1956 Vanderbilt Commodores football team

1956 Vanderbilt Commodores football
Conference	Southeastern Conference
1956 record	5–5 (2–5 SEC)
Head coach	Art Guepe (4th year)
Captain	2 Don Orr Art Demmas
Home stadium	Dudley Field

1956 SEC football standings
	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
#2 Tennessee $	6	–	0	–	0			10	–	1	–	0
#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

The 1956 Vanderbilt Commodores football team represented Vanderbilt University during the 1956 college football season.

Schedule

Date	Opponent#	Rank#	Site	Result
September 22, 1956	Georgia		Dudley Field • Nashville, TN	W 14–0
September 29, 1956	Chattanooga		Dudley Field • Nashville, TN	W 46–7
October 6, 1956	at Alabama		Mobile, AL	W 32–7
October 13, 1956	at Ole Miss		Oxford, MS (Rivalry)	L 0–16
October 20, 1956	Florida		Dudley Field • Nashville, TN	L 7–21
October 27, 1956	at Middle Tennessee State*			W 23–13
November 3, 1956	at Virginia*		Charlottesville, VA	W 6–2
November 10, 1956	at Kentucky		Lexington, KY	L 6–7
November 17, 1956	Tulane		Dudley Field • Nashville, TN	L 6–13
December 1, 1956	Tennessee		Dudley Field • Nashville, TN (Rivalry)	L 7–27
*Non-conference game. Homecoming. All times are in Eastern.