1956 West Virginia Mountaineers football team

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1956 West Virginia Mountaineers football
West Virginia Mountaineers logo.svg
SoCon champion
ConferenceSouthern Conference
1956 record6–4 (5–0 SoCon)
Head coach
  • Art Lewis (7th season)
Home stadiumOld Mountaineer Field (38,000)
Seasons
← 1955
1957 →
1956 Southern Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
West Virginia $ 5 0 0 6 4 0
VPI 3 0 0 7 2 1
No. 17 George Washington 5 1 0 8 1 1
Davidson 2 2 1 5 3 1
Furman 2 2 0 2 8 0
VMI 2 3 1 3 6 1
Richmond 2 5 0 4 5 0
The Citadel 1 3 0 3 5 1
Washington and Lee 0 1 0 1 7 0
William & Mary 0 5 0 0 9 1
  • $ – Conference champion
Rankings from AP Poll

The 1956 West Virginia Mountaineers football team represented West Virginia University during the 1956 NCAA University Division football season.[1]

Schedule[]

DateOpponentRankSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 22No. 10 Pittsburgh*
  • Mountaineer Field
  • Morgantown, WV (Backyard Brawl)
L 13–1429,244
September 29Richmond
  • Mountaineer Field
  • Morgantown, WV
W 30–6
October 6at Texas*W 7–630,000
October 13at Syracuse*No. 20
  • Archbold Stadium
  • Syracuse, NY (rivalry)
L 20–2725,000
October 20at William & Mary
  • Cary Field
  • Williamsburg, VA
W 20–13
October 27at No. 18 Penn State*
  • New Beaver Field
  • University Park, PA (rivalry)
L 6–1629,244
November 3No. 14 George Washington
  • Mountaineer Field
  • Morgantown, WV
W 14–022,000[2]
November 10VMI
  • Mountaineer Field
  • Morgantown, WV
W 13–612,000[3]
November 17Furman
  • Mountaineer Field
  • Morgantown, WV
W 7–0
November 23at No. 6 Miami (FL)*
  • Burdine Stadium
  • Miami, FL
L 0–18
  • *Non-conference game
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

References[]

  1. ^ "1956 West Virginia Mountaineers Schedule and Results".
  2. ^ Harry Keck (November 4, 1956). "West Virginia cops, 14-0, nears conference title". Pittsburgh Sun-Telegraph. p. 3-1 – via Newspapers.com.
  3. ^ "West Virginia nips VMI, 13–6". The Montgomery Advertiser. November 11, 1956. Retrieved January 4, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.
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