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==Game Summaries==
==Game Summaries==
===Nebraska===
===Nebraska===
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| style="font-size:85%;" | Pass Atts. || || style="text-align: center; font-size:85%;" | 3 || || style="text-align: center; font-size:85%;" | 26
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| style="font-size:85%;" | Pass Comps.|| || style="text-align: center; font-size:85%;" | 1 || || style="text-align: center; font-size:85%;" | 11
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| style="font-size:85%;" | Pass Yards|| || style="text-align: center; font-size:85%;" | 17 || || style="text-align: center; font-size:85%;" | 189
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| style="font-size:85%;" | Yds./Pass|| || style="text-align: center; font-size:85%;" | 17.0 || || style="text-align: center; font-size:85%;" | 17.2
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| style="font-size:85%;" | Rush Atts.|| || style="text-align: center; font-size:85%;" | 61 || || style="text-align: center; font-size:85%;" | 36
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| style="font-size:85%;" | Rush Yards|| || style="text-align: center; font-size:85%;" | 321 || || style="text-align: center; font-size:85%;" | 138
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| style="font-size:85%;" | Yds./Rush|| || style="text-align: center; font-size:85%;" | 5.3 || || style="text-align: center; font-size:85%;" | 3.8
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| style="font-size:85%;" | Total Yards || || style="text-align: center; font-size:85%;" | 338 || || style="text-align: center; font-size:85%;" | 327
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| style="font-size:85%;" | Fumbles Lost || || style="text-align: center; font-size:85%;" | 1 || || style="text-align: center; font-size:85%;" | 3
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| style="font-size:85%;" | Interceptions || || style="text-align: center; font-size:85%;" | 0 || || style="text-align: center; font-size:85%;" | 1
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| style="font-size:85%;" | Total Turnovers|| || style="text-align: center; font-size:85%;" | 1 || || style="text-align: center; font-size:85%;" | 4

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===Stanford===
===Stanford===
===Illinois===
===Illinois===

Revision as of 10:10, 22 November 2017

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Ranking
CoachesNo. 5
APNo. 5
1955 Big Ten Conference 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

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

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 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

Template:CFB Schedule End

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

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

  1. ^ http://web1.ncaa.org/footballStatsArchive/FootballStats.pdf?id=5846189.0
  2. ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2009-09-16. Retrieved 2007-11-23. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
Win/Loss statistics
Draft data


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