1956 Notre Dame Fighting Irish football team

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1956 NCAA University Division independents football records
Conf Overall
Team W   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

The 1956 Notre Dame Fighting Irish football team represented the University of Notre Dame during the 1956 college 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]

Schedule

September 22at SMU*No. 3

L 13–19 61,000 October 6Indiana*No. 17

W 20–6 58,372 October 13Purdue*No. 18

  • Notre Dame Stadium
  • South Bend, IN (rivalry)

L 14–28 58,778 October 20No. 2 Michigan State*

L 14–47 59,378 October 27No. 2 Oklahoma*

  • Notre Dame Stadium
  • South Bend, IN

L 0–40 60,128 November 3at Navy*

L 7–33 57,773 November 10at No. 20 Pittsburgh*

L 13–26 58,697 November 17North Carolina*

  • Notre Dame Stadium
  • South Bend, IN

W 21–14 56,793 November 24at No. 3 Iowa*

L 8–48 56,632 December 1at No. 17 USC*

L 20–28 64,538

Template:CFB Schedule End

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.

Player Position Round Pick Franchise

[3]

References

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  3. ^ https://www.pro-football-reference.com/draft/1956.htm