The 1956 Louisville Cardinals football team was an

American football American football (referred to simply as football in the United States and Canada), also known as gridiron, is a team sport played by two teams of eleven players on a rectangular field with goalposts at each end. The offense, the team with ...

team that represented the

University of Louisville The University of Louisville (UofL) is a public research university in Louisville, Kentucky. It is part of the Kentucky state university system. When founded in 1798, it was the first city-owned public university in the United States and one of ...

as an independent during the

1956 NCAA College Division football season The 1956 NCAA College Division football season saw the NCAA split member schools into two divisions: larger schools were part of the University Division, later known as NCAA Division I, and smaller schools were placed in the College Division, late ...

. In their 11th season under head coach Frank Camp, the Cardinals compiled a 6–3 record. The team's statistical leaders included Ken Porco with 581 rushing yards and Dale Orem with 385 passing yards.

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