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
Conf  Overall
TeamW L T  W L T
West Virginia $ 5 0 0  6 4 0
VPI 3 0 0  7 2 1
No. 17 George Washington 5 1 0  8 1 1
Davidson 2 2 1  5 3 1
Furman 2 2 0  2 8 0
VMI 2 3 1  3 6 1
Richmond 2 5 0  4 5 0
The Citadel 1 3 0  3 5 1
Washington and Lee 0 1 0  1 7 0
William & Mary 0 5 0  0 9 1
  • $ Conference champion
Rankings from AP Poll

Schedule

DateOpponentRankSiteResult
September 22No. 10 Pittsburgh*L 13–14
September 29Richmond
  • Mountaineer Field
  • Morgantown, WV
W 30–6
October 6at Texas*W 7–6
October 13at Syracuse*No. 20L 20–27
October 20at William & MaryW 20–13
October 27at No. 18 Penn State*L 6–16
November 3No. 14 George Washington
  • Mountaineer Field
  • Morgantown, WV
W 14–0
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

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