1956 Drake Bulldogs football team
American college football season
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The 1956 Drake Bulldogs football team represented the Drake University as an independent during the 1956 college football season. Led by Warren Gaer in his 8th season as head coach, the Bulldogs compiled an overall record of 3–6. Drake played home games at Drake Stadium in Des Moines, Iowa.
| 1956 Drake Bulldogs football | |
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| Conference | Independent |
| Record | 3–6 |
| Head coach |
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| Home stadium | Drake Stadium |
| Conf. | Overall | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Team | W | L | T | W | L | T | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Cincinnati | – | 4 | – | 5 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Dayton | – | 4 | – | 6 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Drake | – | 3 | – | 6 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Notre Dame | – | 2 | – | 8 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Marquette | – | 0 | – | 9 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Schedule
| Date | Opponent | Site | Result | Attendance | Source |
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| September 15 | Utah State | L 33–39 | 13,000 | [1] | |
| September 22 | at San Jose State | L 7–26 | 12,000 | [2][3] | |
| September 29 | at Iowa State Teachers | L 0–20 | 5,600 | [4] | |
| October 6 | Bowling Green |
| L 7–46 | 4,500 | [5] |
| October 13 | Washington University |
| W 14–6 | 250 | [6] |
| October 20 | at Wichita | L 14–27 | 13,132 | [7] | |
| October 27 | Bradley |
| W 55–47 | 5,000 | [8] |
| November 3 | at Iowa State | L 14–39 | 8,140 | [9] | |
| November 10 | at Detroit | W 26–13 | 8,366 | [10] | |
