1956 New Hampshire Wildcats football team

1956 New Hampshire Wildcats football
Conference	Yankee Conference
Record	3–4–1 (2–1–1 Yankee)
Head coach	Chief Boston (8th season)
Home stadium	Cowell Stadium

1956 Yankee Conference football standings

	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
Connecticut $	3	–	0	–	1			6	–	2	–	1
Maine	3	–	1	–	0			5	–	2	–	0
New Hampshire	2	–	1	–	1			3	–	4	–	1
Vermont	1	–	2	–	0			2	–	5	–	0
UMass	1	–	3	–	0			2	–	5	–	1
Rhode Island	1	–	4	–	0			2	–	6	–	0
$ – Conference champion

The 1956 New Hampshire Wildcats football team was an American football team that represented the University of New Hampshire as a member of the Yankee Conference during the 1956 college football season. In its eighth year under head coach Chief Boston, the team compiled a 3–4–1 record (2–1–1 against conference opponents) and finished third out of six teams in the Yankee Conference.

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Site	Result	Attendance	Source
September 29	at Dartmouth*	Memorial Field Hanover, NH (rivalry)	L 0–13	9,500
October 6	Rhode Island	Cowell Stadium Durham, NH	W 13–7
October 13	at Maine	Alumni Field Orono, ME (Battle for the Brice–Cowell Musket)	L 7–29	6,600
October 20	Delaware*	Cowell Stadium Durham, NH	L 18–20	7,000
October 27	at Brandeis*	Gordon Field Waltham, MA	W 20–13	4,000
November 3	Connecticut	Cowell Stadium Durham, NH	T 0–0	8,000
November 10	Springfield*	Cowell Stadium Durham, NH	L 14–40	5,000
November 17	at UMass	Alumni Field Amherst, MA (rivalry)	W 28–7	4,500
*Non-conference game