1955 Purdue Boilermakers football team

1955 Purdue Boilermakers football
Conference Big Ten Conference
1955 record 5–3–1 (4–2–1 )
Head coach Stu Holcomb (9th year)
Home stadium Ross–Ade Stadium
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 Purdue Boilermakers football team was an American football team that represented Purdue University during the 1955 college football season. In their ninth and final season under head coach Stu Holcomb, the Boilermakers compiled a 5–3–1 record, finished in fourth place in the Big Ten Conference with a 4–2–1 record against conference opponents, and outscored all opponents by a combined total of 113 to 103.[1][2]

Notable players on the 1955 Purdue team included quarterback Len Dawson, end Lamar Lundy, tackle Joe Krupa, and back Bill Murakowski.

References

  1. "Purdue Yearly Results (1955-1959)". College Football Data Warehouse. David DeLassus. Retrieved December 8, 2015.
  2. "1955 Purdue Boilermakers Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved December 6, 2015.
This article is issued from Wikipedia - version of the 12/8/2015. The text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution/Share Alike but additional terms may apply for the media files.