The 1956 Memphis State Tigers 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 wi ...

team that represented Memphis State College (now known as the

University of Memphis } The University of Memphis (UofM) is a public research university in Memphis, Tennessee. Founded in 1912, the university has an enrollment of more than 22,000 students. The university maintains the Herff College of Engineering, the Center for Ea ...

) as an independent during the 1956 NCAA College Division football season. In their tenth season under head coach

Ralph Hatley Ralph Lee Hatley Sr. (April 3, 1913 – October 14, 2001) was an American football coach and player. He served as the head football coach at Memphis State University from 1947 to 1957, compiling a record of 60–43–5 in 11 seasons. As head coach ...

, Memphis State compiled a 5–4–1 record and won the

Burley Bowl The Burley Bowl was a postseason college football bowl games, bowl game played from 1945 through 1956. It was held each year on Thanksgiving (United States), Thanksgiving Day in Johnson City, Tennessee, at the city's Memorial Stadium, which was dem ...

Schedule

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Memphis State } The University of Memphis (UofM) is a public research university in Memphis, Tennessee. Founded in 1912, the university has an enrollment of more than 22,000 students. The university maintains the Herff College of Engineering, the Center for Ea ...

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