1955 Wisconsin Badgers football team

The 1955 Wisconsin Badgers football team represented the University of Wisconsin in the 1955 Big Ten Conference football season.

1955 Wisconsin Badgers football
ConferenceBig Ten Conference
1955 record45 (34 Big Ten)
Head coach
MVPWells Gray
Home stadiumCamp Randall 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

DateOpponentRankSiteResultAttendance
September 24Marquette*W 28–1453,359
October 1No. 14 IowaNo. 17
  • Camp Randall Stadium
  • Madison, WI (rivalry)
W 37–1453,509
October 8at No. 17 PurdueNo. 9W 9–045,000
October 14at No. 16 USC*No. 6L 21–3375,162
October 22Ohio StateNo. 15
  • Camp Randall Stadium
  • Madison, WI
L 16–2653,539
October 29No. 5 Michigan State
  • Camp Randall Stadium
  • Madison, WI
L 0–2753,529
November 5at NorthwesternW 41–1440,000
November 12No. 16 Illinois
  • Camp Randall Stadium
  • Madison, WI
L 14–1753,529
November 19at MinnesotaL 6–2162,714
  • *Non-conference game
  • Homecoming
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

[1]

Team players in the 1956 NFL Draft

PlayerPositionRoundPickNFL Club
John DittrichTackle670Chicago Cardinals
Bob KonovskyTackle777Chicago Cardinals
Charlie ThomasBack14164Green Bay Packers
Wells GrayGuard16190Washington Redskins
Dick KolianEnd27320Green Bay Packers
Jim MillerQuarterback28330Chicago Cardinals

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References

  1. "Wisconsin Badgers Index". sports-reference.com. Retrieved 2011-07-28.
  2. "1956 NFL Draft Listing". Pro-Football-Reference.com. Retrieved 2011-10-28.
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