1955 Wisconsin Badgers football
ConferenceBig Ten Conference
Record45 (34 Big Ten)
Head coach
MVPWells Gray
CaptainWells Gray
Home stadiumCamp Randall 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

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

Schedule

DateOpponentRankSiteResultAttendanceSource
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 Statedagger
  • Camp Randall Stadium
  • Madison, WI
L 0–2753,529[1]
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
  • daggerHomecoming
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

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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. 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 July 28, 2011.
  3. "1956 NFL Draft Listing". Pro-Football-Reference.com. Archived from the original on November 26, 2010. Retrieved October 28, 2011.
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