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The 1956 Vanderbilt Commodores football team represented Vanderbilt University during the 1956 college football season. The team's head coach was Art Guepe, who was in his fourth year as the Commodores' head coach. Members of the Southeastern Conference, the Commodores played their home games at Dudley Field in Nashville, Tennessee. In 1956, Vanderbilt went 5–5 overall with a conference record of 2–5.[1]

Record5–5 (2–5 SEC)
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1956 Vanderbilt Commodores football
ConferenceSoutheastern Conference
Record5–5 (2–5 SEC)
Head coach
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Home stadiumDudley Field
Seasons
← 1955
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1956 Southeastern Conference football standings
Conf.Overall
TeamW L TW L T
No. 2 Tennessee $6–0–010–1–0
No. 4 Georgia Tech7–1–010–1–0
Florida5–2–06–3–1
Ole Miss4–2–07–3–0
Auburn4–3–07–3–0
Kentucky4–4–06–4–0
Tulane3–3–06–4–0
Vanderbilt2–5–05–5–0
Alabama2–5–02–7–1
Mississippi State2–5–04–6–0
LSU1–5–03–7–0
Georgia1–6–03–6–1
  • $ – Conference champion
Rankings from AP Poll
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Schedule

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DateOpponentRankSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 22GeorgiaW 14–028,000[2]
September 29Chattanooga*No. 15
  • Dudley Field
  • Nashville, TN
W 46–717,500[3]
October 6at AlabamaNo. 18W 32–723,071[4][5]
October 13at No. 7 Ole MissNo. 13L 0–1628,500[6]
October 20Florida
  • Dudley Field
  • Nashville, TN
L 7–2124,000[7]
October 27Middle Tennessee*
  • Dudley Field
  • Nashville, TN
W 23–13[8]
November 3at Virginia*W 6–28,000[9]
November 10at KentuckydaggerL 6–7[10]
November 17Tulane
  • Dudley Field
  • Nashville, TN
L 6–1322,000[11]
December 1No. 2 Tennessee
  • Dudley Field
  • Nashville, TN (rivalry)
L 7–2728,000[12]
  • *Non-conference game
  • daggerHomecoming
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game
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