1955 Iowa Hawkeyes football team

The 1955 Iowa Hawkeyes football team represented the University of Iowa in the 1955 Big Ten Conference football season.

1955 Iowa Hawkeyes football
ConferenceBig Ten Conference
Ranking
CoachesNo. 19
1955 record351 (231 Big Ten)
Head coach
MVPJerry Reichow
CaptainCalvin Jones
Home stadiumIowa Stadium
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

Schedule

DateOpponentRankSiteTVResult
September 24Kansas State*W 28–7
October 1at No. 17 WisconsinNo. 14L 14–37
October 8Indiana
  • Iowa Stadium
  • Iowa City, Iowa
W 20–6
October 15Purdue
  • Iowa Stadium
  • Iowa City, Iowa
T 20–20
October 21at No. 7 UCLA*L 13–33
October 29at MichiganNBCL 21–33
November 5Minnesota
CBSW 26–0
November 12at Ohio StateL 10–20
November 19at Notre Dame*L 14–17
  • *Non-conference game
  • Homecoming
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

Roster

1955 Iowa Hawkeyes football team roster
Players Coaches
Offense
Pos.#NameClass
E 88 Jim Gibbons So
E 37 Frank Gilliam  Sr
G 62 Calvin Jones (C) Sr
T 77 Alex Karras So
QB 25 Jerry Reichow Sr
HB 41 Eddie Vincent Sr
Defense
Pos.#NameClass
Special teams
Pos.#NameClass
Head coach
Coordinators/assistant coaches

Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (S) Suspended
  • (I) Ineligible
  • Injured
  • Redshirt

Postseason awards

1956 NFL Draft

PlayerPositionRoundPickNFL club
Jerry ReichowQuarterback438Detroit Lions
Jim FreemanEnd550Los Angeles Rams
Eddie VincentBack672Los Angeles Rams
Calvin JonesGuard998Detroit Lions
Roger SwedbergTackle12136San Francisco 49ers

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