1956 Vanderbilt Commodores football team

1956 Vanderbilt Commodores football
Conference	Southeastern Conference
Record	5–5 (2–5 SEC)
Head coach	Art Guepe (4th season)
Captain	2 Don Orr Art Demmas
Home stadium	Dudley Field

1956 Southeastern Conference football standings

	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
No. 2 Tennessee $	6	–	0	–	0			10	–	1	–	0
No. 4 Georgia Tech	7	–	1	–	0			10	–	1	–	0
Florida	5	–	2	–	0			6	–	3	–	1
Ole Miss	4	–	2	–	0			7	–	3	–	0
Auburn	4	–	3	–	0			7	–	3	–	0
Kentucky	4	–	4	–	0			6	–	4	–	0
Tulane	3	–	3	–	0			6	–	4	–	0
Vanderbilt	2	–	5	–	0			5	–	5	–	0
Alabama	2	–	5	–	0			2	–	7	–	1
Mississippi State	2	–	5	–	0			4	–	6	–	0
LSU	1	–	5	–	0			3	–	7	–	0
Georgia	1	–	6	–	0			3	–	6	–	1
$ – Conference champion Rankings from AP Poll

The 1956 Vanderbilt Commodores football team represented Vanderbilt University during the 1956 NCAA University Division football season.

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Rank	Site	Result
September 22	Georgia		Dudley Field Nashville, TN (rivalry)	W 14–0
September 29	Chattanooga	No. 15	Dudley Field Nashville, TN	W 46–7
October 6	at Alabama	No. 18	Ladd Stadium Mobile, AL	W 32–7
October 13	at No. 7 Ole Miss	No. 13	Oxford, MS (rivalry)	L 0–16
October 20	Florida		Dudley Field Nashville, TN	L 7–21
October 27	Middle Tennessee State*		Dudley Field Nashville, TN	W 23–13
November 3	at Virginia*		Scott Stadium Charlottesville, VA	W 6–2
November 10	at Kentucky		McLean Stadium Lexington, KY (rivalry)	L 6–7
November 17	Tulane		Dudley Field Nashville, TN	L 6–13
December 1	No. 2 Tennessee		Dudley Field Nashville, TN (rivalry)	L 7–27
*Non-conference game Homecoming Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game