1955 Indiana State Sycamores football team

The 1955 Indiana State Sycamores football team represented Indiana State Teachers College—now known as Indiana State University—as a member of the Indiana Collegiate Conference (ICC) during the 1955 college football season. Led by Paul Selge in his first and only season as head coach, the Sycamores compiled an overall record of 2–7 with a mark of 1–5 in conference play, tying for sixth place in the ICC.^[1]

1955 Indiana State Sycamores football
Conference	Indiana Collegiate Conference
Record	2–7 (1–5 ICC)
Head coach	Paul Selge (1st season)
Home stadium	Memorial Stadium
Seasons ← 1954 1956 →

1955 Indiana Collegiate Conference football standings

v t e	Conf.							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
Evansville +	5	–	1	–	0			6	–	3	–	0
Saint Joseph's (IN) +	5	–	1	–	0			6	–	3	–	0
Valparaiso	4	–	2	–	0			5	–	4	–	0
Butler	3	–	3	–	0			3	–	5	–	0
DePauw	2	–	4	–	0			5	–	4	–	0
Ball State	1	–	5	–	0			3	–	5	–	0
Indiana State	1	–	5	–	0			2	–	6	–	0
+ – Conference co-champions

Schedule

Date	Time	Opponent	Site	Result	Attendance	Source
September 17	2:00 p.m.	at Franklin (IN)*	Goodell Field Franklin, IN	W 26–7		[2][3][4]
September 24	8:00 p.m.	at Valparaiso	Bouchers Field Valparaiso, IN	L 9–27	4,000	[5][6]
October 1	2:00 p.m.	Butler	Memorial Stadium Terre Haute, IN	L 19–26	3,000	[7][8]
October 8	1:30 p.m.	Saint Joseph's (IN)	Memorial Stadium Terre Haute, IN	L 0–27		[9][10][11]
October 15	1:00 p.m.	at Ball State	Ball State Field Muncie, IN (Blue Key Victory Bell)	L 6–19	10,000	[12][13][14]
October 22		at Eastern Illinois*	Lincoln Field Charleston, IL	L 13–33		[15][16]
October 29	1:30 p.m.	Evansville	Memorial Stadium Terre Haute, IN	L 19–33		[17][18]
November 5	1:30 p.m.	DePauw	Memorial Stadium Terre Haute, IN	W 14–6		[19][20][21]
November 12	1:30 p.m.	Hanover*	Memorial Stadium Terre Haute, IN	L 6–20		[22][23][24]
*Non-conference game Homecoming All times are in Central time