1955 Houston Cougars football team
{{short description|American college football season}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=August 2023}}
{{Infobox college sports team season
| year = 1955
| team = Houston Cougars
| sport = football
| image =
| image_size =
| conference = Missouri Valley Conference
| short_conf = MVC
| record = 6–4
| conf_record = 2–2
| head_coach = Bill Meek
| hc_year = 1st
| captain = Jim Blackstone
| captain2 = Lavell Isbell
| stadium = Rice Stadium
}}
{{1955 Missouri Valley Conference football standings}}
The 1955 Houston Cougars football team was an American football team that represented the University of Houston in the Missouri Valley Conference (MVC) during the 1955 college football season. In its first season under head coach Bill Meek, the team compiled a 6–4 record (2–2 against conference opponents) and finished in third place out of five teams in the MVC. Jim Blackstone and Lavell Isbell were the team captains.{{cite web|title=2018 Houston Football Media Guide|publisher=University of Houston|pages=126, 144|url=https://uhcougars.com/documents/2018/8/15/_18_Houston_Football_Guide_With_Covers.pdf|accessdate=August 14, 2020}} The team played its home games at Rice Stadium in Houston.
Schedule
{{CFB schedule
| rankyear = 1955
| poll = AP
| attend = y
| source = y
|September 17||Montana
|October 1|at|Texas A&M
|October 7|at|Detroit|University of Detroit Stadium|Detroit, MI|W 7–0|11,740|{{cite news|title=Houston Depth Submerges Titans, 7-0: Fumbles Put U-D in Hole|newspaper=Detroit Free Press|author=George Puscas|date=October 8, 1955|page=13|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/15710899/houston_depth_submerges_titans_70/|via=Newspapers.com}}
|October 15||Oklahoma A&M|Rice Stadium|Houston, TX|W 21–13|27,000|{{cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-austin-american-oklags-bow-to-housto/169693928/|work=The Austin American-Statesman|title=Oklags bow to Houston|date=October 16, 1955|accessdate=April 6, 2025|via=Newspapers.com}}
|October 22||Texas Tech
|October 29||Wichita|Rice Stadium|Houston, TX|L 7–21|18,000|{{cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-tyler-courier-times-cougars-bow-to-s/169694040/|work=The Tyler Courier-Times-Telegraph|title=Cougars bow to Shockers in 21–7 tilt|date=October 30, 1955|accessdate=April 6, 2025|via=Newspapers.com}}
|November 5|at|Tulsa|Skelly Stadium|Tulsa, OK (rivalry)|L 14–17|12,059|{{cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/okmulgee-daily-times-golden-hurricane-sp/169694126/|work=Okmulgee Daily Times|title=Golden Hurricane spill Houston|date=November 6, 1955|accessdate=April 6, 2025|via=Newspapers.com}}
|November 12|at|No. 14 Ole Miss
|November 19||Villanova
|December 3||Wyoming
}}