1956 Western Kentucky Hilltoppers football team

1956 Western Kentucky Hilltoppers football
ConferenceOhio Valley Conference
Record5–4 (2–3 OVC)
Head coach
Captains
  • Jim Chambliss
  • Bill Strawn
1956 Ohio Valley Conference football standings
Conf. Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Middle Tennessee $ 5 0 0 7 2 0
Murray State 4 1 0 6 4 0
Western Kentucky 2 3 0 5 4 0
Tennessee Tech 2 3 0 5 4 1
Eastern Kentucky 2 3 0 4 5 0
Morehead State 0 5 0 2 6 0
  • $ – Conference champion

The 1956 Western Kentucky Hilltoppers football team represented Western Kentucky State College (now known as Western Kentucky University) as a member of the Ohio Valley Conference (OVC) during the 1958 college football season. Led by Jack Clayton in his ninth and final year as head coach, the Hilltoppers compiled an overall record of 5–4 with a mark of 2–3 in conference play, tying for third place in the OVC. The team's captains were Jim Chambliss and Bill Strawn.