1956 San Francisco State Gators football team

American college football season

1956 San Francisco State Gators football

FWC co-champion

Conference| Far Western Conference
Record| 5–5 (4–1 FWC)
Head coach|

* Joe Verducci (7th season)

Home stadium| Cox Stadium

Seasons

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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 San Francisco State Gators football team represented San Francisco State College—now known as San Francisco State University—as a member of the Far Western Conference (FWC) during the 1956 NCAA College Division football season. Led by seventh-year head coach Joe Verducci, San Francisco State compiled an overall record of 5–5 with a mark of 4–1 in conference play, sharing the FWC title with the Cal Aggies and Humboldt State. For the season the team was outscored by its opponents 177 to 168. The Gators played home games at Cox Stadium in San Francisco.

## Schedule[edit]

Date| Opponent| Site| Result| Attendance| Source

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September 15| at San Quentin State Prison*|

* San Quentin Prison[note 1]
* San Quentin, CA

| W 27–12| |
September 22| at Cal Poly*|

* Mustang Stadium
* San Luis Obispo, CA

| L 7–25| |
September 29| at Nevada|

* Mackay Stadium[note 2]
* Reno, NV

| W 32–20| |
October 5| San Diego State*|

* Cox Stadium
* San Francisco, CA

| L 6–26| 5,000| [2]
October 13| at Humboldt State|

* Redwood Bowl
* Arcata, CA

| L 7–34| |
October 20| at Fresno State*|

* Ratcliffe Stadium
* Fresno, CA

| L 0–28| 6,719| [3]
October 26| Redlands*|

* Cox Stadium
* San Francisco

| L 6–7| |
November 3| at Cal Aggies|

* Aggie Field
* Davis, CA

| W 10–0| |
November 10| Sacramento State|

* Cox Stadium
* San Francisco, CA

| W 26–0| |
November 16| Chico State|

* Cox Stadium
* San Francisco

| W 47–25| |

* *Non-conference game

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## Notes[edit]

1. ^ This was the third annual game against San Quentin Prison. All of the games were held within the walls of the prison itself.
2. ^ This stadium is the predecessor to the current Mackay Stadium, which was opened for the 1966 season.[1]

## References[edit]

1. ^ "Mackay Stadium". University of Nevada, Reno. Retrieved January 4, 2017.
2. ^ Howard Hagen (October 6, 1956). "Aztecs Score Easy 26-6 Win Over S.F. State". The San Diego Union. San Diego, California. p. A-17.
3. ^ "Fresno State 2016 Media Guide" (PDF). Retrieved December 8, 2016.
4. ^ "Brief Summary Of Cumulative Football Statistics". National Collegiate Athletic Association. Retrieved May 10, 2022.

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San Francisco State Gators football

Venues|

* Ewing Field (1931–1935)
* Roberts Field (1936–1941)
* Cox Stadium (1946–1994)

People|

* Head coaches
* NFL draftees

Seasons|

* 1931
* 1932
* 1933
* 1934
* 1935
* 1936
* 1937
* 1938
* 1939
* 1940
* 1941
* 1942
* 1943–1944
* 1945
* 1946
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* 1954
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* 1975
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* 1980
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* 1982
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* 1984
* 1985
* 1986
* 1987
* 1988
* 1989
* 1990
* 1991
* 1992
* 1993
* 1994

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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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