The 1956 South Dakota Coyotes 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 South Dakota as a member of the North Central Conference (NCC) during the

1956 college football season 1956 college football season may refer to: * 1956 NCAA University Division football season * 1956 NCAA College Division football season * 1956 NAIA football season The 1956 NAIA football season was the first season of college football sponsored ...

. In their first season under head coach Ralph Stewart, the Coyotes compiled a 4–4 record (4–2 against NCC opponents), tied for second place out of seven teams in the NCC, and were outscored by a total of 146 to 140. They played their home games at Inman Field in Vermillion, South Dakota.

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