The 1956 Oregon State Beavers football team represented Oregon State College as a member the Pacific Coast Conference (PCC) during the 1956 college football season.
The team captains were center Dick Corrick and quarterback Gerry Laird.
Led by second-year head coach Tommy Prothro, Oregon State won the PCC title and were ranked tenth in the final AP poll, released in early December.
In the Rose Bowl, they met third-ranked Iowa of the Big Ten Conference.
In the rematch in southern California on New Year's Day, OSC lost again and finished at 7–3–1.