1956 Humboldt State Lumberjacks football team

American college football season

1956 Humboldt State Lumberjacks football

FWC co-champion

Conference| Far Western Conference
Record| 9–2 (4–1 FWC)
Head coach|

* Phil Sarboe (6th season)

Home stadium| Redwood Bowl

Seasons

← 1955

1957 →

1956 Far Western Conference football standings

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Team | W |   | L |   | T |  |  | W |   | L |   | T
Humboldt State \+  | 4  | – | 1  | – | 0 |  |  | 9  | – | 2  | – | 0
Cal Aggies \+  | 4  | – | 1  | – | 0 |  |  | 7  | – | 2  | – | 0
San Francisco State \+  | 4  | – | 1  | – | 0 |  |  | 5  | – | 5  | – | 0
Chico State | 1  | – | 3  | – | 1 |  |  | 2  | – | 6  | – | 1
Sacramento State | 1  | – | 4  | – | 0 |  |  | 3  | – | 5  | – | 1
Nevada | 0  | – | 4  | – | 1 |  |  | 0  | – | 7  | – | 1

* \+ – Conference co-champions

The 1956 Humboldt State Lumberjacks football team represented Humboldt State College—now known as California State Polytechnic University, Humboldt—as a member of the Far Western Conference (FWC) during the 1956 college football season. Led by sixth-year head coach Phil Sarboe, the Lumberjacks compiled an overall record of 9–2 with a mark of 4–1 in conference play, sharing the FWC title with the Cal Aggies and San Francisco State. The team outscored its opponents 254 to 171 for the season. Humboldt State played home games at the Redwood Bowl in Arcata, California.

## Schedule

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September 15| Moffett Field Air Corps[note 1]*|

* Redwood Bowl
* Arcata, CA

| W 48–0| 3,200| [1]
September 22| at Southern Oregon*|

* Fuller Field
* Ashland, OR

| W 33–6| |
September 28| at Hawaii*|

* Honolulu Stadium
* Honolulu, HI

| L 6–33| 12,000| [2][3]
October 6| at Sacramento State|

* Grant Stadium
* Sacramento, CA

| W 20–19| | [4]
October 13| San Francisco State|

* Redwood Bowl
* Arcata, CA

| W 34–7| |
October 20| Western Washington*|

* Redwood Bowl
* Arcata, CA

| W 20–13| |
October 27| at Cal Aggies|

* Aggie Field
* Davis, CA

| L 0–14| | [5]
November 3| Chico State|

* Redwood Bowl
* Arcata, CA

| W 7–6| | [6]
November 10| at Nevada|

* Mackay Stadium[note 2]
* Reno, NV

| W 26–18| 3,000| [8]
November 17| Seattle Ramblers (club team)[9]*|

* Redwood Bowl
* Arcata, CA

| W 21–13| 2,500| [10]
November 22| Whitman*|

* Redwood Bowl
* Arcata, CA

| W 54–20| 3,000| [11]

* *Non-conference game
* Homecoming

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## Notes

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1. ^ Naval Air Station Moffett Field was a Naval Air Station from 1933 to 1994.
2. ^ This stadium is the predecessor to the current Mackay Stadium, which was opened for the 1966 season.[7]

## References

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1. ^ "Lumberjacks Pound Flyers; Play SOC Saturday". The Times Standard. Eureka, California. September 17, 1956. p. 17. Retrieved March 12, 2018 – via Newspapers.com.
2. ^ "Hawaii Defeats Humboldt State In Grid Contest". The Times Standard. Eureka, California. September 29, 1956. p. 17. Retrieved March 12, 2018 – via Newspapers.com.
3. ^ "Hawaii Rainbow Warrior Football 2016 Media Guide" (PDF). p. 126. Retrieved February 15, 2007.
4. ^ "Lumberjacks Eke Out 20-19 Victory Over Hornets". Humboldt Standard. Eureka, California. October 8, 1956. p. 22. Retrieved May 8, 2022 – via Newspapers.com .
5. ^ "'Jacks Bow To Aggies; Prepare For Chico State". The Times Standard. Eureka, California. October 29, 1956. p. 35. Retrieved March 12, 2018 – via Newspapers.com.
6. ^ "'Jacks Down 'Cats; Nevada Next Grid Opponent". The Times Standard. Eureka, California. November 5, 1956. p. 31. Retrieved March 12, 2018 – via Newspapers.com.
7. ^ "Mackay Stadium". University of Nevada, Reno. Retrieved January 4, 2017.
8. ^ "Humboldt State Defeats Nevada". The Honolulu Advertiser. Honolulu, Hawaii. November 11, 1956. p. 29. Retrieved March 12, 2018 – via Newspapers.com.
9. ^ "Greater Northwest Football Association: Rainer Beach Athletic Club Ramblers, Seattle Ramblers". Retrieved April 3, 2018.
10. ^ "Jacks Subdue Seattle; Whitman Next Grid Foe". The Times Standard. Eureka, California. November 19, 1956. p. 34. Retrieved March 12, 2018 – via Newspapers.com.
11. ^ "Humboldt State Wallops Whitman In Grid Finale". The Times Standard. Eureka, California. November 23, 1956. p. 7. Retrieved March 12, 2018 – via Newspapers.com.
12. ^ "Humboldt State Jacks 2014 Football Media Guide". p. 104. Retrieved November 18, 2017.

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Humboldt State Lumberjacks football

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* Albee Stadium (through 1941)
* Redwood Bowl (1946–2018)

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* Head coaches
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Northern California Athletic Conference football champions

Far Western Conference (pre-WWII)|

* Saint Mary's (1925)
* Saint Mary's (1926)
* Saint Mary's (1927)
* Saint Mary's (1928)
* Cal Aggies (1929)
* Fresno State (1930)
* No champion (1931)
* Nevada & San Jose State (1932)
* Nevada (1933)
* Fresno State & San Jose State (1934)
* Fresno State (1935)
* Pacific (CA) (1936)
* Fresno State (1937)
* Pacific (CA) (1938)
* Nevada (1939)
* Pacific (CA) (1940)
* Pacific (CA) (1941)
* Pacific (CA) (1942)

Far Western Conference (post-WWII)|

* No champion (1946)
* Cal Aggies & Southern Oregon (1947)
* Southern Oregon & Chico State (1948)
* Cal Aggies (1949)
* San Francisco State (1950)
* Cal Aggies (1951)
* Humboldt State (1952)
* Chico State (1953)
* San Francisco State (1954)
* No champion (1955)
* Cal Aggies, San Francisco State, & Humboldt State (1956)
* San Francisco State (1957)
* San Francisco State (1958)
* San Francisco State (1959)
* Humboldt State (1960)
* Humboldt State & San Francisco State (1961)
* San Francisco State (1962)
* UC Davis, Humboldt State, & San Francisco State (1963)
* Sacramento State (1964)
* San Francisco State (1965)
* Sacramento State (1966)
* San Francisco State (1967)
* Humboldt State (1968)
* Cal State Hayward (1969)
* Cal State Hayward & Chico State (1970)
* UC Davis & Chico State (1971)
* UC Davis (1972)
* UC Davis & Chico State (1973)
* UC Davis (1974)
* UC Davis (1975)
* UC Davis (1976)
* UC Davis (1977)
* UC Davis (1978)
* UC Davis (1979)
* UC Davis (1980)
* Cal State Hayward & UC Davis (1981)

Northern California Athletic Conference|

* UC Davis (1982)
* UC Davis (1983)
* UC Davis (1984)
* UC Davis (1985)
* UC Davis (1986)
* UC Davis (1987)
* UC Davis (1988)
* UC Davis (1989)
* UC Davis (1990)
* Sonoma State (1991)
* UC Davis (1992)
* Chico State (1993)
* Chico State, Humboldt State, & Sonoma State (1994)
* Humboldt State (1995)
* Chico State (1996)

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