1956 Pepperdine Waves football team

The 1956 Pepperdine Waves football team represented George Pepperdine College[note 1] during the 1956 NCAA College Division football season.

1956 Pepperdine Waves football
Conference	Independent
1956 record	6–3
Head coach	John Scolinos (2nd season)
Home stadium	El Camino Stadium

1956 NCAA College Division independents football records
	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
Northern Michigan			–					7	–	0	–	1
Tampa			–					7	–	2	–	0
Cal Poly San Dimas			–					6	–	2	–	0
Mississippi Southern			–					7	–	2	–	1
Wabash			–					6	–	2	–	1
Hawaii			–					7	–	3	–	0
Franklin & Marshall			–					5	–	2	–	1
Xavier			–					7	–	3	–	0
Pepperdine			–					6	–	3	–	0
Washington University			–					6	–	3	–	0
La Verne			–					6	–	4	–	0
Buffalo			–					5	–	3	–	0
Drexel			–					5	–	3	–	0
Long Beach State			–					5	–	3	–	0
Delaware			–					5	–	3	–	1
Baldwin–Wallace			–					4	–	5	–	0
Rose Poly			–					3	–	4	–	0
Carnegie Tech			–					3	–	5	–	0
Temple			–					3	–	5	–	0
UC Riverside			–					1	–	6	–	0

Pepperdine competed as an Independent in 1956. The team was led by second-year head coach John Scolinos and played home games at El Camino Stadium on the campus of El Camino College in Torrance, California. They finished the season with a record of six wins and three losses (6–3).

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Site	Result	Attendance
September 22	at Northern Arizona[note 2]	Skidmore Field Flagstaff, AZ	W 14–12
September 29	at San Diego State[note 3]	Aztec Bowl San Diego, CA	L 7–27	11,000[1]
October 6	Cal Poly[note 4]	El Camino Stadium Torrance, CA	L 0–43
October 13	at Long Beach State[note 5]	Veterans Stadium Long Beach, CA	L 12–26	6,000
October 27	at Nevada	Mackay Stadium[note 6] Reno, NV	W 40–19
November 3	Santa Barbara[note 7]	El Camino Stadium Torrance, CA	W 21–9
November 9	San Diego NTS (CA)[note 8]	El Camino Stadium Torrance, CA	W 33–18
November 16	Los Angeles State[note 9]	El Camino Stadium Torrance, CA ("Old Shoe" Rivalry)	W 15–14
November 24	Whittier	El Camino Stadium Torrance, CA	W 23–13	1,800

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Team players in the NFL

No Pepperdine players were selected in the 1957 NFL Draft.[4][5]

Notes

1. Pepperdine University was known as George Pepperdine College from 1937 to 1970.
2. Northern Arizona University was known as Arizona State College at Flagstaff from 1945 to 1957.
3. San Diego State University was known as San Diego State College from 1935 to 1971.
4. The official name of Cal Poly has been California Polytechnic State University since 1947. However, it is more commonly known as either Cal Poly San Luis Obispo or just Cal Poly.
5. California State University, Long Beach was known as Long Beach State College from 1950 to 1963.
6. This stadium is the predecessor to the current Mackay Stadium, which was opened for the 1966 season."University of Nevada, Reno; Mackay Stadium". Retrieved January 4, 2017.
7. University of California, Santa Barbara was known as Santa Barbara College of the University of California from 1944 to 1957.
8. The Naval Training Center San Diego (Naval Training Station) was a U.S. Navy facility from 1923 to 1997.
9. California State University, Los Angeles (Cal State LA) was known as Los Angeles State College of Applied Arts and Sciences from 1947 to 1963.

References

1. Howard Hagen (September 30, 1956). "Aztecs Shine In Home Debut; Lash Peps, 27-7". The San Diego Union. San Diego, California. p. G-1.
2. "1956 - Pepperdine". Retrieved February 2, 2017.
3. Grenley, Dave (June 3, 2010). "The History of Pepperdine Football". Pepperdine Waves. Archived from the original on March 3, 2016. Retrieved February 15, 2017.
4. "1957 NFL Draft". Retrieved February 15, 2017.
5. "Pepperdine Players/Alumni". Retrieved February 15, 2017.