1955 Indiana Hoosiers football team

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.

1955 Indiana Hoosiers football
ConferenceBig Ten Conference
1955 record36 (15 Big Ten)
Head coachBernie Crimmins (4th season)
MVPBob Skoronski
Home stadiumMemorial Stadium
(Capacity: 20,000)
1955 Big Ten Conference football standings
Conf  Overall
TeamW 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

Schedule

DateOpponentSiteResultAttendance
September 24Michigan State
  • Memorial Stadium
  • Bloomington, Indiana (Old Brass Spittoon)
L 13–20-
October 1at No. 4 Notre Dame*L 0–1956,494
October 8at Iowa
L 6–20-
October 15Villanova*
  • Memorial Stadium
  • Bloomington, Indiana
W 14–7-
October 22at Northwestern
W 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

PlayerPositionRoundPickNFL club
Bob SkoronskiTackle556Green 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


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