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1956 SMU Mustangs football team

American college football season

Field	Value
year	1956
team	SMU Mustangs
sport	football
conference	Southwest Conference
short_conf	SWC
record	4–6
conf_record	2–4
head_coach	Woody Woodard
hc_year	4th
captain	Bill Livingstone
captain2	Smitty Keller
stadium	Cotton Bowl

The 1956 SMU Mustangs football team represented Southern Methodist University (SMU) as a member of the Southwest Conference (SWC) during the 1956 college football season. Led by Woody Woodard in his fourth and final season as head coach, the Mustangs compiled an overall record of 4–6 with a mark of 2–4 in conference play, placing fifth in the SWC. SMU played home games at the Cotton Bowl in Dallas. Bill Livingstone and Smitty Keller were the team captains.

Schedule

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References

(September 23, 1956). "SMU's dazzle upsets Irish". The Knoxville News-Sentinel.
(September 30, 1956). "Georgia Tech squeezes past S. Methodist 9–7". The Park City Daily News.
(October 7, 1956). "Mizzou runs out of gas, loses thriller to Mustangs, 33 to 27". St. Louis Post-Dispatch.
(October 14, 1956). "Duke rises up to whip Ponies". Wichita Falls Times.
(October 21, 1956). "Mustangs tip Owls by 14–13". Denton Record-Chronicle.
(November 4, 1956). "SMU evades Texas upset, wins 20 to 19". Wichita Falls Times.
(November 11, 1956). "Aggies slaughter Mustangs by 33 to 7". The Austin American-Statesman.
(November 18, 1956). "Porkers crush SMU by 27–13". Fort Worth Star-Telegram.
(November 25, 1956). "Baylor knocks Mustangs out of Cotton Bowl trip". The Clarion-Ledger.
(December 2, 1956). "TCU sub hurls Frogs past Ponies, 21–6". The Odessa American.
. ["1956 SMU Mustangs Schedule and Results"](https://www.sports-reference.com/cfb/schools/southern-methodist/1956-schedule.html). *[[Sports Reference]]*.
. ["2022 Football Media Guide"](https://smumustangs.com/documents/2022/7/27/Complete-MG.pdf). *SMU Athletics*.

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