1956 Notre Dame Fighting Irish football team

The 1956 Notre Dame Fighting Irish football team represented the University of Notre Dame during the 1956 NCAA University Division football season. Paul Hornung carried the ball 94 times his senior year for 420 yards for an average of 4.5 yards per try. He completed 59 of 111 passes for a total offensive figure of 1,337 yards. He is the only Heisman winner to have played on a losing team as the Irish were 2–8 in 1956.[1]

1956 Notre Dame Fighting Irish football
ConferenceIndependent
1956 record2–8
Head coach
CaptainJim Morse
Home stadiumNotre Dame Stadium (c. 59,075, grass)
1956 NCAA University Division independents football records
Conf  Overall
TeamW L T  W L T
No. 6 Miami (FL)      8 1 1
No. 16 Navy      6 1 2
No. 8 Syracuse      7 2 0
Air Force      6 2 1
Penn State      6 2 1
No. 13 Pittsburgh      7 3 1
Pacific (CA)      6 3 1
Army      5 3 1
Holy Cross      5 3 1
Villanova      5 4 0
Boston College      5 4 0
Florida State      5 4 1
Cincinnati      4 5 0
Colgate      4 5 0
Dayton      4 6 0
Drake      3 6 0
San Jose State      2 7 1
Texas Tech      2 7 1
Notre Dame      2 8 0
Boston University      1 5 2
Marquette      0 9 0
Rankings from AP Poll

Schedule

DateOpponentRankSiteResultAttendance
September 22at SMUNo. 3L 13–1961,000
October 6IndianaNo. 17W 20–658,372
October 13PurdueNo. 18
  • Notre Dame Stadium
  • South Bend, IN (rivalry)
L 14–2858,778
October 20No. 2 Michigan State
L 14–4759,378
October 27No. 2 Oklahoma
  • Notre Dame Stadium
  • South Bend, IN
L 0–4060,128
November 3at NavyL 7–3357,773
November 10at No. 20 PittsburghL 13–2658,697
November 17North Carolina
  • Notre Dame Stadium
  • South Bend, IN
W 21–1456,793
November 24at No. 3 IowaL 8–4856,632
December 1at No. 17 USCL 20–2864,538
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

Awards and honors

Paul Hornung, Heisman Trophy[2]

Team players drafted into the NFL

The following players were drafted into professional football following the season.

PlayerPositionRoundPickFranchise

[3]

References

  1. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2007-12-03. Retrieved 2007-12-22.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  2. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2009-09-16. Retrieved 2007-11-23.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  3. https://www.pro-football-reference.com/draft/1956.htm


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