1956 Western Michigan Broncos football | |
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Conference | Mid-American Conference |
Record | 2–7 (1–4 MAC) |
Head coach |
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MVP | John Berryman |
Captain | Bob Soderman |
Home stadium | Waldo Stadium |
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Team | W | L | T | W | L | T | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bowling Green $ | 5 | – | 0 | – | 1 | 8 | – | 0 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Miami (OH) | 4 | – | 0 | – | 1 | 7 | – | 1 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Kent State | 4 | – | 2 | – | 0 | 7 | – | 2 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Marshall | 2 | – | 4 | – | 0 | 3 | – | 6 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Ohio | 2 | – | 4 | – | 0 | 2 | – | 7 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Western Michigan | 1 | – | 4 | – | 0 | 2 | – | 7 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Toledo | 1 | – | 5 | – | 0 | 1 | – | 7 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The 1956 Western Michigan Broncos football team represented Western Michigan College (renamed Western Michigan University in 1957) in the Mid-American Conference (MAC) during the 1956 college football season. In their fourth and final season under head coach Jack Petoskey, the Broncos compiled a 2–7 record (1–4 against MAC opponents), finished in sixth place in the MAC, and were outscored by their opponents, 168 to 114. [1] [2] The team played its home games at Waldo Stadium in Kalamazoo, Michigan. [3]
Center Bob Soderman was the team captain. [4] End and tackle John Berryman received the team's most outstanding player award. [5]
Jack Petoskey resigned as the team's head coach on December 13, 1956; he compiled a record of 8–25–2 in four years at Western Michigan. [6]
Date | Opponent | Site | Result | Attendance | Source | ||
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September 22 | Central Michigan | L 7–14 | 13,000 | [7] | |||
September 29 | Bowling Green |
| L 13–27 | ||||
October 6 | at Marshall | L 0–13 | |||||
October 13 | Toledo |
| W 26–15 | [8] | |||
October 20 | at Washington University* | L 7–13 | 2,000 | [9] | |||
October 27 | at Great Lakes Navy* | Great Lakes, IL | L 6–13 | [10] | |||
November 3 | Ohio |
| L 0–27 | [11] | |||
November 10 | Western Reserve |
| W 42–19 | [12] | |||
November 17 | Kent State | L 13–27 | [13] | ||||
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