1956 UC Riverside Highlanders football team

The 1956 UC Riverside Highlanders football team represented UC Riverside during the 1956 NCAA College Division football season. The Highlanders competed as an independent in 1956.

1956 UC Riverside Highlanders football
ConferenceIndependent
1956 record1–6
Head coach
Home stadiumUCR Athletic Field
1956 NCAA College Division independents football records
Conf  Overall
TeamW L T  W L T
Northern Michigan      7 0 1
Carthage      8 2 0
Tampa      7 2 0
Cal Poly San Dimas      6 2 0
Mississippi Southern      7 2 1
Wabash      6 2 1
Hawaii      7 3 0
Hofstra      7 3 0
Xavier      7 3 0
Franklin & Marshall      5 2 1
Pepperdine      6 3 0
Washington University      6 3 0
La Verne      6 4 0
Buffalo      5 3 0
Drexel      5 3 0
Long Beach State      5 3 0
Delaware      5 3 1
Baldwin–Wallace      4 5 0
Rose Poly      3 4 0
Bucknell      3 5 0
Carnegie Tech      3 5 0
Temple      3 5 0
Howard (AL)      2 5 2
Sewanee      1 6 1
UC Riverside      1 6 0

UC Riverside was led by first-year head coach Carl Selin. They played home games at UCR Athletic Field in Riverside, California. The Highlanders finished the season with a record of one win and six losses (1–6). Overall, the team was outscored by its opponents 44–251 for the season.

Schedule

DateOpponentSiteResult
September 29at Arizona State, Flagstaff[note 1]
L 0–60
October 6Cal Poly JV[note 2]
L 0–32
October 13Whittier?L 0–59
October 27at La VerneL 6–42
November 3California BaptistRiverside, CAW 38–7
November 10Long Beach State JV[note 3]?L 0–20
November 16Cal Poly San Dimas[note 4]Pomona, CAL 0–31

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Team players in the NFL

No UC Riverside players were selected in the 1957 NFL Draft. [2][3][4]

Notes

  1. Northern Arizona University was known as Arizona State College at Flagstaff from 1945 to 1957.
  2. The official name of Cal Poly has been California Polytechnic State University since 1947. However, it is more commonly known as either Cal Poly San Luis Obispo or just Cal Poly.
  3. California State University, Long Beach was known as Long Beach State College from 1950 to 1963.
  4. California State Polytechnic University, Pomona (Cal Poly Pomona) was located in San Dimas, California and known as Cal Poly Voorhis Unit from 1938 to 1956. However, it was more commonly known as Cal Poly (San Dimas).

References

  1. "1956 - California-Riverside". Retrieved March 17, 2017.
  2. "1957 NFL Draft". Retrieved February 23, 2017.
  3. "California-Riverside Players/Alumni". Retrieved March 17, 2017.
  4. "Draft History: California-Riverside". Retrieved March 18, 2017.
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