1956 Southern Illinois Salukis football team
American college football season
1956 Southern Illinois Salukis football | |
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Conference | Interstate Intercollegiate Athletic Conference |
Record | 4–5 (3–3 IIAC) |
Head coach |
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Home stadium | McAndrew Stadium |
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Team | W | L | T | W | L | T | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Central Michigan $ | 6 | – | 0 | – | 0 | 9 | – | 0 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Western Illinois | 4 | – | 2 | – | 0 | 6 | – | 3 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Eastern Michigan | 3 | – | 3 | – | 0 | 4 | – | 4 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Illinois State Normal | 3 | – | 3 | – | 0 | 4 | – | 4 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Southern Illinois | 3 | – | 3 | – | 0 | 4 | – | 5 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Eastern Illinois | 2 | – | 4 | – | 0 | 2 | – | 7 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Northern Illinois State | 0 | – | 6 | – | 0 | 1 | – | 8 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The 1956 Southern Illinois Salukis football team was an American football team that represented Southern Illinois University (now known as Southern Illinois University Carbondale) in the Interstate Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (IIAC) during the 1956 college football season. Under second-year head coach Albert Kawal, the team compiled a 4–5 record.[1] The team played its home games at McAndrew Stadium in Carbondale, Illinois.
Schedule
Date | Opponent | Site | Result | Source | ||
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September 22 | Illinois Wesleyan* | W 40–0 | [2] | |||
September 29 | at Central Michigan |
| L 13–32 | |||
October 4 | at Bradley* |
| L 20–26 | [3] | ||
October 13 | at Eastern Illinois |
| W 33–0 | [4] | ||
October 20 | Eastern Michigan |
| W 14–7 | |||
October 27 | Western Illinois |
| L 7–21 | |||
November 3 | at Washington University* | L 0–26 | ||||
November 10 | Illinois State Normal |
| L 13–27 | |||
November 17 | at Northern Illinois | W 28–13 | ||||
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References
- ^ "Southern Illinois Saluki Football 2019 Media Guide" (PDF). Southern Illinois University. 2019. p. 116. Retrieved July 12, 2020.
- ^ "Southern Swamps Wesleyan, 40-0". The Pantagraph. September 23, 1956. p. 12. Retrieved January 8, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Jamieson Leads Bradley Over Southern, 26-20". The Pantagraph. October 5, 1956. p. 20. Retrieved January 8, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Salukis Beat Eastern 33-0". The Southern Illinoisan. October 15, 1956. p. 9. Retrieved August 27, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Brief Summary Of Cumulative Football Statistics". National Collegiate Athletic Association. Retrieved December 13, 2022.