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1956 West Virginia Mountaineers football
SoCon champion
ConferenceSouthern Conference
Record6–4 (5–0 SoCon)
Head coach
Home stadiumOld Mountaineer Field (38,000)
Seasons
← 1955
1957 →
1956 Southern Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team W   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

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

Schedule

DateOpponentRankSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 22No. 10 Pittsburgh*
L 13–1429,244
September 29Richmond
  • Mountaineer Field
  • Morgantown, WV
W 30–617,000[2]
October 6at Texas*
W 7–630,000
October 13at Syracuse*No. 20
L 20–2725,000
October 20at William & Mary
W 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[3]
November 10VMI
  • Mountaineer Field
  • Morgantown, WV
W 13–612,000[4]
November 17Furman
  • Mountaineer Field
  • Morgantown, WV
W 7–05,000[5]
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. ^ "West Virginia wins, 30–6, over Spiders". Asheville Citizen-Times. September 30, 1956. Retrieved November 6, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.
  3. ^ Harry Keck (November 4, 1956). "West Virginia cops, 14-0, nears conference title". Pittsburgh Sun-Telegraph. p. 3-1 – via Newspapers.com.
  4. ^ "West Virginia nips VMI, 13–6". The Montgomery Advertiser. November 11, 1956. Retrieved January 4, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.
  5. ^ "West Virginia barely defeats Furman, 7 to 0". Rocky Mount Telegram. November 18, 1956. Retrieved September 14, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.
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