1956 College Football Season
As originally compiled by ku528808, vtbub and John Moynahan:
Television
September 22
Georgia Tech @ Kentucky- 3pm (NBC) Lindsey Nelson, Red Grange
September 29
Cornell @ Colgate- 1:45pm (NBC) Lindsey Nelson, Red Grange
UCLA @ Michigan (NBC) Lee Giroux, Allen Durocher
Iowa @ Indiana (NBC) Mel Allen, Bill Voights
October 6
Arkansas @ TCU- 4pm (NBC) Lindsey Nelson, Red Grange
October 13
Holy Cross @ Penn State- 1:45pm (NBC) Lindsey Nelson, Red Grange
Ohio State @ Illinois (NBC) Mel Allen, Bill Voights
Cal @ Oregon State (NBC) Lee Giroux, Allen Durocher
October 20
Army @ Syracuse- 1:45pm (NBC) Lindsey Nelson, Red Grange
Michigan State @ Notre Dame (NBC) Mel Allen, Bill Voights
Washington @ USC (NBC) Lee Giroux, Allen Durocher
October 27
Oklahoma @ Notre Dame- 2:45pm (NBC) Lindsey Nelson, Red Grange
November 3
Notre Dame vs Navy @ Baltimore - 1:45pm (NBC) Lindsey Nelson, Red Grange
Illinois @ Purdue (NBC) Mel Allen, Bill Voights
Oregon @ Cal (NBC) Lee Giroux, Allen Durocher
November 10
Iowa @ Minnesota- 2:15pm (NBC) Lindsey Nelson, Red Grange
November 17
Princeton @ Yale- 1:45pm (NBC) Lindsey Nelson, Red Grange
Michigan State @ Michigan (NBC) Mel Allen, Bill Voights
Washington @ Stanford (NBC) Lee Giroux, Allen Durocher
November 22
Cornell @ Penn- 1:45pm (NBC) Lindsey Nelson, Red Grange
November 24
USC @ UCLA- 4:15pm (NBC) Lindsey Nelson, Red Grange
December 1
ARMY-NAVY game @ Philadelphia - 1:15pm (NBC) Lindsey Nelson, Red Grange
December 8
Pittsburgh @ Miami- 2:15pm (NBC) Lindsey Nelson, Red Grange
December 22
Aluminum Bowl(NAIA championship), Montana State vs. St. Joseph's(IN), played in Little Rock, AR- 2PM (CBS) Joe Boland, Larry Fay(should be Bill Fay, Red Grange [https://www.newspapers.com/image/1069503883 The (Springfield, MA) Morning Union, 12-16-1956
December 29
Gator Bowl, Pittsburgh vs Georgia Tech, 1:45pm (CBS) Chris Schenkel, Jim Gibbons
Blue-Gray Game, 1:45pm (NBC)
East-West Shrine Bowl, 4:45pm (NBC)
January 1
Cotton Bowl, Syracuse vs TCU, 1:45pm (NBC) Lindsey Nelson, Red Grange
Orange Bowl, Clemson vs Colorado, 1:45pm (CBS) Tom Harmon, Chris Schenkel
Sugar Bowl, Tennessee vs Baylor, 2:00pm (ABC) Ray Scott, Herman Hickman
Rose Bowl, Iowa vs Oregon State, 4:45pm (NBC) Mel Allen, Lee Giroux
bowl game announcers from the Fort Lauderdale News 12/30/56
Radio
-CBS discontinued the Roundup, replaced by 3 regional broadcasts each week announce teams were: Gene Kelly/Dick Bingham Charlie Boland/John Mac Lean Bob Prince/Joe Foss
Mutual with Harry Wismer and Joe Boland
September 22 Notre Dame SMU
September 29 North Carolina Oklahoma
October 6 Notre Dame Indiana
October 13 Notre Dame Purdue
October 20 Notre Dame Michigan State
October 27 Oklahoma Notre Dame
November 3 Navy Notre Dame
November 10 Pittsburgh Notre Dame
November 17 North Carolina Notre Dame
November 24 Notre Dame Iowa
December 1 Army Navy
ABC
September 22 Maryland Syracuse: Jim Gibbons, Bob Wolff
September 29 California Illinois: Jim Gibbons
October 6 Stanford Ohio State: Jimmy Dudley, Alex Mc Cann
October 13 Tulane Navy: Jim Gibbons
October 20 TCU Texas A&M: Jim Gibbons
October 27 Illinois Michigan State: Jim Gibbons
November 3 Duke Georgia Tech: Jim Gibbons
November 10 Notre dame Pittsburgh: Jim Gibbons, Chuck Reichblun
November 17 Army Pittsburgh: Jim Gibbons, Chuck Reichblun
November 24 Michigan Ohio State: Jim Gibbons, Alex McCann
December 1 Georgia Tech Georgia: Jim Gibbons
CBS
Sep 29 Penn State-Penn; Purdue-Missouri; Maryland-Wake Forest; crews Kelly/Bingham; Foss/Prince and at Wake Charlie Boland and Jim Reid
Oct 6: Navy-Cornell; Stanford Ohio State; Washington Illinois; Prince and Foss at Ohio State; unsure of other two crews
Oct 13: West Virginia-Syracuse; Wisconsin-Iowa; Navy-Tulane; crews unknown
Oct 20: Holy Cross-Dartmouth; Maryland-No Carolina; Purdue-Wisconsin; crews unknown
Oct 27: West Va-Penn State; Oregon-Pittsburgh; Mich State-Illinois; crews unknown
Nov 3: Georgia Tech-Duke; Cornell-Columbia; Wisconsin-Mich State; crews unknown
Nov 10: Iowa Minnesota; Alabama Tulane; Princeton Harvard; crews unknown
Nov 17: Duke Wake Forest; Syracuse Colgate; Ohio State Iowa; crews unknown
Nov 24: Stanford-Cal: Don Klein/Dick Godfrey
Dec 1: Notre Dame/USC: Tom Harmon/Chick Hearn
Dec 22: Aluminum Bowl(NAIA Championship): Charlie Boland, Joe Foss The (Springfield, MA) Morning Union 12/16/1956
NBC:
Sep 22 Syracuse Maryland; Curt Gowdy, Jim Simpson
Sep 29 UCLA-Michigan; Curt Gowdy
Oct 6 Stanford-Ohio State; Curt Gowdy
Oct 13 Purdue-Notre Dame; Curt Gowdy
Oct 20 Ohio State-Penn State; Curt Gowdy
Oct 27 Michigan Minnesota; Curt Gowdy
Nov 3 Minnesota Pittsburgh; Curt Gowdy
Nov 10 Georgia Tech Tennessee; Curt Gowdy
Nov 17 Iowa Ohio State; Curt Gowdy
Nov 24 Michigan Ohio State; Curt Gowdy
Dec 1 Tennessee Vanderbilt; Curt Gowdy, Paul Jonas