1956 Southwestern Louisiana Bulldogs football team

1956 Southwestern Louisiana Bulldogs football
ConferenceGulf States Conference
Record4–6 (1–5 GSC)
Head coach
Home stadiumMcNaspy Stadium
Seasons
← 1955
1957 →
1956 Gulf States Conference football standings
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*
L 14–21[3]
September 22Southeastern Louisiana
  • McNaspy Stadium
  • Lafayette, LA (rivalry)
L 0–42[4]
September 29at East Texas State*
W 33–27[5]
October 6Northeast Louisiana State
  • McNaspy Stadium
  • Lafayette, LA (rivalry)
L 19–45[6]
October 13Corpus Christi*
  • McNaspy Stadium
  • Lafayette, LA
W 67–14[7]
October 20at Southern State (AR)*
W 32–12[8]
October 27Louisiana Tech
  • McNaspy Stadium
  • Lafayette, LA (rivalry)
L 6–33[9]
November 3at Louisiana College
L 14–34[10]
November 10at Northwestern State
L 19–38[11]
November 17at McNeese State
W 35–33[12]
  • *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. ^ "SLI defeated by SLC, 42 to 0". The Times-Picayune. September 23, 1956. Retrieved December 7, 2025 – via Newspapers.com.
  5. ^ "Southwestern Louisiana beats East Texas State". The Corpus Christi Caller-Times. September 30, 1956. Retrieved December 16, 2025 – via Newspapers.com.
  6. ^ "Northeast State defeats SLI in wild 45–19 game". The Daily Advertiser. October 7, 1956. p. 8. Retrieved January 23, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
  7. ^ "UCC dealt humiliatting 67–14 loss". The Corpus Christi Caller-Times. October 14, 1956. Retrieved December 16, 2025 – via Newspapers.com.
  8. ^ "SLI battters Ark. by 32–12". The Daily Advertiser. October 21, 1956. Retrieved December 16, 2025 – via Newspapers.com.
  9. ^ "Bulldogs fall by 33–6 score". The Daily Advertiser. October 28, 1956. Retrieved June 27, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
  10. ^ "Southern leads 'Cats to 34–14 win over SLI". Alexandria Daily Town Talk. November 4, 1956. Retrieved December 16, 2025 – via Newspapers.com.
  11. ^ "SLI is beaten by Northwestern". The Times-Picayune. November 11, 1956. Retrieved November 29, 2025 – via Newspapers.com.
  12. ^ "SLI outlasts Cowboys 35–33". The Daily Advertiser. November 18, 1956. Retrieved March 7, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
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