1955 Valparaiso Crusaders football team

The 1955 Valparaiso Crusaders football team represented Valparaiso University as a member of the Indiana Collegiate Conference (ICC) during the 1955 college football season. Led by tenth-year head coach Emory Bauer, the Crusaders compiled an overall record of 5–4 with a mark of 4–2 in conference play, placing third in the ICC.^[1]

1955 Valparaiso Crusaders football
Conference	Indiana Collegiate Conference
Record	5–4 (4–2 ICC)
Head coach	Emory Bauer (10th season)
Home stadium	Bouchers Field, Ames Field, Brown Field
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	1:30 p.m.	at Wabash*	Ingalls Field Crawfordsville, IN	L 14–26		[2][3][4]
September 24	8:00 p.m.	Indiana State	Bouchers Field Valparaiso, IN	W 27–9	4,000	[5][6]
October 1		at Saint Joseph's (IN)	Rensselaer, IN	L 0–26		[7]
October 8	8:00 p.m.	Evansville	Ames Field Valparaiso, IN	W 29–18	3,000	[8][9]
October 15	1:30 p.m.	DePauw	Brown Field Valparaiso, IN	L 20–40	6,000	[10][11]
October 22	1:00 p.m.	at Ball State	Ball State Field Muncie, IN	W 26–7		[12][13][14]
October 29	1:00 p.m.	at Butler	Butler Bowl Indianapolis, IN (rivalry)	W 24–14	6,217	[15][16]
November 5	1:30 p.m.	Wheaton (IL)*	Brown Field Valparaiso, IN	W 27–13		[17][18]
November 12		at Bradley*	Peoria, IL	L 12–32		[19]
*Non-conference game Homecoming All times are in Central time

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