1955 Minnesota Golden Gophers football team

1955 Minnesota Golden Gophers football
Conference	Big Ten Conference
1955 record	3–6 (2–5 Big Ten)
Head coach	Murray Warmath (2nd season)
MVP	Don Swanson
Home stadium	Memorial Stadium

1955 Big Ten football standings
	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 Minnesota Golden Gophers football team represented the University of Minnesota in the 1955 Big Ten Conference football season. In their second year under head coach Murray Warmath, the Golden Gophers compiled a 3–6 record and were outscored by their opponents by a combined total of 172 to 110.^[1]

Quarterback Don Swanson received the team's Most Valuable Player award,^[2] and fullback Dick Borstad and running back Bob Hobart were named to the Academic All-Big Ten team.^[2]

Total attendance for the season was 305,581, which averaged to 61,116. The season high for attendance was against Southern Cal.^[3]

Schedule

Date	Opponent^#	Site	Result	Attendance
September 24	Washington*	Memorial Stadium • Minneapolis, MN	L 30–0	56,989
October 1	Purdue	Memorial Stadium • Minneapolis, MN	L 7–6	59,019
October 8	at Northwestern	Dyche Stadium • Evanston, IL	W 18–7	38,000
October 15	at Illinois	Memorial Stadium • Champaign, IL	L 21–13	45,995
October 22	No. 1 Michigan	Memorial Stadium • Minneapolis, MN (Little Brown Jug)	L 14–13	63,530
October 29	No. 10 USC*	Memorial Stadium • Minneapolis, MN	W 25–19	64,047
November 5	at Iowa	Iowa Stadium • Iowa City, IA (Rivalry)	L 26–0	52,459
November 12	at No. 3 Michigan State	Spartan Stadium • East Lansing, MI	L 42–14	51,605
November 19	Wisconsin	Memorial Stadium • Minneapolis, MN (Rivalry)	W 21–6	61,996
*Non-conference game. Homecoming. ^#Rankings from AP Poll.

References

↑ "Minnesota Yearly Results (1955-1959)". College Football Data Warehouse. David DeLassus. Retrieved July 16, 2015.
1 2 Keiser, Jeff (2007), 2007 Media Guide (PDF), p. 182
↑ Keiser, Jeff (2007), 2007 Media Guide (PDF), p. 160

Minnesota Golden Gophers football
Venues	Athletic Park (1892–1898) University of Minnesota Armory (1892–1898) Northrop Field (1899–1923) Memorial Stadium (1924–1981) Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome (1982–2008) TCF Bank Stadium (2009–present)
Bowls & rivalries	Bowl games Iowa Michigan Nebraska Penn State Wisconsin
Culture & lore	Goldy Gopher Marching band Spirit squad "Minnesota Rouser" "Minnesota March" "Go Gopher Victory" "Minnesota Fight" "Our Minnesota" "Hail! Minnesota" "Battle Hymn of the Republic" Minnesota shift T formation
People	Head coaches Statistical leaders NFL draftees
Seasons	1882 1883 1884 1885 1886 1887 1888 1889 1890 1891 1892 1893 1894 1895 1896 1897 1898 1899 1900 1901 1902 1903 1904 1905 1906 1907 1908 1909 1910 1911 1912 1913 1914 1915 1916 1917 1918 1919 1920 1921 1922 1923 1924 1925 1926 1927 1928 1929 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 1935 1936 1937 1938 1939 1940 1941 1942 1943 1944 1945 1946 1947 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017
National championship seasons in bold

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