1956 Pepperdine Waves football team

1956 Pepperdine Waves football
Conference Independent
1956 record 6–3
Head coach John Scolinos (2nd season)
Home stadium El Camino Stadium

The 1956 Pepperdine Waves football team represented George Pepperdine College[note 1] during the 1956 College Division football season.

Pepperdine competed as an Independent in 1956. The team was led by second-year head coach John Scolinos and played home games at El Camino Stadium on the campus of El Camino College in Torrance, California. They finished the season with a record of six wins and three losses (6–3).

Schedule

Date Opponent Site Result Attendance
September 22 at Northern Arizona[note 2] Skidmore Field • Flagstaff, AZ W 14–12  
September 29 at San Diego State Aztec Bowl • San Diego, CA L 7–27   11,000[1]
October 6 Cal Poly El Camino Stadium • Torrance, CA L 0–43  
October 13 at Long Beach State[note 3] Veterans Stadium • Long Beach, CA L 12–26   6,000
October 27 at Nevada Mackay Stadium[note 4] • Reno, NV W 40–19  
November 3 Santa Barbara[note 5] El Camino Stadium • Torrance, CA W 21–9  
November 9 San Diego NTS (CA) El Camino Stadium • Torrance, CA W 33–18  
November 16 Los Angeles State[note 6] El Camino Stadium • Torrance, CA ("Old Shoe" Rivalry) W 15–14  
November 24 Whittier El Camino Stadium • Torrance, CA W 23–13   1,800
daggerHomecoming.

[2][3]

Team players in the NFL

No Pepperdine players were selected in the 1957 NFL Draft.[4][5]

Notes

  1. ↑ Pepperdine University was known as George Pepperdine College from 1937–1970. More commonly it was simply called Pepperdine College. See: Pepperdine
  2. ↑ Northern Arizona University was known as Northern Arizona State College at Flagstaff from 1945–1957. See: Northern Arizona
  3. ↑ California State University, Long Beach was known as Long Beach State College from 1950–1963. See: Long Beach State
  4. ↑ This stadium is the predecessor to the current Mackay Stadium, which was opened for the 1966 season."University of Nevada, Reno; Mackay Stadium". Retrieved January 4, 2017.
  5. ↑ UC Santa Barbara was known as Santa Barbara College of the University of California from 1944–1956. See: UC Santa Barbara
  6. ↑ California State University, Los Angeles was known as Los Angeles State College of Applied Arts and Sciences from 1947–1963. See: Cal State LA

References

  1. ↑ Howard Hagen (September 30, 1956). "Aztecs Shine In Home Debut; Lash Peps, 27-7". The San Diego Union. p. G-1.
  2. ↑ "1956 - Pepperdine". Retrieved February 2, 2017.
  3. ↑ Grenley, Dave (June 3, 2010). "The History of Pepperdine Football". Pepperdine Waves. Retrieved February 15, 2017.
  4. ↑ "1957 NFL Draft". Retrieved February 15, 2017.
  5. ↑ "Pepperdine Players/Alumni". Retrieved February 15, 2017.
This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.