1956 Vanderbilt Commodores football team

The 1956 Vanderbilt Commodores football team represented Vanderbilt University during the 1956 college football season. The team's head coach was Art Guepe, who was in his fourth year as the Commodores' head coach. Members of the Southeastern Conference, the Commodores played their home games at Dudley Field in Nashville, Tennessee. In 1956, Vanderbilt went 5–5 overall with a conference record of 2–5.^[1]

1956 Vanderbilt Commodores football
Conference	Southeastern Conference
Record	5–5 (2–5 SEC)
Head coach	Art Guepe (4th season)
Captains	Don Orr Art Demmas
Home stadium	Dudley Field
Seasons ← 1955 1957 →

1956 Southeastern Conference football standings

v t e	Conf.							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
No. 2 Tennessee $	6	–	0	–	0			10	–	1	–	0
No. 4 Georgia Tech	7	–	1	–	0			10	–	1	–	0
Florida	5	–	2	–	0			6	–	3	–	1
Ole Miss	4	–	2	–	0			7	–	3	–	0
Auburn	4	–	3	–	0			7	–	3	–	0
Kentucky	4	–	4	–	0			6	–	4	–	0
Tulane	3	–	3	–	0			6	–	4	–	0
Vanderbilt	2	–	5	–	0			5	–	5	–	0
Alabama	2	–	5	–	0			2	–	7	–	1
Mississippi State	2	–	5	–	0			4	–	6	–	0
LSU	1	–	5	–	0			3	–	7	–	0
Georgia	1	–	6	–	0			3	–	6	–	1
$ – Conference champion Rankings from AP Poll

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Rank	Site	Result	Attendance	Source
September 22	Georgia		Dudley Field Nashville, TN (rivalry)	W 14–0	28,000	[2]
September 29	Chattanooga*	No. 15	Dudley Field Nashville, TN	W 46–7	17,500	[3]
October 6	at Alabama	No. 18	Ladd Stadium Mobile, AL	W 32–7	23,071	[4][5]
October 13	at No. 7 Ole Miss	No. 13	Hemingway Stadium Oxford, MS (rivalry)	L 0–16	28,500	[6]
October 20	Florida		Dudley Field Nashville, TN	L 7–21	24,000	[7]
October 27	Middle Tennessee*		Dudley Field Nashville, TN	W 23–13		[8]
November 3	at Virginia*		Scott Stadium Charlottesville, VA	W 6–2	8,000	[9]
November 10	at Kentucky		McLean Stadium Lexington, KY (rivalry)	L 6–7		[10]
November 17	Tulane		Dudley Field Nashville, TN	L 6–13	22,000	[11]
December 1	No. 2 Tennessee		Dudley Field Nashville, TN (rivalry)	L 7–27	28,000	[12]
*Non-conference game Homecoming Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game