1955 Xavier Musketeers football team

1955 Xavier Musketeers football
1955 Xavier Musketeers football
Conference	Independent
Record	7–2
Head coach	Harry Connolly (1st season);
Home stadium	Xavier Stadium
	Seasons ← 1954 1956 →

The 1955 Xavier Musketeers football team was an American football team that represented Xavier University as an independent during the 1955 college football season. In its first season under head coach Harry Connolly, the team compiled a 7–2 record and outscored opponents by a total of 196 to 72.^[1] The team played its home games at Xavier Stadium in Cincinnati.

1955 Midwestern college football independents records
v t e	Conf			Overall
Team	W	L	T	W		L		T
Ferris Institute		–		6	–	1	–	0
No. 9 Notre Dame		–		8	–	2	–	0
Xavier		–		7	–	2	–	0
Carthage		–		6	–	2	–	0
Wabash		–		5	–	3	–	1
Michigan Tech		–		4	–	3	–	0
Washington University		–		5	–	4	–	0
Drake		–		4	–	4	–	0
Youngstown		–		4	–	5	–	0
Dayton		–		3	–	6	–	0
Marquette		–		2	–	6	–	1
Baldwin–Wallace		–		2	–	6	–	0
Cincinnati		–		1	–	6	–	2
Rose Poly		–		1	–	6	–	1
Northern Michigan		–		0	–	7	–	0

Rankings from AP Poll

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Site	Result	Attendance	Source
September 18	Quantico Marines	Xavier Stadium Cincinnati, OH	L 7–21	13,000	^[2]
September 24	Louisville	Xavier Stadium Cincinnati, OH	W 49–20	4,500	^[3]
October 1	at Miami (OH)	Miami Field Oxford, OH	L 12–13	9,465	^[4]
October 8	at Cincinnati	Nippert Stadium Cincinnati, OH	W 37–0	28,000	^[5]
October 15	at Dayton	U.D. Stadium Dayton, OH	W 12–6	11,000	^[6]
October 22	Youngstown State	Xavier Stadium Cincinnati, OH	W 26–0		^[7]
October 29	Boston College	Xavier Stadium Cincinnati, OH	W 19–12	11,500	^[8]
November 5	at Great Lakes Navy	Constitutional Field North Chicago, IL	W 13–0	2,500	^[9]
November 19	at Marshall	Fairfield Stadium Huntington, WV	W 21–0		^[10]
Homecoming

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