1955 Iowa Hawkeyes football team

American college football season

1955 Big Ten Conference football standings
v t e	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

Date	Opponent	Rank	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
September 24	Kansas State *	Iowa Stadium Iowa City, IA	W 28–7	44,500
October 1	at No. 17 Wisconsin	No. 14	Camp Randall Stadium Madison, WI (rivalry)	L 14–37	53,509
October 8	Indiana	Iowa Stadium Iowa City, IA	W 20–6	51,576
October 15	Purdue ^dagger	Iowa Stadium Iowa City, IA	T 20–20	52,137
October 21	at No. 7 UCLA *	Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum Los Angeles, CA	L 13–33	75,692
October 29	at Michigan	Michigan Stadium Ann Arbor, MI	NBC	L 21–33	73,275	^[1]^[2]
November 5	Minnesota	Iowa Stadium Iowa City, IA (rivalry)	CBS	W 26–0	52,459
November 12	at Ohio State	Ohio Stadium Columbus, OH	L 10–20	82,701
November 19	at Notre Dame *	Notre Dame Stadium Notre Dame, IN	L 14–17	59,955
*Non-conference game ^daggerHomecoming Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

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

Main article: 1956 NFL draft

Player Position Round Pick NFL club

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

^ 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.
^ Phil Douglis (October 30, 1955). "Michigan Rally Buries Iowa: Passing Humbles Hawkeyes, 33-21". The Michigan Daily. pp. 1, 7.
^ "Reference at www.pro-football-reference.com". Archived from the original on November 26, 2010. Retrieved August 11, 2019.

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