1956 Texas Longhorns football team

The 1956 Texas Longhorns football team represented the University of Texas at Austin during the 1956 NCAA University Division football season. In 1956, the Texas A&M Aggies were the first Aggie football team to beat the Texas Longhorns at Memorial Stadium.[1][2] The win was Bear Bryant's only victory versus a University of Texas football team.

1956 Texas Longhorns football
ConferenceSouthwest Conference
1956 record1–9 (0–6 SWC)
Head coach
Home stadiumMemorial Stadium
(Capacity: 60,130)
1956 Southwest Conference football standings
Conf  Overall
TeamW L T  W L T
No. 5 Texas A&M $ 6 0 0  9 0 1
No. 14 TCU 5 1 0  8 3 0
No. 11 Baylor 4 2 0  9 2 0
Arkansas 3 3 0  6 4 0
SMU 2 4 0  4 6 0
Rice 1 5 0  4 6 0
Texas 0 6 0  1 9 0
  • $ Conference champion
Rankings from AP Poll

Schedule

DateOpponentSiteResultAttendance
September 22No. 15 USC*L 20–4447,000
September 29at Tulane*W 7–635,000
October 6West Virginia*
  • Memorial Stadium
  • Austin, TX
L 6–730,000
October 13vs. No. 1 Oklahoma*L 0–4575,504
October 20Arkansas
  • Memorial Stadium
  • Austin, TX (rivalry)
L 14–3240,000
October 27at RiceL 7–2867,000
November 3SMU
  • Memorial Stadium
  • Austin, TX
L 19–2036,000
November 10at BaylorL 7–1021,000
November 17at TCUL 0–4630,000
November 29No. 5 Texas A&M
  • Memorial Stadium
  • Austin, TX (rivalry)
L 21–3461,000
  • *Non-conference game
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

References

  1. Reedy, Vince (November 30, 1956). "Aggies Conquer Texas and Memorial Stadium". The Victoria Advocate, via Google News.
  2. Feigen, Jonathan (August 29, 1993), "Football '93/A state of war/UTA&M transcends football", Houston Chronicle, Houston, Texas, p. Special, page 25., retrieved 2007-09-26


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