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1956 Kentucky Wildcats football team

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1956 Kentucky Wildcats football
ConferenceSoutheastern Conference
Record6–4 (4–4 SEC)
Head coach
Home stadiumMcLean Stadium
Seasons
← 1955
1957 →
1956 Southeastern Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
No. 2 Tennessee $ 6 0 0 10 1 0
No. 4 Georgia Tech 7 1 0 10 1 0
Florida 5 2 0 6 3 1
Ole Miss 4 2 0 7 3 0
Auburn 4 3 0 7 3 0
Kentucky 4 4 0 6 4 0
Tulane 3 3 0 6 4 0
Vanderbilt 2 5 0 5 5 0
Alabama 2 5 0 2 7 1
Mississippi State 2 5 0 4 6 0
LSU 1 5 0 3 7 0
Georgia 1 6 0 3 6 1
  • $ – Conference champion
Rankings from AP Poll

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 college football season. In their third season under head coach Blanton Collier, the team compiled a 6–4 record (4–4 in the SEC).[1]

Schedule

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DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 22 No. 4 Georgia TechL 6–1430,000[2]
September 29at No. 9 Ole MissL 7–3725,101[3]
October 6at FloridaW 17–826,000[4]
October 13Auburn
  • McLean Stadium
  • Lexington, KY
L 0–1332,000[5]
October 20LSU
  • McLean Stadium
  • Lexington, KY
W 14–0[6]
October 27at GeorgiaW 14–7[7]
November 3at Maryland*W 14–020,000[8]
November 10Vanderbilt
  • McLean Stadium
  • Lexington, KY (rivalry)
W 7–6[9]
November 17Xavier*
  • McLean Stadium
  • Lexington, KY
W 33–0[10]
November 24at No. 2 Tennessee L 7–2045,000[11]
  • *Non-conference game
  • Rankings from Coaches' Poll released prior to the game

References

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  1. ^ "1956 Kentucky Wildcats Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved May 18, 2021.
  2. ^ "Ga. Tech rambles over Wildcats, 14–6". The Charlotte Observer. September 23, 1956. Retrieved October 7, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
  3. ^ "Ole Miss rambles by Kentucky, 37–7". The Orlando Sentinel. September 30, 1956. Retrieved October 7, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
  4. ^ "Kentucky springs upset on fumbling Florida, 17–8". The Cincinnati Enquirer. October 7, 1956. Retrieved October 7, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
  5. ^ "'Punchless' Kentucky loses to Auburn 13–0". The Paducah Sun. October 14, 1956. Retrieved October 7, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
  6. ^ "LSU gambles fail, Kentucky captures 14–0 decisiion over winless Bengals". The Montgomery Advertiser. October 21, 1956. Retrieved October 7, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
  7. ^ "Kentucky barely beats Georgia, 14–7". The Roanoke Times. October 28, 1956. Retrieved October 7, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
  8. ^ "Kentucky trips Terps". The Baltimore Sun. November 4, 1956. Retrieved October 7, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
  9. ^ "Kentucky nips Vandy, 7–6, in SEC thriller". Daily Press. November 11, 1956. Retrieved October 7, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
  10. ^ "Kentucky romps over Xavier 33–0". The Park City Daily News. November 18, 1956. Retrieved May 18, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
  11. ^ "Majors pilots Vols over Kentucky, 20 to 7". Johnson City Press-Chronicle. November 25, 1956. Retrieved March 30, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.