1956 Air Force Falcons football team
American college football season
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The 1956 Air Force Falcons football team represented the United States Air Force Academy as an independent during the 1956 college football season. The Falcons did not have an official stadium during the season, and remained without one until the 1962 season when Falcon Stadium was opened. Led by first-year head coach Buck Shaw, it was the second season for the United States Air Force Academy American football program. The Falcons finished with a record of 6–2–1.[1]
ConferenceIndependent
Record6–2–1
Headcoach
- Buck Shaw (1st season)
Captains
- Larry Thomson
- Charles Zaleski
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| Conference | Independent |
| Record | 6–2–1 |
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| Home stadium | DU Stadium |
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| Team | W | L | T | W | L | T | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Air Force | – | 6 | – | 2 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Pacific (CA) | – | 6 | – | 3 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| San Jose State | – | 2 | – | 7 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Schedule
| Date | Opponent | Site | Result | Attendance | Source |
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| September 29 | at San Diego | San Diego, CA | W 46–0 | [2] | |
| October 6 | at Colorado College | W 53–14 | 9,000 | [3] | |
| October 13 | Western State (CO) | W 48–13 | [4] | ||
| October 20 | Colorado Mines |
| W 49–6 | [5] | |
| October 27 | Eastern New Mexico |
| W 34–7 | [6] | |
| November 3 | Colorado State–Greeley |
| W 21–0 | [7] | |
| November 10 | at Whitter | T 14–14 | 9,000 | [8] | |
| November 17 | Idaho State | Pueblo, CO | L 7–13 | [9] | |
| November 24 | BYU |
| L 21–34 | 7,127 | [10] |
Roster
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