1956 Pepperdine Waves football team

1956 Pepperdine Waves football
Conference	Independent
Record	6–3
Head coach	John Scolinos (2nd season)
Home stadium	El Camino Stadium

1956 NCAA College Division independents football records

v t e	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
Alfred			–					8	–	0	–	0
Northern Michigan			–					7	–	0	–	1
St. Norbert			–					8	–	1	–	0
Carthage			–					8	–	2	–	0
Tampa			–					7	–	2	–	0
Cal Poly San Dimas			–					6	–	2	–	0
Mississippi Southern			–					7	–	2	–	1
Wabash			–					6	–	2	–	1
Hawaii			–					7	–	3	–	0
Hofstra			–					7	–	3	–	0
Xavier			–					7	–	3	–	0
Franklin & Marshall			–					5	–	2	–	1
Louisville			–					6	–	3	–	0
Pepperdine			–					6	–	3	–	0
Washington University			–					6	–	3	–	0
La Verne			–					6	–	4	–	0
Buffalo			–					5	–	3	–	0
Drexel			–					5	–	3	–	0
Long Beach State			–					5	–	3	–	0
Delaware			–					5	–	3	–	1
Memphis State			–					5	–	4	–	1
Arkansas State			–					5	–	4	–	0
Chattanooga			–					5	–	4	–	0
Baldwin–Wallace			–					4	–	5	–	0
Washington & Jefferson			–					3	–	4	–	1
Rose Poly			–					3	–	4	–	0
Bucknell			–					3	–	5	–	0
Carnegie Tech			–					3	–	5	–	0
Temple			–					3	–	5	–	0
Howard (AL)			–					2	–	5	–	2
Sewanee			–					1	–	6	–	1
UC Riverside			–					1	–	6	–	0

The 1956 Pepperdine Waves football team represented George Pepperdine College[note 1] as an independent during the 1956 college football season. The team was led by second-year head coach John Scolinos and played home games at El Camino Stadium on the campus of El Camino College in Torrance, California. They finished the season with a record of 6–3.

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Site	Result	Attendance	Source
September 22	at Arizona State–Flagstaff	Skidmore Field Flagstaff, AZ	W 14–12
September 29	at San Diego State	Aztec Bowl San Diego, CA	L 7–27	11,000	[1]
October 6	Cal Poly	El Camino Stadium Torrance, CA	L 0–43
October 13	at Long Beach State	Veterans Stadium Long Beach, CA	L 12–26	6,000
October 27	at Nevada	Mackay Stadium[note 2] Reno, NV	W 40–19
November 3	Santa Barbara	El Camino Stadium Torrance, CA	W 21–9
November 9	San Diego NTS[note 3]	El Camino Stadium Torrance, CA	W 33–18
November 16	Los Angeles State	El Camino Stadium Torrance, CA ("Old Shoe" rivalry)	W 15–14
November 24	Whittier	El Camino Stadium Torrance, CA	W 23–13	1,800

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Notes

1. Pepperdine University was known as George Pepperdine College from 1937 to 1970.
2. This stadium is the predecessor to the current Mackay Stadium, which was opened for the 1966 season.[2]
3. Naval Training Center San Diego (Naval Training Station) was a U.S. Navy facility from 1923 to 1997.

References

1. Howard Hagen (September 30, 1956). "Aztecs Shine In Home Debut; Lash Peps, 27-7". The San Diego Union. San Diego, California. p. G-1.
2. "Mackay Stadium". University of Nevada, Reno. Retrieved January 4, 2017.
3. "1956 - Pepperdine". Archived from the original on September 11, 2015. Retrieved February 2, 2017.
4. Grenley, Dave (June 3, 2010). "The History of Pepperdine Football". Pepperdine Waves. Archived from the original on March 3, 2016. Retrieved February 15, 2017.