1956 Stanford Indians football team

The 1956 Stanford Indians football team represented Stanford University in the 1956 college football season. The team was led by Chuck Taylor in his sixth year. The team played their home games at Stanford Stadium in Stanford, California.

Record4–6 (3–4 PCC)

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1956 Pacific Coast Conference football standings
v t e	Conf.					Overall
Team	W		L		T	W		L		T
No. 10 Oregon State $	6	–	1	–	1	7	–	3	–	1
No. 18 USC	5	–	2	–	0	8	–	2	–	0
UCLA	5	–	2	–	0	7	–	3	–	0
Washington	4	–	4	–	0	5	–	5	–	0
Oregon	3	–	3	–	2	4	–	4	–	2
Stanford	3	–	4	–	0	4	–	6	–	0
Washington State	2	–	5	–	1	3	–	6	–	1
California	2	–	5	–	0	3	–	7	–	0
Idaho	0	–	4	–	0	4	–	5	–	0

$ – Conference champion Rankings from AP Poll

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Date	Opponent	Rank	Site	Result	Attendance	Source
September 22	at Washington State	No. 14	Memorial Stadium Spokane, WA	W 40–26	23,000	^[1]
September 29	No. 3 Michigan State*	No. 12	Stanford Stadium Stanford, CA	L 7–21	55,000	^[2]
October 6	at No. 4 Ohio State*		Ohio Stadium Columbus, OH	L 20–32	82,881	^[3]
October 13	San Jose State*		Stanford Stadium Stanford, CA (rivalry)	W 40–20	25,000	^[4]
October 20	at Oregon		Hayward Field Eugene, OR	W 21–7	14,800	^[5]
October 27	No. 6 USC		Stanford Stadium Stanford, CA (rivalry)	W 27–19	70,000	^[6]
November 3	at UCLA	No. 10	Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum Los Angeles, CA	L 13–14	76,505	^[7]
November 10	No. 14 Oregon State	No. 20	Stanford Stadium Stanford, CA	L 19–20	63,000	^[8]
November 17	Washington		Stanford Stadium Stanford, CA	L 13–34	21,000	^[9]
November 24	at No. 19 California		California Memorial Stadium Berkeley, CA (Big Game)	L 18–20	81,400	^[10]
*Non-conference game Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game Source: ^[11]^[12]

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