Template:Infobox college football season
| ||
 | For Division I seasons 1978 and beyond, please use Template:Infobox NCAA Division I FBS season |
| 1956 {{{type}}} football season | ||
|---|---|---|
| [[File:{{{image}}}|{{{image_size}}}]] {{{image_caption}}} | ||
| Total No. of teams | {{{number_of_teams}}} | |
| First AP No. 1 of season | {{{preseason_ap}}} | |
| Regular season | {{{regular_season}}} | |
| Playoffs | {{{playoffs}}} | |
| Number of bowls | {{{number_of_bowls}}} | |
| Bowl games | {{{bowl_start}}} – {{{bowl_end}}} | |
| National championship | {{{championship}}} | |
| Location of championship | {{{championship_location}}} | |
| Champion | {{{champion}}} | |
| Heisman | {{{heisman}}} | |
| ||
Usage
Division I
{{Infobox college football season
| year =
| type =
| image =
| image_caption =
| number_of_teams =
| preseason_ap =
| regular_season =
| number_of_bowls =
| bowl_start =
| bowl_end =
| championship =
| championship_location =
| champion =
| heisman =
}}Division III
{{Infobox college football season
| year =
| type = NCAA Division III
| image =
| image_caption =
| number_of_teams =
| preseason_ap =
| regular_season =
| playoffs =
| championship =
| championship_location =
| champion =
| gagliardi =
}}Parameters
* denotes a required field
| Parameter | Explanation | Example |
|---|---|---|
| year* | The year of the season; if blank, defaults to current year | 1964 |
| image | An image for the season. Follow Wikipedia guidelines. | [[File:Example.png|200px]] |
| image_caption | A caption for the image, if provided | Picture from the 1965 Cotton Bowl |
| number_of_teams | Total number of teams competing | 70 |
| preseason_ap | The team ranked No. 1 in the pre-season AP Poll. (AP Poll used from 1939 onwards) | [[1964 Georgia Bulldogs football team|Georgia Bulldogs]] |
| regular_season | The dates of the first and last games of the regular season | August 30 – December 1 |
| playoffs | The dates of the first and last playoff games | December 2 – December 12 |
| number_of_bowls | The number of postseason bowls played | 4 |
| bowl_start | The date of the first bowl game of the season | December 31, 1964 |
| bowl_end | The date of the last bowl played of the season (use <br> for carriage return if date is too long) | January 1, 1965 |
| championship_bowl | This field will likely never be used since this template is for before 1978, but I went ahead and left this field in here just in case. If used, list the name of the championship game | [[1965 Cotton Bowl]] |
| championship_location | This field will likely never be used since this template is for before 1978, but I went ahead and left this field in here just in case. If used, list he name of the stadium hosting the National Championship game and the city/state where it is located. (can use <br> for line between stadium and city) | [[Louisiana Superdome]],<br>{{City-state|New Orleans|Louisiana}} |
| champion | The name of the team that won the National Championship. If it was split, say that. | [[1964 Buffalo Bulls football team|Buffalo]] |
| heisman | The winner of the Heisman Trophy (only for years 1935 and beyond) | [[John Doe]] |
| gagliardi | The winner of the Gagliardi Trophy (only for years 1993 and beyond) | [[Justin Beaver]] |