Auburn Tigers

1956 Roster

NO.	NAME	POS	HEIGHT	WEIGHT	CLASS
39	Billy Atkins B. Atkins	FB	6'0"	190	JR
70	Billy Austin B. Austin	OL	6'4"	220	SO
68	Tim Baker T. Baker	OL	5'11"	195	JR
60	Don Braswell D. Braswell	OL	5'9"	195	SO
59	Jackie Burkett J. Burkett	OL	6'4"	215	SO
14	Mac Champion M. Champion	QB	6'2"	200	SO
11	Jimmy Cook J. Cook	QB	6'0"	190	JR
67	Ernest Danjean E. Danjean	OL	5'10"	225	SR
	LeRoy Duchene L. Duchene	OL	6'2"	210	SO
15	George Egge G. Egge	QB	6'1"	183	SO
89	Jerry Elliott J. Elliott	DL	6'1"	187	SR
76	Ted Foret T. Foret	OL	6'0"	230	SO
28	Clegg Green C. Green	RB	5'11"	190	SO
41	Buster Gross B. Gross	RB	5'8"	150	SO
20	Bobby Hoppe B. Hoppe	RB	5'11"	175	JR
32	Eddie Jackson E. Jackson	FB	6'1"	195	SO
61	Ken Johns K. Johns	OL	6'1"	200	JR
40	Billy Kitchens B. Kitchens	RB	5'9"	175	SO
65	Frank LaRussa F. LaRussa	OL	5'11"	195	SO
46	Jimmy Laster J. Laster	RB	5'10"	175	SO
25	Tommy Lorino T. Lorino	RB	5'8"	165	SO
66	Chuck Maxime C. Maxime	OL	5'10"	225	SR
34	Donnie May D. May	FB	6'0"	195	SO
45	Pat Meagher P. Meagher	RB	5'11"	175	JR
	Randy Michaels R. Michaels	OL	6'4"	210	SO
44	Lloyd Nix L. Nix	RB	5'11"	175	SO
73	Ken Paduch K. Paduch	OL	6'3"	225	SO
88	Jimmy Phillips J. Phillips	DL	6'2"	205	JR
29	Louis Preis L. Preis	RB	6'1"	180	SO
72	Dan Presley D. Presley	OL	6'0"	210	SO
75	Ben Preston B. Preston	OL	6'3"	215	JR
81	Jimmy Reece J. Reece	DL	6'3"	190	JR
55	Frank Reeves F. Reeves	OL	6'3"	214	SR
22	Jimmy Reynolds J. Reynolds	RB	6'1"	180	SO
52	Jimmie Ricketts J. Ricketts	OL	6'1"	210	SO
12	Frank Riley F. Riley	QB	6'1"	190	SO
83	Jerry Sansom J. Sansom	DL	6'2"	195	SR
87	Leo Sexton L. Sexton	DL	6'2"	190	SO
80	Mike Simmons M. Simmons	DL	6'3"	210	SO
58	Zeke Smith Z. Smith	OL	6'1"	205	SO
	Dickie Steber D. Steber	OL	5'10"	195	SR
57	Jimmy Strain J. Strain	OL	5'11"	190	SR
42	Gordon Swordsma G. Swordsma	RB	5'11"	180	JR
74	Paul Terry P. Terry	OL	6'0"	215	SR
77	George Theriott G. Theriott	OL	6'0"	250	JR
33	Pat Tidmore P. Tidmore	OL	5'10"	205	SO
18	Howell Tubbs H. Tubbs	QB	6'0"	190	SR
71	Hindman Wall H. Wall	OL	6'4"	225	JR
31	Jim Walsh J. Walsh	FB	5'10"	185	SR
	Bill Walter B. Walter	OL	6'5"	245	SO
78	James Warren J. Warren	OL	6'1"	220	JR
64	Haywood Warrick H. Warrick	OL	6'1"	205	SO
69	Jeff Weekley J. Weekley	OL	5'10"	195	JR
62	Cleve Wester C. Wester	OL	6'1"	210	SO
84	John Whatley J. Whatley	DL	6'4"	195	SR
85	Jerry Wilson J. Wilson	DL	6'2"	210	SO
10	Richard Wood R. Wood	QB	6'5"	200	SO

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CFB 2026 Leaders

Pass Yards Leaders

1,499

Maiava

1,453

Jennings

1,423

Atkinson

Rush Yards Leaders

644

Sheppard

600

Baugh

592

Riley

Rec Yards Leaders

617

Smith

585

Legree

564

Toney

Pass TD Leaders

14

Taylor

14

Mensah

14

Maiava

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

7.5

Simmons

7.0

Umanmielen

6.5

Hopkins

CFB 2026 Rankings

PPG Rankings

54.8

53.5

51.8

48.0

47.5

45.0

Opp PPG Rankings

8.0

8.3

8.5

9.0

9.8

10.3

Total Yards Rankings

588.8

550.8

548.3

533.3

532.8

523.8

Rush Yards Rankings

355.7

333.7

332.3

294.8

281.5

281.3

Pass Yards Rankings

392.5

365.3

365.0

361.3

347.3

346.5

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

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

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

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

	Mid-American	W	L	PCT
1	UMass	4	0	1.000
2	Kent State	2	2	.500
3	Eastern Michigan	2	3	.400
4	Toledo	3	1	.750
5	Buffalo	2	2	.500
6	Central Michigan	2	2	.500
7	Miami (OH)	2	2	.500
8	Ohio	2	2	.500
9	Western Michigan	2	2	.500
10	Akron	1	3	.250
11	Bowling Green	0	4	.000
12	Ball State	1	3	.250
13	Sacramento State	1	4	.200

	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	Virginia Tech	4	0	1.000
6	Virginia	3	1	.750
7	Wake Forest	3	1	.750
8	Louisville	2	2	.500
9	SMU	3	1	.750
10	California	2	2	.500
11	Stanford	2	2	.500
12	North Carolina	2	1	.667
13	Boston College	2	2	.500
14	Florida State	2	2	.500
15	NC State	2	2	.500
16	Georgia Tech	1	3	.250
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	3	1	.750
3	UAB	2	2	.500
4	Army	2	1	.667
5	Memphis	3	1	.750
6	Tulsa	3	1	.750
7	UTSA	3	1	.750
8	East Carolina	2	2	.500
9	North Texas	2	2	.500
10	Tulane	2	2	.500
11	Rice	1	3	.250
12	Charlotte	0	4	.000
13	Temple	1	3	.250
14	Navy	1	2	.333

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

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

	Mountain West	W	L	PCT
1	North Dakota State	4	0	1.000
2	UNLV	2	2	.500
3	Wyoming	2	2	.500
4	Air Force	2	1	.667
5	New Mexico	3	1	.750
6	San Jose State	2	2	.500
7	UTEP	1	3	.250
8	Northern Illinois	0	4	.000
9	Nevada	1	3	.250
10	Hawai'i	1	3	.250