1956 Mississippi State Maroons football team

1956 Mississippi State Maroons football
Conference Southeastern Conference
1956 record 4–6 (2–5 SEC)
Head coach Wade Walker (1st season)
Home stadium Scott Field
(Capacity: 35,000)
1956 SEC football standings
Conf  Overall
TeamW 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
  • $ – Conference champion
Rankings from AP Poll

The 1956 Mississippi State Maroons football team represented Mississippi State College during the 1956 college football season. The Maroons finished 4–6 in head coach Wade Walker's first season.

Schedule

Date Time Opponent# Rank# Site TV Result
September 22 Florida Scott Field • Starkville, Mississippi L 0–26  
September 29 at Houston* Rice Stadium • Houston L 7–18  
October 6 at Georgia Sanford Stadium • Athens, Georgia W 19–7  
October 13 Trinity* Scott Field • Starkville, Mississippi W 18–6  
October 20 Arkansas State* Scott Field • Starkville, Mississippi W 19–9  
October 27 at Alabama Denny Stadium • Tuscaloosa, Alabama (Rivalry) L 12–13  
November 3 at Tulane Tulane Stadium • New Orleans, L 14–20  
November 10 at Auburn Cliff Hare Stadium • Auburn, Alabama L 20–27  
November 17 at LSU Tiger Stadium • Baton Rouge, Louisiana (Rivalry) W 32–13  
December 1 at Ole Miss Hemingway Stadium • Oxford, Mississippi (Egg Bowl) L 7–13  
*Non-conference game. daggerHomecoming. #Rankings from AP Poll. All times are in Central Time.

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References

  1. ↑ College Football @ Sports-Reference.com. Retrieved December 26, 2015


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