1956 Southern Illinois Salukis football team

1956 Southern Illinois Salukis football
Conference	Interstate Intercollegiate Athletic Conference
Record	4–5 (3–3 IIAC)
Head coach	Albert Kawal (2nd season)
Home stadium	McAndrew Stadium

1956 Interstate Intercollegiate Athletic Conference football standings

	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
Central Michigan $	6	–	0	–	0			9	–	0	–	0
Western Illinois	4	–	2	–	0			6	–	3	–	0
Eastern Michigan	3	–	3	–	0			4	–	4	–	0
Illinois State Normal	3	–	3	–	0			4	–	4	–	1
Southern Illinois	3	–	3	–	0			4	–	5	–	0
Eastern Illinois	2	–	4	–	0			2	–	7	–	0
Northern Illinois State	0	–	6	–	0			1	–	8	–	0
$ – Conference champion

The 1956 Southern Illinois Salukis football team was an American football team that represented Southern Illinois University (now known as Southern Illinois University Carbondale) in the Interstate Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (IIAC) during the 1956 college football season. Under second-year head coach Albert Kawal, the team compiled a 4–5 record. The team played its home games at McAndrew Stadium in Carbondale, Illinois.

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Site	Result
September 22	Illinois Wesleyan		W 40–0
September 29	at Central Michigan		L 13–32
October 4	at Bradley		L 20–26
October 13	at Eastern Illinois		W 32–0
October 20	Eastern Michigan		W 14–7
October 27	Western Illinois		L 7–21
November 3	at Washington University		L 0–26
November 10	Illinois State		L 13–27
November 17	at Northern Illinois		W 28–13