1955 Ohio State Buckeyes football team

1955 Ohio State Buckeyes football
Big Ten champion
Conference Big Ten Conference
Ranking
Coaches No. 5
AP No. 5
1955 record 72 (60 Big Ten)
Head coach Woody Hayes (5th year)
Defensive coordinator Lyal Clark
Captain Fran Machinsky
Captain Ken Vargo
Home stadium Ohio Stadium
(Capacity: 78,677)
1955 Big Ten football standings
Conf     Overall
Team W   L   T     W   L   T
#5 Ohio State $ 6 0 0     7 2 0
#2 Michigan State 5 1 0     9 1 0
#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 Ohio State Buckeyes football team represented the Ohio State University in the 1955 college football season. The Buckeyes compiled a 72 record.

Schedule

Date Opponent# Rank# Site Result Attendance
September 24 Nebraska* No. 6 Ohio StadiumColumbus, OH W 2820   80,171
October 1 at Stanford* No. 8 Stanford StadiumStanford, CA L 06   28,000
October 8 Illinois Ohio Stadium • Columbus, OH (Illibuck Trophy) W 2712   82,407
October 15 No. 11 Duke* No. 14 Ohio Stadium • Columbus, OH L 1420   82,254
October 22 at No. 15 Wisconsin Camp Randall StadiumMadison, WI W 2616   53,529
October 29 Northwestern No. 15 Ohio Stadium • Columbus, OH W 490   82,214
November 5 Indiana No. 11 Ohio Stadium • Columbus, OH W 2013   80,730
November 12 No. 20 Iowa No. 10 Ohio Stadium • Columbus, OH W 2010   82,701
November 19 at No. 6 Michigan No. 9 Michigan StadiumAnn Arbor, MI (The Game) W 170   97,369
*Non-conference game. #Rankings from AP Poll.

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Coaching staff

Awards and honors

Trivia

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
Draft data
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