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1956 LSU Tigers football
ConferenceSoutheastern Conference
Record3–7 (1–5 SEC)
Head coach
Home stadiumTiger Stadium
Seasons
← 1955
1957 →
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 LSU Tigers football team was an American football team that represented Louisiana State University (LSU) as a member of the Southeastern Conference (SEC) during the 1956 college football season. In their second year under head coach Paul Dietzel, the Tigers complied an overall record of 3–7, with a conference record of 1–5, and finished ninth in the SEC.[1]

Schedule[edit]

DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 29No. 11 Texas A&M*
L 6–961,000[2]
October 6at Rice*
L 14–2355,000[3]
October 13at No. 3 Georgia Tech
L 7–3939,500[4]
October 20at Kentucky
L 0–14[5]
October 27Floridadagger
  • Tiger Stadium
  • Baton Rouge, LA (rivalry)
L 6–2135,000[6]
November 3Ole Miss
  • Tiger Stadium
  • Baton Rouge, LA (rivalry)
L 17–4635,000[7]
November 10Oklahoma A&M*
  • Tiger Stadium
  • Baton Rouge, LA
W 13–022,000[8]
November 17Mississippi State
  • Tiger Stadium
  • Baton Rouge, LA (rivalry)
L 13–3225,000[9]
November 24Arkansas*
W 21–728,000[10]
December 1Tulane
W 7–660,000[11]
  • *Non-conference game
  • daggerHomecoming
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

References[edit]

  1. ^ "1956 LSU Fighting Tigers Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved October 7, 2023.
  2. ^ "Aggies squeeze Tigers by 9–6". The Daily Advertiser. September 30, 1956. Retrieved October 7, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
  3. ^ "Frank Ryan engineers Rice to 23–14 victory over LSU". Victoria Advocate. October 7, 1956. Retrieved October 7, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
  4. ^ "Tech wallops LSU as offense clicks". The Knoxville News-Sentinel. October 14, 1956. Retrieved October 7, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
  5. ^ "LSU gambles fail, Kentucky captures 14–0 decisiion over winless Bengals". The Montgomery Advertiser. October 21, 1956. Retrieved October 7, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
  6. ^ "Florida stops LSU". Tallahassee Democrat. October 28, 1956. Retrieved October 7, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
  7. ^ "Johnny Rebs saturate LSU with last half TDs, win 46–17". The Atlanta Journal. November 4, 1956. Retrieved October 7, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
  8. ^ "LSU bounces Ags, 13–0". Blackwell Journal-Tribune. November 11, 1956. Retrieved October 7, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
  9. ^ "Mississippi State ends LSU's one-game winning streak, 32–13". Fort Myers News-Press. November 18, 1956. Retrieved October 7, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
  10. ^ "LSU belts Arkansas, 21–7, in upset at Fair Grounds". The Shreveport Times. November 25, 1956. Retrieved October 7, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
  11. ^ "Taylor's buck kick gives LSU 7–6 win over Wave". The Daily Advertiser. December 2, 1956. Retrieved September 19, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
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