1955 Ohio State Buckeyes football team

	1955 Big Ten football standings
	† – Conference champion ; Rankings from AP Poll / Coaches' Poll

Ohio State Buckeyes football
	1955 Ohio State Buckeyes football
Big Ten Champions
Conference	Big Ten Conference
Ranking
Coaches	No. 5
AP	No. 5
1955 record	7-2 (6-0 Big Ten)
Head coach	Woody Hayes
Captain	Fran Machinsky
Captain	Ken Vargo
Home stadium	Ohio Stadium
	Seasons ← 1954 1956 →

The 1955 Ohio State Buckeyes football team represented the Ohio State University in the college football season of 1955-1956. The Buckeyes compiled a 7–2 record.

Schedule[]

Date	Opponent^#	Rank^#	Site	Result	Attendance
September 24*	Nebraska	#6	Ohio Stadium • Columbus, OH	W 28-20	80,171
October 1*	at Stanford	#8	Stanford Stadium • Stanford, CA	L 0-6	28,000
October 8	Illinois		Ohio Stadium • Columbus, OH	W 27-12	82,407
October 15*	#11 Duke	#14	Ohio Stadium • Columbus, OH	L 14-20	82,254
October 22	at #15 Wisconsin		Camp Randall Stadium • Madison, WI	W 26-16	53,529
October 29	Northwestern	#15	Ohio Stadium • Columbus, OH	W 49-0	82,214
November 5	Indiana	#11	Ohio Stadium • Columbus, OH	W 20-13	80,730
November 12	#20 Iowa	#10	Ohio Stadium • Columbus, OH	W 20-10	82,701
November 19	at #6 Michigan	#9	Michigan Stadium • Ann Arbor, MI	W 17-0	97,369
*Non-Conference Game. ^#Rankings from AP Poll.

The November 12th game against Iowa was featured in the movie Back to the Future Part II. A radio announcer telling the scores of the day's games mentions that Ohio State beat Iowa 20-10.