The 1956 Arizona State–Flagstaff Lumberjacks football team was an American football team that represented Arizona State College at Flagstaff (now known as

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) 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

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