Alabama Crimson Tide

1956 Roster

NO.	NAME	POS	HEIGHT	WEIGHT	CLASS
87	Willie Beck W. Beck	DL	6'2"	190	SO
85	Ralph Blalock R. Blalock	DL	6'2"	195	SO
67	Robert Bookmeier R. Bookmeier	OL	6'1"	202	SO
88	Baxter Booth B. Booth	DL	6'2"	190	SO
31	Jim Bowdoin J. Bowdoin	RB	6'1"	175	SR
51	Bill Brooks B. Brooks	OL	6'0"	191	SR
34	Marshall Brown M. Brown	RB	6'0"	175	JR
64	Phil Clark P. Clark	OL	5'11"	190	SO
23	Don Comstock D. Comstock	RB	6'1"	190	JR
75	Jim Cunningham J. Cunningham	OL	6'2"	198	SR
30	Carroll Daniel C. Daniel	RB	5'11"	174	JR
53	Benny Dempsey B. Dempsey	OL	6'1"	195	SO
78	Roy Forbus R. Forbus	OL	6'3"	186	JR
72	Glen Graham G. Graham	OL	6'0"	195	JR
86	Don Grammer D. Grammer	DL	6'1"	190	SO
80	Charley Gray C. Gray	DL	6'1"	190	SO
61	Don Holcomb D. Holcomb	OL	6'1"	210	SR
84	Dodd Holt D. Holt	DL	6'1"	190	SO
21	Bobby Jackson B. Jackson	RB	6'1"	180	SO
81	Henry Johnston H. Johnston	DL	6'2"	190	JR
42	Max Kelley M. Kelley	FB	6'1"	195	SR
40	Don Kinderknecht D. Kinderknecht	FB	5'11"	195	JR
89	Jerry Lambert J. Lambert	DL	6'0"	190	SR
20	Jim Loftin J. Loftin	RB	6'3"	201	JR
65	Gerald Maxwell G. Maxwell	OL	6'1"	194	JR
12	Jim Mayben J. Mayben	QB	5'11"	170	SO
32	Jerry McBee J. McBee	RB	5'10"	185	JR
79	Dale Mitchell D. Mitchell	OL	6'6"	265	JR
33	Tommy Mosley T. Mosley	RB	5'9"	165	SO
71	Sid Neighbors S. Neighbors	OL	6'1"	221	SO
13	Charles Nelson C. Nelson	QB	6'0"	181	SO
83	Don Owens D. Owens	DL	6'1"	200	SO
41	Ed Pharo E. Pharo	FB	5'10"	180	SR
60	Doug Potts D. Potts	OL	6'2"	216	SR
66	Billy Rains B. Rains	OL	5'11"	205	SO
82	Pete Reeves P. Reeves	DL	5'11"	175	SO
50	Kenneth Roberts K. Roberts	OL	6'0"	200	SO
22	George Salem G. Salem	RB	6'0"	210	SO
77	Arthur Scott A. Scott	OL	6'2"	220	JR
70	Dave Sington D. Sington	OL	6'1"	215	SO
44	Bobby Sirmon B. Sirmon	FB	6'0"	190	SO
24	Bobby Smith B. Smith	RB	6'1"	178	SO
52	John Snoderly J. Snoderly	OL	6'0"	190	SR
68	Charles Spano C. Spano	OL	5'11"	220	JR
76	Wes Thompson W. Thompson	OL	6'1"	231	SR
63	Cecil Thornton C. Thornton	OL	6'2"	210	SO
74	Roy Vickery R. Vickery	OL	6'3"	218	JR
11	Clay Walls C. Walls	QB	6'0"	168	JR
62	Grover Whaley G. Whaley	OL	5'11"	200	SO
43	Danny Wilbanks D. Wilbanks	FB	6'0"	185	SO
10	Jim Woodward J. Woodward	QB	5'10"	175	JR

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CFB 2026 Leaders

Pass Yards Leaders

1,499

Maiava

1,271

Mestemaker

1,222

Chambliss

Rush Yards Leaders

644

Sheppard

600

Baugh

592

Riley

Rec Yards Leaders

617

Smith

564

Toney

550

Duff

Pass TD Leaders

14

Mensah

14

Maiava

13

Heintschel

Rush TD Leaders

11

Baugh

9

Hawkins

9

Knight

Rec TD Leaders

7

Duff

7

Dixon

7

Smith

QB Rating Leaders

228.2

Mensah

209.1

Stockton

204.6

Hoover

Sack Leaders

7.0

Simmons

7.0

Umanmielen

6.0

Lewis

CFB 2026 Rankings

PPG Rankings

54.8

53.5

51.8

48.0

47.5

47.0

Opp PPG Rankings

8.0

8.3

8.5

9.0

9.8

10.3

Total Yards Rankings

588.8

548.3

544.7

537.0

532.8

523.8

Rush Yards Rankings

355.7

333.7

319.0

294.8

281.5

281.3

Pass Yards Rankings

386.3

368.7

365.3

361.3

347.3

347.0

Sack Leaders

18.0

17.0

15.0

CFB 2026 Standings

	Southeastern	W	L	PCT
1	Alabama	4	0	1.000
2	Florida	4	0	1.000
3	Georgia	4	0	1.000
4	Mississippi State	3	0	1.000
5	Ole Miss	3	1	.750
6	Kentucky	3	1	.750
7	Missouri	3	0	1.000
8	Tennessee	3	1	.750
9	Texas	4	0	1.000
10	Vanderbilt	3	1	.750
11	Oklahoma	2	2	.500
12	Auburn	3	1	.750
13	LSU	3	1	.750
14	South Carolina	2	2	.500
15	Texas A&M	2	2	.500
16	Arkansas	2	2	.500

	Sun Belt	W	L	PCT
1	Appalachian State	3	1	.750
2	James Madison	4	0	1.000
3	Louisiana	3	1	.750
4	Georgia State	3	1	.750
5	South Alabama	2	2	.500
6	Marshall	3	1	.750
7	Troy	2	2	.500
8	Arkansas State	2	2	.500
9	Georgia Southern	1	3	.250
10	Louisiana Tech	1	2	.333
11	Old Dominion	1	3	.250
12	Southern Miss	1	3	.250
13	Coastal Carolina	1	3	.250
14	Louisiana-Monroe	0	3	.000

	Pac-12	W	L	PCT
1	Boise State	3	1	.750
2	Colorado State	2	2	.500
3	Fresno State	2	1	.667
4	Oregon State	1	2	.333
5	San Diego State	1	3	.250
6	Texas State	2	2	.500
7	Washington State	1	2	.333
8	Utah State	1	3	.250

	Big 12	W	L	PCT
1	BYU	3	0	1.000
2	Texas Tech	4	0	1.000
3	Arizona State	2	1	.667
4	Cincinnati	4	0	1.000
5	Kansas State	3	1	.750
6	Utah	4	0	1.000
7	West Virginia	3	1	.750
8	Baylor	3	1	.750
9	Colorado	2	2	.500
10	Iowa State	2	2	.500
11	Oklahoma State	3	1	.750
12	TCU	2	2	.500
13	UCF	3	1	.750
14	Arizona	2	1	.667
15	Houston	3	1	.750
16	Kansas	1	2	.333

	Mid-American	W	L	PCT
1	Eastern Michigan	2	3	.400
2	UMass	3	0	1.000
3	Central Michigan	2	2	.500
4	Toledo	3	1	.750
5	Western Michigan	2	2	.500
6	Akron	1	3	.250
7	Ball State	1	3	.250
8	Buffalo	2	2	.500
9	Kent State	2	2	.500
10	Miami (OH)	2	2	.500
11	Ohio	2	2	.500
12	Bowling Green	0	4	.000
13	Sacramento State	1	3	.250

	Big 10	W	L	PCT
1	Indiana	4	0	1.000
2	USC	4	1	.800
3	UCLA	4	0	1.000
4	Iowa	4	0	1.000
5	Michigan	3	1	.750
6	Nebraska	4	0	1.000
7	Penn State	3	1	.750
8	Washington	3	0	1.000
9	Illinois	2	2	.500
10	Maryland	2	2	.500
11	Michigan State	2	2	.500
12	Minnesota	2	1	.667
13	Ohio State	3	1	.750
14	Oregon	3	1	.750
15	Wisconsin	3	1	.750
16	Northwestern	2	1	.667
17	Purdue	1	3	.250
18	Rutgers	1	3	.250

	Conference USA	W	L	PCT
1	Liberty	3	1	.750
2	Delaware	2	2	.500
3	Middle Tennessee	2	2	.500
4	Jacksonville State	3	2	.600
5	Florida International	2	2	.500
6	Kennesaw State	1	3	.250
7	Missouri State	1	2	.333
8	New Mexico State	1	3	.250
9	Sam Houston	1	3	.250
10	Western Kentucky	1	3	.250

	Atlantic Coast	W	L	PCT
1	Miami	4	0	1.000
2	Clemson	3	1	.750
3	Duke	4	0	1.000
4	Pittsburgh	4	0	1.000
5	Louisville	2	2	.500
6	Virginia	3	1	.750
7	SMU	2	1	.667
8	California	2	2	.500
9	Virginia Tech	4	0	1.000
10	Boston College	2	2	.500
11	Georgia Tech	1	2	.333
12	North Carolina	2	1	.667
13	Wake Forest	3	1	.750
14	Florida State	2	2	.500
15	NC State	2	2	.500
16	Stanford	1	2	.333
17	Syracuse	1	2	.333

	Independent	W	L	PCT
1	Notre Dame	4	0	1.000
2	UConn	2	2	.500

	American Athletic	W	L	PCT
1	South Florida	4	0	1.000
2	Florida Atlantic	2	1	.667
3	UAB	2	2	.500
4	Army	2	1	.667
5	Tulsa	3	1	.750
6	Memphis	3	1	.750
7	UTSA	3	1	.750
8	East Carolina	2	2	.500
9	North Texas	2	2	.500
10	Rice	1	2	.333
11	Temple	1	3	.250
12	Tulane	2	2	.500
13	Charlotte	0	4	.000
14	Navy	1	2	.333

	Mountain West	W	L	PCT
1	North Dakota State	4	0	1.000
2	UNLV	2	2	.500
3	New Mexico	3	1	.750
4	San Jose State	2	2	.500
5	Nevada	1	2	.333
6	UTEP	1	2	.333
7	Wyoming	2	2	.500
8	Northern Illinois	0	4	.000
9	Air Force	1	1	.500
10	Hawai'i	1	3	.250