Statistics Summary for 1955 
 

  Date Opponent   Score   Attend   Site Notes
09/24/1955 ABILENE CHRISTIAN T 7-7 -
09/30/1955 at Southwestern La. L 15-20 -
10/07/1955 at Trinity (TX) L 20-35 -
* 10/15/1955 LAMAR W 33-7 -
10/22/1955 AUSTIN COLLEGE L 7-12 -
* 10/29/1955 at Sam Houston State W 21-0 -
* 11/05/1955 TEXAS A&M-KINGSVILLE W 14-7 -
* 11/12/1955 STEPHEN F. AUSTIN W 33-14 -
* 11/19/1955 at Southwest Texas L 7-27 -
* 11/24/1955 at Sul Ross State W 14-0 -
 
Head coach J.V. Sikes (Second season, 11-7-2 Overall, 10-1-1 Conf)

Southwestern La. --> Univ. Louisiana at Lafayette
Southwest Texas --> Texas State

Overall: 5-4-1
Conference: 5-1
Home: 3-1-1
Away: 2-3
Neutral: 0-0


Rushing g att gain loss net avg td long avg/g
Jerry Lytle 10 85 328 4 324 3.8 4 0 32.4
Jerry Matthews 0 86 334 27 307 3.6 4 0 0.0
Larry Ford 0 37 227 5 222 6.0 3 0 0.0
Bobby Ewell 0 48 178 15 163 3.4 1 0 0.0
Neal Hinson 0 30 124 5 119 4.0 3 0 0.0
Bobby Fox 10 77 217 123 94 1.2 1 0 9.4
Harold Musgrove 0 29 83 4 79 2.7 1 0 0.0
Gene Marshall 0 10 39 0 39 3.9 1 0 0.0
Bob Carpenter 0 6 21 0 21 3.5 0 0 0.0
Don Maxey 0 2 9 0 9 4.5 0 0 0.0
C. Galloway 0 1 4 0 4 4.0 0 4 0.0
Larry Price 0 5 7 5 2 0.4 0 0 0.0
Jack Pirkey 0 25 58 56 2 0.1 0 0 0.0
Bobby Schattel 0 3 3 22 -19 -6.3 0 0 0.0
Team totals 10 444 1632 266 1366 3.1 18 0 136.6
Opp totals 10 500 2123 266 1857 3.7 0 0 185.7
 


Passing g comp-att-int pct yds td long avg/g effic
Bobby Fox 10 37-98-6 37.8 470 2 0 47.0 72.53
Jerry Matthews 0 7-15-1 46.7 91 1 0 0.0 106.29
Jack Pirkey 0 8-16-1 50.0 85 0 0 0.0 82.12
Bob Carpenter 0 0-1-1 0.0 0 0 0 0.0 -200.00
Bobby Ewell 0 0-1-0 0.0 0 0 0 0.0 0.00
Jerry Lytle 10 0-1-0 0.0 0 0 0 0.0 0.00
Team totals 10 52-132-9 39.4 646 3 0 64.6 74.37
Opp totals 10 65-159-10 40.9 852 6 0 85.2 85.77
 
Receiving g no. yds avg td long avg/g
Jackie Barrett 10 12 153 12.8 0 0 15.3
Waylon Buchanan 10 10 133 13.3 0 0 13.3
Bobby Ewell 0 8 115 14.4 1 0 0.0
Jerry Matthews 0 6 91 15.2 1 0 0.0
Harold Musgrove 0 4 52 13.0 1 0 0.0
John Price 0 4 34 8.5 0 0 0.0
Bob Carpenter 0 2 23 11.5 0 0 0.0
Curtis Spivey 0 1 10 10.0 0 10 0.0
Kenneth Deason 0 1 7 7.0 0 7 0.0
George Peacock 0 1 7 7.0 0 7 0.0
Larry Price 0 1 4 4.0 0 4 0.0
Jerry Lytle 10 1 -1 -1.0 0 0 -0.1
Team totals 10 52 646 12.4 3 0 64.6
Opp totals 10 65 852 13.1 6 0 85.2
 
Scoring g td fg k-pat 2xp dxp saf pts
Jerry Matthews 0 5 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 30
Jerry Lytle 10 4 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 24
Neal Hinson 0 3 0-0 1-1 0 0 0 19
Jack Pirkey 0 0 1-0 15-18 0 0 0 18
Larry Ford 0 3 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 18
Harold Musgrove 0 2 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 12
Bobby Ewell 0 2 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 12
Bobby Fox 10 1 0-0 1-5 0 0 0 7
Gene Marshall 0 1 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 6
Joe Blackwood 0 1 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 6
Team totals 10 21 1-0 17-24 0 0 0 146
Opp totals 10 6 0-0 15-19 0 0 0 51
 
Total offense g rush pass total avg/g
Bobby Fox 10 94 470 564 56.4
Jerry Matthews 0 307 91 398 0.0
Jerry Lytle 10 324 0 324 32.4
Larry Ford 0 222 0 222 0.0
Bobby Ewell 0 163 0 163 0.0
Neal Hinson 0 119 0 119 0.0
Jack Pirkey 0 2 85 87 0.0
Harold Musgrove 0 79 0 79 0.0
Gene Marshall 0 39 0 39 0.0
Bob Carpenter 0 21 0 21 0.0
Don Maxey 0 9 0 9 0.0
C. Galloway 0 4 0 4 0.0
Larry Price 0 2 0 2 0.0
Bobby Schattel 0 -19 0 -19 0.0
Team totals 10 1366 646 2012 201.2
Opp totals 10 1857 852 2709 270.9
 
Punt returns no. yards td long avg
Jerry Matthews 14 171 0 0 12.2
Bobby Fox 7 56 0 0 8.0
Jack Pirkey 3 13 0 0 4.3
Don Maxey 1 2 0 0 2.0
Team totals 25 242 0 0 9.7
Opp totals 28 120 0 0 4.3
 
Kick returns no. yards td long avg
Bobby Fox 9 179 0 0 19.9
Jerry Lytle 3 49 0 0 16.3
Jerry Matthews 2 44 0 0 22.0
Jack Pirkey 1 30 0 0 30.0
Jackie Barrett 2 28 0 0 14.0
Bobby Ewell 1 20 0 20 20.0
Larry Ford 1 12 0 0 12.0
Larry Price 1 10 0 10 10.0
Harold Musgrove 1 9 0 9 9.0
Team totals 22 404 0 0 18.4
Opp totals 36 540 0 0 15.0
 
Interceptions no. yards td long avg
Jerry Matthews 3 36 0 0 0.1
Bobby Fox 1 25 0 0 0.0
Harold Musgrove 1 21 0 21 0.0
Jack Pirkey 1 12 0 0 0.1
C. Galloway 1 5 0 5 0.2
Jerry Lytle 1 1 0 1 1.0
Kenneth Braden 1 1 0 1 1.0
Harold Hill 1 0 0 0 0.0
Team totals 10 101 0 0 0.1
Opp totals 9 54 0 0 0.2
 
Fumble returns no. yards td long avg
Joe Blackwood 1 0 1 0 0.0
Team totals 0 0 0 0 0.0
Opp totals 0 0 0 0 0.0
 
All purpose g rush rcv pr kr ir total avg/g
Jerry Matthews 0 307 91 171 44 36 649 0.0
Jerry Lytle 10 324 -1 0 49 1 373 37.3
Bobby Fox 10 94 0 56 179 25 354 35.4
Bobby Ewell 0 163 115 0 20 0 298 0.0
Larry Ford 0 222 0 0 12 0 234 0.0
Jackie Barrett 10 0 153 0 28 0 181 18.1
Harold Musgrove 0 79 52 0 9 21 161 0.0
Waylon Buchanan 10 0 133 0 0 0 133 13.3
Neal Hinson 0 119 0 0 0 0 119 0.0
Jack Pirkey 0 2 0 13 30 12 57 0.0
Bob Carpenter 0 21 23 0 0 0 44 0.0
Gene Marshall 0 39 0 0 0 0 39 0.0
John Price 0 0 34 0 0 0 34 0.0
Larry Price 0 2 4 0 10 0 16 0.0
Don Maxey 0 9 0 2 0 0 11 0.0
Curtis Spivey 0 0 10 0 0 0 10 0.0
C. Galloway 0 4 0 0 0 5 9 0.0
George Peacock 0 0 7 0 0 0 7 0.0
Kenneth Deason 0 0 7 0 0 0 7 0.0
Kenneth Braden 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0.0
Bobby Schattel 0 -19 0 0 0 0 -19 0.0
Team totals 10 1366 646 242 404 101 2759 275.9
Opp totals 10 1857 852 120 540 54 3423 342.3
 
Punting no. yds avg lg tb fc i20 50+ blk
Jerry Lytle 22 853 38.8 0 0 0 0 0 2
Bobby Fox 16 628 39.2 0 0 0 0 0 0
Jack Pirkey 5 192 38.4 0 0 0 0 0 0
Don Maxey 1 41 41.0 41 0 0 0 0 0
Team totals 51 1972 38.7 0 0 0 0 0 2
Opp totals 53 1721 32.5 0 0 0 0 0 2
 
Field goals made att pct long blkd
Jack Pirkey 1 0 0.0 0 0
Team totals 1 0 0.0 0 0
Opp totals 0 0 0.0 0 0
 
Defensive Statistics g ua a tot tfl-yds sack-yds int-yds brup qbh fr-yds ff blk saf
Jerry Lytle 10 0 0 0 - - 1 - 1 - - - - - -
Bobby Fox 10 0 0 0 - - 1 - 25 - - - - - -
Jack Pirkey 0 0 0 0 - - 1 - 12 - - - - - -
Harold Musgrove 0 0 0 0 - - 1 - 21 - - - - - -
C. Galloway 0 0 0 0 - - 1 - 5 - - - - - -
Kenneth Braden 0 0 0 0 - - 1 - 1 - - - - - -
Joe Blackwood 0 0 0 0 - - - - - - - - -
Harold Hill 0 0 0 0 - - 1 - 0 - - - - - -
Jerry Matthews 0 0 0 0 - - 3 - 36 - - - - - -
Team totals 10 0 0 0 - - 10 - 101 - - - - - -
Opp totals 10 0 0 0 - - 9 - 54 - - - - - -
 
Team statistics Team totals Opponent
1st downs rushing 90 90
1st downs passing 28 38
1st downs penalty 9 8
1st downs total 127 136
Penalties against 50 74
Penalty yards 512 663
Fumbles 46 32
Fumbles lost 25 19
3rd-down convert 0-0 0-0
4th-down convert 0-0 0-0
Time of possession 0:00 0:00
Misc yards 0 0