1956 Washington Huskies football team
| 1956 Washington Huskies football | |
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| Conference | Pacific Coast Conference |
| 1956 record | 5–5 (4–4 PCC) |
| Head coach | Darrell Royal (1st season) |
| Captain | Dean Derby |
| Captain | Corky Lewis |
| Home stadium | Husky Stadium |
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| Team | W | L | T | W | L | T | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| No. 10 Oregon State $ | 6 | – | 1 | – | 1 | 7 | – | 3 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| No. 18 USC | 5 | – | 2 | – | 0 | 8 | – | 2 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| UCLA | 5 | – | 2 | – | 0 | 7 | – | 3 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Washington | 4 | – | 4 | – | 0 | 5 | – | 5 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Oregon | 3 | – | 3 | – | 2 | 4 | – | 4 | – | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Stanford | 3 | – | 4 | – | 0 | 4 | – | 6 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Washington State | 2 | – | 5 | – | 1 | 3 | – | 6 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| California | 2 | – | 5 | – | 0 | 3 | – | 7 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Idaho | 0 | – | 4 | – | 0 | 4 | – | 5 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The 1956 Washington Huskies football team was an American football team that represented the University of Washington during the 1956 college football season. In its only season under head coach Darrell Royal, the team compiled a 5–5 record, finished in fourth place in the Pacific Coast Conference, and was outscored by its opponents by a combined total of 232 to 206.[1]
Royal was hired as head coach at Texas following the season, where he would stay for 20 seasons and compile a 167–47–5 record, including national championships in 1963, 1969 and 1970. The Huskies would have only two head coaches over the next 36 seasons, Jim Owens (1957–74) and Don James (1975–92).
Schedule
| Date | Opponent# | Rank# | Site | Result | Attendance | ||||
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| September 22 | Idaho | Husky Stadium • Seattle | W 53–21 | 25185 | |||||
| September 29 | Minnesota* | Husky Stadium • Seattle, WA | L 14–34 | 37,502 | |||||
| October 6 | No. 13 Illinois* | Husky Stadium • Seattle, WA | W 28–13 | 36,261 | |||||
| October 13 | Oregon | Husky Stadium • Seattle, WA | W 20–7 | 32,626 | |||||
| October 20 | at No. 9 USC | Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum • Los Angeles | L 7–35 | 44,749 | |||||
| October 27 | California | Husky Stadium • Seattle, WA | L 7–16 | 30,510 | |||||
| November 3 | vs. No. 17 Oregon State | Multnomah Stadium • Portland, Oregon | L 20–28 | 32,890 | |||||
| November 10 | No. 19 UCLA | Husky Stadium • Seattle, WA | L 9–13 | 27,950 | |||||
| November 17 | at Stanford | Stanford Stadium • Stanford, California | W 34–13 | 21,000 | |||||
| November 24 | at Washington State | Memorial Stadium • Spokane, WA (Apple Cup) | W 40–26 | 20,600 | |||||
| *Non-conference game. #Rankings from AP Poll. | |||||||||
References
- ↑ "Washington Yearly Results (1955-1959)". College Football Data Warehouse. David DeLassus. Retrieved December 14, 2015.
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