1956 Houston Cougars football team
American college football season
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The 1956 Houston Cougars football team was an American football team that represented the University of Houston in the Missouri Valley Conference (MVC) during the 1956 college football season. In its second and final season under head coach Bill Meek, the team compiled a 7–2–1 record (4–0 against conference opponents) and won the MVC championship. Don Flynn and Ken Wind were the team captains.[1] The team played its home games at Rice Stadium in Houston.
ConferenceMissouri Valley Conference
Record7–2–1 (4–0 MVC)
Headcoach
- Bill Meek (2nd season)
Captains
- Don Flynn
- Ken Wind
| 1956 Houston Cougars football | |
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MVC champion | |
| Conference | Missouri Valley Conference |
| Record | 7–2–1 (4–0 MVC) |
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| Home stadium | Rice Stadium |
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| Team | W | L | T | W | L | T | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Houston $ | 4 | – | 0 | – | 0 | 7 | – | 2 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Tulsa | 2 | – | 1 | – | 1 | 7 | – | 2 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Oklahoma A&M | 2 | – | 1 | – | 1 | 3 | – | 5 | – | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Wichita | 1 | – | 3 | – | 0 | 4 | – | 7 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Detroit | 0 | – | 4 | – | 0 | 2 | – | 8 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Schedule
| Date | Opponent | Site | Result | Attendance | Source | ||
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| September 29 | Mississippi State* | W 18–7 | 56,000 | [2] | |||
| October 6 | at No. 6 Ole Miss* | L 0–14 | 25,000–26,000 | [3] | |||
| October 13 | No. 9 Texas A&M* |
| T 14–14 | 67,009 | [4] | ||
| October 20 | at Oklahoma A&M | W 13–0 | 25,000 | [5] | |||
| October 27 | at Auburn* | L 0–12 | 20,000 | [6] | |||
| November 3 | at Wichita | W 41–16 | 11,193 | [7] | |||
| November 10 | Tulsa |
| W 14–0 | 20,000 | [8] | ||
| November 17 | Villanova* |
| W 26–13 | 15,000 | [9] | ||
| November 24 | at Texas Tech* | W 20–7 | 15,500 | [10] | |||
| December 1 | Detroit |
| W 39–7 | 10,000 | [11] | ||
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