1956 Florida State Seminoles football team

1956 NCAA University Division independents football records
	Rankings from AP Poll

1956 Florida State Seminoles football
1956 Florida State Seminoles football
Conference	Independent
1956 record	5–4–1
Head coach	Tom Nugent (4th season);
Home stadium	Doak Campbell Stadium; (capacity: 19,000)
	Seasons ← 1955 1957 →

The 1956 Florida State Seminoles football team represented Florida State University in the 1956 NCAA University Division football season.^[1]

Schedule[]

Date	Time	Opponent	Site	Result	Attendance	Source
September 22		Ohio	Doak Campbell Stadium Tallahassee, FL	W 47–7
September 29		at Georgia	Sanford Stadium Athens, GA	L 0–3
October 6	8:00 p.m.	VPI	Doak Campbell Stadium Tallahassee, FL	L 7–20		^[2]
October 13		at NC State	Riddick Stadium Raleigh, NC	W 14–0
October 20		Wake Forest	Doak Campbell Stadium Tallahassee, FL	T 14–14	14,000
October 27		at Villanova	Philadelphia Municipal Stadium Philadelphia, PA	W 20–13
November 2		at No. 9 Miami (FL)	Burdine Stadium Miami FL (rivalry)	L 7–20
November 10		Furman	Doak Campbell Stadium Tallahassee, FL	W 42–7
November 17		Mississippi Southern	Doak Campbell Stadium Tallahassee, FL	W 20–19	12,200	^[3]
November 24		at Auburn	Cliff Hare Stadium Auburn, AL	L 7–13
Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

^ "FSU Football 1950–1959". Nolefan.org. Retrieved 2012-10-29.
^ "Tribe Set to Ambush Gobblers". Florida Flambeau. Florida State University. October 5, 1956. p. 3. Retrieved September 14, 2017.
^ "Seminoles stop Southern streak 20–19". Tampa Bay Times. November 18, 1956. Retrieved March 30, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.

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National championship seasons in bold

1956 NCAA University Division independents football records
v t	Conf			Overall
Team	W	L	T	W		L		T
No. 6 Miami (FL)		–		8	–	1	–	1
No. 16 Navy		–		6	–	1	–	2
No. 8 Syracuse		–		7	–	2	–	0
Air Force		–		6	–	2	–	1
Penn State		–		6	–	2	–	1
No. 13 Pittsburgh		–		7	–	3	–	1
Pacific (CA)		–		6	–	3	–	1
Army		–		5	–	3	–	1
Holy Cross		–		5	–	3	–	1
Villanova		–		5	–	4	–	0
Boston College		–		5	–	4	–	0
Florida State		–		5	–	4	–	1
Cincinnati		–		4	–	5	–	0
Colgate		–		4	–	5	–	0
Dayton		–		4	–	6	–	0
Drake		–		3	–	6	–	0
San Jose State		–		2	–	7	–	1
Texas Tech		–		2	–	7	–	1
Notre Dame		–		2	–	8	–	0
Boston University		–		1	–	5	–	2
Marquette		–		0	–	9	–	0

Rankings from AP Poll