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1956 Pepperdine Waves football team

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The 1956 Pepperdine Waves football team represented George Pepperdine College[note 1] as an independent during the 1956 college football season. The team was led by second-year head coach John Scolinos and played home games at El Camino Stadium on the campus of El Camino College in Torrance, California. They finished the season with a record of 6–3.

ConferenceIndependent
Record6–3
Headcoach
HomestadiumEl Camino Stadium
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1956 Pepperdine Waves football
ConferenceIndependent
Record6–3
Head coach
Home stadiumEl Camino Stadium
Seasons
 1955
1957 
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More information Conf., Overall ...
1956 Western non-major college football independents records
Conf.Overall
TeamW L TW L T
Cal Poly San Dimas  620
Hawaii  730
Pepperdine  630
La Verne  640
UC Riverside  160
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Schedule

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DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 22at Arizona State–Flagstaff
W 14–12[1][2]
September 29at San Diego StateL 7–2711,000[3]
October 6Cal Poly
L 0–43
October 13at Long Beach StateL 12–266,000[4]
October 27at Nevada
W 40–19
November 3Santa Barbara
  • El Camino Stadium
  • Torrance, CA
W 21–9
November 9San Diego NTS[note 3]
  • El Camino Stadium
  • Torrance, CA
W 33–18
November 16Los Angeles State
  • El Camino Stadium
  • Torrance, CA ("Old Shoe" rivalry)
W 15–14
November 24Whittier
  • El Camino Stadium
  • Torrance, CA
W 23–131,800
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Notes

  1. Pepperdine University was known as George Pepperdine College from 1937 to 1970.
  2. This stadium is the predecessor to the current Mackay Stadium, which was opened for the 1966 season.[5]
  3. Naval Training Center San Diego (Naval Training Station) was a U.S. Navy facility from 1923 to 1997.

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