1956 Minnesota Golden Gophers football team

1956 Minnesota Golden Gophers football
ConferenceBig Ten Conference
Ranking
CoachesNo. 9
APNo. 12
Record6–1–2 (4–1–2 Big Ten)
Head coach
MVPBobby Cox
CaptainDean Maas
Home stadiumMemorial Stadium
Seasons
← 1955
1957 →
1956 Big Ten Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
No. 3 Iowa $ 5 1 0 9 1 0
No. 7 Michigan 5 2 0 7 2 0
No. 12 Minnesota 4 1 2 6 1 2
No. 9 Michigan State 4 2 0 7 2 0
No. 15 Ohio State 4 2 0 6 3 0
Northwestern 3 3 1 4 4 1
Purdue 1 4 2 3 4 2
Illinois 1 4 2 2 5 2
Wisconsin 0 4 3 1 5 3
Indiana 1 5 0 3 6 0
  • $ – Conference champion
Rankings from AP Poll

The 1956 Minnesota Golden Gophers football team was an American football team that represented the University of Minnesota in the 1956 Big Ten Conference football season. In their third year under head coach Murray Warmath, the Golden Gophers compiled a 6–1–2 record and outscored their opponents by a combined total of 127 to 87.[1] The team finished 12th in the final AP poll and ninth in the final Coaches Poll.

Quarterback Bobby Cox received the team's Most Valuable Player award.[2] Tackle Bob Hobert was selected by the Football Writers Association of America (for Look magazine) as a first-team player on the 1956 College Football All-America Team.[3] Hobert was also named All-Big Ten first team, Academic All-American and Academic All-Big Ten. Offensive lineman Perry Gehring was named Academic All-Big Ten.[2]

Total attendance for the season was 372,654, which averaged to 62,109. The season high for attendance was against rival Iowa.[4]

  1. ^ "1956 Minnesota Golden Gophers Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved November 1, 2017.
  2. ^ a b Keiser, Jeff (2007), 2007 Media Guide (PDF), pp. 179–182
  3. ^ "The All-Time Team" (PDF). sportswriters.net. Archived from the original (PDF) on December 2, 2021.
  4. ^ Keiser, Jeff (2007), 2007 Media Guide (PDF), p. 160