1955 Hillsdale Dales football team
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- Muddy Waters (2nd season)
| 1955 Hillsdale Dales football | |
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MIAA champion | |
| Conference | Michigan Intercollegiate Athletic Association |
| Record | 9–0 (6–0 MIAA) |
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| Team | W | L | T | W | L | T | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Hillsdale $ | 6 | – | 0 | – | 0 | 9 | – | 0 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Kalamazoo | 4 | – | 2 | – | 0 | 5 | – | 3 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Alma | 3 | – | 3 | – | 0 | 5 | – | 4 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Hope | 3 | – | 3 | – | 0 | 4 | – | 5 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Albion | 3 | – | 3 | – | 0 | 3 | – | 5 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Adrian | 2 | – | 4 | – | 0 | 4 | – | 5 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Olivet | 0 | – | 6 | – | 0 | 1 | – | 8 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The 1955 Hillsdale Dales football team was an American football team that represented Hillsdale College in the Michigan Intercollegiate Athletic Association (MIAA) during the 1955 college football season. In their second year under head coach Muddy Waters, the Dales compiled a 9–0 record (6–0 against MIAA opponents), won the MIAA championship, and outscored opponents by a total of 302 to 86.[1][2] The season was part of Hillsdale's 34-game winning streak extending from 1954 to 1957.[3]
The 1955 team declined an invitation to play in the 1956 Tangerine Bowl due to the organizers' stipulation that Hillsdale's four black players remain at home. One of the black players was Nate Clark who led the country in scoring with 144 points scored in nine games.
| Date | Opponent | Site | Result | Source | ||
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| September 17 | Anderson (IN)* | Hillsdale, MI | W 42–7 | [4][5] | ||
| September 24 | at Michigan State Normal* | Ypsilanti, MI | W 20–6 | [6] | ||
| October 1 | Olivet | Hillsdale, MI | W 45–6 | [7] | ||
| October 8 | at Albion | Albion, MI | W 14–7 | [8] | ||
| October 15 | Alma | Hillsdale, MI | W 27–20 | [9] | ||
| October 22 | at Hope | Holland, MI | W 19–13 | [10] | ||
| October 29 | Kalamazoo | Hillsdale, MI | W 41–7 | [11] | ||
| November 5 | at Adrian | Adrian, MI | W 62–7 | [12] | ||
| November 12 | Lewis (IL)* | Hillsdale, MI | W 27–13 | [13] | ||
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Clark leads the nation in scoring
Halfback Nate Clark rushed for 949 yards and led all of college football with 144 points (24 touchdowns) scored in nine games.[14][15] His 144 points led small college football by 36 points over the second-highest scorer.[16] It was also the highest point total scored by a football player in Michigan since Willie Heston in the early 1900s.[17] At the end of the season, Clark was selected by the Associated Press as a first-team back on the 1955 Little All-America college football team.[14][18]