1955 Minnesota Golden Gophers football team

The 1955 Minnesota Golden Gophers football team represented the University of Minnesota in the 1955 Big Ten Conference football season. In their second year under head coach Murray Warmath, the Golden Gophers compiled a 3–6 record and were outscored by their opponents by a combined total of 172 to 110.[1]

1955 Minnesota Golden Gophers football
ConferenceBig Ten Conference
1955 record3–6 (2–5 Big Ten)
Head coach
MVPDon Swanson
CaptainMike Falls
Home stadiumMemorial Stadium
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

Quarterback Don Swanson received the team's Most Valuable Player award,[2] and fullback Dick Borstad and running back Bob Hobart were named to the Academic All-Big Ten team.[2]

Total attendance for the season was 305,581, which averaged to 61,116. The season high for attendance was against Southern Cal.[3]

Schedule

DateOpponentSiteResultAttendance
September 24Washington*L 30–056,989
October 1Purdue
  • Memorial Stadium
  • Minneapolis
L 7–659,019
October 8at NorthwesternW 18–738,000
October 15at IllinoisL 21–1345,995
October 22No. 1 Michigan
L 14–1363,530
October 29No. 10 USC*
  • Memorial Stadium
  • Minneapolis
W 25–1964,047
November 5at IowaL 26–052,459
November 12at No. 3 Michigan StateL 42–1451,605
November 19Wisconsin
  • Memorial Stadium
  • Minneapolis (rivalry)
W 21–661,996
  • *Non-conference game
  • Homecoming
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

References

  1. "1955 Minnesota Golden Gophers Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved November 1, 2017.
  2. Keiser, Jeff (2007), 2007 Media Guide (PDF), p. 182
  3. Keiser, Jeff (2007), 2007 Media Guide (PDF), p. 160
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