The 1956 Arizona State–Flagstaff Lumberjacks football team was an
American football team that represented Arizona State College at Flagstaff (now known as
Northern Arizona University
Northern Arizona University (NAU) is a public research university based in Flagstaff, Arizona. It was founded in 1899 as the final public university established in the Arizona Territory, 13 years before Arizona was admitted as the 48th state.
...
) in the
Frontier Conference during the
1956 NAIA football season
The 1956 NAIA football season was the first season of college football sponsored by the National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics.
The season was played from August to December 1956, culminating in the inaugural NAIA Football National Ch ...
. In their first year under head coach
Max Spilsbury, the Lumberjacks compiled an 8–2 record (3–0 against conference opponents), won the Frontier Conference championship, and outscored opponents by a total of 311 to 93.
The team played its home games at Skidmore Field in
Flagstaff, Arizona
Flagstaff ( ) is a city in, and the county seat of, Coconino County, Arizona, Coconino County in northern Arizona, in the southwestern United States. In 2019, the city's estimated population was 75,038. Flagstaff's combined metropolitan area has ...
.
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References
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Arizona State-Flagstaff
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Arizona State-Flagstaff Lumberjacks football