1955 Marquette Warriors football team

{{short description|American college football season}}

{{Use mdy dates|date=August 2023}}

{{Infobox college sports team season

| year = 1955

| team = Marquette Warriors

| sport = football

| image =

| image_size =

| conference = Independent

| record = 2–6–1

| head_coach = Frosty Ferzacca

| hc_year = 2nd

| captain =

| stadium = Marquette Stadium

}}

{{1955 Midwestern college football independents records}}

The 1955 Marquette Warriors football team was an American football team that represented Marquette University as an independent during the 1955 college football season. In its second and final season under head coach Frosty Ferzacca, the team compiled a 2–6–1 record and was outscored by a total of 194 to 77.{{cite web|title=1955 Marquette Golden Eagles Schedule and Results|publisher=Sports Reference LLC|work=SR/College Football|accessdate=April 7, 2019|url=https://www.sports-reference.com/cfb/schools/marquette/1955-schedule.html}} The team played its home games at Marquette Stadium in Milwaukee.

Schedule

{{CFB schedule

| rankyear = 1955

| poll = AP

| attend = y

| source = y

|September 24|at|Wisconsin|Camp Randall Stadium|Madison, WI|L 14-28|53,359|

|October 1||Tulsa|Marquette Stadium|Milwaukee, WI|W 13-0|14,000|

|October 8||Kansas State|Marquette Stadium|Milwaukee, WI|L 0-42|13,500|

|October 15|at|Cincinnati|Nippert Stadium|Cincinnati, OH|L 12-13|16,000|

|{{dow tooltip|October 21, 1955}}|at|No. 17 Boston College|Fenway Park|Boston, MA|T 13-13|18,224–18,324|

|October 29||No. 7 West Virginia|Marquette Stadium|Milwaukee, WI|L 0-39|16,000|{{cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/chicago-tribune-west-virginia-romps-39/138110653/|work=Chicago Tribune|title=West Virginia romps, 39 to 0, at Marquette|date=October 30, 1955|accessdate=January 5, 2024|via=Newspapers.com}}

|November 5||Detroit|Marquette Stadium|Milwaukee, WI|L 7-20|10,000|{{cite news|title=Marquette Mashed: Titans Find Way To Goal; Win, 20-7|newspaper=Detroit Free Press|author=George Puscas|date=November 6, 1955|pages=D1, D6|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/15711023/marquette_mashed_titans_find_way_to/|via=Newspapers.com}}

|November 12||Holy Cross|Marquette Stadium|Milwaukee, WI|W 18-6|8,500|{{cite news |title=Holy Cross Is Upset, 18 to 6, by Marquette |first=Robert |last=Cromie |date=November 13, 1955 |at=sect. 2, p. 4 |newspaper=Chicago Sunday Tribune |location=Chicago, Ill.|via=Newspapers.com |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/67911454/1955-marquette-hc/ }}

|November 19|at|No. 3 Michigan State|Macklin Stadium|East Lansing, MI|L 0-33|41,814|{{cite news|title=California, It's Those SPARTANS --- Again! Bowl-Bound Michigan State Takes Care of Marquette in Finale, 33 to 0|newspaper=Lansing State Journal|author=George S. Alderton|date=November 20, 1955|pages=67, 68|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/99181381/california-its-those-spartans/|via=Newspapers.com}}

}}

{{cite web |author= |title=1955-56 Marquette Golden Eagles; Schedule/Results |url=https://stats.ncaa.org/teams/333262 |publisher=National Collegiate Athletic Association |access-date=May 12, 2025 }}

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