1956 West Virginia Mountaineers football team

The 1956 West Virginia Mountaineers football team represented West Virginia University during the 1956 NCAA University Division football season.[1]

1956 West Virginia Mountaineers football
SoCon champion
ConferenceSouthern Conference
1956 record6–4 (5–0 SoCon)
Head coach
Home stadiumOld Mountaineer Field (38,000)
1956 Southern Conference football standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L TW L T
West Virginia $ 5 –0 –06 –4 –0
VPI 3 –0 –07 –2 –1
No. 17 George Washington 5 –1 –08 –1 –1
Davidson 2 –2 –15 –3 –1
Furman 2 –2 –02 –8 –0
VMI 2 –3 –13 –6 –1
Richmond 2 –5 –04 –5 –0
The Citadel 1 –3 –03 –5 –1
Washington and Lee 0 –1 –01 –7 –0
William & Mary 0 –5 –00 –9 –1
  • $ – Conference champion
Rankings from AP Poll

Schedule
DateOpponentRankSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 22No. 10 Pittsburgh*
L 13–1429,244
September 29Richmond
  • Mountaineer Field
  • Morgantown, WV
W 30–6
October 6at Texas*
W 7–630,000
October 13at Syracuse*No. 20
L 20–2725,000
October 20at William & Mary
W 20–13
October 27at No. 18 Penn State*
L 6–1629,244
November 3No. 14 George Washington
  • Mountaineer Field
  • Morgantown, WV
W 14–022,000[2]
November 10VMI
  • Mountaineer Field
  • Morgantown, WV
W 13–612,000[3]
November 17Furman
  • Mountaineer Field
  • Morgantown, WV
W 7–0
November 23at No. 6 Miami (FL)*
L 0–18
  • *Non-conference game
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

References
  1. "1956 West Virginia Mountaineers Schedule and Results".
  2. Harry Keck (November 4, 1956). "West Virginia cops, 14-0, nears conference title". Pittsburgh Sun-Telegraph. p. 3-1 – via Newspapers.com.
  3. "West Virginia nips VMI, 13–6". The Montgomery Advertiser. November 11, 1956. Retrieved January 4, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.
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