1956 Missouri Tigers football team
| 1956 Missouri Tigers football | |
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| Conference | Big Seven Conference |
| Record | 4–5–1 (3–2–1 Big 7) |
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| Home stadium | Memorial Stadium |
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| Team | W | L | T | W | L | T | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| No. 1 Oklahoma $ | 6 | – | 0 | – | 0 | 10 | – | 0 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| No. 20 Colorado | 4 | – | 1 | – | 1 | 8 | – | 2 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Missouri | 3 | – | 2 | – | 1 | 4 | – | 5 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Nebraska | 3 | – | 3 | – | 0 | 4 | – | 6 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Kansas | 2 | – | 4 | – | 0 | 3 | – | 6 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Kansas State | 2 | – | 4 | – | 0 | 3 | – | 7 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Iowa State | 0 | – | 6 | – | 0 | 2 | – | 8 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The 1956 Missouri Tigers football team was an American football team that represented the University of Missouri in the Big Seven Conference (Big 7) during the 1956 college football season. The team compiled a 4–5–1 record (3–2–1 in conference, third) and outscored its opponents 200 to 183. Don Faurot was the head coach for the last of 19 seasons.[1][2] The team played its six home games on campus at Memorial Stadium in Columbia, Missouri.
The team's statistical leaders included Hank Kuhlman with 440 rushing yards and 37 points scored, Jim Hunter with 567 passing yards and 567 yards of total offense, and Charley James with 362 receiving yards.[3]
After the season, Faurot stepped down as head coach but continued as athletic director. In early January 1957, 32-year-old Frank Broyles was hired as head coach; he was previously the backfield coach for six years at Georgia Tech, his alma mater.[4][5]
Schedule
| Date | Opponent | Site | Result | Attendance | Source |
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| September 22 | Oregon State* | L 13–19 | 22,000 | ||
| September 29 | at Purdue* | L 7–16 | 46,455 | [6] | |
| October 6 | No. 12 SMU* |
| L 27–33 | 25,000 | [7] |
| October 13 | North Dakota State* |
| W 42–0 | [8] | |
| October 20 | at Kansas State | W 20–6 | 13,000 | ||
| October 27 | Iowa State |
| W 34–0 | 18,752 | |
| November 3 | at Nebraska | L 14–15 | 34,748 | ||
| November 10 | No. 18 Colorado |
| T 14–14 | 25,807 | |
| November 17 | at No. 2 Oklahoma | L 14–67 | 57,647 | ||
| December 1 | Kansas |
| W 15–13 | 28,002 | |
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References
- ^ "1956 Missouri Tigers Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved November 11, 2016.
- ^ "2016 Mizzou Football Media Guide" (PDF). University of Missouri. p. 158. Retrieved November 11, 2016.
- ^ "2014 Mizzou Football Records Book" (PDF). University of Missouri. pp. 26–27. Archived from the original (PDF) on September 28, 2018. Retrieved November 11, 2016.
- ^ "New Missouri coach may get annual pay of $12,500, report". Southeast Missorian. Cape Girardeau. Associated Press. January 10, 1957. p. 5.
- ^ "Broyles picked by Missouri". Eugene Register-Guard. Oregon. Associated Press. January 10, 1957. p. 1D.
- ^ "Purdue Beats Missouri, 16–7". Chicago Tribune. September 30, 1956. p. 2-1 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Mizzou runs out of gas, loses thriller to Mustangs, 33 to 27". St. Louis Post-Dispatch. October 7, 1956. Retrieved March 21, 2025 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Missouri crushes North Dakota State, 42–0". St. Louis Post-Dispatch. October 14, 1956. Retrieved October 7, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.