1956 Maine Black Bears football team
{{short description|American college football season}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=August 2023}}
{{Infobox college sports team season
| year = 1956
| team = Maine Black Bears
| sport = football
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| conference = Yankee Conference
| short_conf = Yankee
| conference2 = Maine Intercollegiate Athletic Association
| short_conf2 = MIAA
| record = 5–2
| conf_record = 3–1
| conf2_record = 2–1
| head_coach = Harold Westerman
| hc_year = 6th
| captain = Thurlow Cooper
| captain2 = Peter Kostacopoulos
| stadium = Alumni Field
}}
{{1956 Yankee Conference football standings}}
The 1956 Maine Black Bears football team was an American football team that represented the University of Maine as a member of the Yankee Conference and Maine Intercollegiate Athletic Association during the 1956 college football season. In its sixth season under head coach Harold Westerman, the team compiled a 5–2 record (3–1 against Yankee Conference and 2–1 against MIAA opponents) and finished second out of the six teams in the Yankee Conference. The team played its home games at Alumni Field in Orono, Maine. Thurlow Cooper and Peter Kostacopoulos were the team captains.{{cite web|title=2019 Maine Football Media Guide |publisher=University of Maine |year=2019 |page=86 |url=https://s3.amazonaws.com/sidearm.sites/umaine.sidearmsports.com/documents/2019/8/17/2019_Maine_Football_Media_Guide.pdf|accessdate=September 22, 2021}}
Schedule
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|September 29||Rhode Island|Alumni Field|Orono, ME|W 40–7||
|October 6|at|Vermont|Centennial Field|Burlington, VT|W 14–0|6,500|{{cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/79269806/vermont-holds-maines-power-to-140-scor/|work=Rutland Daily Herald|title=Vermont holds Maine's power to 14–0 score|date=October 8, 1956|accessdate=June 9, 2021|via=Newspapers.com}}
|October 13||New Hampshire|Alumni Field|Orono, ME (rivalry)|W 29–7|6,600|{{cite news|title=U-Maine Bears Trample New Hampshire Wildcats, 29–7|newspaper=Bangor Daily News|date=October 15, 1956|page=15|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/97957633/u-maine-bears-trample-new-hampshire/|via=Newspapers.com}}
|October 20|at|Connecticut|Memorial Stadium|Storrs, CT|L 7–13||
|October 27||{{cfb link|year=1956|team=Bates Bobcats|title=Bates}}|Alumni Field|Orono, ME|L 13–19||
|November 1||{{cfb link|year=1956|team=Colby Mules|title=Colby}}|Alumni Field|Orono, ME|W 26–7||
|November 8|at|{{cfb link|year=1956|team=Bowdoin Polar Bears|title=Bowdoin}}|Whittier Field|Brunswick, ME|W 33–7||
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{{cite web |author= |title=Brief Summary Of Cumulative Football Statistics (Maine) |url=https://stats.ncaa.org/team/380/stats/12710 |publisher=National Collegiate Athletic Association |access-date=December 25, 2022 }}