1955 Northwestern Wildcats football team information
American college football season
1955Northwestern Wildcats football
Conference
Big Ten Conference
Record
0–8–1 (0–6–1 Big Ten)
Head coach
Lou Saban (1st season)
MVP
Kurt Krueger
Captain
Sandy Sacks[1]
Home stadium
Dyche Stadium
Seasons
← 1954
1956 →
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 Northwestern Wildcats team represented Northwestern University during the 1955 Big Ten Conference football season. In their first year under head coach Lou Saban, the Wildcats compiled a 0–8–1 record (0–6–1 against Big Ten Conference opponents), finished in last place in the Big Ten, and were outscored by their opponents by a combined total of 241 to 66.[2]
George Steinbrenner was an assistant coach in 1955.[3]
^"Year-by-Year Results" (PDF). 2007. p. 147. Archived (PDF) from the original on March 16, 2019. Retrieved March 14, 2019.
^"Northwestern Yearly Results (1955-1959)". College Football Data Warehouse. David DeLassus. Archived from the original on September 5, 2015. Retrieved August 7, 2015.
^Steinbrenner: The Last Lion of Baseball, p.34, Bill Madden, Harper Collins Publishing, New York, 2010, ISBN 978-0-06-169031-0
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