1956 Utah State Aggies football team

1956 Skyline Conference football standings
v t e	Conf					Overall
Team	W		L		T	W		L		T
No. 16 Wyoming	7	–	0	–	0	10	–	0	–	0
Utah	5	–	1	–	0	5	–	5	–	0
Denver	4	–	3	–	0	6	–	4	–	0
Utah State	4	–	3	–	0	6	–	4	–	0
Colorado A&M	2	–	4	–	1	2	–	7	–	1
New Mexico	2	–	4	–	0	4	–	6	–	0
BYU	1	–	5	–	1	2	–	7	–	1
Montana	1	–	6	–	0	1	–	9	–	0

$ – Conference champion Rankings from Coaches Poll

The 1956 Utah State Aggies football team was an American football team that represented Utah State University in the Skyline Conference during the 1956 NCAA University Division football season. In their second season under head coach Ev Faunce, the Aggies compiled a 6–4 record (4–3 against Skyline opponents), tied for third place in the Skyline Conference, and outscored opponents by a total of 221 to 199.^[1]^[2]

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Site	Result	Attendance	Source
September 15	at Drake	Drake Stadium Des Moines, IA	W 39–33
September 22	Denver	Romney Stadium Logan, UT	W 18–13	9,000	^[3]
September 29	at New Mexico	Zimmerman Field Albuquerque, NM	L 19–27
October 6	at Arizona	Arizona Stadium Tucson, AZ	W 12–7
October 13	at Montana	Dornblaser Field Missoula, MT	W 27–13
October 20	Colorado A&M	Romney Stadium Logan, UT	W 46–7	5,000	^[4]
October 27	BYU	Romney Stadium Logan, UT (rivalry)	W 33–7
November 3	Wyoming	Romney Stadium Logan, UT (rivalry)	L 0–21
November 10	at Idaho	Bronco Stadium Boise, ID	L 20–42		^[5]^[6]^[7]
November 22	at Utah	Ute Stadium Salt Lake City, UT (rivalry)	L 7–29

^ "1956 Utah State Aggies Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Retrieved November 5, 2018.
^ "2018 Utah State Football Media Guide" (PDF). Utah State University. 2018. pp. 190, 195. Retrieved November 5, 2018.
^ Lyn Larson (September 23, 1945). "Aggies Defeat Denver in Conference Opener". The Salt Lake Tribune. p. 8B – via Newspapers.com.
^ "Utags Swamp Colorado A&M With 2nd-Half Rush, 46–7". Fort Collins Coloradoan. October 21, 1956. p. 14.
^ "Stahley names traveling unit for Utag game". Lewiston Morning Tribune. (Idaho). Associated Press. November 9, 1956. p. 13.
^ "Idaho scores in every period to dump Utah State 42-20". Lewiston Morning Tribune. (Idaho). Associated Press. November 11, 1956. p. 10.
^ Boni, Bill (November 11, 1956). "Idaho blasts Utags in 42-20 crusher". Spokesman-Review. (Spokane, Washington). p. 2, sports.

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