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{{short description|American college football season}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=August 2023}}
{{Infobox college sports team season
| year = 1956
| team = Appalachian State Mountaineers
| sport = football
| image =
| image_size =
| conference = [[Conference Carolinas|North State Conference]]
| short_conf = NSC
| record = 3–6
| conf_record = 3–3
| head_coach = [[Bob Broome]]
| hc_year = 1st
| captain =
| stadium = [[College Field (North Carolina)|College Field]]
}}
{{1956 North State Conference football standings}}
The '''1956 Appalachian State Mountaineers football team''' was an [[American football]] team that represented Appalachian State Teachers College (now known as [[Appalachian State University]]) as a member of the [[North State Conference]] during the [[1956 NAIA football season]]. In their first year under head coach [[Bob Broome]], the Mountaineers compiled an overall record of 3–6, with a mark of 3–3 in conference play, and finished third in the NSC.

==Schedule==
{{CFB schedule

|{{CFB schedule entry
| date = September 22
| w/l = w
| neutral = y
| opponent = {{cfb link|year=1956|team=Western Carolina Catamounts|title=Western Carolina}}
| site_stadium = Memorial Stadium
| site_cityst = [[Asheville, North Carolina|Asheville, NC]]
| score = 19–7
| attend =
| gamename = [[Battle for the Old Mountain Jug|rivalry]]
| source = <ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/90369717/appalachian-rolls-to-197-win-over-weste/|work=Asheville Citizen-Times|title=Appalachian rolls to 19–7 win over Western Carolina|date=September 23, 1956|accessdate=December 10, 2021|via=[[Newspapers.com]]}}</ref>
}}
|{{CFB schedule entry
| date = September 29
| w/l = l
| opponent = {{cfb link|year=1956|team=Elon Fightin' Christians|title=Elon}}
| site_stadium = [[College Field (North Carolina)|College Field]]
| site_cityst = [[Boone, North Carolina|Boone, NC]]
| score = 7–19
| attend = 4,000
| source = <ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/90369878/elon-upsets-apps-19-to-7/|work=The Charlotte Observer|title=Elon upsets Apps, 19 to 7|date=September 30, 1956|accessdate=December 10, 2021|via=[[Newspapers.com]]}}</ref>
}}
|{{CFB schedule entry
| date = October 6
| w/l = l
| away = y
| opponent = [[1956 Lenoir Rhyne Bears football team|Lenoir Rhyne]]
| site_stadium = [[Moretz Stadium|College Field]]
| site_cityst = [[Hickory, North Carolina|Hickory, NC]]
| score = 0–32
| attend =
| source = <ref>{{cite news|title=Harold Bullard Leads Bears to 32-0 Win Over Apps|newspaper=Hickory Daily Record|author=Tom Einstein Jr.|date=October 8, 1956|page=8|url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/hickory-daily-record-harold-bullard-lead/143155932/|via=[[Newspapers.com]]}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/90370010/lenoir-rhyne-blisters-app-eleven-320/|work=The Charlotte Observer|title=Lenoir Rhyne blisters App eleven, 32–0|date=October 7, 1956|accessdate=December 10, 2021|via=[[Newspapers.com]]}}</ref>
}}
|{{CFB schedule entry
| date = October 13
| w/l = l
| homecoming = y
| opponent = {{cfb link|year=1956|team=Catawba Indians|title=Catawba}}
| site_stadium = College Field
| site_cityst = Boone, NC
| score = 7–14
| attend = 6,000
| source = <ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/90370157/catawbas-campagna-walks-72-yards-for-to/|work=Asheville Citizen-Times|title=Catawba's Campagna walks 72 yards for touchdown to beat Appalachian|date=October 14, 1956|accessdate=December 10, 2021|via=[[Newspapers.com]]}}</ref>
}}
|{{CFB schedule entry
| date = October 20
| w/l = l
| away = y
| nonconf = y
| opponent = {{cfb link|year=1956|team=Emory and Henry Wasps|title=Emory & Henry}}
| site_stadium = Faulkner Field
| site_cityst = [[Emory, Virginia|Emory, VA]]
| score = 6–12
| attend =
| source = <ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/90370320/emory-and-henry-upsets-appalachian-126/|work=The Bristol Herald Courier|title=Emory and Henry upsets Appalachian, 12–6|date=October 21, 1956|accessdate=December 10, 2021|via=[[Newspapers.com]]}}</ref>
}}
|{{CFB schedule entry
| date = October 27
| w/l = w
| opponent = [[1956 East Carolina Pirates football team|East Carolina]]
| site_stadium = College Field
| site_cityst = Boone, NC
| score = 22–19
| attend = 4,000
| source = <ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/72786627/appalachian-downs-east-carolina-2219/|work=Asheville Citizen-Times|title=Appalachian downs East Carolina, 22–19|date=October 28, 1956|accessdate=December 10, 2021|via=[[Newspapers.com]]}}</ref>
}}
|{{CFB schedule entry
| date = November 3
| w/l = w
| opponent = {{cfb link|year=1956|team=Guilford Quakers|title=Guilford}}
| site_stadium = College Field
| site_cityst = Boone, NC
| score = 32–7
| attend =
| source = <ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/90370574/appalachian-scores-327-league-win/|work=The Charlotte Observer|title=Appalachian scores 32–7 league win|date=November 4, 1956|accessdate=December 10, 2021|via=[[Newspapers.com]]}}</ref>
}}
|{{CFB schedule entry
| date = November 10
| w/l = l
| away = y
| nonconf = y
| opponent = {{cfb link|year=1956|team=Presbyterian Blue Hose|title=Presbyterian}}
| site_stadium = [[Old Bailey Stadium|Bailey Stadium]]
| site_cityst = [[Clinton, South Carolina|Clinton, SC]]
| score = 7–34
| attend = 2,000
| source = <ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/90370708/pc-ground-attack-too-much-for-appalachia/|work=The State|title=PC ground attack too much for Appalachian|date=November 11, 1956|accessdate=December 10, 2021|via=[[Newspapers.com]]}}</ref>
}}
|{{CFB schedule entry
| date = November 17
| w/l = l
| away = y
| nonconf = y
| opponent = [[1956 Tampa Spartans football team|Tampa]]
| site_stadium = [[Phillips Field (Florida)|Phillips Field]]
| site_cityst = [[Tampa, Florida|Tampa, FL]]
| score = 7–21
| attend = 6,500
| source = <ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/90372914/spartans-roll-over-appalachian-217/|work=The Tampa Tribune|title=Spartans roll over Appalachian, 21–7|date=November 18, 1956|accessdate=December 10, 2021|via=[[Newspapers.com]]}}</ref>
}}
}}

==References==
{{Reflist}}

{{Appalachian State Mountaineers football navbox}}

[[Category:1956 North State Conference football season|Appalachian State]]
[[Category:Appalachian State Mountaineers football seasons]]
[[Category:1956 in sports in North Carolina|Appalachian State Mountaineers football]]

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1956 Appalachian State Mountaineers football team - Revision history

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