1955 Wisconsin Badgers football | |
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Conference | Big Ten Conference |
Record | 4–5 (3–4 Big Ten) |
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MVP | Wells Gray |
Captain | Wells Gray |
Home stadium | Camp Randall Stadium |
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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 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The 1955 Wisconsin Badgers football team represented the University of Wisconsin in the 1955 Big Ten Conference football season.
Date | Opponent | Rank | Site | Result | Attendance | Source |
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September 24 | Marquette * | W 28–14 | 53,359 | |||
October 1 | No. 14 Iowa | No. 17 |
| W 37–14 | 53,509 | |
October 8 | at No. 17 Purdue | No. 9 | W 9–0 | 45,000 | ||
October 14 | at No. 16 USC * | No. 6 | L 21–33 | 75,162 | ||
October 22 | Ohio State | No. 15 |
| L 16–26 | 53,539 | |
October 29 | No. 5 Michigan State |
| L 0–27 | 53,529 | [1] | |
November 5 | at Northwestern | W 41–14 | 40,000 | |||
November 12 | No. 16 Illinois |
| L 14–17 | 53,529 | ||
November 19 | at Minnesota | L 6–21 | 62,714 | |||
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Player | Position | Round | Pick | NFL club |
John Dittrich | Tackle | 6 | 70 | Chicago Cardinals |
Bob Konovsky | Tackle | 7 | 77 | Chicago Cardinals |
Charlie Thomas | Back | 14 | 164 | Green Bay Packers |
Wells Gray | Guard | 16 | 190 | Washington Redskins |
Dick Kolian | End | 27 | 320 | Green Bay Packers |
Jim Miller | Quarterback | 28 | 330 | Chicago Cardinals |
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