1956 Pepperdine Waves football team

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1956 Pepperdine Waves football
ConferenceIndependent
1956 record6–3
Head coach
Home stadiumEl Camino Stadium
Seasons
← 1955
1957 →
1956 NCAA College Division independents football records
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 Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Northern Michigan   –   7 – 0 – 1
Carthage   –   8 – 2 – 0
Tampa   –   7 – 2 – 0
Cal Poly San Dimas   –   6 – 2 – 0
Mississippi Southern   –   7 – 2 – 1
Wabash   –   6 – 2 – 1
Hawaii   –   7 – 3 – 0
Hofstra   –   7 – 3 – 0
Xavier   –   7 – 3 – 0
Franklin & Marshall   –   5 – 2 – 1
Louisville   –   6 – 3 – 0
Pepperdine   –   6 – 3 – 0
Washington University   –   6 – 3 – 0
La Verne   –   6 – 4 – 0
Buffalo   –   5 – 3 – 0
Drexel   –   5 – 3 – 0
Long Beach State   –   5 – 3 – 0
Delaware   –   5 – 3 – 1
Memphis State   –   5 – 4 – 1
Arkansas State   –   5 – 4 – 0
Chattanooga   –   5 – 4 – 0
Baldwin–Wallace   –   4 – 5 – 0
Washington & Jefferson   –   3 – 4 – 1
Rose Poly   –   3 – 4 – 0
Bucknell   –   3 – 5 – 0
Carnegie Tech   –   3 – 5 – 0
Temple   –   3 – 5 – 0
Howard (AL)   –   2 – 5 – 2
Sewanee   –   1 – 6 – 1
UC Riverside   –   1 – 6 – 0

The 1956 Pepperdine Waves football team represented George Pepperdine College[note 1] as an independent during the 1956 NCAA College Division football season. The team was led by second-year head coach John Scolinos and played home games at El Camino Stadium on the campus of El Camino College in Torrance, California. They finished the season with a record of 6–3.

Schedule[]

DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 22at Arizona State–Flagstaff
W 14–12
September 29at San Diego State
L 7–2711,000[1]
October 6Cal Poly
L 0–43
October 13at Long Beach State
L 12–266,000
October 27at Nevada
W 40–19
November 3Santa Barbara
  • El Camino Stadium
  • Torrance, CA
W 21–9
November 9San Diego NTS[note 3]
  • El Camino Stadium
  • Torrance, CA
W 33–18
November 16Los Angeles State
  • El Camino Stadium
  • Torrance, CA ("Old Shoe" rivalry)
W 15–14
November 24Whittier
  • El Camino Stadium
  • Torrance, CA
W 23–131,800

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Team players in the NFL[]

No Pepperdine players were selected in the 1957 NFL Draft.[4][5]

Notes[]

  1. ^ Pepperdine University was known as George Pepperdine College from 1937 to 1970.
  2. ^ This stadium is the predecessor to the current Mackay Stadium, which was opened for the 1966 season."University of Nevada, Reno; Mackay Stadium". Retrieved January 4, 2017.
  3. ^ The Naval Training Center San Diego (Naval Training Station) was a U.S. Navy facility from 1923 to 1997.

References[]

  1. ^ Howard Hagen (September 30, 1956). "Aztecs Shine In Home Debut; Lash Peps, 27-7". The San Diego Union. San Diego, California. p. G-1.
  2. ^ "1956 - Pepperdine". Retrieved February 2, 2017.
  3. ^ Grenley, Dave (June 3, 2010). "The History of Pepperdine Football". Pepperdine Waves. Archived from the original on March 3, 2016. Retrieved February 15, 2017.
  4. ^ "1957 NFL Draft". Retrieved February 15, 2017.
  5. ^ "Pepperdine Players/Alumni". Retrieved February 15, 2017.
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