| Year: | 1956 |
| Team: | St. Thomas Tommies |
| Sport: | football |
| Conference: | Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference |
| Short Conf: | MIAC |
| Record: | 8–0 |
| Conf Record: | 7–0 |
| Head Coach: | Frank Deig |
| Hc Year: | 11th |
| Captain: | Tom Turk |
| Stadium: | O'Shaughnessy Stadium |
| Champion: | MIAC champion |
The 1956 St. Thomas Tommies football team represented the University of St. Thomas of Saint Paul, Minnesota, as a member of the Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (MIAC) during the 1956 NAIA football season. In their eleventh year under head coach Frank Deig, the Tommies compiled a perfect 8–0 record (7–0 against MIAC opponents), won the MIAC championship, and outscored opponents by a total of 212 to 77.[1] St. Thomas had prior perfect seasons in 1910, 1913, 1923, 1942, and 1944; they have not had another since 1956.[2]
Three St. Thomas players were selected by the Minneapolis Sunday Tribune as first-team players on the 1956 All-MIAC football team: quarterback Bernie Raetz; end Dick Trafas; and tackle John Heller. Tom Turk and Dick Sappo were named to the second team as guards.[3]
The team played its home games on O'Shaughnessy Stadium in Saint Paul, Minnesota.
The following players are listed in the coverage cited above: