1956 Kentucky Wildcats football team

The 1956 Kentucky Wildcats football team were an American football team that represented the University of Kentucky as a member of the Southeastern Conference during the 1956 NCAA University Division football season. In their third season under head coach Blanton Collier, the team compiled a 6–4 record (4–4 in the SEC).[1]

1956 Kentucky Wildcats football
ConferenceSoutheastern Conference
1956 record6–4 (4–4 SEC)
Head coach
Home stadiumMcLean Stadium
1956 Southeastern Conference football standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L TW L T
No. 2 Tennessee $ 6 0 010 1 0
No. 4 Georgia Tech 7 1 010 1 0
Florida 5 2 06 3 1
Ole Miss 4 2 07 3 0
Auburn 4 3 07 3 0
Kentucky 4 4 06 4 0
Tulane 3 3 06 4 0
Vanderbilt 2 5 05 5 0
Alabama 2 5 02 7 1
Mississippi State 2 5 04 6 0
LSU 1 5 03 7 0
Georgia 1 6 03 6 1
  • $ Conference champion
Rankings from AP Poll

Schedule

DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 22 No. 4 Georgia TechL 6–1430,000
September 29at No. 9 Ole MissL 7–37
October 6at FloridaW 17–8
October 13Auburn
  • McLean Stadium
  • Lexington, KY
L 0–13
October 20LSU
  • McLean Stadium
  • Lexington, KY
W 14–0
October 27at GeorgiaW 14–7
November 3at Maryland*W 14–020,000
November 10Vanderbilt
  • McLean Stadium
  • Lexington, KY (rivalry)
W 7–6
November 17Xavier*
  • McLean Stadium
  • Lexington, KY
W 33–0
November 24at No. 2 Tennessee L 7–2045,000[2]
  • *Non-conference game
  • Rankings from Coaches' Poll released prior to the game

References

  1. "1956 Kentucky Wildcats Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved May 18, 2021.
  2. "Majors pilots Vols over Kentucky, 20 to 7". Johnson City Press-Chronicle. November 25, 1956. Retrieved March 30, 2022 via Newspapers.com.
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