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1956 Florida

6–⁠3–⁠1 (5–⁠2 Southeastern Conference), coached by Bob Woodruff.

Schedule and results

Florida in 1956, game by game: won at Mississippi State 26–0; tied vs. Clemson 20–20; lost vs. Kentucky 8–17; won vs. Rice 7–0; won at Vanderbilt 21–7; won at LSU 21–6; won vs. Auburn 20–0; won vs. Georgia 28–0; lost at No. 5 Georgia Tech 0–28; lost vs. No. 6 Miami 7–20+28−28Won 26–0 at Mississippi State+26Mississippi Sta…Tied 20–20 vs. Clemson0ClemsonLost 8–17 vs. Kentucky-9KentuckyWon 7–0 vs. Rice+7RiceWon 21–7 at Vanderbilt+14VanderbiltWon 21–6 at LSU+15LSUWon 20–0 vs. Auburn+20AuburnWon 28–0 vs. Georgia+28GeorgiaLost 0–28 at No. 5 Georgia Tech-28No. 5 Georgia TechLost 7–20 vs. No. 6 Miami-13No. 6 Miami
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below.
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 22atMississippi StateW 26–⁠038%
Sep 29vsClemsonT 20–⁠2057%
Oct 6vsKentuckyL 8–⁠1761%
Oct 13vsRiceW 7–⁠057%
Oct 20atVanderbiltW 21–⁠734%
Oct 27atLSUW 21–⁠658%
Nov 3vsAuburnW 20–⁠058%
Nov 10vsGeorgiaW 28–⁠070%
Nov 24at5Georgia TechL 0–⁠2830%
Dec 1vs6MiamiL 7–⁠2043%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Lost to Miami 20–⁠7; unranked in the final AP poll; 3rd in the Southeastern Conference.

In program history: The 58th-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 116 on file).

AP poll, week by week

  1. Wk 2: 19
  2. Wk 8: 13
  3. Wk 9: 12
  4. Wk 10: 13
  5. Wk 11: 18

Players on this team

Before 2004 our records hold honors and the draft; these are the players whose college years here, from their Wikipedia articles or their honors, include 1956.

Record
6–⁠3–⁠1
Conference
5–⁠2 3rd in Southeastern Conference
AP final
Unranked peak No. 12
Points
158–⁠98
Coach
Bob Woodruff
Elo
1585 +93 this season
SP+ rating
—
SRS
16.8 No. 13 of 111 major-college teams
Recruiting class
—

Drafted in 1957

The 1957 draft
Rd 4Jackie Simpson BBaltimore Colts
Rd 5John Barrow OGDetroit Lions
Rd 5Larry Wesley OTNew York Giants

All-SEC

1 first team, 1 second team

First team

Second team

From Wikipedia’s 1956 all-conference team article, with the selectors that named each player (AP-1: the Associated Press’s first team).

1956 Southeastern Conference standings

Conference page
TeamConf.OverallAP final
Tennessee6–⁠010–⁠12
Georgia Tech7–⁠110–⁠14
Florida5–⁠26–⁠3–⁠1
Ole Miss4–⁠27–⁠3
Auburn4–⁠37–⁠3
Kentucky4–⁠46–⁠4
Tulane3–⁠36–⁠4
Vanderbilt2–⁠55–⁠5
Mississippi State2–⁠54–⁠6
Alabama2–⁠52–⁠7–⁠1
LSU1–⁠53–⁠7
Georgia1–⁠63–⁠6–⁠1

Ordered by conference winning percentage, then conference wins. Division splits and tiebreakers aren’t applied.