1956 New Haven State Owls football team

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1956
New Haven State Owls football
ConferenceIndependent
Record9–0
Head coach
(9th season)
Home stadiumBowen Field
Seasons
← 1955
1957 →

The 1956 New Haven State Owls football team was an American football team that represented New Haven State Teachers College (now known as Southern Connecticut State University) as an independent during the 1956 NAIA football season.[1] In their ninth season under head coach Jess Dow, the Owls compiled a 9–0 record. It remains the only perfect season in the history of the Southern Connecticut Owls football program.[2] The team broke the school's single-game scoring record twice during the 1956 season, first with 50 points against the Quonset Naval Air Station and again the following week with 51 points against Brockport.

The team played its home games at Bowen Field in New Haven, Connecticut.

Schedule

DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 22at
Shippensburg
Shippensburg, PAW 28–0[3]
September 29at Drexel Tech
  • Drexel Field
  • Philadelphia, PA
W 28–19
October 6
West Chester
W 33–7[4]
October 13at
Brandeis
W 46–72,000[5]
October 20at New Britain Teachers
W 23–03,000[6][7]
October 27Quonset NAS
  • Bowen Field
  • New Haven, CT
W 50–0[8]
November 3Brockport
  • Bowen Field
  • New Haven, CT
W 51–0[9]
November 10at American InternationalSpringfield, MAW 20–0[10]
November 17at
Bridgeport
W 33–12[11]

References

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  2. ^ "All-Time Season Results & Coaching Records". Southern Connecticut State University. Retrieved March 14, 2024.
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