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1955-56 Purdue Boilermakers Men's Schedule and Results

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Record: 16-6 (9-5, 3rd in Big Ten MBB)

Coach: Ray Eddy

PS/G: 70.5 (114th of 175)

PA/G: 68.7 (42nd of 175)

SRS: 8.21 (31st of 166)

SOS: 6.48 (14th of 166)

AP Poll Summary

1955-56 Season AP Poll summary

AP Poll Summary Table
School	12/5	12/12	12/19	12/26	1/2	1/9	1/16	1/23	1/30	2/6	2/13	2/20	2/27	3/5	Final
Purdue	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Schedules prior to the 1994-95 season may be missing games vs. non-Division I opponents.

Schedule and Results

Schedule and Results Table
G	Date	Type		Opponent	Conf	SRS		Tm	Opp	W	L	Streak	Arena
1	Sat, Dec 3, 1955	REG		Missouri	Big 7	11.88	W	62	58	1	0	W 1	Lambert Fieldhouse
2	Fri, Dec 9, 1955	REG	@	Southern California	PCC	6.14	W	59	58	2	0	W 2
3	Sat, Dec 10, 1955	REG	@	UCLA (16)	PCC	11.81	L	60	76	2	1	L 1	UCLA Men's Gymnasium
4	Wed, Dec 14, 1955	REG	@	Loyola (IL)	Ind	-2.96	W	69	68	3	1	W 1	Alumni Gym
5	Sat, Dec 17, 1955	REG		Valparaiso	Ind	-1.47	W	79	65	4	1	W 2	Lambert Fieldhouse
6	Tue, Dec 20, 1955	REG		Butler	Ind	-0.24	W	67	59	5	1	W 3	Lambert Fieldhouse
7	Sat, Dec 31, 1955	REG		Princeton	Ivy	-3.93	W	73	61	6	1	W 4	Lambert Fieldhouse
8	Mon, Jan 2, 1956	REG	@	Wisconsin	Big Ten	4.06	W	78	66	7	1	W 5	Wisconsin Field House
9	Sat, Jan 7, 1956	REG		Northwestern	Big Ten	-4.77	W	68	54	8	1	W 6	Lambert Fieldhouse
10	Mon, Jan 9, 1956	REG	@	Michigan	Big Ten	2.43	L	67	74	8	2	L 1	Yost Field House
11	Sat, Jan 14, 1956	REG	@	Michigan State	Big Ten	7.28	W	66	62	9	2	W 1	Jenison Field House
12	Mon, Jan 16, 1956	REG		Illinois (6)	Big Ten	21.14	L	76	92	9	3	L 1	Lambert Fieldhouse
13	Sat, Jan 21, 1956	REG		Ohio State (11)	Big Ten	12.73	W	70	69	10	3	W 1	Lambert Fieldhouse
14	Mon, Jan 23, 1956	REG		Iowa (13)	Big Ten	14.61	L	63	67	10	4	L 1	Lambert Fieldhouse
15	Mon, Jan 30, 1956	REG	@	Northwestern	Big Ten	-4.77	W	78	68	11	4	W 1	Welsh-Ryan Arena
16	Sat, Feb 4, 1956	REG		Minnesota	Big Ten	8.07	W	75	67	12	4	W 2	Lambert Fieldhouse
17	Mon, Feb 13, 1956	REG	@	Iowa (15)	Big Ten	14.61	L	75	88	12	5	L 1	Iowa Field House
18	Sat, Feb 18, 1956	REG	@	Notre Dame	Ind	4.50	W	80	68	13	5	W 1	Notre Dame Fieldhouse
19	Mon, Feb 20, 1956	REG	@	Illinois (2)	Big Ten	21.14	L	77	102	13	6	L 1	Huff Hall
20	Sat, Feb 25, 1956	REG		Michigan State	Big Ten	7.28	W	63	56	14	6	W 1	Lambert Fieldhouse
21	Mon, Feb 27, 1956	REG		Michigan	Big Ten	2.43	W	72	63	15	6	W 2	Lambert Fieldhouse
22	Sat, Mar 3, 1956	REG	@	Indiana	Big Ten	10.67	W	73	71	16	6	W 3	Field House