| 1956Notre Dame Fighting Irish football | |
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| Conference | Independent |
| Record | 2–8 |
| Head coach |
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| Captain | Jim Morse |
| Home stadium | Notre Dame Stadium |
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| Team | W | L | T | W | L | T | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Cincinnati | – | 4 | – | 5 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Dayton | – | 4 | – | 6 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Drake | – | 3 | – | 6 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Notre Dame | – | 2 | – | 8 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Marquette | – | 0 | – | 9 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
The1956 Notre Dame Fighting Irish football team represented theUniversity of Notre Dame as an independent during the1956 college football season. Led by third-year head coachTerry Brennan, the Fighting Irish compiled a record of 2–8.
Paul Hornung carried the ball 94 times his senior year for 420 yards for an average of 4.5 yards per try. He completed 59 of 111 passes for a total offensive figure of 1,337 yards. He is the onlyHeisman Trophy winner to have played on a losing team.[1]
| Date | Opponent | Rank | Site | Result | Attendance | Source |
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| September 22 | atSMU | No. 3 | L 13–19 | 61,000 | [2] | |
| October 6 | Indiana | No. 17 | W 20–6 | 58,372 | [3] | |
| October 13 | Purdue | No. 18 |
| L 14–28 | 58,778 | |
| October 20 | No. 2Michigan State |
| L 14–47 | 59,378 | ||
| October 27 | No. 2Oklahoma |
| L 0–40 | 60,128 | ||
| November 3 | atNavy | L 7–33 | 57,773 | |||
| November 10 | at No. 20Pittsburgh | L 13–26 | 58,697 | [4] | ||
| November 17 | North Carolina |
| W 21–14 | 56,793 | [5] | |
| November 24 | at No. 3Iowa | L 8–48 | 56,632 | |||
| December 1 | at No. 17USC | L 20–28 | 64,538 | |||
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Paul Hornung, Heisman Trophy[6]
The following players were drafted into professional football following the season.
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