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 coachArt Lewis (7th season)
Home stadiumOld Mountaineer Field (38,000)
1956 Southern Conference football standings
Conf  Overall
TeamW L T  W L T
West Virginia $ 5 0 0  6 4 0
VPI 3 0 0  7 2 1
No. 17 George Washington 5 1 0  8 1 1
Davidson 2 2 1  5 3 1
Furman 2 2 0  2 8 0
VMI 2 3 1  3 6 1
Richmond 2 5 0  4 5 0
The Citadel 1 3 0  3 5 1
Washington and Lee 0 1 0  1 7 0
William & Mary 0 5 0  0 9 1
  • $ Conference champion
Rankings from AP Poll

Schedule

DateOpponentRankSiteResult
September 22No. 10 Pittsburgh*L 13–14
September 29Richmond
  • Mountaineer Field
  • Morgantown, WV
W 30–6
October 6at Texas*W 7–6
October 13at Syracuse*No. 20L 20–27
October 20at William & MaryW 20–13
October 27at No. 18 Penn State*L 6–16
November 3No. 14 George Washington
  • Mountaineer Field
  • Morgantown, WV
W 14–0
November 10VMI
  • Mountaineer Field
  • Morgantown, WV
W 13–6
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
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