| Year: | 1956 |
| Team: | Drexel Dragons |
| Sport: | football |
| Conference: | Independent |
| Record: | 5–3 |
| Head Coach: | Eddie Allen |
| Hc Year: | 7th |
| Captain: | Bill Zador |
| Captain2: | Vince Vidas |
| Stadium: | Drexel Field |
The 1956 Drexel Dragons football team represented the Drexel Institute of Technology (renamed Drexel University in 1970) as an independent during the 1956 college football season. Eddie Allen was the team's head coach. Left guard Vince Vidas was awarded first string on the Little All-America college football team for the second consecutive year.