1956 Westminster Titans football team

The 1956 Westminster Titans football team was an

Halfback Bill White led the team in scoring with 11 touchdowns for 66 points.[2] White was selected as a second-team player on the 1956 Associated Press Little All-America team.^[3]

Three Westminster players were named to the NAIA District 30 all-star team. Quarterback Harold Davis received more votes than any other player. The other two Westminster honorees were halfback Bill White and end Bill Moss.^[4]

Also, in a poll of coaches conducted by The Pittsburgh Press, three Westmminster players won first-team honors on the all-district team. The first-team honorees were quarterback Harold Davis, fullback Bill White, and end Vince Cortese. It was White's third consecutive year on the all-district team. Center Bill Freshwater and tackle Bernie Reilly were named to the second team.^[5]

Burry was inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame in 1996.^[6]

The team played its home games at Westminster College's Memorial Field in New Wilmington, Pennsylvania.

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Site	Result	Attendance	Source
September 29	at Thiel	Stewart Field Greenville, PA	W 27–21		[7][8]
October 6	Grove City	Memorial Field New Wilmington, PA	W 60–0		[9]
October 13	Bethany (WV)	Wellsburg, WV	W 40–16		[10][11]
October 20	Geneva	Memorial Field New Wilmington, PA	W 28–0	4,000	[12]
October 27	Waynesburg	Memorial Field New Wilmington, PA	W 42–7		[13]
November 3	Indiana (PA)	Memorial Field New Wilmington, PA	W 54–7		[14][15]
November 10	at Slippery Rock	Thompson Field Slippery Rock, PA	W 45–0		[16][17]
November 17	Carnegie Tech	Memorial Field New Wilmington, PA	W 48–0	4,200	[18][19][20]
Homecoming

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