1956 Maine Black Bears football team

American college football season August 2023 February 2026 1956 Maine Black Bears football Yankee Conference Yankee Maine Intercollegiate Athletic Association MIAA 5–2 3–1 2–1 Harold Westerman 6th Thurlow Cooper Peter Kostacopoulos Alumni Field 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.2019 Maine Football Media Guide University of Maine 2019 86 https://s3.amazonaws.com/sidearm.sites/umaine.sidearmsports.com/documents/2019/8/17/2019_Maine_Football_Media_Guide.pdf September 22, 2021 September 23, 2021 https://web.archive.org/web/20210923194140/https://s3.amazonaws.com/sidearm.sites/umaine.sidearmsports.com/documents/2019/8/17/2019_Maine_Football_Media_Guide.pdf dead Schedule y y September 29 Rhode Island Alumni Field Orono, ME W 40–7 October 6 at Vermont Centennial Field Burlington, VT W 14–0 6,500 https://www.newspapers.com/clip/79269806/vermont-holds-maines-power-to-140-scor/ Rutland Daily Herald Vermont holds Maine's power to 14–0 score October 8, 1956 June 9, 2021 Newspapers.com October 13 New Hampshire Alumni Field Orono, ME (rivalry) W 29–7 6,600 U-Maine Bears Trample New Hampshire Wildcats, 29–7 Bangor Daily News October 15, 1956 15 https://www.newspapers.com/clip/97957633/u-maine-bears-trample-new-hampshire/ Newspapers.com October 20 at Connecticut Memorial Stadium Storrs, CT L 7–13 October 27 1956 Bates Bobcats Bates Alumni Field Orono, ME L 13–19 November 1 1956 Colby Mules Colby Alumni Field Orono, ME W 26–7 November 8 at 1956 Bowdoin Polar Bears Bowdoin Whittier Field Brunswick, ME W 33–7 Brief Summary Of Cumulative Football Statistics (Maine) https://stats.ncaa.org/team/380/stats/12710 National Collegiate Athletic Association December 25, 2022 References Maine Category:Maine Black Bears football seasons Maine Black Bears football