1956 Mississippi State Maroons football team

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1956 Mississippi State Maroons football
ConferenceSoutheastern Conference
1956 record4–6 (2–5 SEC)
Head coach
Home stadiumScott Field
(Capacity: 35,000)
Seasons
← 1955
1957 →
1956 Southeastern Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
No. 2 Tennessee $ 6 0 0 10 1 0
No. 4 Georgia Tech 7 1 0 10 1 0
Florida 5 2 0 6 3 1
Ole Miss 4 2 0 7 3 0
Auburn 4 3 0 7 3 0
Kentucky 4 4 0 6 4 0
Tulane 3 3 0 6 4 0
Vanderbilt 2 5 0 5 5 0
Alabama 2 5 0 2 7 1
Mississippi State 2 5 0 4 6 0
LSU 1 5 0 3 7 0
Georgia 1 6 0 3 6 1
  • $ – Conference champion
Rankings from AP Poll

The 1956 Mississippi State Maroons football team represented Mississippi State College during the 1956 NCAA University Division football season. The Maroons finished 4–6 in head coach Wade Walker's first season.

Schedule[]

DateOpponentSiteResultSource
September 22FloridaL 0–26
September 29at Houston*L 7–18
October 6at GeorgiaW 19–7
October 13Trinity (TX)*
  • Scott Field
  • Starkville, MS
W 18–6
October 20Arkansas State*
  • Scott Field
  • Starkville, MS
W 19–9
October 27at AlabamaL 12–13
November 3at TulaneL 14–20[1]
November 10at AuburnL 20–27
November 17at LSUW 32–13
December 1at Ole Miss
L 7–13
  • *Non-conference game

[2]

References[]

  1. ^ "Tulane scores late, beats Maroons 20–14". The Clarion-Ledger. November 4, 1956. Retrieved September 19, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
  2. ^ College Football @ Sports-Reference.com. Retrieved December 26, 2015
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