1956 College Football Season
As originally compiled by ku528808, vtbub and John Moynahan:
Television
Saturday, September 22
#4 Georgia Tech @ Kentucky - 3pm (NBC) Lindsey Nelson, Red Grange
Saturday, September 29
UCLA @ #13 Michigan - 1:15pm (NBC) Lee Giroux, Allen Durocher
Cornell @ Colgate - 1:45pm (NBC) Lindsey Nelson, Red Grange
Iowa @ Indiana - 2:30pm (NBC) Mel Allen, Bill Voight
Saturday, October 6
Arkansas @ #8 TCU - 4pm (NBC) Lindsey Nelson, Red Grange
Saturday, October 13
Holy Cross @ Penn State - 1:45pm (NBC) Lindsey Nelson, Red Grange
#5 Ohio State @ Illinois - 2:30pm (NBC) Mel Allen, Bill Voight
California @ Oregon State - 4:15pm (NBC) Lee Giroux, Allen Durocher
Saturday, October 20
Army @ #13 Syracuse - 1:45pm (NBC) Lindsey Nelson, Red Grange
#2 Michigan State @ Notre Dame - 2:15pm (NBC) Mel Allen, Bill Voight
Washington @ #9 USC - 4pm (NBC) Lee Giroux, Allen Durocher
Saturday, October 27
#2 Oklahoma @ Notre Dame - 2:45pm (NBC) Lindsey Nelson, Red Grange
Saturday, November 3
Notre Dame vs. Navy @ Baltimore - 1:45pm (NBC) Lindsey Nelson, Red Grange
Illinois @ Purdue - 2:15pm (NBC) Mel Allen, Bill Voight
Oregon @ California - 4:45pm (NBC) Lee Giroux, Allen Durocher
Saturday, November 10
#15 Iowa @ #6 Minnesota - 2:15pm (NBC) Lindsey Nelson, Red Grange
Saturday, November 17
#20 Princeton @ Yale - 1:45pm (NBC) Lindsey Nelson, Red Grange
#3 Michigan State @ #17 Minnesota - 2:15pm (NBC) Mel Allen, Bill Voight
Washington @ Stanford - 5pm (NBC) Lee Giroux, Allen Durocher
Thursday, November 22
Cornell @ Pennsylvania - 1:45pm (NBC) Lindsey Nelson, Red Grange
Saturday, November 24
USC @ UCLA - 4:15pm (NBC) Lindsey Nelson, Red Grange
Saturday, December 1
Army vs. #13 Navy @ Philadelphia - 1:15pm (NBC) Lindsey Nelson, Red Grange
Saturday, December 8
#12 Pittsburgh @ #6 Miami-FL - 2:15pm (NBC) Lindsey Nelson, Red Grange
Saturday, December 22
Aluminum Bowl (NAIA championship - Little Rock), Montana State vs. St. Joseph's(IN), 2:00pm (CBS) Joe Boland, Bill Fay, Red Grange [https://www.newspapers.com/image/1069503883 The (Springfield, MA) Morning Union, 12-16-1956
Saturday, December 29
Gator Bowl (Jacksonville), #4 Georgia Tech vs. #13 Pittsburgh, 1:45pm (CBS) Chris Schenkel, Jim Gibbons
Blue-Gray Football Classic (Montgomery, AL), 1:45pm (NBC)
East-West Shrine Game (San Francisco), 4:45pm (NBC)
Tuesday, January 1
Cotton Bowl (Dallas), #14 TCU vs. #8 Syracuse, 1:45pm (NBC) Lindsey Nelson, Red Grange
Orange Bowl (Miami), #20 Colorado vs. Clemson, 1:45pm (CBS) Tom Harmon, Chris Schenkel
Sugar Bowl (New Orleans), #11 Baylor vs. #2 Tennessee, 2:00pm (ABC) Ray Scott, Herman Hickman
Rose Bowl (Pasadena), #3 Iowa vs. #10 Oregon State, 4:45pm (NBC) Mel Allen, Lee Giroux
bowl game announcers from the Fort Lauderdale News 12/30/56
Radio
-CBS discontinued the Roundup, replaced by 3 regional broadcasts each week announce teams were: Gene Kelly/Dick Bingham Charlie Boland/John Mac Lean Bob Prince/Joe Foss
Mutual with Harry Wismer and Joe Boland
September 22 Notre Dame SMU
September 29 North Carolina Oklahoma
October 6 Notre Dame Indiana
October 13 Notre Dame Purdue
October 20 Notre Dame Michigan State
October 27 Oklahoma Notre Dame
November 3 Navy Notre Dame
November 10 Pittsburgh Notre Dame
November 17 North Carolina Notre Dame
November 24 Notre Dame Iowa
December 1 Army Navy
ABC
September 22 Maryland Syracuse: Jim Gibbons, Bob Wolff
September 29 California Illinois: Jim Gibbons
October 6 Stanford Ohio State: Jimmy Dudley, Alex Mc Cann
October 13 Tulane Navy: Jim Gibbons
October 20 TCU Texas A&M: Jim Gibbons
October 27 Illinois Michigan State: Jim Gibbons
November 3 Duke Georgia Tech: Jim Gibbons
November 10 Notre dame Pittsburgh: Jim Gibbons, Chuck Reichblun
November 17 Army Pittsburgh: Jim Gibbons, Chuck Reichblun
November 24 Michigan Ohio State: Jim Gibbons, Alex McCann
December 1 Georgia Tech Georgia: Jim Gibbons
CBS
Sep 29 Penn State-Penn; Purdue-Missouri; Maryland-Wake Forest; crews Kelly/Bingham; Foss/Prince and at Wake Charlie Boland and Jim Reid
Oct 6: Navy-Cornell; Stanford Ohio State; Washington Illinois; Prince and Foss at Ohio State; unsure of other two crews
Oct 13: West Virginia-Syracuse; Wisconsin-Iowa; Navy-Tulane; crews unknown
Oct 20: Holy Cross-Dartmouth; Maryland-No Carolina; Purdue-Wisconsin; crews unknown
Oct 27: West Va-Penn State; Oregon-Pittsburgh; Mich State-Illinois; crews unknown
Nov 3: Georgia Tech-Duke; Cornell-Columbia; Wisconsin-Mich State; crews unknown
Nov 10: Iowa Minnesota; Alabama Tulane; Princeton Harvard; crews unknown
Nov 17: Duke Wake Forest; Syracuse Colgate; Ohio State Iowa; crews unknown
Nov 24: Stanford-Cal: Don Klein/Dick Godfrey
Dec 1: Notre Dame/USC: Tom Harmon/Chick Hearn
Dec 22: Aluminum Bowl(NAIA Championship): Charlie Boland, Joe Foss The (Springfield, MA) Morning Union 12/16/1956
NBC:
Sep 22 Syracuse Maryland; Curt Gowdy, Jim Simpson
Sep 29 UCLA-Michigan; Curt Gowdy
Oct 6 Stanford-Ohio State; Curt Gowdy
Oct 13 Purdue-Notre Dame; Curt Gowdy
Oct 20 Ohio State-Penn State; Curt Gowdy
Oct 27 Michigan Minnesota; Curt Gowdy
Nov 3 Minnesota Pittsburgh; Curt Gowdy
Nov 10 Georgia Tech Tennessee; Curt Gowdy
Nov 17 Iowa Ohio State; Curt Gowdy
Nov 24 Michigan Ohio State; Curt Gowdy
Dec 1 Tennessee Vanderbilt; Curt Gowdy, Paul Jonas