1956 Missouri Tigers football team
American college football season
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The 1956 Missouri Tigers football team was an American football team that represented the University of Missouri in the Big Seven Conference (Big 7) during the 1956 college football season. The team compiled a 4–5–1 record (3–2–1 in conference, third) and outscored its opponents 200 to 183. Don Faurot was the head coach for the last of 19 seasons.[1][2] The team played its six home games on campus at Memorial Stadium in Columbia, Missouri.
- Don Faurot (19th season)
| 1956 Missouri Tigers football | |
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| Conference | Big Seven Conference |
| Record | 4–5–1 (3–2–1 Big 7) |
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| Home stadium | Memorial Stadium |
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| Team | W | L | T | W | L | T | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| No. 1 Oklahoma $ | 6 | – | 0 | – | 0 | 10 | – | 0 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| No. 20 Colorado | 4 | – | 1 | – | 1 | 8 | – | 2 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Missouri | 3 | – | 2 | – | 1 | 4 | – | 5 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Nebraska | 3 | – | 3 | – | 0 | 4 | – | 6 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Kansas | 2 | – | 4 | – | 0 | 3 | – | 6 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Kansas State | 2 | – | 4 | – | 0 | 3 | – | 7 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Iowa State | 0 | – | 6 | – | 0 | 2 | – | 8 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The team's statistical leaders included Hank Kuhlman with 440 rushing yards and 37 points scored, Jim Hunter with 567 passing yards and 567 yards of total offense, and Charley James with 362 receiving yards.[3]
After the season, Faurot stepped down as head coach but continued as athletic director. In early January 1957, 32-year-old Frank Broyles was hired as head coach; he was previously the backfield coach for six years at Georgia Tech, his alma mater.[4][5]
Schedule
| Date | Opponent | Site | Result | Attendance | Source |
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| September 22 | Oregon State* | L 13–19 | 22,000 | ||
| September 29 | at Purdue* | L 7–16 | 46,455 | [6] | |
| October 6 | No. 12 SMU* |
| L 27–33 | 25,000 | [7] |
| October 13 | North Dakota State* |
| W 42–0 | [8] | |
| October 20 | at Kansas State | W 20–6 | 13,000 | ||
| October 27 | Iowa State |
| W 34–0 | 18,752 | |
| November 3 | at Nebraska | L 14–15 | 34,748 | ||
| November 10 | No. 18 Colorado |
| T 14–14 | 25,807 | |
| November 17 | at No. 2 Oklahoma | L 14–67 | 57,647 | ||
| December 1 | Kansas |
| W 15–13 | 28,002 | |
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