1956 Southwestern Louisiana Bulldogs football team

American college football season

1956 Southwestern Louisiana Bulldogs football
ConferenceGulf States Conference
Record4–6 (1–5 GSC)
Head coach
  • Raymond Didier (6th season)
Home stadiumMcNaspy Stadium
Seasons
← 1955
1957 →
1956 Gulf States Conference football standings
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Conf Overall
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
  • $ – Conference champion

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]

Schedule

DateOpponentSiteResultSource
September 15Lamar Tech*
  • McNaspy Stadium
  • Lafayette, LA (rivalry)
L 14–21[3]
September 22Southeastern Louisiana
L 0–42
September 29at East Texas State*
W 33–27
October 6Northeast Louisiana State
  • McNaspy Stadium
  • Lafayette, LA (rivalry)
L 19–45[4]
October 13Corpus Christi*
  • McNaspy Stadium
  • Lafayette, LA
W 67–14
October 20at Southern Arkansas*
W 32–12
October 27Louisiana Tech
  • McNaspy Stadium
  • Lafayette, LA (rivalry)
L 6–33[5]
November 3at Louisiana College
L 14–34
November 10at Northwestern State
L 19–38
November 17at McNeese State
W 35–33[6]
  • *Non-conference game

References

  1. ^ "2019 Louisiana Football Media Guide" (PDF). Louisiana Athletics Communications Office. 2019. p. 97. Retrieved January 3, 2021.
  2. ^ "Athletics". L'Acadien. University of Southwestern Louisiana. 1957. pp. 230–239. Retrieved January 3, 2021.
  3. ^ "S.L.I. tumbles to Lamar Tech". Monroe Morning World. September 16, 1956. Retrieved August 15, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.
  4. ^ "Northeast State defeats SLI in wild 45–19 game". The Daily Advertiser. October 7, 1956. p. 8. Retrieved January 23, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
  5. ^ "Bulldogs fall by 33–6 score". The Daily Advertiser. October 28, 1956. Retrieved June 27, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
  6. ^ "SLI outlasts Cowboys 35–33". The Daily Advertiser. November 18, 1956. Retrieved March 7, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
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