1956 Tulane Green Wave football team

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1956 Tulane Green Wave football
ConferenceSoutheastern Conference
Record6–4 (3–3 SEC)
Head coach
Home stadiumTulane 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 Tulane Green Wave football team was an American football team that represented Tulane University during the 1956 NCAA University Division football season as a member of the Southeastern Conference. In their third year under head coach Andy Pilney, the team compiled a 6–4 record.

Schedule

DateOpponentRankSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 22VPI*
W 21–1430,000[1]
September 29Texas*
  • Tulane Stadium
  • New Orleans, LA
L 6–735,000[2]
October 6at
Dyche Stadium
  • Evanston, IL
    		• W 20–1332,000[3]
    October 13No. 14 Navy*
    • Tulane Stadium
    • New Orleans, LA
    		W 21–645,000[4]
    October 20at No. 6 Ole MissNo. 19
    		W 10–328,000[5]
    October 27at No. 3 Georgia TechNo. 15
    		L 0–4040,000[6]
    November 3Mississippi State
    • Tulane Stadium
    • New Orleans, LA
    		W 20–14[7]
    November 10Alabama
    • Tulane Stadium
    • New Orleans, LA
    		L 7–1330,000[8]
    November 17at
    Dudley Field
  • Nashville, TN
    		• W 13–622,000[9]
    December 1LSU
    		L 6–760,000[10]
    • *Non-conference game
    • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

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