1955 Northwestern Wildcats football team

The 1955 Northwestern Wildcats team represented Northwestern University during the 1955 Big Ten Conference football season. In their first year under head coach Lou Saban, the Wildcats compiled a 0-8-1 record (0-6-1 against Big Ten Conference opponents), finished in last place in the Big Ten, and were outscored by their opponents by a combined total of 241 to 66.[2]

1955 Northwestern Wildcats football
ConferenceBig Ten Conference
1955 record0-8-1 (0-6-1 Big 10)
Head coach
MVPKurt Krueger
CaptainSandy Sacks[1]
Home stadiumDyche Stadium (Capacity: 55,000)
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

George Steinbrenner was an assistant coach in 1955.[3]

Schedule

DateOpponentSiteResultAttendance
September 24, 1955Miami (OH)*L 14-2535,000
October 1, 1955at Tulane*L 0-2120,000
October 8, 1955Minnesota
  • Dyche Stadium
  • Evanston, Illinois
L 7-1838,000
October 15, 1955at No. 1 MichiganL 2-1467,074
October 22, 1955Indiana
  • Dyche Stadium
  • Evanston, Illinois
L 14-2029,700
October 29, 1955at No. 15 Ohio StateL 0-4982,214
November 5, 1955Wisconsin
  • Dyche Stadium
  • Evanston, Illinois
L 14-4140,000
November 12, 1955at PurdueL 8-4627,000
November 19, 1955Illinois
T 7-735,000
  • *Non-conference game
  • Rankings from Coaches' Poll released prior to the game

References

  1. "Year-by-Year Results" (PDF). 2007. p. 147. Archived (PDF) from the original on 2019-03-16. Retrieved 2019-03-14.
  2. "Northwestern Yearly Results (1955-1959)". College Football Data Warehouse. David DeLassus. Retrieved August 7, 2015.
  3. Steinbrenner: The Last Lion of Baseball, p.34, Bill Madden, Harper Collins Publishing, New York, 2010, ISBN 978-0-06-169031-0


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