1956 Texas
1–9 (0–6 Southwest Conference), coached by Edwin Price. Share
Schedule and results
- Biggest winBeat Tulane 7–6Sep 29
By 1 points, its widest win.
| Date | Opponent | Result | Elo |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 22 | vs 15USC | L 20–44 | 52% |
| Sep 29 | at Tulane | W 7–6 | 41% |
| Oct 6 | vs West Virginia | L 6–7 | 44% |
| Oct 13 | vs 1Oklahoma | L 0–45 | 21% |
| Oct 20 | vs Arkansas | L 14–32 | 52% |
| Oct 27 | at Rice | L 7–28 | 39% |
| Nov 3 | vs SMU | L 19–20 | 41% |
| Nov 10 | at Baylor | L 7–10 | 22% |
| Nov 17 | at TCU | L 0–46 | 20% |
| Nov 29 | vs 5Texas A&M | L 21–34 | 22% |
Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.
How it ended: Lost to Texas A&M 34–21; unranked in the final AP poll; 7th in the Southwest Conference.
In program history: The 125th-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 126 on file).
- Record
- 1–9
- Conference
- 0–6 7th in Southwest Conference
- AP final
- Unranked
- Points
- 101–272
- Coach
- Edwin Price
- Elo
- 1405 −137 this season
- SP+ rating
- —
- SRS
- −2.1 No. 65 of 111 major-college teams
- Recruiting class
- —
All-Southwest Conference
2 second teamSecond team
Walter FondrenBAP-2; UP-2- Bob BryantEUP-2
From Wikipedia’s 1956 all-conference team article, with the selectors that named each player (AP-1: the Associated Press’s first team).
1956 Southwest Conference standings
| Team | Conf. | Overall | AP final |
|---|---|---|---|
| Texas A&M | 6–0 | 9–0–1 | 5 |
| TCU | 5–1 | 8–3 | 14 |
| Baylor | 4–2 | 9–2 | 11 |
| Arkansas | 3–3 | 6–4 | |
| SMU | 2–4 | 4–6 | |
| Rice | 1–5 | 4–6 | |
| Texas | 0–6 | 1–9 |
Ordered by conference winning percentage, then conference wins. Division splits and tiebreakers aren’t applied.