1956 TCU Horned Frogs Football Team
The 1956 TCU Horned Frogs football team represented Texas Christian University (TCU) in the 1956 NCAA University Division football season. The Horned Frogs finished the season 8–3 overall and 5–1 in the Southwest Conference. The team was coached by Abe Martin in his fourth year as head coach. The Frogs played their home games in Amon G. Carter Stadium, which is located on campus in Fort Worth, Texas. They were invited to the Cotton Bowl Classic where they won against Syracuse by a score of 28–27. Following the 1955 season, TCU expanded Amon G. Carter stadium with the addition of a two-level press box and upper deck area. The upper deck area introduced a large, block-letter stylization of the TCU logo on the seats, which measured approximately 60' x 120' feet in design. The design is visible to the opposing stands, as well as to planes descending into the DFW International Airport. Upon completion of the expansion, the official seating capacity of the stadium was raised f ...
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Abe Martin (Texas Coach)
Othol Hershel Martin (October 18, 1908 – January 11, 1979), also known as Abe Martin, was an American football player, coach, and college athletics administrator. He served as the head coach at Texas Christian University (TCU) from 1953 to 1966, compiling a record of 74–64–7. Martin was also the athletic director at Texas Christian from 1963 to 1975. Early life Born in Jacksboro, Texas, Jacksboro, Texas, Martin attended Jacksboro High School and then Texas Christian University in Fort Worth, where he played football under head coach Francis Schmidt. He was part of TCU's first-ever Southwest Conference championship team in 1929. Schmidt gave Martin his nickname after he related his style to that of a newspaper column of the day named "Abe Martin Says". He set conference records for blocking punts and recovering fumbles at TCU. Coaching career After graduating from TCU in 1932, Martin began his coaching career at El Paso High School in 1934, where he won two district champ ...
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1956 Texas A&M Aggies Football Team
The 1956 Texas A&M Aggies football team represented Texas A&M University in the 1956 NCAA University Division football season. The team won the Southwest Conference and compiled an overall record of 9–0–1, including a 6–0 record in conference play. However, the Aggies were on probation and not allowed to play in a bowl game. The team was coached by Paul "Bear" Bryant.Paul W. "Bear" Bryant: 1956
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TCU–Texas Football Rivalry
The TCU–Texas football game is an annual college football rivalry game between the Horned Frogs of Texas Christian University and the Longhorns of the University of Texas. History The two Texas universities have a long history between each other. They first met on the football field on November 3, 1897, with Texas winning the contest 18–10. In 1898, the schools met twice, with Texas winning both games. The schools were members of the old Southwest Conference together from 1923 to 1995. Between the turn of the century and 1924, the Horned Frogs and Longhorns met nine times, with Texas emerging victorious each game. The largest margin of victory in the series occurred in 1915, with Texas obliterating TCU 72–0. The only tie in the series occurred in 1927, when TCU and Texas finished deadlocked at 0. Two years later in 1929, TCU recorded its first win over Texas, 15–12. Between 1932 and 1938, TCU defeated Texas six out of seven years. After trading wins and losses during t ...
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1956 Texas Longhorns Football Team
The 1956 Texas Longhorns football team was an American football team that represented the University of Texas (now known as the University of Texas at Austin) as a member of the Southwest Conference (SWC) during the 1956 NCAA University Division football season. In their sixth year under head coach Ed Price, the Longhorns compiled an overall record of 1–9, with a mark of 0–6 in conference play, and finished seventh in the SWC. In 1956, the Texas A&M Aggies were the first Aggie football team to beat the Texas Longhorns at Memorial Stadium. The win was Bear Bryant's only victory over a Texas Longhorns team. Schedule References Texas Texas Longhorns football seasons Texas Longhorns football The Texas Longhorns football program is the intercollegiate team representing the University of Texas at Austin (variously Texas or UT) in the sport of American football. The Texas Longhorns, Longhorns compete in the NCAA Division I Football ...

TCU–Texas Tech Football Rivalry
The TCU–Texas Tech football rivalry is an American college football rivalry between the TCU Horned Frogs football team of Texas Christian University (TCU), and the Texas Tech Red Raiders football team of Texas Tech University. The winner of the annual game is presented with the Saddle Trophy, a traveling icon which bears plaques marking the score of each meeting between the rival schools. The teams have met on the gridiron in 63 games since 1926. The "''West Texas Championship - Saddle Trophy"'' was first awarded, from 1961 through 1970. During this ten-year stretch, the schools split the series 5–5. The trophy was lost and the rivalry name disappeared for decades until the moniker and trophy were reintroduced in 2017.This football game is known as the West Texas Championship - Battle for the Saddle Trophy. History From 1926 through 1955, TCU and Texas Tech frequently played as non-conference opponents. In 1956, Texas Tech joined the Southwest Conference (SWC), and the tea ...
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Lubbock, Texas
Lubbock ( ) is the 10th-most populous city in the U.S. state of Texas and the seat of government of Lubbock County. With a population of 260,993 in 2021, the city is also the 85th-most populous in the United States. The city is in the northwestern part of the state, a region known historically and geographically as the Llano Estacado, and ecologically is part of the southern end of the High Plains, lying at the economic center of the Lubbock metropolitan area, which has an estimated population of 325,245 in 2021. Lubbock's nickname, "Hub City," derives from it being the economic, educational, and health-care hub of the multicounty region, north of the Permian Basin and south of the Texas Panhandle, commonly called the South Plains. The area is the largest contiguous cotton-growing region in the world and is heavily dependent on water from the Ogallala Aquifer for irrigation. Lubbock is home to Texas Tech University, the sixth-largest college by enrollment in the state. Hi ...
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Jones AT&T Stadium
Jones AT&T Stadium and Cody Campbell Field, previously known as Clifford B. and Audrey Jones Stadium, Jones SBC Stadium and Jones AT&T Stadium, is an outdoor athletic stadium in the southwestern United States, located on the campus of Texas Tech University in Lubbock, Texas. Built in the style of Spanish Renaissance architecture, it is the home field of the Texas Tech Red Raiders of the Big 12 Conference. History Planning and funding Clifford B. and Audrey Jones Stadium opened in 1947, with a seating capacity of 27,000. It was named after Texas Tech's third president (1939–1944) and his wife, who donated $100,000 towards its construction. The inaugural game was held on November 29, with Texas Tech defeating Hardin–Simmons 14–6. Expansion The stadium's first expansion in 1959 raised the seating to 41,500. The existing east stands were moved a few feet at a time via steel rollers upon Santa Fe Railway rails and moved further east, and the playing surface was lowe ...
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1956 Texas Tech Red Raiders Football Team
The 1956 Texas Tech Red Raiders football team represented Texas Technological College—now known as Texas Tech University—as an independent during the 1956 NCAA University Division football season. In their sixth season under head coach DeWitt Weaver, the Red Raiders compiled a 2–7–1 record and were outscored by opponents by a combined total of 216 to 117. The team's statistical leaders included Buddy Hill with 326 passing yards, Doug Duncan with 360 rushing yards, and Ken Vakey with 180 receiving yards.2017 Media Guide, p. 158. The team played its home games at Clifford B. and Audrey Jones Stadium. Schedule References Texas Tech Texas Tech Red Raiders football seasons Texas Tech Red Raiders football The Texas Tech Red Raiders football program is a college football team that represents Texas Tech University (variously "Texas Tech" or "TTU"). The team competes as a member of the Big 12 Conference, which is a NCAA Division I, Division I NCAA D ...

Baylor–TCU Football Rivalry
The Baylor–TCU football rivalry, also referred to as The Revivalry, is an American college football rivalry between the Baylor Bears and TCU Horned Frogs. The first game of the 118-game series was played in 1899, making the rivalry one of the oldest and most played in FBS college football. History Baylor was chartered in 1845 by The Republic of Texas and founded as a Baptist institution in the same year with its original location in Independence, Texas. Baylor permanently moved to Waco forty years later, in 1885. TCU was founded in 1873 as AddRan Male and Female College by brothers Addison and Randolph Clark, in Thorp Springs, Texas, and was later renamed AddRan Christian University and relocated to Waco in 1895. AddRan was renamed Texas Christian University in 1902 and finally relocated to Fort Worth in 1910 after a fire destroyed the school's main administration building in Waco. First contested in 1899, and having been played 117 times, the rivalry is one of the oldest ...
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1956 Baylor Bears Football Team
The 1956 Baylor Bears football team represented Baylor University in the 1956 NCAA University Division football season. The team finished with a record of 9-2 and a victory in the Sugar Bowl against the University of Tennessee. Bill Glass (Guard) was chosen as an All American player and Del Shofner (Halfback) and Jerry Marcontell (End) were selected All Conference.Baylor University, "1957 Round Up" yearbook via the Baylor University Libraries Digital Collections. Accessed April 29, 2013. http://digitalcollections.baylor.edu/cdm/ref/collection/tx-annl/id/24896 Schedule References Baylor Baylor Bears football seasons Sugar Bowl champion seasons Baylor Bears football The Baylor Bears football team represents Baylor University in Division I FBS college football. They are a member of the Big 12 Conference. After 64 seasons at the off-campus Baylor Stadium, renamed Floyd Casey Stadium in 1989, the Bears opened ...

1956 Miami Hurricanes Football Team
The 1956 Miami Hurricanes football team represented the University of Miami as an independent during the 1956 NCAA University Division football season. Led by ninth-year head coach Andy Gustafson, the Hurricanes played their home games at Burdine Stadium in Miami, Florida. Miami finished the season 8–1–1. Schedule References Miami Miami Hurricanes football seasons Miami Hurricanes football The Miami Hurricanes football team represents the University of Miami in college football. The Hurricanes compete in the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Division I Football Bowl Subdivision and the Coastal Division of the Atlanti ...