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1956 Pepperdine Waves football
ConferenceIndependent
Record6–3
Head coach
Home stadiumEl Camino Stadium
Seasons← 19551957 →
1956 NCAA College Division independents football records
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Alfred   –   8 – 0 – 0
Northern Michigan   –   7 – 0 – 1
St. Norbert   –   8 – 1 – 0
Carthage   –   8 – 2 – 0
Tampa   –   7 – 2 – 0
Cal Poly San Dimas   –   6 – 2 – 0
Mississippi Southern   –   7 – 2 – 1
Wabash   –   6 – 2 – 1
Hawaii   –   7 – 3 – 0
Hofstra   –   7 – 3 – 0
Xavier   –   7 – 3 – 0
Franklin & Marshall   –   5 – 2 – 1
Louisville   –   6 – 3 – 0
Pepperdine   –   6 – 3 – 0
Washington University   –   6 – 3 – 0
La Verne   –   6 – 4 – 0
Buffalo   –   5 – 3 – 0
Drexel   –   5 – 3 – 0
Long Beach State   –   5 – 3 – 0
Delaware   –   5 – 3 – 1
Memphis State   –   5 – 4 – 1
Arkansas State   –   5 – 4 – 0
Chattanooga   –   5 – 4 – 0
Baldwin–Wallace   –   4 – 5 – 0
Washington & Jefferson   –   3 – 4 – 1
Rose Poly   –   3 – 4 – 0
Bucknell   –   3 – 5 – 0
Carnegie Tech   –   3 – 5 – 0
Temple   –   3 – 5 – 0
Howard (AL)   –   2 – 5 – 2
Sewanee   –   1 – 6 – 1
UC Riverside   –   1 – 6 – 0

The 1956 Pepperdine Waves football team represented George Pepperdine College as an independent during the 1956 college football season. The team was led by second-year head coach John Scolinos and played home games at El Camino Stadium on the campus of El Camino College in Torrance, California. They finished the season with a record of 6–3.

Schedule

DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 22at Arizona State–FlagstaffW 14–12
September 29at San Diego StateL 7–2711,000
October 6Cal PolyL 0–43
October 13at Long Beach StateL 12–266,000
October 27at NevadaW 40–19
November 3Santa Barbara
  • El Camino Stadium
  • Torrance, CA
W 21–9
November 9San Diego NTS
  • El Camino Stadium
  • Torrance, CA
W 33–18
November 16Los Angeles State
  • El Camino Stadium
  • Torrance, CA ("Old Shoe" rivalry)
W 15–14
November 24Whittier
  • El Camino Stadium
  • Torrance, CA
W 23–131,800

Notes

  1. Pepperdine University was known as George Pepperdine College from 1937 to 1970.
  2. This stadium is the predecessor to the current Mackay Stadium, which was opened for the 1966 season.
  3. Naval Training Center San Diego (Naval Training Station) was a U.S. Navy facility from 1923 to 1997.

References

  1. Howard Hagen (September 30, 1956). "Aztecs Shine In Home Debut; Lash Peps, 27-7". The San Diego Union. San Diego, California. p. G-1.
  2. "Mackay Stadium". University of Nevada, Reno. Retrieved January 4, 2017.
  3. "1956 - Pepperdine". Archived from the original on September 11, 2015. Retrieved February 2, 2017.
  4. Grenley, Dave (June 3, 2010). "The History of Pepperdine Football". Pepperdine Waves. Archived from the original on March 3, 2016. Retrieved February 15, 2017.
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