1955 Iowa Hawkeyes football team

American college football season

1955 Iowa Hawkeyes football
ConferenceBig Ten Conference
Ranking
CoachesNo. 19
Record3–5–1 (2–3–1 Big Ten)
Head coach
  • Forest Evashevski (4th season)
MVPJerry Reichow
CaptainCal Jones
Home stadiumIowa Stadium
Seasons
← 1954
1956 →
1955 Big Ten Conference football standings
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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 Iowa Hawkeyes football team represented the University of Iowa in the 1955 Big Ten Conference football season.

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 20–651,576
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. # Name Class
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. # Name Class
Special teams
Pos. # Name Class
Head coach
Coordinators/assistant coaches

Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (S) Suspended
  • (I) Ineligible
  • Injured Injured
  • Redshirt Redshirt

Postseason awards

1956 NFL Draft

Player Position Round Pick NFL club
Jerry Reichow Quarterback 4 38 Detroit Lions
Jim Freeman End 5 50 Los Angeles Rams
Eddie Vincent Back 6 72 Los Angeles Rams
Calvin Jones Guard 9 98 Detroit Lions
Roger Swedberg Tackle 12 136 San 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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