1955 Illinois Fighting Illini football team

American college football season

1955 Illinois Fighting Illini football

Conference| Big Ten Conference
Record| 5–3–1 (3–3–1 Big Ten)
Head coach|

* Ray Eliot (14th season)

MVP| Em Lindbeck
Captain| Game captains
Home stadium| Memorial Stadium

Seasons

← 1954

1956 →

1955 Big Ten Conference football standings

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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 Illinois Fighting Illini football team was an American football team that represented the University of Illinois during the 1955 Big Ten Conference football season. In their 14th year under head coach Ray Eliot, the Illini compiled a 5–3–1 record and finished in fifth place in the Big Ten Conference.[1] Quarterback Em Lindbeck was selected as the team's most valuable player.[2]

## Schedule

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September 24| at California*| |

* California Memorial Stadium
* Berkeley, CA

| W 20–13| 32,000|
October 1| Iowa State*| |

* Memorial Stadium
* Champaign, IL

| W 40–0| 45,706|
October 8| at Ohio State| |

* Ohio Stadium
* Columbus, OH (Illibuck)

| L 12–27| 82,407|
October 15| Minnesota| |

* Memorial Stadium
* Champaign, IL

| W 21–13| 45,995|
October 22| at No. 6 Michigan State| |

* Macklin Stadium
* East Lansing, MI

| L 7–21| 51,851| [3]
October 29| Purdue| |

* Memorial Stadium
* Champaign, IL (rivalry)

| L 0–13| 61,262|
November 5| No. 3 Michigan| |

* Memorial Stadium
* Champaign, IL (rivalry)

| W 25–6| 58,968| [4]
November 12| at Wisconsin| No. 16|

* Camp Randall Stadium
* Madison, WI

| W 17–14| 53,529|
November 19| at Northwestern| |

* Dyche Stadium
* Evanston, IL (rivalry)

| T 7–7| 35,000|

* *Non-conference game
* Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

## Roster

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Team photo of the 1955 Illinois Fighting Illini football team.

## References

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1. ^ "1955 Illinois Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved December 16, 2015.
2. ^ "Fighting Illini Football Record Book" (PDF). University of Illinois. 2015. p. 155. Retrieved December 28, 2016.
3. ^ George S. Alderton (October 23, 1955). "Indian Totems Wave From Spartan Spears: Morrall Paces Michigan State To 21-7 Victory". Lansing State Journal. pp. 67, 68 – via Newspapers.com.
4. ^ Fred Young (November 6, 1955). "Illinois Stuns Michigan With 25-6 Upset Victory". The Pantagraph. p. 29 – via Newspapers.com.

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Illinois Fighting Illini football

Venues|

* Illinois Field (1890–1922)
* Memorial Stadium (1923–present)
* Soldier Field (1994–present)

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* Bowl games
* Indiana
* Michigan
* Missouri
* Northwestern
* Ohio State: Illibuck
* Purdue

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* Illinois Loyalty
* "Oskee Wow-Wow"
* Marching Illini
* Gene Honda
* Fighting Illini Sports Network
* Chief Illiniwek
* 1960s slush fund scandal
* 2021 Penn State game

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* Head coaches
* NFL draftees
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