1956 Maine Black Bears football team

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1956 Maine Black Bears football
Conference Yankee Conference, Maine Intercollegiate Athletic Association
Record5–2 (3–1 Yankee, 2–1 MIAA)
Head coach
CaptainThurlow Cooper, Peter Kostacopoulos
Home stadiumAlumni Field
Seasons
←  1955
1957  →
1956 Yankee Conference football standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L TW L T
Connecticut $ 3 –0 –16 –2 –1
Maine 3 –1 –05 –2 –0
New Hampshire 2 –1 –13 –4 –1
Vermont 1 –2 –02 –5 –0
UMass 1 –3 –02 –5 –1
Rhode Island 1 –4 –02 –6 –0
  • $ – Conference champion

The 1956 Maine Black Bears football team was an American football team that represented the University of Maine as a member of the Yankee Conference and Maine Intercollegiate Athletic Association during the 1956 college football season. In its sixth season under head coach Harold Westerman, the team compiled a 5–2 record (3–1 against Yankee Conference and 2–1 against MIAA opponents) and finished second out of the six teams in the Yankee Conference. The team played its home games at Alumni Field in Orono, Maine. Thurlow Cooper and Peter Kostacopoulos were the team captains. [1]

Schedule

DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 29 Rhode Island
W 40–7
October 6at Vermont
W 14–06,500 [2]
October 13 New Hampshire
W 29–76,600 [3]
October 20at Connecticut
L 7–13
October 27 Bates
  • Alumni Field
  • Orono, ME
L 13–19
November 1 Colby
  • Alumni Field
  • Orono, ME
W 26–7
November 8at Bowdoin
W 33–7

[4]

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References

  1. ↑ "2019 Maine Football Media Guide" (PDF). University of Maine. 2019. p. 86. Retrieved September 22, 2021.
  2. ↑ "Vermont holds Maine's power to 14–0 score". Rutland Daily Herald. October 8, 1956. Retrieved June 9, 2021– via Newspapers.com.
  3. ↑ "U-Maine Bears Trample New Hampshire Wildcats, 29–7". Bangor Daily News. October 15, 1956. p. 15 – via Newspapers.com.
  4. ↑ "Brief Summary Of Cumulative Football Statistics". National Collegiate Athletic Association . Retrieved December 25, 2022.
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