1956 Utah Redskins football team

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1956 Utah Redskins football
Conference Skyline Conference
Record5–5 (5–1 Skyline)
Head coach
Home stadium Ute Stadium
Seasons
  1955
1957  
1956 Skyline Conference football standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L TW L T
Wyoming 7 0 010 0 0
Utah 5 1 05 5 0
Denver 4 3 06 4 0
Utah State 4 3 06 4 0
Colorado A&M 2 4 12 7 1
New Mexico 2 4 04 6 0
BYU 1 5 12 7 1
Montana 1 6 01 9 0
  • $ Conference champion

The 1956 Utah Redskins football team was an American football team that represented the University of Utah as a member of the Skyline Conference during the 1956 NCAA University Division football season. In their seventh season under head coach Jack Curtice, the Redskins compiled an overall record of 5–5 with a mark of 5–1 against conference opponents, placing second in the Skyline.

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Schedule

DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 21at No. 17 UCLA *L 7–1337,038
September 29 Montana W 26–6
October 5at BYU
W 41–6
October 13 Denver
  • Ute Stadium
  • Salt Lake City, UT
W 27–13 [1]
October 20at Wyoming L 20–3016,833 [2]
October 27 Idaho *Dagger-14-plain.png
  • Ute Stadium
  • Salt Lake City, UT
L 21–2711,520 [3] [4]
November 3at Rice *L 0–27
November 10at Colorado A&M W 49–273,953 [5]
November 17 Colorado *
  • Ute Stadium
  • Salt Lake City, UT (rivalry)
L 7–219,773
November 22 Utah State
  • Ute Stadium
  • Salt Lake City, UT (rivalry)
W 29–7
  • *Non-conference game
  • Dagger-14-plain.pngHomecoming
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

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