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1955-56 Rochester Royals Schedule and Results

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Record: 31-41, Finished 4th in NBA Western Division (Schedule and Results)
Coach: Bobby Wanzer (31-41)

PTS/G: 95.8 (7th of 8) ▪ Opp PTS/G: 98.7 (4th of 8)
SRS: -2.61 (8th of 8)
Expected W-L: 29-43 (8th of 8)

Arena: Rochester Community War Memorial ▪ Attendance: 102,468 (8th of 8)

Regular Season

G Date Opponent Tm Opp W L Streak Notes
1 Sat, Nov 5, 1955 Box Score New York Knicks L OT 98 100 0 1 L 1
2 Sun, Nov 6, 1955 Box Score Syracuse Nationals W 83 80 1 1 W 1
3 Thu, Nov 10, 1955 Box Score N Philadelphia Warriors L 84 89 1 2 L 1 at New York, NY
4 Sat, Nov 12, 1955 Box Score N Fort Wayne Pistons W 84 79 2 2 W 1 at St. Louis, MO
5 Sun, Nov 13, 1955 Box Score N New York Knicks L 91 94 2 3 L 1 at Fort Wayne, IN
6 Sat, Nov 19, 1955 Box Score Minneapolis Lakers L 90 91 2 4 L 2
7 Sun, Nov 20, 1955 Box Score @ Minneapolis Lakers W 104 96 3 4 W 1
8 Wed, Nov 23, 1955 Box Score @ St. Louis Hawks L OT 88 90 3 5 L 1
9 Thu, Nov 24, 1955 Box Score @ Fort Wayne Pistons L 93 104 3 6 L 2
10 Sat, Nov 26, 1955 Box Score Boston Celtics L 103 104 3 7 L 3
11 Wed, Nov 30, 1955 Box Score Fort Wayne Pistons W 87 76 4 7 W 1
12 Sat, Dec 3, 1955 Box Score St. Louis Hawks L 78 89 4 8 L 1
13 Sun, Dec 4, 1955 Box Score Philadelphia Warriors W 107 84 5 8 W 1
14 Tue, Dec 6, 1955 Box Score @ New York Knicks L 105 116 5 9 L 1
15 Wed, Dec 7, 1955 Box Score Minneapolis Lakers W 92 79 6 9 W 1
16 Fri, Dec 9, 1955 Box Score N Boston Celtics W 109 108 7 9 W 2 at Philadelphia, PA
17 Sat, Dec 10, 1955 Box Score Fort Wayne Pistons W OT 117 116 8 9 W 3
18 Sun, Dec 11, 1955 Box Score St. Louis Hawks W 93 91 9 9 W 4
19 Wed, Dec 14, 1955 Box Score N St. Louis Hawks W 117 109 10 9 W 5 at Johnstown, PA
20 Fri, Dec 16, 1955 Box Score N St. Louis Hawks L OT 97 100 10 10 L 1 at Milwaukee, WI
G Date Opponent Tm Opp W L Streak Notes
21 Sat, Dec 17, 1955 Box Score @ Minneapolis Lakers L 92 94 10 11 L 2
22 Sun, Dec 18, 1955 Box Score @ St. Louis Hawks L 85 86 10 12 L 3
23 Wed, Dec 21, 1955 Box Score Philadelphia Warriors L 92 96 10 13 L 4
24 Sun, Dec 25, 1955 Box Score @ Syracuse Nationals L 96 111 10 14 L 5
25 Mon, Dec 26, 1955 Box Score Syracuse Nationals W 93 91 11 14 W 1
26 Tue, Dec 27, 1955 Box Score N Syracuse Nationals W 91 80 12 14 W 2 at New York, NY
27 Wed, Dec 28, 1955 Box Score New York Knicks L 91 113 12 15 L 1
28 Thu, Dec 29, 1955 Box Score @ Fort Wayne Pistons L 75 83 12 16 L 2
29 Sat, Dec 31, 1955 Box Score Boston Celtics L 100 112 12 17 L 3
30 Sun, Jan 1, 1956 Box Score @ New York Knicks W 101 92 13 17 W 1
31 Mon, Jan 2, 1956 Box Score N Philadelphia Warriors L 100 130 13 18 L 1 at New Haven, CT
32 Wed, Jan 4, 1956 Box Score Fort Wayne Pistons L 86 88 13 19 L 2
33 Sat, Jan 7, 1956 Box Score Minneapolis Lakers W 103 98 14 19 W 1
34 Sun, Jan 8, 1956 Box Score @ Boston Celtics W 111 109 15 19 W 2
35 Wed, Jan 11, 1956 Box Score Philadelphia Warriors L 94 97 15 20 L 1
36 Thu, Jan 12, 1956 Box Score @ Philadelphia Warriors L 94 123 15 21 L 2
37 Fri, Jan 13, 1956 Box Score N St. Louis Hawks W 98 90 16 21 W 1 at Boston, MA
38 Sat, Jan 14, 1956 Box Score Syracuse Nationals W 102 93 17 21 W 2
39 Sun, Jan 15, 1956 Box Score @ Syracuse Nationals L 88 99 17 22 L 1
40 Tue, Jan 17, 1956 Box Score @ New York Knicks L 107 112 17 23 L 2
G Date Opponent Tm Opp W L Streak Notes
41 Wed, Jan 18, 1956 Box Score New York Knicks W 108 103 18 23 W 1
42 Sat, Jan 21, 1956 Box Score N St. Louis Hawks W 97 90 19 23 W 2 at Saratoga Springs, NY
43 Sun, Jan 22, 1956 Box Score @ Fort Wayne Pistons L 93 111 19 24 L 1
44 Wed, Jan 25, 1956 Box Score @ St. Louis Hawks L 106 114 19 25 L 2
45 Fri, Jan 27, 1956 Box Score N New York Knicks W 111 93 20 25 W 1 at Boston, MA
46 Sat, Jan 28, 1956 Box Score Boston Celtics L 119 126 20 26 L 1
47 Sun, Jan 29, 1956 Box Score @ Boston Celtics L 103 112 20 27 L 2
48 Tue, Jan 31, 1956 Box Score N Minneapolis Lakers L 86 92 20 28 L 3 at St. Louis, MO
49 Wed, Feb 1, 1956 Box Score Syracuse Nationals W 83 77 21 28 W 1
50 Thu, Feb 2, 1956 Box Score @ Syracuse Nationals L 89 97 21 29 L 1
51 Fri, Feb 3, 1956 Box Score @ Philadelphia Warriors W 105 96 22 29 W 1
52 Sat, Feb 4, 1956 Box Score Boston Celtics W 83 69 23 29 W 2
53 Sun, Feb 5, 1956 Box Score @ Minneapolis Lakers W 121 109 24 29 W 3
54 Wed, Feb 8, 1956 Box Score New York Knicks L 97 102 24 30 L 1
55 Sat, Feb 11, 1956 Box Score Fort Wayne Pistons W 97 93 25 30 W 1
56 Sun, Feb 12, 1956 Box Score @ Syracuse Nationals L 74 101 25 31 L 1
57 Tue, Feb 14, 1956 Box Score N Minneapolis Lakers L 79 110 25 32 L 2 at St. Louis, MO
58 Thu, Feb 16, 1956 Box Score @ Fort Wayne Pistons L 81 93 25 33 L 3
59 Sat, Feb 18, 1956 Box Score Minneapolis Lakers L 99 119 25 34 L 4
60 Sun, Feb 19, 1956 Box Score @ Minneapolis Lakers L 93 100 25 35 L 5
G Date Opponent Tm Opp W L Streak Notes
61 Tue, Feb 21, 1956 Box Score @ Fort Wayne Pistons W 106 102 26 35 W 1 at New York, NY
62 Wed, Feb 22, 1956 Box Score N St. Louis Hawks W 110 109 27 35 W 2 at Philadelphia, PA
63 Sat, Feb 25, 1956 Box Score Fort Wayne Pistons L 72 97 27 36 L 1
64 Sun, Feb 26, 1956 Box Score @ Boston Celtics L 100 111 27 37 L 2
65 Tue, Feb 28, 1956 Box Score N Boston Celtics W 113 97 28 37 W 1 at New York, NY
66 Wed, Feb 29, 1956 Box Score @ Philadelphia Warriors L 81 86 28 38 L 1
67 Thu, Mar 1, 1956 Box Score @ St. Louis Hawks W 95 94 29 38 W 1
68 Sat, Mar 3, 1956 Box Score Minneapolis Lakers W 94 90 30 38 W 2
69 Sun, Mar 4, 1956 Box Score @ Fort Wayne Pistons L 88 103 30 39 L 1
70 Wed, Mar 7, 1956 Box Score St. Louis Hawks L 89 96 30 40 L 2
71 Sat, Mar 10, 1956 Box Score Philadelphia Warriors W 111 96 31 40 W 1
72 Sun, Mar 11, 1956 Box Score @ Minneapolis Lakers L 98 126 31 41 L 1