1956 Denver Pioneers football team

The 1956 Denver Pioneers football team represented the University of Denver as a member of the Skyline Conference during the 1956 NCAA University Division football season. In their second season under head coach John Roning, the Pioneers compiled a 6–4 record (4–3 against conference opponents), tied for third in the Skyline, and outscored opponents by a total of 250 to 206.^[1]

1956 Skyline Conference football standings
v t e	Conf					Overall
Team	W		L		T	W		L		T
No. 16 Wyoming	7	–	0	–	0	10	–	0	–	0
Utah	5	–	1	–	0	5	–	5	–	0
Denver	4	–	3	–	0	6	–	4	–	0
Utah State	4	–	3	–	0	6	–	4	–	0
Colorado A&M	2	–	4	–	1	2	–	7	–	1
New Mexico	2	–	4	–	0	4	–	6	–	0
BYU	1	–	5	–	1	2	–	7	–	1
Montana	1	–	6	–	0	1	–	9	–	0

$ – Conference champion Rankings from Coaches Poll

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Site	Result	Attendance	Source
September 15	Iowa State*	DU Stadium Denver, CO	L 10–13	14,126	^[2]
September 22	at Utah State	Romney Stadium Logan, UT	L 13–18	9,000	^[3]
September 29	at Wyoming	War Memorial Stadium Laramie, WY	L 0–27	17,000	^[4]
October 5	Montana	DU Stadium Denver, CO	W 22–13	11,580	^[5]
October 13	at Utah	Ute Stadium Salt Lake City, UT	L 13–27		^[6]
October 19	Colorado College*	DU Stadium Denver, CO	W 40–21	3,921	^[7]
October 26	New Mexico	DU Stadium Denver, CO	W 20–14		^[8]
November 3	at San Jose State*	Spartan Stadium San Jose, CA	W 35–26	12,000	^[9]
November 10	BYU	DU Stadium Denver, CO	W 58–34	10,000	^[10]
November 22	Colorado A&M	DU Stadium Denver, CO	W 39–13	13,128	^[11]
*Non-conference game