1956 Alfred Saxons football team

1956 Alfred Saxons football
ConferenceIndependent
Record7–0
Head coach
Home stadiumMerrill Field
Seasons
← 1955
1957 →
1956 NCAA College Division independents football records
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Alfred     8 0 0
Northern Michigan     7 0 1
St. Norbert     8 1 0
Carthage     8 2 0
Tampa     7 2 0
Cal Poly San Dimas     6 2 0
Mississippi Southern     7 2 1
Wabash     6 2 1
Hawaii     7 3 0
Hofstra     7 3 0
Xavier     7 3 0
Franklin & Marshall     5 2 1
Louisville     6 3 0
Pepperdine     6 3 0
Washington University     6 3 0
La Verne     6 4 0
Buffalo     5 3 0
Drexel     5 3 0
Long Beach State     5 3 0
Delaware     5 3 1
Memphis State     5 4 1
Arkansas State     5 4 0
Chattanooga     5 4 0
Baldwin–Wallace     4 5 0
Washington & Jefferson     3 4 1
Rose Poly     3 4 0
Bucknell     3 5 0
Carnegie Tech     3 5 0
Temple     3 5 0
Howard (AL)     2 5 2
Sewanee     1 6 1
UC Riverside     1 6 0

The 1956 Alfred Saxons football team was an American football team that represented Alfred University as an independent during the 1956 college football season. In their 16th season under head coach Alex Yunevich, the Saxons compiled a perfect 7–0 record, shut out six of eight opponents, and outscored all opponents by a total of 245 to 69.[1]

Alfred had back-to-back perfect seasons in 1955 and 1956.[2] End Charlie Shultz was selected as a first-team player on the 1956 Little All-America college football team.[3]

The team played its home games at Merrill Field in Alfred, New York.

  1. ^ "1956 - Alfred (NY)". College Football Data Warehouse. Archived from the original on September 11, 2015. Retrieved May 12, 2023.
  2. ^ "Alfred University Football Record Book" (PDF). gosaxons.com. Alfred University. p. 9. Retrieved May 12, 2023.
  3. ^ Bob Hoobing (December 6, 1956). "Little All-American Headed By Runners". The Knoxville Journal. p. 15 – via Newspapers.com.