1956 Texas A&M Aggies football team
1956 Texas A&M Aggies football | |
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Southwest Conference champion | |
Conference | Southwest Conference |
Ranking | |
AP | No. 5 |
1956 record | 9–0–1 (6–0 SWC) |
Head coach | Bear Bryant |
Home stadium | Kyle Field |
1956 Southwest Conference football standings | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Conf | Overall | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Team | W | L | T | W | L | T | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
#5 Texas A&M $ | 6 | – | 0 | – | 0 | 9 | – | 0 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
#14 TCU | 5 | – | 1 | – | 0 | 8 | – | 3 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
#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 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The 1956 Texas A&M Aggies football team represented Texas A&M University in the 1956 college football season. The team won the Southwest Conference and compiled an overall record of 9–0–1, including a 6–0 record in conference play. The team was coached by Paul "Bear" Bryant.[1]
Schedule
Date | Opponent# | Rank# | Site | Result | |||||
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September 22 | Villanova* | No. 9 | Kyle Field • College Station, TX | W 19–0 | |||||
September 29 | at LSU* | No. 11 | Tiger Stadium • Baton Rouge, LA (Rivalry) | W 9–6 | |||||
October 6 | vs. Texas Tech* | No. 11 | Cotton Bowl • Dallas, TX (Rivalry) | W 40–7 | |||||
October 13 | at Houston* | No. 9 | Rice Stadium • Houston, TX | T 14–14 | |||||
October 20 | No. 4 TCU | No. 14 | Kyle Field • College Station, TX (Rivalry) | W 7–6 | |||||
October 27 | at No. 8 Baylor | No. 7 | Floyd Casey Stadium • Waco, TX (Battle of the Brazos) | W 19–13 | |||||
November 3 | Arkansas | No. 5 | Kyle Field • College Station, TX (Rivalry) | W 27–0 | |||||
November 10 | at SMU | No. 5 | Cotton Bowl • Dallas, TX | W 33–7 | |||||
November 17 | Rice | No. 5 | Kyle Field • College Station, TX | W 21–7 | |||||
November 29 | at Texas | No. 4 | Texas Memorial Stadium • Austin, TX (Rivalry) | W 34–21 | |||||
*Non-conference game. Homecoming. #Rankings from AP Poll. |
References
- ↑ Paul W. "Bear" Bryant: 1956. College Football Data Warehouse. Retrieved December 28, 2013.
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