1955 Ohio Bobcats football team

The 1955 Ohio Bobcats football team was an American football team that represented Ohio University in the Mid-American Conference (MAC) during the 1955 college football season. In their eighth season under head coach Carroll Widdoes, the Bobcats compiled a 5–4 record (3–3 against MAC opponents), finished in fourth place in the MAC, and outscored all opponents by a combined total of 166 to 134.^[1] They played their home games in Peden Stadium in Athens, Ohio.^[2]

1955 Mid-American Conference football standings
v t e	Conf					Overall
Team	W		L		T	W		L		T
No. 15 Miami (OH) $	5	–	0	–	0	9	–	0	–	0
Bowling Green	4	–	1	–	1	7	–	1	–	1
Kent State	4	–	1	–	1	6	–	2	–	1
Ohio	3	–	3	–	0	5	–	4	–	0
Toledo	2	–	4	–	0	3	–	5	–	1
Marshall	1	–	5	–	0	3	–	6	–	0
Western Michigan	0	–	5	–	0	1	–	7	–	1

$ – Conference champion Rankings from AP Poll

Schedule edit

Date	Opponent	Site	Result	Attendance	Source
September 17	at Youngstown State*	Rayen Stadium Youngstown, OH	W 6–0
September 24	Marshall	Peden Stadium Athens, OH (rivalry)	W 13–6
October 1	at Toledo	Glass Bowl Toledo, OH	W 40–13
October 15	Kent State	Peden Stadium Athens, OH	L 14–20
October 22	at Miami (OH)	Miami Field Oxford, OH (rivalry)	L 7–34
October 29	at Indiana*	Memorial Stadium Bloomington, IN	L 14–21	18,108
November 5	Western Michigan	Peden Stadium Athens, OH	W 40–14		^[3]
November 12	Bowling Green	Peden Stadium Athens, OH	L 0–13
November 19	Morris Harvey*	Peden Stadium Athens, OH	W 32–13
*Non-conference game

^ (PDF). Ohio University. 2015. pp. 91, 94. Archived from the original (PDF) on March 7, 2016. Retrieved October 4, 2016.
^ "Peden Stadium". Ohio University Athletics. Retrieved March 3, 2023.
^ "Ohio U. Tops Broncos By 40–14 Count". Battle Creek Enquirer. November 6, 1955. p. 4-1 – via Newspapers.com.
^ "Brief Summary Of Cumulative Football Statistics". National Collegiate Athletic Association. Retrieved December 19, 2022.

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