1956 St. Thomas Tommies football | |
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MIAC champion | |
Conference | Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference |
Record | 8–0 (7–0 MIAC) |
Head coach |
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Captain | Tom Turk |
Home stadium | O'Shaughnessy Stadium |
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Team | W | L | T | W | L | T | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
St. Thomas (MN) $ | 7 | – | 0 | – | 0 | 8 | – | 0 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Concordia (MN) | 5 | – | 2 | – | 0 | 6 | – | 3 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Macalester | 4 | – | 3 | – | 0 | 5 | – | 3 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Gustavus Adolphus | 4 | – | 3 | – | 0 | 4 | – | 5 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Minnesota–Duluth | 3 | – | 4 | – | 0 | 3 | – | 4 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Saint John's (MN) | 2 | – | 4 | – | 1 | 3 | – | 4 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Augsburg | 2 | – | 4 | – | 1 | 2 | – | 5 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hamline | 0 | – | 7 | – | 0 | 1 | – | 7 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The 1956 St. Thomas Tommies football team represented the University of St. Thomas of Saint Paul, Minnesota, as a member of the Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (MIAC) during the 1956 NAIA football season. In their eleventh year under head coach Frank Deig, the Tommies compiled a perfect 8–0 record (7–0 against MIAC opponents), won the MIAC championship, and outscored opponents by a total of 212 to 77.[1] St. Thomas had prior perfect seasons in 1910, 1913, 1923, 1942, and 1944; they have not had another since 1956.[2]
Three St. Thomas players were selected by the Minneapolis Sunday Tribune as first-team players on the 1956 All-MIAC football team: quarterback Bernie Raetz; end Dick Trafas; and tackle John Heller. Tom Turk and Dick Sappo were named to the second team as guards.[3]
The team played its home games on O'Shaughnessy Stadium in Saint Paul, Minnesota.
Date | Opponent | Site | Result | Attendance | Source | ||
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September 21 | Augsburg | W 34–12 | 4,342 | [4] | |||
September 28 | Macalester |
| W 12–7 | 6,347 | [5][6] | ||
October 6 | at Minnesota Duluth | Duluth, MN | W 34–14 | [7] | |||
October 13 | at Concordia (MN) | Moorhead, MN | W 18–13 | [8] | |||
October 19 | Gustavus Adolphus |
| W 14–0 | 9,245 | [9] | ||
October 26 | Hamline |
| W 33–6 | 3,756 | [10] | ||
November 3 | at Saint John's (MN) | Collegeville, MN | W 33–25 | [11] | |||
November 11 | at Loras* | Dubuque, IA | W 34–0 | [12][13] | |||
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The following players are listed in the coverage cited above: