1956 Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets football team
1956 Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets football | |
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Gator Bowl champion | |
Gator Bowl, W 21–14 vs. Pittsburgh | |
Conference | Southeastern Conference |
Ranking | |
Coaches | No. 4 |
AP | No. 4 |
1956 record | 10–1 (7–1 SEC) |
Head coach | Bobby Dodd (12th season) |
Captain |
Wade Mitchell George Volkert |
Home stadium |
Grant Field (Capacity: 44,000) |
1956 SEC football standings | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Team | W | L | T | W | L | T | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
No. 2 Tennessee $ | 6 | – | 0 | – | 0 | 10 | – | 1 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
No. 4 Georgia Tech | 7 | – | 1 | – | 0 | 10 | – | 1 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Florida | 5 | – | 2 | – | 0 | 6 | – | 3 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Ole Miss | 4 | – | 2 | – | 0 | 7 | – | 3 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Auburn | 4 | – | 3 | – | 0 | 7 | – | 3 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Kentucky | 4 | – | 4 | – | 0 | 6 | – | 4 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Tulane | 3 | – | 3 | – | 0 | 6 | – | 4 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Vanderbilt | 2 | – | 5 | – | 0 | 5 | – | 5 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Alabama | 2 | – | 5 | – | 0 | 2 | – | 7 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Mississippi State | 2 | – | 5 | – | 0 | 4 | – | 6 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
LSU | 1 | – | 5 | – | 0 | 3 | – | 7 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Georgia | 1 | – | 6 | – | 0 | 3 | – | 6 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The 1956 Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets football team represented the Georgia Institute of Technology during the 1956 college football season. The Yellow Jackets were led by 12th-year head coach Bobby Dodd and played their home games at Grant Field in Atlanta.
Georgia Tech was the preseason favorite to win the Southeastern Conference, but their hopes of reaching the Sugar Bowl were crushed when the Johnny Majors-led Tennessee Volunteers beat the Yellow Jackets in Atlanta, 0–6.[1] Georgia Tech cruised through the rest of their schedule and finished the regular season with the Tennessee game as their only blemish, finishing second in the SEC and ranked number 4 in the country in the final AP Poll. They accepted an invitation to the 1956 Gator Bowl, where they beat Pittsburgh, in a rematch of the 1956 Sugar Bowl, 21–14. This was the sixth straight season for Georgia Tech that ended with a bowl victory.
Schedule
Date | Opponent# | Rank# | Site | TV | Result | Attendance | |||
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September 22 | at Kentucky | No. 4 | McLean Stadium • Lexington, Kentucky | NBC | W 14–6 | 30,000 | |||
September 29 | at No. 5 SMU* | No. 2 | Cotton Bowl • Dallas | W 9–7 | 46,000 | ||||
October 13 | LSU | No. 3 | Grant Field • Atlanta | W 39–7 | 39,500 | ||||
October 20 | Auburn | No. 3 | Grant Field • Atlanta, Georgia (Rivalry) | W 28–7 | 40,000 | ||||
October 27 | No. 15 Tulane |
No. 3 | Grant Field • Atlanta, Georgia | W 40–0 | 40,000 | ||||
November 3 | at Duke* | No. 2 | Duke Stadium • Durham, North Carolina | W 7–0 | 38,000 | ||||
November 10 | No. 3 Tennessee | No. 2 | Grant Field • Atlanta, Georgia (Rivalry) | L 0–6 | 40,000 | ||||
November 17 | Alabama | No. 4 | Grant Field • Atlanta, Georgia | W 27–0 | 38,500 | ||||
November 24 | vs. No. 13 Florida | No. 5 | Gator Bowl Stadium • Jacksonville, Florida | W 28–0 | 37,000 | ||||
December 1 | at Georgia | No. 4 | Sanford Stadium • Athens, Georgia (Clean, Old-Fashioned Hate) | W 35–0 | 50,000 | ||||
December 29 | vs. No. 13 Pittsburgh* | No. 4 | Gator Bowl Stadium • Jacksonville, Florida (Gator Bowl) | CBS | W 21–14 | 37,683 | |||
*Non-conference game. |
References
- ↑ "Vols Post Upset: Bronson Goes Over for Tennessee--Passing of Majors Excels". New York Times. November 11, 1956. p. 225.
- ↑ 2011 Georgia Tech Media Guide. p. 170.
- ↑ "1956 Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets Schedule and Results".