1955 Compton Tartars football team
| 1955 Compton Tartars football | |
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Junior college national champion WSC champion Junior Rose Bowl champion | |
Junior Rose Bowl, W 22–13 vs. Jones County | |
| Conference | Western State Conference |
| Record | 11–0 (5–0 WSC) |
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| Home stadium | Ramsaur Stadium |
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| Team | W | L | T | W | L | T | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Compton $ | 5 | – | 0 | – | 0 | 11 | – | 0 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Pasadena | 4 | – | 1 | – | 0 | 8 | – | 3 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Los Angeles City | 3 | – | 2 | – | 0 | 5 | – | 4 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Ventura | 2 | – | 3 | – | 0 | 4 | – | 6 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Glendale | 1 | – | 4 | – | 0 | 3 | – | 7 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Pierce | 0 | – | 5 | – | 0 | 2 | – | 6 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The 1955 Compton Tartars football team was an American football team that represented Compton College as a member of the Western State Conference (WSC) during the 1955 junior college football season. In their 16th-year under head coach Tay Brown, the Tartars compiled a perfect 11–0 record (5–0 in conference games), won the WSC championship, defeated Jones County in the Junior Rose Bowl, and outscored all opponents by a total of 403 to 63.
At the end of the regular season, Compton was ranked No. 1 and Jones County No. 2 in the junior college rankings.[1] With its victory over Jones County in the Junior Rose Bowl, Compton was acknowledged as the junior college national champion.[2][3]
Halfback Jim Waddell set the school's single game rushing record with 317 yards, scored 107 points, and ranked with the school's all-time rushing and scoring leaders (and Pro Football Hall of Fame inductees), Hugh McElhenny and Joe Perry.[4][5]
Compton placed five players on the first team of the 1955 All-Western State Conference football team: Jim Waddell and Lee Mack at back; Jack Atwood at center; Dick Long at guard; and David Main at tackle. Four others were named to the second team: Bunny Aldrich at back; Marvin Perz at guard; Joe Lewis at tackle; and Charles McNeil at end.[6] Lee Mack scored nine touchdowns in the first eight games of the season, but missed the remainder of the season after fracturing his hip in the game against Glendale.[7]
The team played its home games at Ramsaur Stadium in Compton, California.
Schedule[edit]
| Date | Opponent | Site | Result | Attendance | Source | ||
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| September 25 | Long Beach Navy* | W 28–0 | |||||
| October 1 | Stockton Junior College* |
| W 32–2 | ||||
| October 8 | at Oregon Tech* |
| W 60–7 | [8] | |||
| October 15 | Pierce |
| W 66–0 | ||||
| October 21 | at Ventura |
| W 13–7 | [9] | |||
| October 29 | at Hartnell* | Salinas, CA | W 28–0 | ||||
| November 5 | Weber* |
| W 63–14 | [10] | |||
| November 11 | at Glendale (CA) | W 26–0 | [11] | ||||
| November 17 | Los Angeles City |
| W 20–2 | [12] | |||
| November 23 | at Pasadena | W 45–18 | 12,227 | [13] | |||
| December 10 | vs. Jones County* |
| W 22–13 | 57,132 | [14] | ||
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References[edit]
- ^ "Compton, Jonnes Vie for National Title: Top-Ranked Tartar 11 Captures 3rd JRB Bid". Pasadena Independent. November 29, 1955. p. 21 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Compton National Champion". Valley Times. December 12, 1955. p. 10 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Compton Claims No. 1 Ranking After Victory". The Pomona Progress Bulletin. December 12, 1955. p. 8 (sectio 2) – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Compton's Waddell Is On Par With Joe, Hugh". San Mateo Times. December 8, 1955. p. 31 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Waddell Improving: Concussion Hampers Tartar Ace". Pasadena Independent. December 13, 1955. p. 17 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Tartars Dominate Conference Picks". News-Pilot. December 3, 1955. p. 12 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ Don Snyder (November 15, 1955). "JRB Hopefuls Roll On; Compton Star Injured". Los Angeles Times. p. 33 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ Clayton Hannon (October 9, 1955). "Compton Tartars Outclass Owl Gridders, 60-7". Herald and News. Klamath Falls, Oregon. p. 11 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ Chuuck Thomas (October 24, 1955). "Pirates Scare Compton, Bow to Latest Score, 13-7: Louis Byrd Anchors Stiff Ventura Defense". The Ventura Couunty Star-Free Press. p. II-4 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Compton Defeats Weber 63 to 14". the Daily Herald (Provo, UT). November 7, 1955. p. 9 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Valley JC Upset by Harbor, 18-7". Los Angeles Times. November 12, 1955. p. 9 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Compton in 9th Victory". Los Angeles Mirror-News. November 18, 1955. p. III-5 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ Jim Galbraith (November 24, 1955). "Compton Back Ruins Pasadena 11, 45-18: Lancer End Rips Mark". Pasadena Independent. p. A1 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ Jim Gabraith (December 11, 1955). "Waddell-Less Compton Trips Up Jones, 21-13: 57,132 Fans See Tartars Nab 3rd JRB". Pasadena Independent. p. 31 – via Newspapers.com.