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| Conference | Southwest Conference |
| Record | 1–9 (0–6 SWC) |
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| Home stadium | Memorial Stadium |
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| No.5Texas A&M $ | 6 | – | 0 | – | 0 | 9 | – | 0 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| No.14TCU | 5 | – | 1 | – | 0 | 8 | – | 3 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| No.11Baylor | 4 | – | 2 | – | 0 | 9 | – | 2 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Arkansas | 3 | – | 3 | – | 0 | 6 | – | 4 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| SMU | 2 | – | 4 | – | 0 | 4 | – | 6 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Rice | 1 | – | 5 | – | 0 | 4 | – | 6 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Texas | 0 | – | 6 | – | 0 | 1 | – | 9 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The 1956 Texas Longhorns football team was an American football team that represented the University of Texas (now known as the University of Texas at Austin) as a member of the Southwest Conference (SWC) during the 1956 college football season. In their sixth year under head coach Ed Price, the Longhorns compiled an overall record of 1–9, with a mark of 0–6 in conference play, and finished seventh in the SWC.[1]
In 1956, the Texas A&M Aggies were the first Aggie football team to beat the Texas Longhorns at Memorial Stadium.[2][3] The win was Bear Bryant's only victory over a Texas Longhorns team.
| Date | Opponent | Site | Result | Attendance | Source |
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| September 22 | No. 15USC* |
| L 20–44 | 47,000 | [4] |
| September 29 | atTulane* |
| W 7–6 | 35,000 | [5] |
| October 6 | West Virginia* |
| L 6–7 | 30,000 | [6] |
| October 13 | vs. No. 1Oklahoma* |
| L 0–45 | 75,504 | [7] |
| October 20 | Arkansas |
| L 14–32 | 40,000 | [8] |
| October 27 | atRice |
| L 7–28 | 67,000 | [9] |
| November 3 | SMU |
| L 19–20 | 36,000 | [10] |
| November 10 | atBaylor |
| L 7–10 | 21,000 | [11] |
| November 17 | atTCU |
| L 0–46 | 30,000 | [12] |
| November 29 | No. 5Texas A&M |
| L 21–34 | 61,000 | [13] |
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