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
Record3–5–1 (2–3–1 Big Ten)
Head coach
MVPJerry Reichow
CaptainCal Jones
Home stadiumIowa Stadium
1955 Big Ten Conference football standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L TW L T
No. 5 Ohio State $ 6 0 07 2 0
No. 2 Michigan State 5 1 09 1 0
No. 12 Michigan 5 2 07 2 0
Purdue 4 2 15 3 1
Illinois 3 3 15 3 1
Wisconsin 3 4 04 5 0
Iowa 2 3 13 5 1
Minnesota 2 5 03 6 0
Indiana 1 5 03 6 0
Northwestern 0 6 10 8 1
  • $ Conference champion
Rankings from AP Poll

Schedule

DateOpponentRankSiteTVResultAttendanceSource
September 24Kansas State*W 28–744,500
October 1at No. 17 WisconsinNo. 14L 14–3753,509
October 8Indiana
  • Iowa Stadium
  • Iowa City, IA
W 20–6
October 15Purduedagger
  • Iowa Stadium
  • Iowa City, IA
T 20–2052,137
October 21at No. 7 UCLA*L 13–3375,692
October 29at MichiganNBCL 21–3373,275[1][2]
November 5Minnesota
  • Iowa Stadium
  • Iowa City, IA (rivalry)
CBSW 26–052,459
November 12at Ohio StateL 10–2082,701
November 19at Notre Dame*L 14–1759,955
  • *Non-conference game
  • daggerHomecoming
  • 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 Injured Sr
G 62 Calvin Jones (C) Sr
OT 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 Injured
  • Redshirt 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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References

  1. Lyall Smith (October 30, 1955). "U-M by a Miracle, 33-21! 20 Points in 9 Minutes". Detroit Free Press. pp. 1D, 3D via Newspapers.com.
  2. Phil Douglis (October 30, 1955). "Michigan Rally Buries Iowa: Passing Humbles Hawkeyes, 33-21". The Michigan Daily. pp. 1, 7.
  3. "Reference at www.pro-football-reference.com". Archived from the original on November 26, 2010. Retrieved August 11, 2019.


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