1956 North Dakota State Bison football team

1956 North Central Conference football standings
	$ – Conference champion;

1956 North Dakota State Bison football
1956 North Dakota State Bison football
Conference	North Central Conference
1956 record	5–4 (3–3 NCC)
Head coach	Les Luymes (1st season);
Home stadium	Dacotah Field
	Seasons ← 1955 1957 →

The 1956 North Dakota State Bison football team was an American football team that represented North Dakota State University during the 1956 NCAA College Division football season as a member of the North Central Conference. In their only year under head coach Les Luymes, the team compiled a 5–4 record.^[1]

Schedule[]

Date	Opponent	Site	Result	Source
September 11	Valley City State*	Dacotah Field Fargo, ND	W 25–0	^[2]
September 15	Concordia–Moorhead*	Dacotah Field Fargo, ND	W 12–7	^[3]
September 22	Augustana (SD)	Dacotah Field Fargo, ND	W 42–7	^[4]
October 6	Morningside	Dacotah Field Fargo, ND	L 3–10	^[5]
October 13	at Missouri*	Memorial Stadium Columbia, MO	L 0–42	^[6]
October 20	at North Dakota	Memorial Stadium Grand Forks, ND (Nickel Trophy)	L 7–14	^[7]
October 27	South Dakota State	Dacotah Field Fargo, ND (Dakota Marker)	W 26–9	^[8]
November 10	at South Dakota	Inman Field Vermillion, SD	L 7–13	^[9]
November 17	at Iowa State Teachers	O. R. Latham Stadium Cedar Falls, IA	W 19–13	^[10]
*Non-conference game Homecoming

^ "1956 NDSU football schedule". North Dakota State Athletics. Retrieved October 7, 2021.
^ "Bison score grid victory". Argus-Leader. September 12, 1956. Retrieved October 7, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
^ "Bison nose Concordia". Sioux City Journal. September 16, 1956. Retrieved October 7, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
^ "Bison slam Augustana 42–7 for third in row". Argus-Leader. September 23, 1956. Retrieved October 7, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
^ "Morningside wins, 10–3". Sioux City Journal. October 7, 1956. Retrieved October 7, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
^ "Missouri crushes North Dakota State, 42–0". St. Louis Post-Dispatch. October 14, 1956. Retrieved October 7, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
^ "NDU defeats NDAC, 14–7". Argus-Leader. October 21, 1956. Retrieved October 7, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
^ "NoDak State Bison trample Jacks 26–9". The Daily Plainsman. October 28, 1956. Retrieved October 7, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
^ "University whips ND State 13–7". Rapid City Journal. November 11, 1956. Retrieved October 7, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
^ "Teachers lead 13–6 with 1:24 to go; Loses 19–13". Waterloo Sunday Courier. November 18, 1956. Retrieved October 7, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.

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v t North Dakota State Bison football
Venues	Dacotah Field (1910–1992) Fargodome (1993–present)
Bowls & rivalries	Dakota Marker (South Dakota State) Nickel Trophy (North Dakota)
Culture & lore	Thundar "On Bison" Gold Star Marching Band
People	Head coaches NFL draftees
Seasons	1894 1895 1896 1897 1898 1899 1900 1901 1902 1903 1904 1905 1906 1907 1908 1909 1910 1911 1912 1913 1914 1915 1916 1917 1918 1919 1920 1921 1922 1923 1924 1925 1926 1927 1928 1929 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 1935 1936 1937 1938 1939 1940 1941 1942 1943 1944 1945 1946 1947 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021
National championship seasons in bold

1956 North Central Conference football standings
v t	Conf					Overall
Team	W		L		T	W		L		T
Morningside $	4	–	1	–	1	6	–	1	–	1
Augustana (SD)	4	–	2	–	0	6	–	3	–	0
South Dakota	4	–	2	–	0	4	–	4	–	0
North Dakota State	3	–	3	–	0	5	–	4	–	0
South Dakota State	3	–	3	–	0	4	–	5	–	0
North Dakota	2	–	4	–	0	2	–	6	–	0
Iowa State Teachers	0	–	5	–	1	2	–	5	–	1

$ – Conference champion