1955 Nebraska
5–5 (5–1 Big Seven), coached by William Glassford. Share
Schedule and results
- Biggest winBeat Colorado 37–20Nov 12
By 17 points, its widest win.
| Date | Opponent | Result | Elo |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 17 | vs Hawai’i | L 0–6 | 93% |
| Sep 24 | at Ohio State | L 20–28 | 17% |
| Oct 1 | at Kansas State | W 16–0 | 38% |
| Oct 8 | vs Texas A&M | L 0–27 | 56% |
| Oct 15 | at Pittsburgh | L 7–21 | 30% |
| Oct 22 | at Missouri | W 18–12 | 42% |
| Oct 29 | vs Kansas | W 19–14 | 71% |
| Nov 5 | at Iowa State | W 10–7 | 55% |
| Nov 12 | vs Colorado | W 37–20 | 37% |
| Nov 19 | vs Oklahoma | L 0–41 | 21% |
Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.
How it ended: Lost to Oklahoma 41–0; unranked in the final AP poll; 2nd in the Big Seven.
In program history: The tied 101st-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 129 on file).
- Record
- 5–5
- Conference
- 5–1 2nd in Big Seven
- AP final
- Unranked
- Points
- 127–176
- Coach
- William Glassford
- Elo
- 1488 −1 this season
- SP+ rating
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- SRS
- 2.3 No. 50 of 110 major-college teams
- Recruiting class
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- Offense
- Split-T
All-Big Seven
4 first teamFirst team
Rex FisherBAP-1; UP-2- Willie GreenlawB
- Jon McWilliamsEAP-2; UP-1
- Laverne TorczonOTAP-1
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 Seven standings
| Team | Conf. | Overall | AP final |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oklahoma | 6–0 | 11–0 | 1 |
| Nebraska | 5–1 | 5–5 | |
| Colorado | 3–3 | 6–4 | |
| Kansas State | 3–3 | 4–6 | |
| Kansas | 1–4–1 | 3–6–1 | |
| Iowa State | 1–4–1 | 1–7–1 | |
| Missouri | 1–5 | 1–9 |
Ordered by conference winning percentage, then conference wins. Division splits and tiebreakers aren’t applied.