Record: 35-35-1, .500 W-L% (6th of 12) (Schedule and Results)
SRS: -7.88 (11th of 12) ▪ SOS: -7.41 (11th of 12)
Conference Champion: Yale
Ranked in Preseason AP Poll: 1 (Yale)
Ranked in Final AP Poll: 0
| Rk | Date | Day | Winner/Tie | Pts | Loser/Tie | Pts | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sep 29, 1956 | Sat | Brown | 20 | @ | Columbia | 0 | |
| Rk | Date | Day | Winner/Tie | Pts | Loser/Tie | Pts | Notes | |
| 2 | Oct 6, 1956 | Sat | Pennsylvania | 14 | Dartmouth | 7 | ||
| 3 | Oct 6, 1956 | Sat | Princeton | 39 | Columbia | 0 | ||
| 4 | Oct 6, 1956 | Sat | Yale | 20 | Brown | 2 | ||
| Rk | Date | Day | Winner/Tie | Pts | Loser/Tie | Pts | Notes | |
| 5 | Oct 13, 1956 | Sat | Dartmouth | 14 | @ | Brown | 7 | |
| 6 | Oct 13, 1956 | Sat | Harvard | 32 | @ | Cornell | 7 | |
| 7 | Oct 13, 1956 | Sat | Princeton | 34 | @ | Pennsylvania | 0 | |
| 8 | Oct 13, 1956 | Sat | Yale | 33 | @ | Columbia | 19 | |
| Rk | Date | Day | Winner/Tie | Pts | Loser/Tie | Pts | Notes | |
| 9 | Oct 20, 1956 | Sat | Columbia | 26 | Harvard | 20 | ||
| 10 | Oct 20, 1956 | Sat | Pennsylvania | 14 | Brown | 7 | ||
| 11 | Oct 20, 1956 | Sat | Yale | 25 | Cornell | 7 | ||
| Rk | Date | Day | Winner/Tie | Pts | Loser/Tie | Pts | Notes | |
| 12 | Oct 27, 1956 | Sat | Harvard | 28 | Dartmouth | 21 | ||
| 13 | Oct 27, 1956 | Sat | Princeton | 32 | @ | Cornell | 21 | |
| Rk | Date | Day | Winner/Tie | Pts | Loser/Tie | Pts | Notes | |
| 14 | Nov 3, 1956 | Sat | Columbia | 25 | Cornell | 19 | ||
| 15 | Nov 3, 1956 | Sat | Pennsylvania | 28 | @ | Harvard | 14 | |
| 16 | Nov 3, 1956 | Sat | Princeton | 21 | Brown | 7 | ||
| 17 | Nov 3, 1956 | Sat | Yale | 19 | Dartmouth | 0 | ||
| Rk | Date | Day | Winner/Tie | Pts | Loser/Tie | Pts | Notes | |
| 18 | Nov 10, 1956 | Sat | Brown | 13 | Cornell | 6 | ||
| 19 | Nov 10, 1956 | Sat | Dartmouth | 14 | Columbia | 0 | ||
| 20 | Nov 10, 1956 | Sat | Princeton | 35 | Harvard | 20 | ||
| 21 | Nov 10, 1956 | Sat | Yale | 40 | Pennsylvania | 7 | ||
| Rk | Date | Day | Winner/Tie | Pts | Loser/Tie | Pts | Notes | |
| 22 | Nov 17, 1956 | Sat | Brown | 21 | @ | Harvard | 12 | |
| 23 | Nov 17, 1956 | Sat | Dartmouth | 27 | @ | Cornell | 14 | |
| 24 | Nov 17, 1956 | Sat | Pennsylvania | 20 | Columbia | 6 | ||
| 25 | Nov 17, 1956 | Sat | Yale | 42 | (20) Princeton | 20 | ||
| Rk | Date | Day | Winner/Tie | Pts | Loser/Tie | Pts | Notes | |
| 26 | Nov 22, 1956 | Thu | Cornell | 20 | @ | Pennsylvania | 7 | |
| 27 | Nov 24, 1956 | Sat | Dartmouth | 19 | @ | Princeton | 0 | |
| 28 | Nov 24, 1956 | Sat | Yale | 42 | @ | Harvard | 14 |