1955 Ohio State Buckeyes football
Big Ten champion
ConferenceBig Ten Conference
Ranking
CoachesNo. 5
APNo. 5
Record7–2 (6–0 Big Ten)
Head coach
Defensive coordinatorLyal Clark
MVPHoward Cassady
CaptainFran Machinsky, Ken Vargo
Home stadiumOhio Stadium
1955 Big Ten Conference football standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L TW L T
No. 5 Ohio State $ 6 –0 –07 –2 –0
No. 2 Michigan State 5 –1 –09 –1 –0
No. 12 Michigan 5 –2 –07 –2 –0
Purdue 4 –2 –15 –3 –1
Illinois 3 –3 –15 –3 –1
Wisconsin 3 –4 –04 –5 –0
Iowa 2 –3 –13 –5 –1
Minnesota 2 –5 –03 –6 –0
Indiana 1 –5 –03 –6 –0
Northwestern 0 –6 –10 –8 –1
  • $ – Conference champion
Rankings from AP Poll

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

DateOpponentRankSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 24Nebraska*No. 6
W 28–2080,171
October 1at Stanford*No. 8
L 0–628,000
October 8Illinois
W 27–1282,407
October 15No. 11 Duke*No. 14
  • Ohio Stadium
  • Columbus, OH
L 14–2082,254[1]
October 22at No. 15 Wisconsin
W 26–1653,529
October 29NorthwesternNo. 15
  • Ohio Stadium
  • Columbus, OH
W 49–082,214
November 5IndianaNo. 11
  • Ohio Stadium
  • Columbus, OH
W 20–1380,730
November 12No. 20 IowaNo. 10
  • Ohio Stadium
  • Columbus, OH
W 20–1082,701
November 19at No. 6 MichiganNo. 9
W 17–097,369
  • *Non-conference game
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

Game summaries

Nebraska

Stanford

Illinois

Duke

Wisconsin

Northwestern

Indiana

Iowa

Michigan

Coaching staff

Awards and honors

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

PlayerRoundPickPositionNFL club
Howard Cassady13HalfbackDetroit Lions
Fran Machinsky441TackleWashington Redskins
Ken Vargo9106CenterChicago Bears
Jerry Harkrader22261BackNew York Giants

References

  1. ↑ "Ohio State beaten by Duke, 20–14, Bucks blow lead". The Cincinnati Enquirer. October 16, 1955. Retrieved January 5, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
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  7. ↑ "Blast from the Past: No. 15 Wisconsin 10/22/1955". October 22, 2016.
  8. ↑ "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on December 1, 2017. Retrieved November 26, 2017.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
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  12. ↑ "Heisman.com - Heisman Trophy". Archived from the original on September 16, 2009. Retrieved November 23, 2007.
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