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1956 Air Force Falcons football team

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1956 Air Force Falcons football
ConferenceIndependent
Record6–2–1
Head coach
Home stadiumDU Stadium
Seasons
← 1955
1957 →
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 Air Force Falcons football team represented the United States Air Force Academy in the 1956 NCAA University Division football season. The Falcons did not have an official stadium during the season, and remained without one until the 1962 season when Falcon Stadium opened. Led by first-year head coach Buck Shaw, it was the second season for the football program. The Falcons were independent, and finished with a record of 6–2–1.

Schedule

DateOpponentSiteResult
September 29at San DiegoSan Diego, CAW 46–0
October 6at Colorado CollegeW 53–14
October 13Western State ColoradoW 48–13
October 20Colorado Mines
  • DU Stadium
  • Denver, CO
W 49–6
October 27Eastern New Mexico
  • DU Stadium
  • Denver, CO
W 34–7
November 3Colorado State–Greeley
  • DU Stadium
  • Denver, CO
W 21–0
November 10at WhitterWhittier, CAT 14–14
November 17Idaho StatePueblo, COL 7–13
November 24BYU
  • DU Stadium
  • Denver, CO
L 21–34

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Personnel

1956 Air Force Falcons football team roster
Players Coaches
Offense
Pos. # Name Class
E Tom Jozwiak So
OL Brock Strom So
Defense
Pos. # Name Class
DL Dave Phillips So
Special teams
Pos. # Name Class
Head coach
Coordinators/assistant coaches

Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (S) Suspended
  • (I) Ineligible
  • Injured Injured
  • Redshirt Redshirt

References

  1. ^ "1956 Air Force Falcons". databaseFootball.com. Archived from the original on December 2, 2015. Retrieved March 7, 2016.