1956 Mississippi State Maroons football team

1956 Mississippi State Maroons football
Conference	Southeastern Conference
Record	4–6 (2–5 SEC)
Head coach	Wade Walker (1st season)
Home stadium	Scott Field (Capacity: 35,000)

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 Mississippi State Maroons football team represented Mississippi State College during the 1956 NCAA University Division football season. The Maroons finished 4–6 in head coach Wade Walker's first season.

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Site	Result
September 22	Florida	Scott Field Starkville, Mississippi	L 0–26
September 29	at Houston*	Rice Stadium Houston	L 7–18
October 6	at Georgia	Sanford Stadium Athens, Georgia	W 19–7
October 13	Trinity*	Scott Field Starkville, Mississippi	W 18–6
October 20	Arkansas State*	Scott Field Starkville, Mississippi	W 19–9
October 27	at Alabama	Denny Stadium Tuscaloosa, Alabama (rivalry)	L 12–13
November 3	at Tulane	Tulane Stadium New Orleans,	L 14–20
November 10	at Auburn	Cliff Hare Stadium Auburn, Alabama	L 20–27
November 17	at LSU	Tiger Stadium Baton Rouge, Louisiana (rivalry)	W 32–13
December 1	at Ole Miss	Hemingway Stadium Oxford, Mississippi (Egg Bowl)	L 7–13
*Non-conference game