1956 Big Ten Conference football season
Results and team statistics
Key AP final = Team's rank in the final AP Poll of the 1956 season AP high = Team's highest rank in the AP Poll throughout the 1956 season PPG = Average of points scored per game PAG = Average of points allowed per game MVP = Most valuable player as voted by players on each team as part of the voting process to determine the winner of the Chicago Tribune Silver Football trophy; trophy winner in bold

1956 Big Ten Conference football season

Section Title: Results and team statistics
Table Section Text: Key AP final = Team's rank in the final AP Poll of the 1956 season AP high = Team's highest rank in the AP Poll throughout the 1956 season PPG = Average of points scored per game PAG = Average of points allowed per game MVP = Most valuable player as voted by players on each team as part of the voting process to determine the winner of the Chicago Tribune Silver Football trophy; trophy winner in bold

Conf. Rank	Team	Head coach	AP final	AP high	Overall record	Conf. record	PPG	PAG	MVP

1	Iowa	Forest Evashevski	#3	#3	9–1	5–1	21.9	8.4	Ken Ploen

2	Michigan	Bennie Oosterbaan	#7	#5	7–2	5–2	25.9	13.7	Dick Hill

3	Minnesota	Murray Warmath	#12	#6	6–1–2	4–1–2	14.1	9.7	Bobby Cox

4 (tie)	Michigan State	Duffy Daugherty	#9	#1	7–2	4–2	26.6	9.7	James Hinsley

4 (tie)	Ohio State	Woody Hayes	#15	#4	6–3	4–2	17.8	9.0	Jim Parker

6	Northwestern	Ara Parseghian	NR	NR	4–4–1	3–3–1	11.9	12.4	Al Viola

7 (tie)	Purdue	Jack Mollenkopf	NR	#17	3–4–2	1–4–2	15.4	13.6	Lamar Lundy

7 (tie)	Illinois	Ray Eliot	NR	#13	2–5–2	1–4–2	13.8	17.1	Dave Walker

9	Wisconsin	Milt Bruhn	NR	NR	1–5–3	0–4–3	10.3	14.3	Dave Howard

10	Indiana	Bernie Crimmins	NR	NR	3–6	1–5	14.3	29.2	Bob Fee

Sentence(s)

The 1956 Michigan State football team, under head coach Duffy Daugherty, compiled a 7–2 record, was ranked No. 9 in the final AP Poll, and an average of 26.6 points scored per game.

final_sentence: The 1956 Michigan State football team, under head coach Duffy Daugherty, compiled a 7–2 record, was ranked No. 9 in the final AP Poll, and an average of 26.6 points scored per game.