1956 Texas A&M Aggies football team

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

1956 Texas A&M Aggies football
1956 Texas A&M Aggies football
Southwest Conference champion
Conference	Southwest Conference
Ranking
Coaches	No. 5
AP	No. 5
1956 record	9–0–1 (6–0 SWC)
Head coach	Bear Bryant (3rd season);
Home stadium	Kyle Field
	Seasons ← 1955 1957 →

The 1956 Texas A&M Aggies football team represented Texas A&M University in the 1956 NCAA University Division football season. The team won the Southwest Conference and compiled an overall record of 9–0–1, including a 6–0 record in conference play. However, the Aggies were on probation and not allowed to play in a bowl game.^[1] The team was coached by Paul "Bear" Bryant.^[2]

Schedule[]

Date	Opponent	Rank	Site	Result	Attendance
September 22	Villanova*	No. 9	Kyle Field College Station, TX	W 19–0
September 29	at LSU*	No. 11	Tiger Stadium Baton Rouge, LA (rivalry)	W 9–6
October 6	vs. Texas Tech*	No. 11	Cotton Bowl Dallas, TX (rivalry)	W 40–7	32,500
October 13	at Houston*	No. 9	Rice Stadium Houston, TX	T 14–14
October 20	No. 4 TCU	No. 14	Kyle Field College Station, TX (rivalry)	W 7–6
October 27	at No. 8 Baylor	No. 7	Baylor Stadium Waco, TX (Battle of the Brazos)	W 19–13
November 3	Arkansas	No. 5	Kyle Field College Station, TX (rivalry)	W 27–0
November 10	at SMU	No. 5	Cotton Bowl Dallas, TX	W 33–7
November 17	Rice	No. 5	Kyle Field College Station, TX	W 21–7
November 29	at Texas	No. 4	Memorial Stadium Austin, TX (rivalry)	W 34–21
*Non-conference game Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

References[]

^ https://myaggienation.com/athletics_history/football/year_by_year/year_by_year_2/1956/article_7c4d2e58-f544-11e2-a882-0019bb2963f4.html. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
^ Paul W. "Bear" Bryant: 1956 Archived 2012-11-04 at the Wayback Machine. College Football Data Warehouse. Retrieved December 28, 2013.

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[1] ttps://myaggienation.com/athletics_history/football/year_by_year/year_by_year_2/1956/article_7c4d2e58-f544-11e2-a882-0019bb2963f4.html. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)

[2] Paul W. "Bear" Bryant: 1956 Archived 2012-11-04 at the Wayback Machine. College Football Data Warehouse. Retrieved December 28, 2013.

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v t Texas A&M Aggies football
Venues	Kyle Field (1904–present)
Bowls & rivalries	Bowl games Arkansas Baylor: Battle of the Brazos LSU TCU Texas Texas Tech
Culture & lore	Reveille "Aggie War Hymn" Aggie Band 12th man Aggie Bonfire Junction Boys film Sherman era 1998 Big 12 Championship Game Highest scoring Division I game
People	Head coaches Statistical leaders 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 2022
National championship seasons in bold

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