1956 Texas Longhorns football team
1956 Texas Longhorns football | |
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Conference | Southwest Conference |
1956 record | 1–9 (0–6 SWC) |
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Home stadium | Memorial Stadium (Capacity: 60,130) |
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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 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The 1956 Texas Longhorns football team represented the University of Texas at Austin during the 1956 NCAA University Division football season. In 1956, the Texas A&M Aggies were the first Aggie football team to beat the Texas Longhorns at Memorial Stadium.[1][2] The win was Bear Bryant's only victory versus a University of Texas football team.
Schedule[]
Date | Opponent | Site | Result | Attendance | Source |
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September 22 | No. 15 USC* | L 20–44 | 47,000 | ||
September 29 | at Tulane* |
| W 7–6 | 35,000 | [3] |
October 6 | West Virginia* |
| L 6–7 | 30,000 | |
October 13 | vs. No. 1 Oklahoma* |
| L 0–45 | 75,504 | |
October 20 | Arkansas |
| L 14–32 | 40,000 | |
October 27 | at Rice | L 7–28 | 67,000 | ||
November 3 | SMU |
| L 19–20 | 36,000 | |
November 10 | at Baylor | L 7–10 | 21,000 | ||
November 17 | at TCU | L 0–46 | 30,000 | ||
November 29 | No. 5 Texas A&M |
| L 21–34 | 61,000 | |
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References[]
- ^ Reedy, Vince (November 30, 1956). "Aggies Conquer Texas and Memorial Stadium". The Victoria Advocate, via Google News.
- ^ Feigen, Jonathan (August 29, 1993), "Football '93/A state of war/UT—A&M transcends football", Houston Chronicle, Houston, Texas, p. Special, page 25., retrieved 2007-09-26
- ^ "Clements' clutch pass gives Texas 7–6 win despite Tulane Green Wave edge in statistics". The American-Statesman. September 30, 1956. Retrieved September 19, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
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