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Northwestern Wildcats

1956 Roster

NO.NAMEPOSHEIGHTWEIGHTCLASSBIRTHPLACE
23
Roger Anderson
R. Anderson
RB
5'10"
176
SO
50
John Bajtos
J. Bajtos
TE
6'1"
205
SO
53
Frank Bennett
F. Bennett
OL
6'0"
200
SO
88
William Bond
W. Bond
TE
6'2"
193
SO
75
Frank Caiazza
F. Caiazza
OL
6'3"
217
SO
20
Fred Conti
F. Conti
RB
5'9"
171
SO
78
Andy Cvercko
A. Cvercko
OL
5'11"
220
SO
90
Peter DeBeer
P. DeBeer
TE
6'1"
205
JR
62
James Demos
J. Demos
OL
5'10"
194
JR
86
Stan Dwyer
S. Dwyer
TE
6'2"
224
SR
66
John Eldridge
J. Eldridge
OL
5'11"
215
JR
27
Jack Ellis
J. Ellis
QB
5'10"
171
SR
52
Girard Evashavik
G. Evashavik
OL
6'2"
208
JR
39
John Foster
J. Foster
FB
6'0"
210
SR
41
Willmer Fowler
W. Fowler
RB
5'10"
161
SO
15
George Gondek
G. Gondek
RB
5'8"
167
JR
61
Charles Jerasa
C. Jerasa
FB
6'1"
204
JR
22
Frank Jeske
F. Jeske
RB
5'11"
178
SR
42
Sam Johnson
S. Johnson
RB
5'9"
174
SO
70
Robert Kelly
R. Kelly
OL
6'3"
205
JR
63
Gary Kluever
G. Kluever
OL
6'0"
211
JR
55
Charles Laws
C. Laws
OL
6'2"
203
JR
49
Oliver Lindborg
O. Lindborg
RB
6'0"
184
JR
67
John Lohbauer
J. Lohbauer
OL
5'11"
190
SR
46
Bob McKeiver
B. McKeiver
RB
5'7"
162
JR
71
Merle Moore
M. Moore
OL
6'2"
232
SO
Dick Moser
D. Moser
WR
82
Richard Moser
R. Moser
TE
6'2"
192
SO
85
Ben Napolski
B. Napolski
TE
6'2"
219
JR
19
Don Olshansky
D. Olshansky
RB
5'5"
152
SO
89
Clifford Peart
C. Peart
TE
6'1"
212
JR
21
Dale Pienta
D. Pienta
QB
6'0"
198
SR
37
Edward Quinn
E. Quinn
FB
6'0"
205
JR
69
Donald Rabas
D. Rabas
OL
6'1"
205
SR
12
Ronald Rassmussen
R. Rassmussen
TE
6'5"
200
SO
57
Ted Ringer
T. Ringer
OL
6'1"
198
SR
72
John Smith
J. Smith
OL
6'4"
240
SR
38
James Thompson
J. Thompson
RB
5'11"
189
JR
33
Larry Van Dusen
L. Van Dusen
FB
5'11"
195
SO
68
Al Viola
A. Viola
OL
5'10"
210
JR
77
Alan Weyhrich
A. Weyhrich
OL
6'4"
220
JR
10
Richard Widmark
R. Widmark
QB
6'0"
179
JR
60
Tom Williams
T. Williams
OL
5'11"
210
SR
51
Donald Winter
D. Winter
OL
6'2"
209
SO
14
Paul Zimmerman
P. Zimmerman
TE
6'1"
194
SR

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CFB 2026 Leaders

Pass Yards Leaders

3,169

Atkinson

Braden Atkinson

2,962

Mestemaker

Drew Mestemaker

2,880

Jackson

Tayven Jackson
Rush Yards Leaders

1,241

Riley

Dylan Riley

1,193

White

Jahiem White

1,189

Sheppard

Nate Sheppard
Rec Yards Leaders

1,209

Legree

Jesse Legree

1,200

Smith

Jeremiah Smith

1,027

Toney

Malachi Toney
Pass TD Leaders

29

Mestemaker

Drew Mestemaker

28

Stokes

Marcus Stokes

28

Mensah

Darian Mensah
Rush TD Leaders

19

Hawkins

Michael Hawkins Jr.

18

Gutierrez

Jackson Gutierrez

18

Hellums

Cale Hellums
Rec TD Leaders

14

Legree

Jesse Legree

14

Smith

Jeremiah Smith

13

Toney

Malachi Toney
QB Rating Leaders

190.8

Mensah

Darian Mensah

184.5

Sayin

Julian Sayin

180.8

Jennings

Kevin Jennings
Sack Leaders

14.0

Bradley

Myles Bradley

11.0

Zock

Andrew Zock

10.5

Simmons

Colin Simmons

CFB 2026 Rankings

PPG Rankings
Miami

45.0

North Texas

44.7

Oklahoma State

43.9

Wake Forest

43.3

Georgia

41.1

Louisville

40.8
Opp PPG Rankings
New Mexico

10.9

North Dakota State

11.9

Iowa

12.2

Indiana

12.4

Duke

13.0

Liberty

13.6
Total Yards Rankings
North Texas

535.4

Oklahoma State

533.6

Memphis

520.7

Texas State

517.0

Miami

516.6

LSU

504.1
Rush Yards Rankings
Air Force

332.0

Army

324.7

Navy

298.1

Rice

270.2

Texas State

265.8

West Virginia

263.6
Pass Yards Rankings
Oregon State

370.4

North Texas

343.8

Oklahoma State

339.1

Miami

325.3

LSU

324.9

Arizona

322.9
Sack Leaders
Tennessee

39.0

Baylor

37.0

San Jose State

36.0

LSU

36.0

Indiana

32.0

Toledo

31.0

CFB 2026 Standings

Pac-12WLPCT
1
Boise State Boise State
8
1
.889
2
Texas State Texas State
5
4
.556
3
Oregon State Oregon State
5
4
.556
4
San Diego State San Diego State
4
5
.444
5
Utah State Utah State
4
5
.444
6
Fresno State Fresno State
5
4
.556
7
Colorado State Colorado State
3
6
.333
8
Washington State Washington State
1
8
.111
Big 10WLPCT
1
UCLA UCLA
10
0
1.000
2
Indiana Indiana
8
1
.889
3
Oregon Oregon
6
3
.667
4
Ohio State Ohio State
6
3
.667
5
Iowa Iowa
7
2
.778
6
Wisconsin Wisconsin
6
3
.667
7
USC USC
7
2
.778
8
Illinois Illinois
6
4
.600
9
Northwestern Northwestern
6
3
.667
10
Minnesota Minnesota
5
4
.556
11
Penn State Penn State
5
4
.556
12
Washington Washington
5
4
.556
13
Michigan Michigan
5
4
.556
14
Nebraska Nebraska
5
4
.556
15
Purdue Purdue
3
6
.333
16
Rutgers Rutgers
2
7
.222
17
Maryland Maryland
3
6
.333
18
Michigan State Michigan State
3
6
.333
SoutheasternWLPCT
1
Georgia Georgia
8
1
.889
2
Alabama Alabama
7
2
.778
3
Kentucky Kentucky
7
2
.778
4
Texas Texas
7
2
.778
5
Tennessee Tennessee
7
2
.778
6
Ole Miss Ole Miss
6
3
.667
7
South Carolina South Carolina
6
3
.667
8
LSU LSU
6
3
.667
9
Missouri Missouri
6
3
.667
10
Oklahoma Oklahoma
5
4
.556
11
Florida Florida
5
4
.556
12
Auburn Auburn
5
4
.556
13
Mississippi State Mississippi State
4
5
.444
14
Texas A&M Texas A&M
4
5
.444
15
Arkansas Arkansas
3
6
.333
16
Vanderbilt Vanderbilt
4
5
.444
Conference USAWLPCT
1
Liberty Liberty
8
1
.889
2
Jacksonville State Jacksonville State
7
2
.778
3
Middle Tennessee Middle Tennessee
5
4
.556
4
Delaware Delaware
4
5
.444
5
Florida International Florida International
4
5
.444
6
New Mexico State New Mexico State
3
6
.333
7
Western Kentucky Western Kentucky
3
6
.333
8
Missouri State Missouri State
3
6
.333
9
Kennesaw State Kennesaw State
3
6
.333
10
Sam Houston Sam Houston
1
8
.111
Sun BeltWLPCT
1
Louisiana Tech Louisiana Tech
7
2
.778
2
Georgia Southern Georgia Southern
5
4
.556
3
Louisiana Louisiana
7
3
.700
4
James Madison James Madison
8
2
.800
5
South Alabama South Alabama
4
5
.444
6
Appalachian State Appalachian State
5
4
.556
7
Arkansas State Arkansas State
4
5
.444
8
Coastal Carolina Coastal Carolina
3
6
.333
9
Troy Troy
4
5
.444
10
Marshall Marshall
5
4
.556
11
Southern Miss Southern Miss
3
6
.333
12
Georgia State Georgia State
5
4
.556
13
Louisiana-Monroe Louisiana-Monroe
2
8
.200
14
Old Dominion Old Dominion
3
7
.300
Atlantic CoastWLPCT
1
Miami Miami
8
1
.889
2
Wake Forest Wake Forest
8
1
.889
3
Louisville Louisville
6
3
.667
4
SMU SMU
7
2
.778
5
Duke Duke
7
2
.778
6
Clemson Clemson
6
3
.667
7
Pittsburgh Pittsburgh
6
4
.600
8
Virginia Tech Virginia Tech
6
3
.667
9
North Carolina North Carolina
5
4
.556
10
Florida State Florida State
5
5
.500
11
Stanford Stanford
4
5
.444
12
Virginia Virginia
4
5
.444
13
NC State NC State
4
5
.444
14
Boston College Boston College
4
5
.444
15
California California
3
6
.333
16
Syracuse Syracuse
4
5
.444
17
Georgia Tech Georgia Tech
2
7
.222
Mountain WestWLPCT
1
New Mexico New Mexico
8
1
.889
2
Wyoming Wyoming
6
3
.667
3
North Dakota State North Dakota State
7
2
.778
4
Air Force Air Force
7
2
.778
5
UNLV UNLV
5
4
.556
6
San Jose State San Jose State
5
5
.500
7
Nevada Nevada
3
6
.333
8
Hawai'i Hawai'i
3
6
.333
9
UTEP UTEP
1
8
.111
10
Northern Illinois Northern Illinois
0
9
.000
American AthleticWLPCT
1
North Texas North Texas
7
2
.778
2
Memphis Memphis
8
2
.800
3
UTSA UTSA
7
2
.778
4
Army Army
5
4
.556
5
UAB UAB
5
4
.556
6
Florida Atlantic Florida Atlantic
6
3
.667
7
East Carolina East Carolina
5
4
.556
8
Tulsa Tulsa
5
4
.556
9
Tulane Tulane
4
5
.444
10
South Florida South Florida
6
4
.600
11
Navy Navy
3
6
.333
12
Charlotte Charlotte
1
8
.111
13
Temple Temple
2
7
.222
14
Rice Rice
1
8
.111
IndependentWLPCT
1
Notre Dame Notre Dame
8
1
.889
2
UConn UConn
4
5
.444
Mid-AmericanWLPCT
1
Toledo Toledo
8
2
.800
2
Western Michigan Western Michigan
7
3
.700
3
Buffalo Buffalo
7
3
.700
4
Ohio Ohio
7
3
.700
5
Miami (OH) Miami (OH)
6
4
.600
6
Central Michigan Central Michigan
5
5
.500
7
Eastern Michigan Eastern Michigan
4
6
.400
8
Bowling Green Bowling Green
3
7
.300
9
UMass UMass
5
5
.500
10
Kent State Kent State
3
7
.300
11
Ball State Ball State
3
7
.300
12
Sacramento State Sacramento State
2
9
.182
13
Akron Akron
1
9
.100
Big 12WLPCT
1
Utah Utah
9
0
1.000
2
Texas Tech Texas Tech
8
1
.889
3
BYU BYU
7
2
.778
4
Houston Houston
7
3
.700
5
Arizona Arizona
7
2
.778
6
Baylor Baylor
6
3
.667
7
Oklahoma State Oklahoma State
6
3
.667
8
Arizona State Arizona State
5
4
.556
9
UCF UCF
5
4
.556
10
West Virginia West Virginia
5
4
.556
11
Iowa State Iowa State
4
5
.444
12
Cincinnati Cincinnati
5
4
.556
13
TCU TCU
4
5
.444
14
Colorado Colorado
4
6
.400
15
Kansas State Kansas State
4
5
.444
16
Kansas Kansas
3
6
.333

CFB 2026 Scores & Schedule

Scores

DATEMATCHUPSCORE
Sat
10/17
FLA FLA
@
TEX TEX
27-24
Sat
10/17
CHSO CHSO
@
CLEM CLEM
0-37
Sat
10/17
FAU FAU
@
ARMY ARMY
24-56
Sat
10/17
MSST MSST
@
LSU LSU
0-31
Sat
10/17
OSU OSU
@
IND IND
19-15

Schedule

DATEMATCHUPTIME (ET)
Sat
11/14
SYR SYR
@
NCST NCST
12:00 PM
Sat
11/14
JMU JMU
@
CONN CONN
12:00 PM
Sat
11/14
WIS WIS
@
MD MD
12:00 PM
Sat
11/14
NW NW
@
OSU OSU
12:00 PM
Sat
11/14
CIN CIN
@
ISU ISU
12:00 PM