1955 Iowa Hawkeyes football team
| 1955 Iowa Hawkeyes football | |
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Iowa's "Steubenville Trio": halfback Eddie Vincent (left), guard Cal Jones (center), and end Frank Gilliam (right) | |
| Conference | Big Ten Conference |
| Ranking | |
| Coaches | No. 19 |
| Record | 3–5–1 (2–3–1 Big Ten) |
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| MVP | Jerry Reichow |
| Captain | Cal Jones |
| Home stadium | Iowa Stadium |
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| 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 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The 1955 Iowa Hawkeyes football team was an American football team that represented the University of Iowa as a member of the Big Ten Conference during the 1955 Big Ten football season. In their fourth season under head coach Forest Evashevski, the Hawkeyes compiled a 3–5–1 record (2–3–1 in conference games), finished in seventh place in the Big Ten, and were outscored by a total of 173 to 166. They were ranked No. 19 in the final UPI poll.
The 1955 Hawkeyes gained 1,937 rushing yards and 942 passing yards. On defense, they gave up 1,479 rushing yards and 975 passing yards. Iowa's 362 rushing attempts in 1955 remains the school record. Iowa broke the school's single-game total defense record by holding Kansas State to 67 yards; that mark remains the second lowest in Iowa history. The team also held two opponents (Kansas State and Ohio State) to zero passing yards.
The team's statistical leaders included Eddie Vincent (381 rushing yards, 30 points scored); Jerry Reichow (48-of-88 passing for 722 yards); and Jim Gibbons (16 receptions for 257 yards). Reichow was seleced as the team's most valuable player. Guard Cal Jones won the Outland Trophy as the nation's top interior lineman and was a consensus All-American for the second consecutive year.
The team played its home games at Iowa Stadium in Iowa City, Iowa. Home attendance was 201,072, an average of 50,268 per game. It was the first time Iowa drew an average of over 50,000 spectators to its home games.