1956 Wisconsin Badgers football team

1956 Big Ten football standings
	Conf					Overall
Team	W		L		T	W		L		T
#3 Iowa $	5	–	1	–	0	9	–	1	–	0
#7 Michigan	5	–	2	–	0	7	–	2	–	0
#12 Minnesota	4	–	1	–	2	6	–	1	–	2
#9 Michigan State	4	–	2	–	0	7	–	2	–	0
#15 Ohio State	4	–	2	–	0	6	–	3	–	0
Northwestern	3	–	3	–	1	4	–	4	–	1
Purdue	1	–	4	–	2	3	–	4	–	2
Illinois	1	–	4	–	2	2	–	5	–	2
Wisconsin	0	–	4	–	3	1	–	5	–	3
Indiana	1	–	5	–	0	3	–	6	–	0

$ – Conference champion Rankings from AP Poll

The 1956 Wisconsin Badgers football team represented the University of Wisconsin–Madison in the 1956 college football season.

According to the UW yearbook, 1956 was the first year for female cheerleaders at a football game ("Dad's Day", versus Purdue)

Schedule

Date	Opponent^#	Site	Result	Attendance
September 29	Marquette*	Camp Randall Stadium • Madison, WI	W 41–0	52,700
October 6	No. 10 USC*	Camp Randall Stadium • Madison, WI	L 6–13	52,979
October 13	at Iowa	Kinnick Stadium • Iowa City, IA	L 7–13	53,273
October 20	No. 17 Purdue	Camp Randall Stadium • Madison, WI	T 6–6	53,044
October 27	at No. 9 Ohio State	Ohio Stadium • Columbus, OH	L 0–21	82,661
November 3	at No. 4 Michigan State	Macklin Stadium • East Lansing, MI	L 0–33	53,647
November 10	Northwestern	Camp Randall Stadium • Madison, WI	L 7–17	54,645
November 17	at Illinois	Memorial Stadium • Champaign, IL	T 13–13	52,858
November 24	No. 7 Minnesota	Camp Randall Stadium • Madison, WI (Paul Bunyan's Axe)	T 13–13	54,149
*Non-conference game. Homecoming. ^#Rankings from AP Poll.

Wisconsin Badgers football

Venues	Randall Field (1895-1916) Camp Randall Stadium (1917–present)

Bowls & rivalries	Bowl games Iowa (Heartland Trophy) Minnesota (Slab of Bacon, 1930–1943; Paul Bunyan's Axe, 1948–present) Nebraska (Freedom Trophy)

Culture & lore	Bucky Badger "On, Wisconsin!" Marching band "Jump Around" Tall Grass Game

People	Head coaches Players in the NFL Draft Statistical leaders

Seasons	1889 1890 1891 1892 1893 1894 1895 1896 1897 1898 1899 1900 1901 1902 1903 1904 1905 1906 1907 1908 1909 1910 1911 1912 1913 1914 1915 1916 1917 1918 1919 1920 1921 1922 1923 1924 1925 1926 1927 1928 1929 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 1935 1936 1937 1938 1939 1940 1941 1942 1943 1944 1945 1946 1947 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016

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