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1955 Indiana Hoosiers football team

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1955 Indiana Hoosiers football
ConferenceBig Ten Conference
Record3–6 (1–5 Big Ten)
Head coach
MVPBob Skoronski
Home stadiumMemorial Stadium
(Capacity: 20,000)
Seasons
← 1954
1956 →
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 Indiana Hoosiers football team represented the Indiana Hoosiers in the 1955 Big Ten Conference football season. The Hoosiers played their home games at Memorial Stadium in Bloomington, Indiana. The team was coached by Bernie Crimmins, in his fourth year as head coach of the Hoosiers.

Schedule

DateOpponentSiteResultAttendance
September 24Michigan State
L 13–20-
October 1at No. 4 Notre Dame*L 0–1956,494
October 8at IowaL 6–20-
October 15Villanova*
  • Memorial Stadium
  • Bloomington, Indiana
W 14–7-
October 22at NorthwesternW 20–1429,700
October 29Ohio*
  • Memorial Stadium
  • Bloomington, Indiana
W 21–14-
November 5at No. 11 Ohio StateL 13–2080,730
November 12at No. 7 MichiganL 0–3061,019
November 19Purdue
L 4–6-
  • *Non-conference game
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

[1]

1956 NFL draftees

Player Position Round Pick NFL club
Bob Skoronski Tackle 5 56 Green Bay Packers

[2]

References

  1. ^ "1955 Football Schedule". Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved October 28, 2015.
  2. ^ https://www.pro-football-reference.com/draft/1956.htm