The 1956 Eastern Michigan Hurons football team played eight games for the season and lost four out of the eight games.
The 1956 Eastern Michigan Hurons football team represented Eastern Michigan College (renamed Eastern Michigan University in 1959) in the Interstate Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (IIAC) during the 1956 NCAA College Division football season. In their fifth season under head coach Fred Trosko, the Hurons compiled a 44 record (33 against IIAC opponents) and outscored their opponents, 158 to 84. 
