1955 Muskingum Fighting Muskies football team

The 1955 Muskingum Fighting Muskies football team was an American football team that represented Muskingum University of New Concord, Ohio, as a member of the Ohio Athletic Conference (OAC) during the 1955 college football season. In their eleventh season under head coach Ed Sherman, the Fighting Muskies compiled a perfect 8–0 record (7–0 against OAC opponents), won the OAC championship, and outscored opponents by a total of 291 to 60.[1] It was Muskingum's first conference championship since 1950 and its first undefeated season since 1936.[2]

DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 24at MariettaZanesville, OHW 53–0[3]
October 1at AkronAkron, OHW 19–7
October 8Ohio WesleyanNew Concord, OHW 23–19
October 15Washington & Jefferson*New Concord, OHW 29–0
October 22at WoosterWooster, OHW 35–14
October 29CapitalNew Concord, OHW 54–14
November 5DenisonNew Concord, OHW 38–0[4]
November 12at Mount UnionAlliance, OHW 40–6
  • *Non-conference game
1955 Muskingum Fighting Muskies football
OAC champion
ConferenceOhio Athletic Conference
Record8–0 (7–0 OAC)
Head coach
1955 Ohio Athletic Conference football standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L TW L T
Muskingum $ 7 0 08 0 0
Heidelberg 5 0 09 0 0
Akron 6 2 06 2 0
Wooster 5 2 07 2 0
Hiram 3 2 05 3 0
Capital 4 3 05 3 0
Denison 3 3 24 3 2
Wittenberg 3 3 24 3 2
Ohio Wesleyan 1 2 23 4 2
Otterbein 2 4 12 5 1
Mount Union 1 5 11 5 2
Kenyon 0 4 00 7 0
Marietta 0 5 00 8 0
Oberlin 0 5 00 8 0
  • $ Conference champion

References

  1. "1955 - Muskingum (OH)". College Football Data Warehouse. Archived from the original on September 10, 2015. Retrieved May 10, 2023.
  2. "Unbeaten Heidelberg Rips Akron But Muskies Take Conference Crown". The Daily Times. New Philadelphia, Ohio. November 14, 1955. p. 7 via Newspapers.com.
  3. "Muskingum Humbles Marietta". Akron Beacon Journal. September 25, 1955. p. 2C via Newspapers.com.
  4. "Undefeated Muskingum Grid Machine Stalls Denison Gridders, 38-0". The Newark Advocate. November 7, 1955. p. 18 via Newspapers.com.
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