1955 Wisconsin Badgers football team

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1955 Wisconsin Badgers football
Conference Big Ten Conference
Record45 (34 Big Ten)
Head coach
MVPWells Gray
CaptainWells Gray
Home stadium Camp Randall Stadium
Seasons
  1954
1956  
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

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

Contents

Schedule

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

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Team players in the 1956 NFL Draft

PlayerPositionRoundPickNFL club
John Dittrich Tackle670 Chicago Cardinals
Bob Konovsky Tackle777 Chicago Cardinals
Charlie ThomasBack14164 Green Bay Packers
Wells GrayGuard16190 Washington Redskins
Dick KolianEnd27320 Green Bay Packers
Jim MillerQuarterback28330 Chicago Cardinals

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References

  1. Henry J. McCormick (October 30, 1955). "Spartans Bury Last Badger Title Hopes, 27-0: Blazing Speed, Standout Backs Engineer Rout". Wisconsin State Journal. pp. Sports 1, 4 via Newspapers.com.
  2. "Wisconsin Badgers Index". sports-reference.com. Retrieved 2011-07-28.
  3. "1956 NFL Draft Listing". Pro-Football-Reference.com. Archived from the original on 2010-11-26. Retrieved 2011-10-28.