1955 Ohio State Buckeyes football team

1955 Big Ten football standings
	$ – Conference champion; Rankings from AP Poll

Ohio State Buckeyes football
1955 Ohio State Buckeyes football
Big Ten champion
Conference	Big Ten Conference
Ranking
Coaches	No. 5
AP	No. 5
1955 record	7–2 (6–0 Big Ten)
Head coach	Woody Hayes (5th season)
Defensive coordinator	Lyal Clark
MVP	Howard Cassady
Captain	Fran Machinsky, Ken Vargo
Home stadium	Ohio Stadium; (Capacity: 78,677)

The 1955 Ohio State Buckeyes football team represented the Ohio State University in the 1955 Big Ten Conference football season. The Buckeyes compiled a 7–2 record.

Schedule

Date	Opponent^#	Rank^#	Site	Result	Attendance
September 24	Nebraska*	No. 6	Ohio Stadium • Columbus, OH	W 28–20	80,171
October 1	at Stanford*	No. 8	Stanford Stadium • Stanford, CA	L 0–6	28,000
October 8	Illinois		Ohio Stadium • Columbus, OH (Illibuck Trophy)	W 27–12	82,407
October 15	No. 11 Duke*	No. 14	Ohio Stadium • Columbus, OH	L 14–20	82,254
October 22	at No. 15 Wisconsin		Camp Randall Stadium • Madison, WI	W 26–16	53,529
October 29	Northwestern	No. 15	Ohio Stadium • Columbus, OH	W 49–0	82,214
November 5	Indiana	No. 11	Ohio Stadium • Columbus, OH	W 20–13	80,730
November 12	No. 20 Iowa	No. 10	Ohio Stadium • Columbus, OH	W 20–10	82,701
November 19	at No. 6 Michigan	No. 9	Michigan Stadium • Ann Arbor, MI (The Game)	W 17–0	97,369
*Non-conference game. ^#Rankings from AP Poll.

Game Summaries

Nebraska

Team Statistics
Statistic	Ohio State	Nebraska
Pass Atts.	3	26
Pass Comps.	1	11
Pass Yards	17	189
Yds./Pass	17.0	17.2

Rush Atts.	61	36
Rush Yards	321	138
Yds./Rush	5.3	3.8

Total Yards	338	327

Fumbles Lost	1	3
Interceptions	0	1
Total Turnovers	1	4

^[1]

Stanford

Team Statistics
Statistic	Stanford	Ohio State
Pass Atts.	13	12
Pass Comps.	6	5
Pass Yards	66	41
Yds./Pass	11.0	8.2

Rush Atts.	41	57
Rush Yards	152	187
Yds./Rush	3.7	3.3

Total Yards	218	228

Fumbles Lost	1	1
Interceptions	0	1
Total Turnovers	1	2

^[2]

	1	2	3	4	Total
Ohio State	0	0	0	0	0
• Stanford	6	0	0	0	6

Date: October 1
Location: Stanford Stadium
Game attendance: 28,000
Game weather: Fair

Illinois

Team Statistics
Statistic	Ohio State	Illinois
Pass Atts.	9	15
Pass Comps.	4	7
Pass Yards	17	175
Yds./Pass	4.3	25.0

Rush Atts.	55	51
Rush Yards	334	196
Yds./Rush	6.1	3.8

Total Yards	351	371

Fumbles Lost	0	2
Interceptions	0	1
Total Turnovers	0	3

^[3]

	1	2	3	4	Total
Illinois	6	0	0	6	12
• Ohio State	13	0	7	7	27

Date: October 8
Location: Ohio Stadium
Game attendance: 82,407
Game weather: 65°F

Duke

Team Statistics
Statistic	Ohio State	Duke
Pass Atts.	10	13
Pass Comps.	2	9
Pass Yards	27	125
Yds./Pass	13.5	13.9

Rush Atts.	34	65
Rush Yards	138	218
Yds./Rush	4.1	3.4

Total Yards	165	343

Fumbles Lost	4	3
Interceptions	2	1
Total Turnovers	6	4

^[4]

	1	2	3	4	Total
• Duke	0	7	7	6	20
Ohio State	7	7	0	0	14

Location: Ohio Stadium
Elapsed time: October 15
Game attendance: 82,254
Game weather: 68°F

Wisconsin

Team Statistics
Statistic	Wisconsin	Ohio State
Pass Atts.	18	4
Pass Comps.	7	2
Pass Yards	94	32
Yds./Pass	13.4	16.0

Rush Atts.	50	59
Rush Yards	284	272
Yds./Rush	5.7	4.6

Total Yards	378	304

Fumbles Lost	2	1
Interceptions	1	0
Total Turnovers	3	1

^[5] ^[6]

	1	2	3	4	Total
• Ohio State	0	12	0	14	26
Wisconsin	0	14	0	2	16

Date: October 22
Location: Camp Randall Stadium
Game attendance: 53,529
Game weather: 56°F, Partly Cloudy

Northwestern

Team Statistics
Statistic	Ohio State	Northwestern
Pass Atts.	5	19
Pass Comps.	2	8
Pass Yards	24	75
Yds./Pass	12.0	9.4

Rush Atts.	65	46
Rush Yards	395	166
Yds./Rush	6.1	3.6

Total Yards	419	241

Fumbles Lost	0	1
Interceptions	0	5
Total Turnovers	0	6

^[7]

	1	2	3	4	Total
Northwestern	0	0	0	0	0
• Ohio State	14	14	7	14	49

Date: October 29
Location: Ohio Stadium
Game attendance: 82,214
Game weather: 52°F, Windy

Indiana

Team Statistics
Statistic	Ohio State	Indiana
Pass Atts.	2	18
Pass Comps.	0	11
Pass Yards	0	142
Yds./Pass	0.0	12.9

Rush Atts.	52	47
Rush Yards	251	159
Yds./Rush	4.8	3.4

Total Yards	251	301

Fumbles Lost	2	1
Interceptions	0	0
Total Turnovers	2	1

^[8]

	1	2	3	4	Total
Indiana	0	6	0	7	13
• Ohio State	0	14	0	6	20

Date: November 5
Location: Ohio Stadium
Game attendance: 80,730
Game weather: 47°F, Clear

Iowa

Team Statistics
Statistic	Ohio State	Iowa
Pass Atts.	3	14
Pass Comps.	0	9
Pass Yards	0	101
Yds./Pass	0.0	11.2

Rush Atts.	53	45
Rush Yards	274	171
Yds./Rush	5.2	3.8

Total Yards	273	272

Fumbles Lost	0	1
Interceptions	0	1
Total Turnovers	0	2

^[9]

	1	2	3	4	Total
Iowa	3	7	0	0	10
• Ohio State	7	6	0	7	20

Date: November 12
Location: Ohio Stadium
Game attendance: 82,701
Game weather: 55°F, Cloudy

Michigan

Team Statistics
Statistic	Michigan	Ohio State
Pass Atts.	9	3
Pass Comps.	3	1
Pass Yards	14	4
Yds./Pass	4.7	4.0

Rush Atts.	31	72
Rush Yards	95	333
Yds./Rush	3.1	4.6

Total Yards	109	337

Fumbles Lost	0	2
Interceptions	2	0
Total Turnovers	2	2

^[10]

	1	2	3	4	Total
• Ohio State	0	3	0	14	17
Michigan	0	0	0	0	0

Date: November 19
Location: Michigan Stadium
Game attendance: 97,369
Game weather: Fair

Coaching staff

Woody Hayes - Head Coach - 5th year

Awards and honors

Howard Cassady, Heisman Trophy^[11]

Trivia

The November 12 game against Iowa was mentioned in the movie Back to the Future Part II. A radio announcer telling the scores of the day's games mentions that Ohio State beat Iowa 20-10.

1956 NFL draftees

Player	Round	Pick	Position	NFL Club
Howard Cassady	1	3	Halfback	Detroit Lions
Fran Machinsky	4	41	Tackle	Washington Redskins
Ken Vargo	9	106	Center	Chicago Bears
Jerry Harkrader	22	261	Back	New York Giants

References

Win/Loss statistics

Ohio State Historical Scores

Draft data

Ohio State Drafted Players

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1955 Big Ten 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