
short_conf	PCC
CoachRank	12
APRank	13
record	6–4
conf_record	3–3
head_coach	Jess Hill
hc_year	5th
captain	Marv Goux
captain2	George Galli
stadium	Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum

The 1955 USC Trojans football team represented the University of Southern California (USC) in the 1955 college football season. In their fifth year under head coach Jess Hill, the Trojans compiled a 6–4 record (3–3 against conference opponents), finished in sixth place in the Pacific Coast Conference, and outscored their opponents by a combined total of 265 to 158. Attendance at seven home games was 464,104, an average of 66,300. Attendance at all 10 games was 615,196.

Jim Contratto led the team in passing with 22 of 55 passes completed for 406 yards, five touchdowns and five interceptions. Leon Clarke was the leading receiver with 15 catches for 215 yards and two touchdowns.

Two Trojans received first-team honors from the Associated Press on the 1955 All-Pacific Coast Conference football team: back Jon Arnett and guard Orlando Ferrante. Arnett was also a two-time recipient of the W. J. Voit Memorial Trophy as the outstanding football player on the Pacific Coast, winning the award in both 1954 and 1955. He was inducted into the USC Athletic Hall of Fame in 1994 and the College Football Hall of Fame in 2001.

Schedule

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Players

The following players were members of the 1955 USC football team.

Fabian Abram, tackle
Jon Arnett, junior tailback #26 ("led the team in total offense, punt returns, kickoff returns, punting, rushing, scoring and in total playing time")
George Belotti, tackle
Bing Bordier, end
Ron Brown, back
Leon Clarke, end (the first PCC player to be selected in the 1956 NFL draft, selected 14th overall by the Los Angeles Rams)
Jim Contratto, quarterback
Gordon Duvall, back (offense) and linebacker (defense)
Dick Eldredge, center
Dick Enright, tackle
Orlando Ferrante, guard (All-PCC, 62 unassisted tackles, 41 assists)
Ron Fletcher, tackle
George Galli, guard (co-captain)
Marv Goux (co-captain)
Frank Hall, quarterback
Don Hickman
Bob Isaacson
Ludwig Keehn, end
Ells Kissinger, quarterback
Doug Kranz, halfback
Chuck Leimbach, end
Don McFarland
Ernie Merk (set a USC record with a 93-yard punt return against Minnesota)
John Miller, guard
Chuck Perpich
Fred Pierce, left halfback
C. R. Roberts, fullback
Karl Rubke, center
Vern Sampson, lineman
Roy Smith, tackle
Joe Tisdale
Laird Willott, guard
Dick Westphal
Ernie Zampese, tailback

Coaching staff and other personnel

Head coach: Jess Hill
Assistant coaches: Nick Pappas (defensive backs), Don Clark (line coach), George Ceithaml (offensive backfield coach), Mel Hein (line coach), Bill Fisk (end coach), Jess Mortensen (freshman coach)
Senior manager: Jim Maddux
Yell kings: Bill Hillinck, Kent Blanche, Al Green, Woody Wilmore, Larry Knudsen

References

1956 "El Rodeo" (USC yeabook), page 190.
[[Jon Arnett]] led the team in rushing with 141 carries for 672 yards and 11 touchdowns. Arnett was also the team's leading punt returners with 16 returns and an average of 17.6 yards per return, including one returned for a touchdown. With three touchdown catches, Arnett also led the team with 15 touchdowns and 105 points scored.1956 "El Rodeo", page 190.
"1955 Southern California Trojans Stats". Sports Reference LLC.
Bob Myers. (November 23, 1955). "Bruins Dominate PCC Star Team Picked by AP". The Oregon Statesman.
(September 18, 1955). "USC wallops Wash. St., 50–12". The Times-Picayune.
(September 25, 1955). "Arnett stars as Trojans win over Oregon Ducks, 42–15". The Bellingham Herald.
(October 1, 1955). "Texans fly home with 19–7 loss". Palo Alto Daily Times.
(October 9, 1955). "Sensational 80-yard scoring play gives Huskies 7–0 win over USC". The Billings Gazette.
(October 15, 1955). "Southern Cal smears Wisconsin, 33–21". The Shreveport Journal.
(October 23, 1955). "SC explodes to thump Cal". The Spokesman-Review.
(October 30, 1955). "Minnesota turns U.S.C. errors into 25–19 victory". The Des Moines Register.
(November 6, 1955). "Indians and Bears spring big upsets". The Sacramento Union.
(November 20, 1955). "UCLA lands berth in Rose Bowl, ripping Trojans, 17–7, before 95,878". Democrat and Chronicle.
(November 27, 1955). "U.S.C. blasts Irish, 42 to 20". The Kansas City Star.
. ["Schedule/Results (1955 Southern California)"](https://stats.ncaa.org/teams/333393). *[[National Collegiate Athletic Association]]*.
1956 "El Rodeo" (USC yearbook), pages 167-187.
1956 "El Rodeo", page 176.
1956 "El Rodeo" (USC yearbook), page 164.
1956 "El Rodeo", page 165.
1956 "El Rodeo", page 166.
1956 "El Rodeo", page 163.

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