The 1956 Southwestern Louisiana Bulldogs football team was an American football team that represented the Southwestern Louisiana Institute of Liberal and Technical Learning (now known as the University of Louisiana at Lafayette) in the Gulf States Conference during the 1956 college football season. In their sixth year under head coach Raymond Didier, the team compiled a 4–6 record.[1][2]
| 1956 Southwestern Louisiana Bulldogs football | |
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| Conference | Gulf States Conference |
| Record | 4–6 (1–5 GSC) |
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| Home stadium | McNaspy Stadium |
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| Team | W | L | T | W | L | T | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Southeastern Louisiana $ | 4 | – | 1 | – | 0 | 6 | – | 3 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Northwestern State | 3 | – | 1 | – | 1 | 6 | – | 2 | – | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Louisiana Tech | 3 | – | 1 | – | 1 | 4 | – | 3 | – | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Northeast Louisiana State | 2 | – | 3 | – | 0 | 7 | – | 3 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| McNeese State | 2 | – | 3 | – | 0 | 5 | – | 5 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Southwestern Louisiana | 1 | – | 4 | – | 0 | 4 | – | 6 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Schedule
edit| Date | Opponent | Site | Result | Source |
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| September 15 | Lamar Tech* | L 14–21 | [3] | |
| September 22 | Southeastern Louisiana |
| L 0–42 | |
| September 29 | at East Texas State* | W 33–27 | ||
| October 6 | Northeast Louisiana State |
| L 19–45 | [4] |
| October 13 | Corpus Christi* |
| W 67–14 | |
| October 20 | at Southern Arkansas* |
| W 32–12 | |
| October 27 | Louisiana Tech |
| L 6–33 | [5] |
| November 3 | at Louisiana College |
| L 14–34 | |
| November 10 | at Northwestern State |
| L 19–38 | |
| November 17 | at McNeese State |
| W 35–33 | [6] |
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References
edit- ^ "2019 Louisiana Football Media Guide" (PDF). Louisiana Athletics Communications Office. 2019. p. 97. Retrieved January 3, 2021.
- ^ "Athletics". L'Acadien. University of Southwestern Louisiana. 1957. pp. 230–239. Retrieved January 3, 2021.
- ^ "S.L.I. tumbles to Lamar Tech". Monroe Morning World. September 16, 1956. Retrieved August 15, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Northeast State defeats SLI in wild 45–19 game". The Daily Advertiser. October 7, 1956. p. 8. Retrieved January 23, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Bulldogs fall by 33–6 score". The Daily Advertiser. October 28, 1956. Retrieved June 27, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "SLI outlasts Cowboys 35–33". The Daily Advertiser. November 18, 1956. Retrieved March 7, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
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