1955 Illinois Fighting Illini football team

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1955
Memorial Stadium
Seasons
1955 Big Ten Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team W   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

The 1955 Illinois Fighting Illini football team was an

University of Illinois during the 1955 Big Ten Conference football season. In their 14th year under head coach Ray Eliot, the Illini compiled a 5–3–1 record and finished in fifth place in the Big Ten Conference.[1] Quarterback Em Lindbeck was selected as the team's most valuable player.[2]

Schedule

DateOpponentRankSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 24at California*W 20–1332,000
October 1
Memorial Stadium
  • Champaign, IL
  • W 40–045,706
    October 8at Ohio StateL 12–2782,407
    October 15Minnesota
    • Memorial Stadium
    • Champaign, IL
    W 21–1345,995
    October 22at No. 6 Michigan StateL 7–2151,851[3]
    October 29Purdue
    • Memorial Stadium
    • Champaign, IL (rivalry)
    L 0–1361,262
    November 5No. 3 Michigan
    • Memorial Stadium
    • Champaign, IL (rivalry)
    W 25–658,968[4]
    November 12at WisconsinNo. 16W 17–1453,529
    November 19at NorthwesternT 7–735,000
    • *Non-conference game
    • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

    References

    1. ^ "1955 Illinois Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved December 16, 2015.
    2. ^ "Fighting Illini Football Record Book" (PDF). University of Illinois. 2015. p. 155. Retrieved December 28, 2016.
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