1956 Alabama Crimson Tide football team

1956 Alabama Crimson Tide football
Conference	Southeastern Conference
1956 record	2–7–1 (2–5 SEC)
Head coach	Jennings B. Whitworth (2nd year)
Captain	Jim Cunningham
Captain	Wes Thompson
Home stadium	Denny Stadium Legion Field Ladd Stadium
Seasons « 1955 1957 »

1956 SEC football standings
	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
#2 Tennessee $	6	–	0	–	0			10	–	1	–	0
#4 Georgia Tech	7	–	1	–	0			10	–	1	–	0
Florida	5	–	2	–	0			6	–	3	–	1
Ole Miss	4	–	2	–	0			7	–	3	–	0
Auburn	4	–	3	–	0			7	–	3	–	0
Kentucky	4	–	4	–	0			6	–	4	–	0
Tulane	3	–	3	–	0			6	–	4	–	0
Vanderbilt	2	–	5	–	0			5	–	5	–	0
Alabama	2	–	5	–	0			2	–	7	–	1
Mississippi State	2	–	5	–	0			4	–	6	–	0
LSU	1	–	5	–	0			3	–	7	–	0
Georgia	1	–	6	–	0			3	–	6	–	1
$ – Conference champion Rankings from AP Poll

1 2 3 4 Total Alabama 7 0 6 0 13 • Rice 7 7 0 6 20 Date: September 22 Location: Rice Stadium Houston, TX Game attendance: 43,000 Source:

1 2 3 4 Total • #18 Vanderbilt 0 13 6 13 32 Alabama 0 0 7 0 7 Date: October 6 Location: Ladd Stadium Mobile, AL Game attendance: 23,071 Sources:

1 2 3 4 Total • #4 TCU 7 9 7 0 23 Alabama 0 0 0 6 6 Date: October 13 Location: Denny Stadium Tuscaloosa, AL Game attendance: 20,000 Sources:

Third Saturday in October

1 2 3 4 Total Alabama 0 0 0 0 0 • #7 Tennessee 6 6 6 6 24 Date: October 20 Location: Shields-Watkins Field Knoxville, TN Game attendance: 27,500 Sources:

1 2 3 4 Total Mississippi State 12 0 0 0 12 • Alabama 0 6 0 7 13 Date: October 27 Location: Denny Stadium Tuscaloosa, AL Game attendance: 26,000 Sources:

1 2 3 4 Total • Georgia 0 0 7 9 16 Alabama 7 0 0 6 13 Date: November 3 Location: Legion Field Birmingham, AL Game attendance: 25,000 Sources:

1 2 3 4 Total • Alabama 0 13 0 0 13 Tulane 0 0 0 7 7 Date: November 10 Location: Tulane Stadium New Orleans, LA Game attendance: 30,000 Sources:

1 2 3 4 Total Alabama 0 0 0 0 0 • No. 4 Georgia Tech 7 0 6 14 27 Date: November 17 Location: Grant Field Atlanta, GA Sources:

The 1956 Alabama Crimson Tide football team (variously "Alabama", "UA" or "Bama") represented the University of Alabama in the 1956 college football season. It was the Crimson Tide's 62nd overall and 23rd season as a member of the Southeastern Conference (SEC). The team was led by head coach Jennings B. Whitworth, in his second year, and played their home games at Denny Stadium in Tuscaloosa, Legion Field in Birmingham and at Ladd Stadium in Mobile, Alabama. They finished with a record of two wins, seven losses and one tie (2–7–1 overall, 2–5 in the SEC).

In 1956 the Crimson Tide improved somewhat from the year before—but not much. Alabama opened the season with four straight losses by a combined score of 99–26 to Rice, Vanderbilt, TCU and Tennessee. At this point, the all-time school record losing streak ran to 17 consecutive games, and the winless streak reached 20 games back to the 1954 season. Then against Mississippi State, Alabama won a game for the first time since October 16, 1954. The Tide scored with 2½ minutes to go and kicked the extra point to beat Maroons 13–12. After a loss to Georgia Alabama managed a 13–7 victory over Tulane. They then closed the season with a 13–13 tie with Mississippi Southern between losses to Georgia Tech and Auburn.

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