Bowl Games
| SUGAR BOWL | #11 Baylor Bears | 13 | #2 Tennessee Volunteers | 7 |
| ROSE BOWL | #3 Iowa Hawkeyes | 35 | #10 Oregon State Beavers | 19 |
| ORANGE BOWL | #20 Colorado Buffaloes | 27 | #19 Clemson Tigers | 21 |
| COTTON BOWL | #14 TCU Horned Frogs | 28 | #8 Syracuse Orangemen | 27 |
Other bowl games played in 1956 were the Orange Blossom Classic (Tennessee State 41, Florida A&M 39); the Tangerine Bowl (Orlando) Mississippi Southern vs. West Texas State ; the Sun Bowl (El Paso) GWU vs. Texas Western; and the Aluminum Bowl (Little Rock), with unbeaten Montana State 10-0 vs. St. Joseph's College of Indiana. The Refrigerator Bowl (Evansville, IN) was Sam Houston State 27, Middle Tennessee State 13.
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