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1956 Texas Longhorns football team

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1956 Southwest Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
No. 5 Texas A&M $ 6 0 0 9 0 1
No. 14 TCU 5 1 0 8 3 0
No. 11 Baylor 4 2 0 9 2 0
Arkansas 3 3 0 6 4 0
SMU 2 4 0 4 6 0
Rice 1 5 0 4 6 0
Texas 0 6 0 1 9 0
  • $ – Conference champion
Rankings from AP Poll

The 1956 Texas Longhorns football team represented the University of Texas at Austin during the 1956 college football season. In 1956, the Texas A&M Aggies were the first Aggie football team to beat the University of Texas at Darrell K. Royal-Texas Memorial Stadium.[1][2] The win was Bear Bryant's only victory versus a University of Texas football team.

Schedule

September 22No. 15 USC*

L 20–44 47,000 September 29at Tulane*

W 7–6 35,000 October 6West Virginia*

  • Texas Memorial Stadium
  • Austin, TX

L 6–7 30,000 October 13vs. No. 1 Oklahoma*

L 0–45 75,504 October 20Arkansas

  • Texas Memorial Stadium
  • Austin, TX (Rivalry)

L 14–32 40,000 October 27at Rice

L 7–28 67,000 November 3SMU

  • Texas Memorial Stadium
  • Austin, TX

L 19–20 36,000 November 10at Baylor

L 7–10 21,000 November 17at TCU

L 0–46 30,000 November 29No. 5 Texas A&M

  • Texas Memorial Stadium
  • Austin, TX (Rivalry)

L 21–34 61,000

Template:CFB Schedule End

References

  1. ^ Reedy, Vince (November 30, 1956). "Aggies Conquer Texas and Memorial Stadium". The Victoria Advocate, via Google News.
  2. ^ Feigen, Jonathan (August 29, 1993), "Football '93/A state of war/UT—A&M transcends football", Houston Chronicle, Houston, Texas, p. Special, page 25., retrieved 2007-09-26