1956–57 NCAA football bowl games

{{short description|College football postseason game series}}

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{{Infobox College football bowl games

| season = 1956

| image =

| image_caption =

| regular_season =

| number_of_bowls = 7

| all_star_games = Blue–Gray Football Classic
East–West Shrine Game
North–South Shrine Game
Senior Bowl

| bowl_start = December 29, 1956

| bowl_end =
January 1, 1957{{efn|Excludes all-star games.}}

| championship_bowl =

| championship_location =

| champions = Oklahoma (AP, Coaches, FWAA)

| conference1 = Independents

| conference1_teams = 3

| conference1_wins = 0

| conference1_losses = 3

| conference1_ap_poll =

| conference2 = SWC

| conference2_teams = 2

| conference2_wins = 2

| conference2_losses = 0

| conference2_ap_poll =

| conference3 = Border

| conference3_teams = 2

| conference3_wins = 1

| conference3_losses = 1

| conference3_ap_poll =

| conference4 = SEC

| conference4_teams = 2

| conference4_wins = 1

| conference4_losses = 1

| conference4_ap_poll =

| conference5 = Big Seven

| conference5_teams = 1

| conference5_wins = 1

| conference5_losses = 0

| conference5_ap_poll =

| conference6 = Big Ten

| conference6_teams = 1

| conference6_wins = 1

| conference6_losses = 0

| conference6_ap_poll =

| conference7 = SoCon

| conference7_teams = 1

| conference7_wins = 1

| conference7_losses = 0

| conference7_ap_poll =

| conference8 = ACC

| conference8_teams = 1

| conference8_wins = 0

| conference8_losses = 1

| conference8_ap_poll =

| conference9 = PCC

| conference9_teams = 1

| conference9_wins = 0

| conference9_losses = 1

| conference9_ap_poll =

}}

The 1956–57 NCAA football bowl games were a series of post-season games played in December 1956 and January 1957 to end the 1956 college football season. A total of seven team-competitive games,{{cite web | url=https://www.sports-reference.com/cfb/years/1956-bowls.html | title=1956 College Football Bowl Games | access-date=December 28, 2018 | work=Sports Reference }} and four all-star games, were played. The post-season began with the Gator Bowl on December 29, 1956, and concluded on January 5, 1957, with the season-ending Senior Bowl all-star game.

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