Minnesota Golden Gophers Football Under Murray Warmath - 1955

1955

1955 Minnesota Golden Gophers football
Conference Big Ten Conference
1955 record 3-6 (2-5 Big Ten)
Head coach Murray Warmath
Home stadium Memorial 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 season was the Golden Gophers' second under head coach Murray Warmath. The Golden Gophers won three games and lost six. Total attendance for the season was 305,581, which averaged to 61,116. The season high for attendance was against Southern Cal.

Full back Dick Borstad and running back Bob Hobart were named Academic All-Big Ten.

Quarterback Don Swanson was awarded the Team MVP Award.

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