1955 Notre Dame Fighting Irish football team

1955 Notre Dame Fighting Irish football
Conference	Independent
Ranking
Coaches	No. 10
AP	No. 9
Record	8–2
Head coach	Terry Brennan (2nd season)
Captain	Ray Lemek
Home stadium	Notre Dame Stadium (c. 59,075, grass)

1955 Midwestern college football independents records
	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
Ferris			–					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

The 1955 Notre Dame Fighting Irish football team represented the University of Notre Dame during the 1955 college football season.

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Rank	Site	Result	Attendance	Source
September 24	SMU	No. 11	Notre Dame Stadium South Bend, IN	W 17–0	56,454
October 1	Indiana	No. 4	Notre Dame Stadium South Bend, IN	W 19–0	56,494
October 7	at No. 15 Miami (FL)	No. 5	Burdine Stadium Miami, FL	W 14–0	75,685
October 15	at No. 13 Michigan State	No. 4	Macklin Stadium East Lansing, MI (rivalry)	L 7–21	52,007
October 22	at Purdue	No. 11	Ross–Ade Stadium West Lafayette, IN (rivalry)	W 22–7	55,000
October 29	No. 4 Navy	No. 9	Notre Dame Stadium South Bend, IN (rivalry)	W 21–7	59,475
November 5	at Penn	No. 6	Franklin Field Philadelphia, PA	W 46–14	45,226
November 12	at North Carolina	No. 5	Kenan Memorial Stadium Chapel Hill, NC	W 27–7	38,000
November 19	Iowa	No. 4	Notre Dame Stadium South Bend, IN	W 17–14	59,955
November 26	at USC	No. 5	Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum Los Angeles, CA (rivalry)	L 20–42	94,892
Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game