1956 West Virginia Mountaineers football team

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

1956 West Virginia Mountaineers football
SoCon champion
ConferenceSouthern Conference
1956 record6–4 (5–0 SoCon)
Head coach
Home stadiumOld Mountaineer Field (38,000)
1956 Southern Conference football standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L TW L T
West Virginia $ 5 0 06 4 0
VPI 3 0 07 2 1
No. 17 George Washington 5 1 08 1 1
Davidson 2 2 15 3 1
Furman 2 2 02 8 0
VMI 2 3 13 6 1
Richmond 2 5 04 5 0
The Citadel 1 3 03 5 1
Washington and Lee 0 1 01 7 0
William & Mary 0 5 00 9 1
  • $ Conference champion
Rankings from AP Poll

Schedule

DateOpponentRankSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 22No. 10 Pittsburgh*L 13–1429,244
September 29Richmond
  • Mountaineer Field
  • Morgantown, WV
W 30–6
October 6at Texas*W 7–630,000
October 13at Syracuse*No. 20L 20–2725,000
October 20at William & MaryW 20–13
October 27at No. 18 Penn State*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 13–6
November 17Furman
  • Mountaineer Field
  • Morgantown, WV
W 7–0
November 23at No. 6 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.
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