1956 Vanderbilt Commodores football team

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1956 Vanderbilt Commodores football
ConferenceSoutheastern Conference
Record5–5 (2–5 SEC)
Head coach
CaptainDon Orr, Art Demmas
Home stadiumDudley Field
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 Vanderbilt Commodores football team represented Vanderbilt University during the 1956 college football season. The team's head coach was Art Guepe, who was in his fourth year as the Commodores' head coach. Members of the Southeastern Conference, the Commodores played their home games at Dudley Field in Nashville, Tennessee. In 1956, Vanderbilt went 5–5 overall with a conference record of 2–5.[1]

Schedule

DateOpponentRankSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 22Georgia
W 14–028,000[2]
September 29Chattanooga*No. 15
  • Dudley Field
  • Nashville, TN
W 46–717,500[3]
October 6at AlabamaNo. 18
W 32–723,071[4][5]
October 13at No. 7 Ole MissNo. 13
L 0–1628,500[6]
October 20Florida
  • Dudley Field
  • Nashville, TN
L 7–2124,000[7]
October 27Middle Tennessee*
  • Dudley Field
  • Nashville, TN
W 23–13[8]
November 3at Virginia*
W 6–28,000[9]
November 10at Kentuckydagger
L 6–7[10]
November 17Tulane
  • Dudley Field
  • Nashville, TN
L 6–1322,000[11]
December 1No. 2 Tennessee
  • Dudley Field
  • Nashville, TN (rivalry)
L 7–2728,000[12]
  • *Non-conference game
  • daggerHomecoming
  • Rankings from
    AP Poll
    released prior to the game

References

  1. ^ "1956 Vanderbilt Commodores Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved October 7, 2023.
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  4. ^ Land, Charles (October 7, 1956). "Commodores' power too much as Tidesmen fall again, 32–7". The Tuscaloosa News. p. 1. Retrieved November 20, 2012.
  5. ^ "Commodores run roughshod, over Crimson Tide, 32 to 7". The Gadsden Times. Associated Press. October 7, 1956. p. 11. Retrieved December 9, 2012.
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