1956 Pepperdine Waves football team

1956 Pepperdine Waves football
ConferenceIndependent
Record6–3
Head coach
Home stadiumEl Camino Stadium
1956 Western non-major college football independents records
Conf. Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Cal Poly San Dimas   –   6 – 2 – 0
Hawaii   –   7 – 3 – 0
Pepperdine   –   6 – 3 – 0
La Verne   –   6 – 4 – 0
UC Riverside   –   1 – 6 – 0

The 1956 Pepperdine Waves football team represented George Pepperdine College[note 1] as an independent during the 1956 college football season. 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 6–3.

Schedule

DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 22at Arizona State–Flagstaff
W 14–12[1][2]
September 29at San Diego State
L 7–2711,000[3]
October 6Cal Poly
L 0–43
October 13at Long Beach State
L 12–266,000
October 27at Nevada
W 40–19
November 3Santa Barbara
  • El Camino Stadium
  • Torrance, CA
W 21–9
November 9San Diego NTS[note 3]
  • El Camino Stadium
  • Torrance, CA
W 33–18
November 16Los Angeles State
  • El Camino Stadium
  • Torrance, CA ("Old Shoe" rivalry)
W 15–14
November 24Whittier
  • El Camino Stadium
  • Torrance, CA
W 23–131,800

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Notes

  1. ^ Pepperdine University was known as George Pepperdine College from 1937 to 1970.
  2. ^ This stadium is the predecessor to the current Mackay Stadium, which was opened for the 1966 season.[4]
  3. ^ Naval Training Center San Diego (Naval Training Station) was a U.S. Navy facility from 1923 to 1997.

References

  1. ^ "Fumbles Erase ASC Lead In 14-12 Pepperdine Edge". Arizona Daily Sun. Flagstaff, Arizona. September 24, 1956. p. 5 – via Newspapers.com.
  2. ^ "Pepperdine Shades Flag". Arizona Daily Star. Tucson, Arizona. September 23, 1956. p. 25 – via Newspapers.com.
  3. ^ Howard Hagen (September 30, 1956). "Aztecs Shine In Home Debut; Lash Peps, 27-7". The San Diego Union. San Diego, California. p. G-1.
  4. ^ "Mackay Stadium". University of Nevada, Reno. Retrieved January 4, 2017.
  5. ^ "1956 - Pepperdine". Archived from the original on September 11, 2015. Retrieved February 2, 2017.
  6. ^ Grenley, Dave (June 3, 2010). "The History of Pepperdine Football". Pepperdine Waves. Archived from the original on March 3, 2016. Retrieved February 15, 2017.
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