| Year: | 1956 |
| Team: | Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets |
| Sport: | football |
| Conference: | Southeastern Conference |
| Short Conf: | SEC |
| Coachrank: | 4 |
| Aprank: | 4 |
| Record: | 10–1 |
| Conf Record: | 7–1 |
| Head Coach: | Bobby Dodd |
| Hc Year: | 12th |
| Stadium: | Grant Field |
| Captain: | Wade Mitchell George Volkert |
| Champion: | National champion (Berryman, Sagarin) Gator Bowl champion |
| Bowl: | Gator Bowl |
| Bowl Result: | W 21–14 vs. Pittsburgh |
The 1956 Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets football team was an American football team that represented Georgia Tech as a member of the Southeastern Conference (SEC) during the 1956 college football season. In their 12th year under head coach Bobby Dodd, the team compiled an overall record of 10–1, with a mark of 7–1 in conference play, and finished second in the SEC.[1]
Georgia Tech was the preseason favorite to win the Southeastern Conference, but their hopes of reaching the Sugar Bowl were crushed when the Johnny Majors-led Tennessee Volunteers beat the Yellow Jackets in Atlanta, 0–6.[2] Georgia Tech cruised through the rest of their schedule and finished the regular season with the Tennessee game as their only blemish, finishing second in the SEC and ranked number 4 in the country in the final AP Poll. They accepted an invitation to the 1956 Gator Bowl, where they beat Pittsburgh, in a rematch of the 1956 Sugar Bowl, 21–14. This was the sixth straight season for Georgia Tech that ended with a bowl victory. The team was selected national champion by both Berryman and Sagarin (ELO-Chess).[3]