1956 Texas Longhorns football team

The 1956 Texas Longhorns football team represented the University of Texas at Austin during the 1956 NCAA University Division football season. In 1956, the Texas A&M Aggies were the first Aggie football team to beat the Texas Longhorns at Memorial Stadium.[1][2] The win was Bear Bryant's only victory versus a University of Texas football team.

1956 Texas Longhorns football
ConferenceSouthwest Conference
1956 record1–9 (0–6 SWC)
Head coachEd Price (6th season)
Home stadiumMemorial Stadium
(Capacity: 60,130)
1956 Southwest Conference football standings
Conf  Overall
TeamW L T  W L T
No. 5 Texas A&M $ 6 0 0  9 0 1
No. 14 TCU 5 1 0  8 3 0
No. 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
  • $ Conference champion
Rankings from AP Poll

Schedule

DateOpponentSiteResultAttendance
September 22No. 15 USC*L 20–4447,000
September 29at Tulane*
W 7–635,000
October 6West Virginia*
  • Memorial Stadium
  • Austin, TX
L 6–730,000
October 13vs. No. 1 Oklahoma*
L 0–4575,504
October 20Arkansas
  • Memorial Stadium
  • Austin, TX (rivalry)
L 14–3240,000
October 27at RiceL 7–2867,000
November 3SMU
  • Memorial Stadium
  • Austin, TX
L 19–2036,000
November 10at BaylorL 7–1021,000
November 17at TCUL 0–4630,000
November 29No. 5 Texas A&M
  • Memorial Stadium
  • Austin, TX (rivalry)
L 21–3461,000
  • *Non-conference game
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game
gollark: U̫ͧ̎ń̴͍iͥ͂̿ç͕͗oͤ͂͝d͇͈͑e̷̛ͅ ̢̜͚ï̧͘ş̓͂ ͭͣ̕g̻͉͙r̞̯͑҉̥ͮ̚e̴̿̈a̲̺͑t̍̿ͨ!̣̊͗
gollark: B͕͛́A͙̔̔Ņ̦͘҉̷̀͜ ̭̊̚D̼̗̳҉̾̌̓Ì̴̈A͎̋ͣĆ̹͉R̬̳ͥĪ̴ͬT͕ͣͥ҉̥I̍͘̚C͍̰̊S̊ͤ͛!̺͊̕
gollark: Ban, commas as, they are too easily, misused.
gollark: And this is why we must ban commas to enhance the ridiculousness of the English language.
gollark: uł↓

References

  1. Reedy, Vince (November 30, 1956). "Aggies Conquer Texas and Memorial Stadium". The Victoria Advocate, via Google News.
  2. Feigen, Jonathan (August 29, 1993), "Football '93/A state of war/UTA&M transcends football", Houston Chronicle, Houston, Texas, p. Special, page 25., retrieved 2007-09-26


This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.