1956 Miami Hurricanes football team

The 1956 Miami Hurricanes football team represented the University of Miami for the 1956 NCAA University Division football season. The Hurricanes played their home games at the Burdine Stadium in Miami, Florida. The team was coached by Andy Gustafson, in his ninth year as head coach for the Hurricanes.

1956 Miami Hurricanes football
ConferenceIndependent
Ranking
CoachesNo. 6
APNo. 6
1956 record8–1–1
Head coach
Home stadiumBurdine Stadium
(Capacity: 76,062)
1956 NCAA University Division independents football records
Conf  Overall
TeamW L T  W L T
No. 6 Miami (FL)      8 1 1
No. 16 Navy      6 1 2
No. 8 Syracuse      7 2 0
Air Force      6 2 1
Penn State      6 2 1
No. 13 Pittsburgh      7 3 1
Pacific (CA)      6 3 1
Army      5 3 1
Holy Cross      5 3 1
Villanova      5 4 0
Boston College      5 4 0
Florida State      5 4 1
Cincinnati      4 5 0
Colgate      4 5 0
Dayton      4 6 0
Drake      3 6 0
San Jose State      2 7 1
Texas Tech      2 7 1
Notre Dame      2 8 0
Boston University      1 5 2
Marquette      0 9 0
Rankings from AP Poll

Schedule

DateOpponentRankSiteResultAttendance
September 28No. 17 South CarolinaW 14–6-
October 5Boston CollegeNo. 13
  • Burdine Stadium
  • Miami, FL
W 27–6-
October 12MarylandNo. 11
  • Burdine Stadium
  • Miami, FL
W 13–644,304
October 19GeorgiaNo. 11
  • Burdine Stadium
  • Miami, FL
T 7–7-
October 27at No. 10 TCUNo. 19W 14–0-
November 2Florida StateNo. 9
W 20–7-
November 16No. 13 ClemsonNo. 8
  • Burdine Stadium
  • Miami, FL
W 21–0-
November 23West VirginiaNo. 6
  • Burdine Stadium
  • Miami, FL
W 18–0-
December 1No. 18 Florida*No. 6W 20–7-
December 8No. 12 PittsburghNo. 6
  • Burdine Stadium
  • Miami, FL
L 7-14-
  • *Non-conference game
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

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References

  1. "1956 Football Schedule". Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved November 8, 2016.


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