1955 Purdue
5–3–1 (4–2–1 Big Ten), coached by Stuart Holcomb. Share
Schedule and results
- Biggest winBeat Northwestern 46–8Nov 12
By 38 points, its widest win.
| Date | Opponent | Result | Elo |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 24 | vsPacific | W 14–7 | 69% |
| Oct 1 | at Minnesota | W 7–6 | 50% |
| Oct 8 | vs Wisconsin | L 0–9 | 44% |
| Oct 15 | at Iowa | T 20–20 | 39% |
| Oct 22 | vs Notre Dame | L 7–22 | 37% |
| Oct 29 | at Illinois | W 13–0 | 46% |
| Nov 5 | vs Michigan State | L 0–27 | 41% |
| Nov 12 | vs Northwestern | W 46–8 | 82% |
| Nov 19 | at Indiana | W 6–4 | 58% |
Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.
How it ended: Beat Indiana 6–4; unranked in the final AP poll; 4th in the Big Ten.
In program history: The 48th-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 135 on file).
AP poll, week by week
- Wk 1: 20
- Wk 2: 19
- Wk 4: 17
Players on this team
Len DawsonQuarterback
Joe KrupaOffensive tackle
Lamar LundyEnd- Dick MurleyGuard
- Ken PanfilOffensive tackle
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
- 5–3–1
- Conference
- 4–2–1 4th in Big Ten
- AP final
- Unranked peak No. 17
- Points
- 113–103
- Coach
- Stuart Holcomb
- Elo
- 1552 +5 this season
- SP+ rating
- —
- SRS
- 7.3 No. 36 of 110 major-college teams
- Recruiting class
- —
- Captains
- Joe Krupa and Bill Murakowski
- Most valuable player
- Joe Krupa
Drafted in 1956
The 1956 draft| Rd 2 | Joe Krupa OT | Pittsburgh Steelers |
| Rd 4 | Dick Murley OG | Pittsburgh Steelers |
| Rd 5 | Bill Murakowski B | Pittsburgh Steelers |
All-Big Ten
3 first team, 2 second teamFirst team
- Joe KrupaOTAP-2; UP-1; INS-1
- Len DawsonQB
Bill MurakowskiFB
Second team
- Lamar LundyEAP-2; UP-2
- Dick MurleyOTUP-2
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.