The 1956 UMass Redmen football team represented the

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in the

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as a member of the Yankee Conference in the

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's newly created College Division. The team was coached by Charlie O'Rourke and played its home games at Alumni Field in

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. UMass finished the season with a record of 2–5–1 overall and 1–4 in conference play.

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