1955 Ohio State
7–2 (6–0 Big Ten), coached by Woody Hayes, finished No. 5 in the AP poll. Share
Schedule and results
- Biggest winBeat Northwestern 49–0Oct 29
By 49 points, its widest win.
| Date | Opponent | Result | Elo |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 24 | vs Nebraska | W 28–20 | 83% |
| Oct 1 | at Stanford | L 0–6 | 69% |
| Oct 8 | vs Illinois | W 27–12 | 74% |
| Oct 15 | vs Duke | L 14–20 | 57% |
| Oct 22 | at Wisconsin | W 26–16 | 39% |
| Oct 29 | vs Northwestern | W 49–0 | 89% |
| Nov 5 | vs Indiana | W 20–13 | 83% |
| Nov 12 | vs Iowa | W 20–10 | 72% |
| Nov 19 | at Michigan | W 17–0 | 50% |
Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.
How it ended: Beat Michigan 17–0; No. 5 in the final AP poll; Big Ten champions.
In program history: The 39th-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 128 on file).
AP poll, week by week
- Wk 1: 4
- Wk 2: 6
- Wk 3: 8
- Wk 5: 14
- Wk 7: 15
- Wk 8: 11
- Wk 9: 10
- Wk 10: 9
- Wk 11: 6
- Final: 5
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.
Big Ten champions6–0 in the conference
Heisman TrophyHopalong Cassady, RB; also the Maxwell
- Record
- 7–2
- Conference
- 6–0 first in Big Ten
- AP final
- No. 5 peak No. 4
- Points
- 201–97
- Coach
- Woody Hayes
- Elo
- 1717 +54 this season
- SP+ rating
- —
- SRS
- 15.6 No. 12 of 110 major-college teams
- Recruiting class
- —
- Captains
- Fran Machinsky and Ken Vargo
- Most valuable player
- Hopalong Cassady
Drafted in 1956
The 1956 draft| Rd 1 | Hopalong Cassady RB | Detroit Lions |
| Rd 4 | Fran Machinsky OT | Washington Redskins |
All-Big Ten
4 first teamFirst team
Jim ParkerOGAP-1; UP-1
Francis MachinskyOG- Ken VargoCAP-1; UP-1; INS-1
Hopalong CassadyRB
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.