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1956 North Dakota State Bison football
Conference North Central Conference
Record5–4 (3–3 NCC)
Head coach
Home stadium Dacotah Field
Seasons
←  1955
1957 →
1956 North Central Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Morningside $ 4 1 1 6 1 1
Augustana (SD) 4 2 0 6 3 0
South Dakota 4 2 0 4 4 0
North Dakota State 3 3 0 5 4 0
South Dakota State 3 3 0 4 5 0
North Dakota 2 4 0 2 6 0
Iowa State Teachers 0 5 1 2 5 1
  • $ – Conference champion

The 1956 North Dakota State Bison football team was an American football team that represented North Dakota State University during the 1956 college football season as a member of the North Central Conference. In their only year under head coach Les Luymes, the team compiled a 5–4 record. [1]

Schedule

DateOpponentSiteResultSource
September 11 Valley City State*W 25–0 [2]
September 15 Concordia–Moorhead*
  • Dacotah Field
  • Fargo, ND
W 12–7 [3]
September 22 Augustana (SD)
  • Dacotah Field
  • Fargo, ND
W 42–7 [4]
October 6 Morningside
  • Dacotah Field
  • Fargo, ND
L 3–10 [5]
October 13at Missouri*L 0–42 [6]
October 20at North DakotaL 7–14 [7]
October 27 South Dakota Statedagger
W 26–9 [8]
November 10at South Dakota
L 7–13 [9] [10]
November 17at Iowa State TeachersW 19–13 [11]
  • *Non-conference game
  • daggerHomecoming

References

  1. ^ "1956 NDSU football schedule". North Dakota State Athletics. Retrieved October 7, 2021.
  2. ^ "Bison score grid victory". Argus-Leader. September 12, 1956. Retrieved October 7, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
  3. ^ "Bison nose Concordia". Sioux City Journal. September 16, 1956. Retrieved October 7, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
  4. ^ "Bison slam Augustana 42–7 for third in row". Argus-Leader. September 23, 1956. Retrieved October 7, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
  5. ^ "Morningside wins, 10–3". Sioux City Journal. October 7, 1956. Retrieved October 7, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
  6. ^ "Missouri crushes North Dakota State, 42–0". St. Louis Post-Dispatch. October 14, 1956. Retrieved October 7, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
  7. ^ "NDU defeats NDAC, 14–7". Argus-Leader. October 21, 1956. Retrieved October 7, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
  8. ^ "NoDak State Bison trample Jacks 26–9". The Daily Plainsman. October 28, 1956. Retrieved October 7, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
  9. ^ "University whips ND State 13–7". Rapid City Journal. November 11, 1956. Retrieved October 7, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
  10. ^ Paul Smith (November 11, 1956). "Coyotes Clinch Tie for Second: Defeat Bison In 13-7 Game". Sioux Falls Argus-Leader. pp. 1B – via Newspapers.com.
  11. ^ "Teachers lead 13–6 with 1:24 to go; Loses 19–13". Waterloo Sunday Courier. November 18, 1956. Retrieved October 7, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.