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1955 Northwestern Wildcats football team

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1955 Big Ten Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
No. 5 Ohio State $ 6 0 0 7 2 0
No. 2 Michigan State 5 1 0 9 1 0
No. 12 Michigan 5 2 0 7 2 0
Purdue 4 2 1 5 3 1
Illinois 3 3 1 5 3 1
Wisconsin 3 4 0 4 5 0
Iowa 2 3 1 3 5 1
Minnesota 2 5 0 3 6 0
Indiana 1 5 0 3 6 0
Northwestern 0 6 1 0 8 1
  • $ – Conference champion
Rankings from AP Poll

The 1955 Northwestern Wildcats team represented Northwestern University during the 1955 college football season. In their first year under head coach Lou Saban, the Wildcats compiled a 0-8-1 record (0-6-1 against Big Ten Conference opponents), finished in last place in the Big Ten, and were outscored by their opponents by a combined total of 241 to 66.[1]

George Steinbrenner was an assistant coach in 1955.[2]

Schedule

September 24, 1955Miami (OH)*

L 14-25 35,000 October 1, 1955at Tulane*

L 0-21 20,000 October 8, 1955Minnesota

  • Dyche Stadium
  • Evanston, IL

L 7-18 38,000 October 15, 1955at No. 1 Michigan

L 2-14 67,074 October 22, 1955Indiana

  • Dyche Stadium
  • Evanston, IL

L 14-20 29,700 October 29, 1955at No. 15 Ohio State

L 0-49 82,214 November 5, 1955Wisconsin

  • Dyche Stadium
  • Evanston, IL

L 14-41 40,000 November 12, 1955at Purdue

L 8-46 27,000 November 19, 1955Illinois

T 7-7 35,000

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References

  1. ^ "Northwestern Yearly Results (1955-1959)". College Football Data Warehouse. David DeLassus. Retrieved August 7, 2015.
  2. ^ Steinbrenner: The Last Lion of Baseball, p.34, Bill Madden, Harper Collins Publishing, New York, 2010, ISBN 978-0-06-169031-0