1955 Illinois State Normal Redbirds football team

1955 Illinois State Normal Redbirds football
ConferenceInterstate Intercollegiate Athletic Conference
Record3–4–2 (2–3–1 IIAC)
Head coach
MVPBill Booker
CaptainBob Riggenbach, Bill Booker
Home stadiumMcCormick Field
Seasons
← 1954
1956 →
1955 Interstate Intercollegiate Athletic Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Central Michigan + 5 1 0 8 1 0
Michigan State Normal + 5 1 0 7 2 0
Southern Illinois 4 1 1 4 4 2
Western Illinois 2 3 1 5 4 1
Illinois State Normal 2 3 1 3 4 2
Eastern Illinois 1 5 0 3 6 0
Northern Illinois State 0 5 1 0 8 1
  • + – Conference co-champions

The 1955 Illinois State Normal Redbirds football team represented Illinois State Normal University—now known as Illinois State University—as a member of the Interstate Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (IIAC) during the 1955 college football season. Led by 11th-year head coach Edwin Struck, the Redbirds compiled an overall record of 3–4–2 with a mark of 2–3–1 in conference play, tying for fourth place in the IIAC.[1] Illinois State Normal played home games at McCormick Field in Normal, Illinois.

While the team lost its game against Western Illinois, it was later awarded a win by forfeit due to Western Illinois' use of an ineligible player.[2]

  1. ^ "2021 Redbird Football Media Guide" (PDF). Illinois State University Athletics Department. p. 66. Retrieved October 21, 2021.
  2. ^ "Western Illinois Forfeits Football Game to Normal". The Rock Island Argus. Associated Press. December 6, 1955. p. 37. Retrieved October 21, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.