1955 Minnesota
3–6 (2–5 Big Ten), coached by Murray Warmath. Share
Schedule and results
- Biggest winBeat Wisconsin 21–6Nov 19
By 15 points, its widest win.
| Date | Opponent | Result | Elo |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 24 | vs Washington | L 0–30 | 74% |
| Oct 1 | vs Purdue | L 6–7 | 50% |
| Oct 8 | at Northwestern | W 18–7 | 56% |
| Oct 15 | at Illinois | L 13–21 | 45% |
| Oct 22 | vs Michigan | L 13–14 | 37% |
| Oct 29 | vs USC | W 25–19 | 35% |
| Nov 5 | at Iowa | L 0–26 | 39% |
| Nov 12 | at Michigan State | L 14–42 | 18% |
| Nov 19 | vs Wisconsin | W 21–6 | 44% |
Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.
How it ended: Beat Wisconsin 21–6; unranked in the final AP poll; 8th in the Big Ten.
In program history: The 84th-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 135 on file).
Players on this team
Before 2004 our records hold honors and the draft; these are the players whose college years here, from their Wikipedia articles or their honors, include 1955.
- Record
- 3–6
- Conference
- 2–5 8th in Big Ten
- AP final
- Unranked
- Points
- 110–172
- Coach
- Murray Warmath
- Elo
- 1515 −43 this season
- SP+ rating
- —
- SRS
- 3.5 No. 47 of 110 major-college teams
- Recruiting class
- —
- Captain
- Mike Falls
- Most valuable player
- Don Swanson
All-Big Ten
1 second teamSecond team
Bob HobertOTAP-2; UP-3
From Wikipedia’s 1955 all-conference team article, with the selectors that named each player (AP-1: the Associated Press’s first team).
1955 Big Ten standings
Conference page| Team | Conf. | Overall | AP final |
|---|---|---|---|
 Ohio State | 6–0 | 7–2 | 5 |
| Michigan State | 5–1 | 9–1 | 2 |
| Michigan | 5–2 | 7–2 | 12 |
| Purdue | 4–2–1 | 5–3–1 | |
| Illinois | 3–3–1 | 5–3–1 | |
| Wisconsin | 3–4 | 4–5 | |
| Iowa | 2–3–1 | 3–5–1 | |
| Minnesota | 2–5 | 3–6 | |
 Indiana | 1–5 | 3–6 | |
| Northwestern | 0–6–1 | 0–8–1 |
Ordered by conference winning percentage, then conference wins. Division splits and tiebreakers aren’t applied.