1956 Oklahoma A&M Cowboys football team

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1956 Oklahoma A&M Cowboys football
Conference Missouri Valley Conference
Record3–5–2 (2–1–1 MVC)
Head coach
Home stadium Lewis Field
(Capacity: 39,000)
Seasons
  1955
1957  
1956 Missouri Valley Conference football standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L TW L T
Houston $ 4 0 07 2 1
Tulsa 2 1 17 2 1
Oklahoma A&M 2 1 13 5 2
Wichita 1 3 04 7 0
Detroit 0 4 02 8 0
  • $ Conference champion

The 1956 Oklahoma A&M Cowboys football team represented Oklahoma A&M College in the 1956 NCAA University Division football season. This was the 56th year of football at A&M and the second under Cliff Speegle. The Cowboys played their home games at Lewis Field in Stillwater, Oklahoma. They finished the season 3–5–2, 2–1–1 in their final season in the Missouri Valley Conference. [1]

Contents

Schedule

DateOpponentSiteResultAttendance
September 22at Kansas State *W 27–7
September 29at Arkansas *L 7–19
October 6at Wichita Wichita, Kansas W 32–6
October 13at Tulsa T 14–14
October 20 Houston L 0–13
October 26 Kansas *
  • Lewis Field
  • Stillwater, Oklahoma
L 13–21
November 3at Texas Tech *T 13–1317,000
November 10at LSU *L 0–13
November 17 Detroit
  • Lewis Field
  • Stillwater, Oklahoma
W 25–7
December 1at No. 1 Oklahoma *
L 0–53
  • *Non-conference game
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

After the season

The 1957 NFL Draft was held on January 31, 1957. The following Cowboy was selected. [2]

RoundPickPlayerPositionNFL Club
13149Dwaine Underwood Tackle Pittsburgh Steelers

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References

  1. "1956 Oklahoma State Cowboys Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved November 1, 2017.
  2. "1957 NFL Draft Listing". Pro-Football-Reference.com. Retrieved November 29, 2020.