1955 Notre Dame Fighting Irish football team

1955 Notre Dame Fighting Irish football
Conference	Independent
Ranking
Coaches	No. 10
AP	No. 9
1955 record	8–2
Head coach	Terry Brennan (2nd season)
Captain	Ray Lemek
Home stadium	Notre Dame Stadium (c. 59,075, grass)
Seasons

1955 NCAA independents football records
	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
Drexel			–					8	–	0	–	0
Southern Miss			–					9	–	1	–	0
No. 9 Notre Dame			–					8	–	2	–	0
Syracuse			–					5	–	3	–	0
Penn State			–					5	–	4	–	0
Rankings from AP Poll

The 1955 Notre Dame Fighting Irish football team represented the University of Notre Dame during the 1955 college football season.

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Rank	Site	Result	Attendance
September 24	SMU	No. 11	Notre Dame Stadium South Bend, IN	W 17–0	56,454
October 1	Indiana	No. 4	Notre Dame Stadium South Bend, IN	W 19–0	56,494
October 7	at No. 15 Miami (FL)	No. 5	Burdine Stadium Miami, FL	W 14–0	75,685
October 15	at No. 13 Michigan State	No. 4	Macklin Stadium East Lansing, MI (Megaphone Trophy)	L 7–21	52,007
October 22	at Purdue	No. 11	Ross–Ade Stadium West Lafayette, IN (rivalry)	W 22–7	55,000
October 29	No. 4 Navy	No. 9	Notre Dame Stadium South Bend, IN (rivalry)	W 21–7	59,475
November 5	at Penn	No. 6	Franklin Field Philadelphia, PA	W 46–14	45,226
November 12	at North Carolina	No. 5	Kenan Memorial Stadium Chapel Hill, NC	W 27–7	38,000
November 19	Iowa	No. 4	Notre Dame Stadium South Bend, IN	W 17–14	59,955
November 26	at Southern California	No. 5	Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum Los Angeles, CA (Jeweled Shillelagh)	L 20–42	94,892
Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

References

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