1956 Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets football team

1956 Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets football
National champion (Berryman, Sagarin) Gator Bowl champion
Gator Bowl, W 21–14 vs. Pittsburgh
Conference	Southeastern Conference
Ranking
Coaches	No. 4
AP	No. 4
Record	10–1 (7–1 SEC)
Head coach	Bobby Dodd (12th season)
Captain	Wade Mitchell George Volkert
Home stadium	Grant Field
Seasons ← 1955 1957 →

The 1956 Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets football team was an American football team that represented Georgia Tech as a member of the Southeastern Conference (SEC) during the 1956 college football season. In their 12th year under head coach Bobby Dodd, the team compiled an overall record of 10–1, with a mark of 7–1 in conference play, and finished second in the SEC.^[1]

Georgia Tech was the preseason favorite to win the Southeastern Conference, but their hopes of reaching the Sugar Bowl were crushed when the Johnny Majors-led Tennessee Volunteers beat the Yellow Jackets in Atlanta, 0–6.^[2] Georgia Tech cruised through the rest of their schedule and finished the regular season with the Tennessee game as their only blemish, finishing second in the SEC and ranked number 4 in the country in the final AP Poll. They accepted an invitation to the 1956 Gator Bowl, where they beat Pittsburgh, in a rematch of the 1956 Sugar Bowl, 21–14. This was the sixth straight season for Georgia Tech that ended with a bowl victory. The team was selected national champion by both Berryman and Sagarin (ELO-Chess).^[3]

Date	Opponent	Rank	Site	TV	Result	Attendance	Source
September 22	at Kentucky	No. 4	McLean Stadium Lexington, KY	NBC	W 14–6	30,000	[4]
September 29	at No. 5 SMU*	No. 2	Cotton Bowl Dallas, TX		W 9–7	46,500	[5]
October 13	LSU	No. 3	Grant Field Atlanta, GA		W 39–7	39,500	[6]
October 20	Auburn	No. 3	Grant Field Atlanta, GA (rivalry)		W 28–7	40,000	[7]
October 27	No. 15 Tulane	No. 3	Grant Field Atlanta, GA		W 40–0	40,000	[8]
November 3	at Duke*	No. 2	Duke Stadium Durham, NC		W 7–0	38,000	[9]
November 10	No. 3 Tennessee	No. 2	Grant Field Atlanta, GA (rivalry)		L 0–6	40,000	[10]
November 17	Alabama	No. 4	Grant Field Atlanta, GA (rivalry)		W 27–0	38,500	[11]
November 24	vs. No. 13 Florida	No. 5	Gator Bowl Stadium Jacksonville, FL		W 28–0	37,000	[12]
December 1	at Georgia	No. 4	Sanford Stadium Athens, GA (rivalry)		W 35–0	50,000	[13]
December 29	vs. No. 13 Pittsburgh*	No. 4	Gator Bowl Stadium Jacksonville, FL (Gator Bowl)	CBS	W 21–14	37,683	[14]
*Non-conference game Homecoming Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

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