# 1955 Ohio State Buckeyes football team

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.

## Schedule

| Date | Opponent | Rank | Site | Result | Attendance |
| September 24 | Nebraska* | No. 6 | Ohio StadiumColumbus, OH | W 28–20 | 80,171 |
| October 1 | at Stanford* | No. 8 | Stanford StadiumStanford, CA | L 0–6 | 28,000 |
| October 8 | Illinois | | Ohio StadiumColumbus, OH (Illibuck Trophy) | W 27–12 | 82,407 |
| October 15 | No. 11 Duke* | No. 14 | Ohio StadiumColumbus, OH | L 14–20 | 82,254 |
| October 22 | at No. 15 Wisconsin | | Camp Randall StadiumMadison, WI | W 26–16 | 53,529 |
| October 29 | Northwestern | No. 15 | Ohio StadiumColumbus, OH | W 49–0 | 82,214 |
| November 5 | Indiana | No. 11 | Ohio StadiumColumbus, OH | W 20–13 | 80,730 |
| November 12 | No. 20 Iowa | No. 10 | Ohio StadiumColumbus, OH | W 20–10 | 82,701 |
| November 19 | at No. 6 Michigan | No. 9 | Michigan StadiumAnn Arbor, MI (rivalry) | W 17–0 | 97,369 |
| *Non-conference gameRankings from AP Poll released prior to the game |||||||

## 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 |

### 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 |

### 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 |

### 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 |

### 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 |

### 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 |

### 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 |

### 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 |

### 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 |

## 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 |