1955 Ohio State Buckeyes football team

Template:Short description Template:Use mdy dates Template:Template other Template:1955 Big Ten Conference football standings The 1955 Ohio State Buckeyes football team represented the Ohio State University in the 1955 Big Ten Conference football season. The Buckeyes compiled a 7–2 record.

Game summaries

Nebraska

Team Statistics

Statistic		Ohio State		Nebraska
Pass Atts.		3		26
Pass Comps.		1		11
Pass Yards		17		189
Yds./Pass		17.0		17.2
Rush Atts.		61		36
Rush Yards		321		138
Yds./Rush		5.3		3.8
Total Yards		338		327
Fumbles Lost		1		3
Interceptions		0		1
Total Turnovers		1		4

1 2 3 4 Total Nebraska 6 7 7 0 20 • Ohio State 7 7 14 0 28 Date: September 24 Location: Ohio Stadium Game attendance: 80,171 Game weather: Template:AFB Game Box Scoring Entry Template:AFB Game Box Scoring Entry Template:AFB Game Box Scoring Entry Template:AFB Game Box Scoring Entry Template:AFB Game Box Scoring Entry Template:AFB Game Box Scoring Entry Template:AFB Game Box Scoring Entry

Stanford

Team Statistics

Statistic		Stanford		Ohio State
Pass Atts.		13		12
Pass Comps.		6		5
Pass Yards		66		41
Yds./Pass		11.0		8.2
Rush Atts.		41		57
Rush Yards		152		187
Yds./Rush		3.7		3.3
Total Yards		218		228
Fumbles Lost		1		1
Interceptions		0		1
Total Turnovers		1		2

1 2 3 4 Total Ohio State 0 0 0 0 0 • Stanford 6 0 0 0 6 Date: October 1 Location: Stanford Stadium Game attendance: 28,000 Game weather: Fair Template:AFB Game Box Scoring Entry

Illinois

Team Statistics

Statistic		Ohio State		Illinois
Pass Atts.		9		15
Pass Comps.		4		7
Pass Yards		17		175
Yds./Pass		4.3		25.0
Rush Atts.		55		51
Rush Yards		334		196
Yds./Rush		6.1		3.8
Total Yards		351		371
Fumbles Lost		0		2
Interceptions		0		1
Total Turnovers		0		3

1 2 3 4 Total Illinois 6 0 0 6 12 • Ohio State 13 0 7 7 27 Date: October 8 Location: Ohio Stadium Game attendance: 82,407 Game weather: Template:AFB Game Box Scoring Entry Template:AFB Game Box Scoring Entry Template:AFB Game Box Scoring Entry Template:AFB Game Box Scoring Entry Template:AFB Game Box Scoring Entry Template:AFB Game Box Scoring Entry

Duke

Team Statistics

Statistic		Ohio State		Duke
Pass Atts.		10		13
Pass Comps.		2		9
Pass Yards		27		125
Yds./Pass		13.5		13.9
Rush Atts.		34		65
Rush Yards		138		218
Yds./Rush		4.1		3.4
Total Yards		165		343
Fumbles Lost		4		3
Interceptions		2		1
Total Turnovers		6		4

1 2 3 4 Total • Duke 0 7 7 6 20 Ohio State 7 7 0 0 14 Location: Ohio Stadium Elapsed time: October 15 Game attendance: 82,254 Game weather: Template:AFB Game Box Scoring Entry Template:AFB Game Box Scoring Entry Template:AFB Game Box Scoring Entry Template:AFB Game Box Scoring Entry Template:AFB Game Box Scoring Entry

Wisconsin

Team Statistics

Statistic		Wisconsin		Ohio State
Pass Atts.		18		4
Pass Comps.		7		2
Pass Yards		94		32
Yds./Pass		13.4		16.0
Rush Atts.		50		59
Rush Yards		284		272
Yds./Rush		5.7		4.6
Total Yards		378		304
Fumbles Lost		2		1
Interceptions		1		0
Total Turnovers		3		1

1 2 3 4 Total • Ohio State 0 12 0 14 26 Wisconsin 0 14 0 2 16 Date: October 22 Location: Camp Randall Stadium Game attendance: 53,529 Game weather: , Partly Cloudy Template:AFB Game Box Scoring Entry Template:AFB Game Box Scoring Entry Template:AFB Game Box Scoring Entry Template:AFB Game Box Scoring Entry Template:AFB Game Box Scoring Entry Template:AFB Game Box Scoring Entry Template:AFB Game Box Scoring Entry

Northwestern

Team Statistics

Statistic		Ohio State		Northwestern
Pass Atts.		5		19
Pass Comps.		2		8
Pass Yards		24		75
Yds./Pass		12.0		9.4
Rush Atts.		65		46
Rush Yards		395		166
Yds./Rush		6.1		3.6
Total Yards		419		241
Fumbles Lost		0		1
Interceptions		0		5
Total Turnovers		0		6

1 2 3 4 Total Northwestern 0 0 0 0 0 • Ohio State 14 14 7 14 49 Date: October 29 Location: Ohio Stadium Game attendance: 82,214 Game weather: , Windy Template:AFB Game Box Scoring Entry Template:AFB Game Box Scoring Entry Template:AFB Game Box Scoring Entry Template:AFB Game Box Scoring Entry Template:AFB Game Box Scoring Entry Template:AFB Game Box Scoring Entry Template:AFB Game Box Scoring Entry

Indiana

Team Statistics

Statistic		Ohio State		Indiana
Pass Atts.		2		18
Pass Comps.		0		11
Pass Yards		0		142
Yds./Pass		0.0		12.9
Rush Atts.		52		47
Rush Yards		251		159
Yds./Rush		4.8		3.4
Total Yards		251		301
Fumbles Lost		2		1
Interceptions		0		0
Total Turnovers		2		1

1 2 3 4 Total Indiana 0 6 0 7 13 • Ohio State 0 14 0 6 20 Date: November 5 Location: Ohio Stadium Game attendance: 80,730 Game weather: , Clear Template:AFB Game Box Scoring Entry Template:AFB Game Box Scoring Entry Template:AFB Game Box Scoring Entry Template:AFB Game Box Scoring Entry Template:AFB Game Box Scoring Entry

Iowa

Team Statistics

Statistic		Ohio State		Iowa
Pass Atts.		3		14
Pass Comps.		0		9
Pass Yards		0		101
Yds./Pass		0.0		11.2
Rush Atts.		53		45
Rush Yards		274		171
Yds./Rush		5.2		3.8
Total Yards		273		272
Fumbles Lost		0		1
Interceptions		0		1
Total Turnovers		0		2

1 2 3 4 Total Iowa 3 7 0 0 10 • Ohio State 7 6 0 7 20 Date: November 12 Location: Ohio Stadium Game attendance: 82,701 Game weather: , Cloudy Template:AFB Game Box Scoring Entry Template:AFB Game Box Scoring Entry Template:AFB Game Box Scoring Entry Template:AFB Game Box Scoring Entry Template:AFB Game Box Scoring Entry

Michigan

Team Statistics

Statistic		Michigan		Ohio State
Pass Atts.		9		3
Pass Comps.		3		1
Pass Yards		14		4
Yds./Pass		4.7		4.0
Rush Atts.		31		72
Rush Yards		95		333
Yds./Rush		3.1		4.6
Total Yards		109		337
Fumbles Lost		0		2
Interceptions		2		0
Total Turnovers		2		2

1 2 3 4 Total • Ohio State 0 3 0 14 17 Michigan 0 0 0 0 0 Date: November 19 Location: Michigan Stadium Game attendance: 97,369 Game weather: Fair Template:AFB Game Box Scoring Entry Template:AFB Game Box Scoring Entry Template:AFB Game Box Scoring Entry Template:AFB Game Box Scoring Entry

Coaching staff

• Woody Hayes - Head Coach - 5th year

Awards and honors

• Howard Cassady, Heisman Trophy

Trivia

• The November 12 game against Iowa was mentioned in the movie Back to the Future Part II. A radio announcer telling the scores of the day's games mentions that Ohio State beat Iowa 20-10.

1956 NFL draftees

Player	Round	Pick	Position	NFL club
Howard Cassady	1	3	Halfback	Detroit Lions
Fran Machinsky	4	41	Tackle	Washington Redskins
Ken Vargo	9	106	Center	Chicago Bears
Jerry Harkrader	22	261	Back	New York Giants