1956 Los Angeles State Diablos football team
The 1956 Los Angeles State Diablos football team represented Los Angeles State[note 1] during the 1956 NCAA College Division football season.
| 1956 Los Angeles State Diablos football | |
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| Conference | California Collegiate Athletic Association |
| 1956 record | 3–5–1 (0–1 CCAA) |
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| Home stadium | Various |
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| Team | W | L | T | W | L | T | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Fresno State | 2 | – | 0 | – | 0 | 8 | – | 2 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| San Diego State | 2 | – | 1 | – | 0 | 4 | – | 3 | – | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Santa Barbara | 1 | – | 1 | – | 0 | 5 | – | 5 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Los Angeles State | 0 | – | 1 | – | 0 | 3 | – | 5 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Cal Poly | 0 | – | 2 | – | 0 | 7 | – | 3 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Los Angeles State competed in the California Collegiate Athletic Association (CCAA). The team was led by sixth-year head coach Leonard (Bud) Adams, who had been the leader of the team since the school started playing intercollegiate football in 1951. The Diablos played six home games at three separate sites. They finished the season with a record of three wins, five losses and one tie (3–5–1, 0–1 CCAA).
Schedule
| Date | Opponent | Site | Result |
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| September 14 | University of Mexico* | L 6–14 | |
| September 21 | Sacramento State[note 2]* |
| T 13–13 |
| September 29 | at Chico State[note 3]* |
| W 7–0 |
| October 5 | Occidental* |
| L 6–13 |
| October 11 | Santa Barbara[note 4] | L 13–33 | |
| October 20 | Nevada* |
| W 26–14 |
| October 27 | Long Beach State[note 5]* |
| W 23–0 |
| November 2 | at Instituto Politécnico Nacional Águilas Blancas* |
| L 6–28 |
| November 16 | at Pepperdine[note 6]* |
| L 14–15 |
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Team players in the NFL
No Los Angeles State players were selected in the 1957 NFL Draft.[2][3]
Notes
- California State University, Los Angeles (Cal State LA) was known as Los Angeles State College of Applied Arts and Sciences from 1947 to 1963.
- California State University, Sacramento was known as Sacramento State College from 1947 to 1971.
- California State University, Chico was known as Chico State College from 1935 to 1971.
- University of California, Santa Barbara was known as Santa Barbara College of the University of California from 1944 to 1958.
- California State University, Long Beach was known as Long Beach State College from 1950 to 1963.
- Pepperdine University was known as George Pepperdine College from 1937 to 1970.
References
- "1956 - Cal St.-Los Angeles". Retrieved January 19, 2017.
- "1957 NFL Draft". Retrieved January 19, 2017.
- "Los Angeles St. Players/Alumni". Retrieved January 19, 2017.
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