1956 Baylor Bears football team

1956 Southwest Conference football standings
	$ – Conference champion; Rankings from AP Poll

1956 Baylor Bears football
1956 Baylor Bears football
Sugar Bowl champion
Sugar Bowl, W 13–7 vs. Tennessee
Conference	Southwest Conference
Ranking
Coaches	No. 11
AP	No. 11
1956 record	9–2 (4–2 SWC)
Head coach	Sam Boyd (1st season);
Home stadium	Baylor Stadium
	Seasons ← 1955 1957 →

The 1956 Baylor Bears football team represented Baylor University in the 1956 NCAA University Division football season. The team finished with a record of 9-2 and a victory in the Sugar Bowl against the University of Tennessee. Bill Glass (Guard) was chosen as an All American player and Del Shafner (Halfback) and Jerry Marcontell (End) were selected All Conference.^[1]

Schedule[]

Date	Opponent	Rank	Site	Result	Attendance
September 22	at California*		California Memorial Stadium Berkeley, California	W 7–6
September 29	Texas Tech		Baylor Stadium Waco, Texas (rivalry)	W 27–0	15,000
October 6	at Maryland*	No. 16	Byrd Stadium College Park, Maryland	W 14–0
October 13	at Arkansas	No. 10	Razorback Stadium Fayetteville, Arkansas	W 14–7
October 27	No. 7 Texas A&M	No. 8	Baylor Stadium Waco, Texas (Battle of the Brazos)	L 13–19
November 3	at TCU	No. 15	Amon G. Carter Stadium Fort Worth, Texas (rivalry)	L 6–7
November 10	Texas		Baylor Stadium Waco, Texas	W 10–7
November 17	at Nebraska*	No. 16	Memorial Stadium, Lincoln Lincoln, Nebraska	W 26–7
November 24	at SMU	No. 16	Cotton Bowl Dallas	W 26–0
December 1	Rice	No. 15	Baylor Stadium Waco, Texas	W 46–13
January 1, 1957	vs. No. 2 Tennessee*	No. 11	Tulane Stadium New Orleans (Sugar Bowl)	W 13–7
*Non-conference game Homecoming Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

References[]

^ Baylor University, "1957 Round Up" yearbook via the Baylor University Libraries Digital Collections. Accessed April 29, 2013. http://digitalcollections.baylor.edu/cdm/ref/collection/tx-annl/id/24896

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[1] Baylor University, "1957 Round Up" yearbook via the Baylor University Libraries Digital Collections. Accessed April 29, 2013. http://digitalcollections.baylor.edu/cdm/ref/collection/tx-annl/id/24896

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1956 Southwest Conference football standings
v t	Conf					Overall
Team	W		L		T	W		L		T
No. 5 Texas A&M $	6	–	0	–	0	9	–	0	–	1
No. 14 TCU	5	–	1	–	0	8	–	3	–	0
No. 11 Baylor	4	–	2	–	0	9	–	2	–	0
Arkansas	3	–	3	–	0	6	–	4	–	0
SMU	2	–	4	–	0	4	–	6	–	0
Rice	1	–	5	–	0	4	–	6	–	0
Texas	0	–	6	–	0	1	–	9	–	0

$ – Conference champion Rankings from AP Poll