1955 Illinois Fighting Illini 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 Illinois Fighting Illini football team was an American football team that represented the University of Illinois during the 1955 Big Ten Conference football season. In their 14th year under head coach Ray Eliot, the Illini compiled a 5–3–1 record and finished in fifth place in the Big Ten Conference.[1] Quarterback Em Lindbeck was selected as the team's most valuable player.[2]

Schedule

September 24at California*

W 20–13   October 1Iowa State*

W 40–0   October 8at Ohio State

L 12–27   October 15Minnesota

  • Memorial Stadium
  • Champaign, IL

W 21–13   October 22at No. 6 Michigan State

L 7–21   October 29Purdue

L 0–13   November 5No. 3 Michigan

  • Memorial Stadium
  • Champaign, IL

W 25–6   November 12at WisconsinNo. 16

W 17–14   November 19at Northwestern

T 7–7  

Template:CFB Schedule End


References

  1. ^ "1955 Illinois Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved December 16, 2015.
  2. ^ "Fighting Illini Football Record Book" (PDF). University of Illinois. 2015. p. 155. Retrieved December 28, 2016.