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1955 Michigan State Normal Hurons football team

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1955 record
  
7–2 (5–1 IIAC)

MVP
  
Virgil Windom

Home stadium
  
Walter O. Briggs Field

Head coach
  
Fred Trosko (4th year)

Captain
  
Barry C. Basel

Conference
  
Interstate Intercollegiate Athletic Conference

The 1955 Michigan State Normal Hurons football team represented Michigan State Normal College (renamed Eastern Michigan College in 1956) in the Interstate Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (IIAC) during the 1955 college football season. In their fourth season under head coach Fred Trosko, the Hurons compiled a 7–2 record (3–3 against IIAC opponents), tied with Central Michigan for the IIAC championship, and outscored their opponents, 138 to 70. Barry C. Basel was the team captain. The team's statistical leaders included Tom McCormick with 461 rushing yards and the same number of yards of total offense and Virgil Windom with seven touchdowns for 42 points. Virgil Windom received the team's most valuable player award.

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1955 Michigan State Normal Hurons football team Wikipedia