1956 Cal Poly Mustangs football team
| 1956 Cal Poly Mustangs football | |
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| Conference | California Collegiate Athletic Association |
| 1956 record | 7–3 (0–2 CCAA) |
| Head coach | LeRoy Hughes (7th season) |
| Home stadium |
Mustang Stadium (Capacity: 8,500) |
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| Team | W | L | T | W | L | T | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Fresno State | 2 | – | 0 | – | 0 | 8 | – | 2 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| San Diego State | 2 | – | 1 | – | 0 | 4 | – | 3 | – | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Santa Barbara | 1 | – | 1 | – | 0 | 5 | – | 5 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Los Angeles State | 0 | – | 1 | – | 0 | 3 | – | 5 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Cal Poly | 0 | – | 2 | – | 0 | 7 | – | 3 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The 1956 Cal Poly Mustangs football team represented California Polytechnic State University[note 1] during the 1956 College Division football season. Cal Poly competed in the California Collegiate Athletic Association (CCAA).
The team was led by seventh-year head coach LeRoy Hughes and played home games at Mustang Stadium in San Luis Obispo, California. They finished the season with a record of seven wins and three losses (7–3, 0–2 CCAA). The Mustangs scored 270 points while giving up 116 in the 1956 season.
Schedule
| Date | Opponent | Site | Result | Attendance | |||||
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| September 22 | San Francisco State* | Mustang Stadium • San Luis Obispo, CA | W 25–7 | ||||||
| September 29 | New Mexico State* | Mustang Stadium • San Luis Obispo, CA | W 32–7 | ||||||
| October 6 | at Pepperdine* | El Camino Stadium • Torrance, CA | W 43–0 | ||||||
| October 13 | San Diego State | Mustang Stadium • San Luis Obispo, CA | L 6–7 | ||||||
| October 20 | Long Beach State[note 2]* | Mustang Stadium • San Luis Obispo, CA | W 65–12 | ||||||
| October 27 | at College of Idaho* | Hayman Field • Caldwell, ID | W 7–6 | ||||||
| November 3 | San Diego Marines[1]* | Mustang Stadium • San Luis Obispo, CA | W 27–8 | ||||||
| November 10 | at Fresno State[note 3] | Ratcliffe Stadium • Fresno, CA | L 13–21 | 8,372[2] | |||||
| November 17 | at San Jose State* | Spartan Stadium • San Jose, CA | L 28–35 | ||||||
| November 24 | Midwestern State (TX)* | Mustang Stadium • San Luis Obispo, CA | W 24–13 | ||||||
| *Non-conference game. | |||||||||
Team players in the NFL
No Cal Poly Mustangs were selected in the 1957 NFL Draft.[5]
Notes
- ↑ The official name of Cal Poly is California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo. However, it has been more commonly known as either Cal Poly San Luis Obispo or just Cal Poly since 1947. See: Cal Poly
- ↑ California State University, Long Beach was known as Long Beach State College from 1950–1963. See: Long Beach State
- ↑ California State University, Fresno was known as Fresno State College from 1949–1971. See: Fresno State
References
- ↑ "Military Glory: Service Teams, in Their Heyday, Won Championships, Thrilled the Fans". Retrieved January 5, 2017.
- ↑ "Fresno State 2016 Media Guide" (PDF). Retrieved December 8, 2016.
- ↑ "Cal Poly-San Luis Obispo Yearly Results". Retrieved January 12, 2017.
- ↑ "Cal Poly Football; 2016 Media Guide". Retrieved January 12, 2017.
- ↑ "1957 NFL Draft". Retrieved January 12, 2017.
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