1955 Michigan Wolverines football team

1955 Michigan Wolverines football
Conference Big Ten Conference
Ranking
Coaches #13
AP #12
1955 record 7–2 (5–2 Big Ten)
Head coach Bennie Oosterbaan (8th year)
MVP Terry Barr
Captain Ed Meads
Home stadium Michigan Stadium
Seasons
« 1954 1956 »
1955 Big Ten football standings
Conf     Overall
Team W   L   T     W   L   T
#5/5 Ohio State 6 – 0 – 0     7 – 2 – 0
#2/2 Michigan State 5 – 1 – 0     9 – 1 – 0
#12/13 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 / Coaches' Poll

The 1955 Michigan Wolverines football team represented the University of Michigan in the 1955 college football season. The team's head coach was Bennie Oosterbaan. The Wolverines played their home games at Michigan Stadium.

Contents

Schedule

Date Time Opponent# Rank# Site TV Result Attendance
September 24, 1955 Missouri* #4/NA Michigan Stadium • Ann Arbor, MI W 42–7   51,801
October 1, 1955 #NR/20 Michigan State #2/2 Michigan Stadium • Ann Arbor, MI W 14–7   97,239
October 8, 1955 #6/6 Army* #2/2 Michigan Stadium • Ann Arbor, MI W 26–2   97,366
October 15, 1955 Northwestern #1/1 Michigan Stadium • Ann Arbor, MI W 14–2   67,074
October 22, 1955 at Minnesota #1/1 Memorial Stadium • Minneapolis, MN W 14–13   63,530
October 29, 1955 Iowa #3/1 Michigan Stadium • Ann Arbor, MI W 33–21   73,275
November 5, 1955 at Illinois #3/1 Memorial Stadium • Champaign, Il L 25–6   56,056
November 12, 1955 Indiana #7/6 Michigan Stadium • Ann Arbor, MI W 30–0   61,019
November 19, 1955 #9/8 Ohio State #6/6 Michigan Stadium • Ann Arbor, MI L 17–0   97,369
*Non-conference game. Homecoming. #Rankings from AP Poll / Coaches' Poll released prior to game. All times are in Eastern Time.

Statistical leaders

Rushing

Player Attempts Net yards Yards per attempt Touchdowns
Tony Branoff 86 387 4.5 3
Terry Barr 63 245 3.9 4
Lou Baldacci 69 218 3.2 4

Passing

Player Attempts Completions Interceptions Comp % Yards Yds/Comp TD Long
Jim Maddock 52 20 3 38.5 343 17.1 2 65
Jim Van Pelt 21 9 1 42.9 139 15.4 2 36
Terry Barr 16 6 2 37.5 119 19.8 0 57

Receiving

Player Receptions Yards Yds/Recp TD Long
Tom Maentz 11 253 23.0 3 60
Ron Kramer 12 224 18.7 4 65
Terry Barr 4 74 18.5 0 40

Kickoff returns

Player Returns Yards Yds/Return TD Long
Tony Branoff 6 140 23.3 0 27
Terry Barr 4 84 21.0 0 25
Ed Hickey 3 63 21.0 0 28

Punt returns

Player Returns Yards Yds/Return TD Long
Terry Barr 14 219 15.6 1 82
Jim Pace 4 69 17.3 0 34
Tony Branoff 8 58 7.3 0 11

Players

Awards and honors

Coaching staff

References

External links

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