1956 Tulane

6–⁠4 (3–⁠3 Southeastern Conference), coached by Andy Pilney. Share

Schedule and results

Biggest upsetBeat No. 6 Ole Miss 10–⁠3Oct 20
Ole Miss was ranked No. 6, above it.

Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below; orange marks an upset win.

Date	Opponent	Result
Sep 22	vsVirginia Tech	W 21–⁠14	51%
Sep 29	vsTexas	L 6–⁠7	59%
Oct 6	atNorthwestern	W 20–⁠13	59%
Oct 13	vs14Navy	W 21–⁠6	40%
Oct 20	at6Ole Miss	W 10–⁠3	24%
Oct 27	at3Georgia Tech	L 0–⁠40	27%
Nov 3	vsMississippi State	W 20–⁠14	68%
Nov 10	vsAlabama	L 7–⁠13	85%
Nov 17	atVanderbilt	W 13–⁠6	41%
Dec 1	vsLSU	L 6–⁠7	74%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Lost to LSU 7–⁠6; unranked in the final AP poll; tied for 6th in the Southeastern Conference.

In program history: The 27th-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 123 on file).

Rd 3

Green Bay Packers

3 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).

Team	Conf.	Overall	AP final
Tennessee	6–⁠0	10–⁠1	2
Georgia Tech	7–⁠1	10–⁠1	4
Florida	5–⁠2	6–⁠3–⁠1
Ole Miss	4–⁠2	7–⁠3
Auburn	4–⁠3	7–⁠3
Kentucky	4–⁠4	6–⁠4
Tulane	3–⁠3	6–⁠4
Vanderbilt	2–⁠5	5–⁠5
Mississippi State	2–⁠5	4–⁠6
Alabama	2–⁠5	2–⁠7–⁠1
LSU	1–⁠5	3–⁠7
Georgia	1–⁠6	3–⁠6–⁠1

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