1956 New Haven State Owls football team

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1956 New Haven State Owls football
ConferenceIndependent
Record9–0
Head coach
Home stadiumBowen Field
Seasons
 1955
1957 

The 1956 New Haven State Owls football team was an American football team that represented New Haven State Teachers College (now known as Southern Connecticut State University) as an independent during the 1956 NAIA football season. [1] In their ninth season under head coach Jess Dow, the Owls compiled a 9–0 record. It remains the only perfect season in the history of the Southern Connecticut Owls football program. [2] The team broke the school's single-game scoring record twice during the 1956 season, first with 50 points against the Quonset Naval Air Station and again the following week with 51 points against Brockport.

The team played its home games at Bowen Field in New Haven, Connecticut.

Schedule

DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 22at Shippensburg Shippensburg, PA W 28–0 [3]
September 29at Drexel Tech
  • Drexel Field
  • Philadelphia, PA
W 28–19
October 6 West Chester
W 33–7 [4]
October 13at Brandeis
W 46–72,000 [5]
October 20at New Britain Teachers
W 23–03,000 [6] [7]
October 27 Quonset NAS
  • Bowen Field
  • New Haven, CT
W 50–0 [8]
November 3 Brockport
  • Bowen Field
  • New Haven, CT
W 51–0 [9]
November 10at American International Springfield, MA W 20–0 [10]
November 17at Bridgeport
W 33–12 [11]

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References

  1. "New Haven Teachers Best Football Team N.E. Has? Could Be". The Boston Globe. November 6, 1956. p. 46 via Newspapers.com.
  2. "All-Time Season Results & Coaching Records". Southern Connecticut State University. Retrieved March 14, 2024.
  3. "New Haven Laces Shippensburg, 28-0". The Evening Sentinel. September 24, 1958. p. 9 via Newspapers.com.
  4. "West Chester Routed, 37 to 7". The Philadelphia Inquirer. October 7, 1956. p. 4S via Newspapers.com.
  5. Bob Bell (October 14, 1956). "New Haven Teachers Beats Brandeis, 46-7". The Boston Globe. p. 46 via Newspapers.com.
  6. "New Haven Big Favorite Today at New Britain". The Hartford Courant. October 20, 1956. p. 12 via Newspapers.com.
  7. Owen Griffith (October 21, 1956). "Undefeated New Haven Teachers Blank Blue Devils By 28-0". The Hartford Courant. p. 6B via Newspapers.com.
  8. "Unbeaten Owls Beat Quonset For Sixth Win, 50-0". The Hartford Courant. October 28, 1956. p. 7 via Newspapers.com.
  9. "New Haven Teachers Stun Brockport, 51-0, On Soggy Playing Field". Rochester Democrat and Chronicle. November 4, 1958. p. 5D via Newspapers.com.
  10. "AIC Beaten 20-0 By New Haven's Undefeated Owls". The Hartford Courant. November 11, 1956. p. 6D via Newspapers.com.
  11. Harry Nigro (November 18, 1956). "Unbeaten New Haven Teachers Set Bridgeport Down in Rain, 33 to 12". The Bridgeport Post. p. 1C via Newspapers.com.