1956 UCLA

7–⁠3 (5–⁠2 Pacific Coast Conference), coached by Red Sanders. Share

Schedule and results

Biggest upsetBeat No. 10 Stanford 14–⁠13Nov 3
Stanford was ranked No. 10, above it.

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

Date	Opponent	Result
Sep 21	vsUtah	W 13–⁠7	76%
Sep 29	at13Michigan	L 13–⁠42	58%
Oct 5	vsOregon	W 6–⁠0	65%
Oct 13	vsWashington State	W 28–⁠0	82%
Oct 20	atCalifornia	W 34–⁠20	71%
Oct 27	atOregon State	L 7–⁠21	64%
Nov 3	vs10Stanford	W 14–⁠13	62%
Nov 10	atWashington	W 13–⁠9	68%
Nov 17	vsKansas	W 13–⁠0	84%
Nov 24	vsUSC	L 7–⁠10	62%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Lost to USC 10–⁠7; unranked in the final AP poll; tied for 2nd in the Pacific Coast Conference.

In program history: The tied 26th-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 102 on file).

Rd 2	Don Shinnick LB	Baltimore Colts
Rd 3	Ronnie Knox QB	Chicago Bears

2 first team, 2 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
Oregon State	6–⁠1–⁠1	7–⁠3–⁠1	10
USC	5–⁠2	8–⁠2	18
UCLA	5–⁠2	7–⁠3
Washington	4–⁠4	5–⁠5
Oregon	3–⁠3–⁠2	4–⁠4–⁠2
Stanford	3–⁠4	4–⁠6
Washington State	2–⁠5–⁠1	3–⁠6–⁠1
California	2–⁠5	3–⁠7
Idaho	0–⁠4	4–⁠5

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