1956 Miami Hurricanes football team

The 1956 Miami Hurricanes football team represented the University of Miami as an independent during the 1956 NCAA University Division football season. Led by ninth-year head coach Andy Gustafson, the Hurricanes played their home games at Burdine Stadium in Miami, Florida. Miami finished the season 8–1–1.

1956 Miami Hurricanes football
ConferenceIndependent
Ranking
CoachesNo. 6
APNo. 6
Record8–1–1
Head coach
Home stadiumBurdine Stadium
(capacity: 76,062)
1956 NCAA University Division independents football records
ConfOverall
TeamW L TW 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 27–637,381
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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