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1955 Minnesota Golden Gophers 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 Minnesota Golden Gophers football team represented the University of Minnesota in the 1955 Big Ten Conference football season. In their second year under head coach Murray Warmath, the Golden Gophers compiled a 3–6 record and were outscored by their opponents by a combined total of 172 to 110.[1]

Quarterback Don Swanson received the team's Most Valuable Player award,[2] and fullback Dick Borstad and running back Bob Hobart were named to the Academic All-Big Ten team.[2]

Total attendance for the season was 305,581, which averaged to 61,116. The season high for attendance was against Southern Cal.[3]

Schedule

September 24Washington*

L 30–0 56,989 October 1Purdue

  • Memorial Stadium
  • Minneapolis

L 7–6 59,019 October 8at Northwestern

W 18–7 38,000 October 15at Illinois

L 21–13 45,995 October 22No. 1 Michigan

L 14–13 63,530 October 29No. 10 USC*dagger

  • Memorial Stadium
  • Minneapolis

W 25–19 64,047 November 5at Iowa

L 26–0 52,459 November 12at No. 3 Michigan State

L 42–14 51,605 November 19Wisconsin

  • Memorial Stadium
  • Minneapolis (Rivalry)

W 21–6 61,996

Template:CFB Schedule End

References

  1. ^ "1955 Minnesota Golden Gophers Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved November 1, 2017.
  2. ^ a b Keiser, Jeff (2007), 2007 Media Guide (PDF), p. 182[permanent dead link]
  3. ^ Keiser, Jeff (2007), 2007 Media Guide (PDF), p. 160[permanent dead link]