Vanderbilt Commodores

1956 Roster

NO.	NAME	POS	HEIGHT	WEIGHT	CLASS
80	Lewis Akin L. Akin	TE	6'4"	183	SO
54	Sam Allen S. Allen	OL	6'0"	180	JR
33	Ronald BABB R. BABB	RB	5'11"	170	SO
68	Ray Barrett R. Barrett	OL	6'1"	194	SO
85	Harold Brown H. Brown	TE	6'0"	195	SR
43	Ronald Brown R. Brown	FB	5'10"	190	SO
40	Jim Butler J. Butler	FB	6'1"	205	SO
63	Winston Caine W. Caine	OL	6'1"	200	SO
60	Eddie Davie E. Davie	OL	5'11"	188	JR
32	Jeff Davis J. Davis	RB	6'0"	184	SO
65	George Deiderich G. Deiderich	OL	6'1"	193	SO
75	Art Demmas A. Demmas	OL	6'2"	210	SR
66	Sam Donaldson S. Donaldson	OL	5'11"	185	JR
15	Doug Gilmore D. Gilmore	QB	6'2"	190	JR
62	Billy Grover B. Grover	OL	5'10"	190	SO
35	Jack Hudson J. Hudson	RB	5'10"	170	SR
	Dan Jones D. Jones	OL
86	Don Karr D. Karr	TE	6'1"	193	SO
24	Phil King P. King	RB	6'4"	210	JR
88	Bob Laws B. Laws	TE	6'0"	192	JR
78	Jimmy Linville J. Linville	OL	6'3"	225	JR
13	Ralph Maple R. Maple	QB	5'11"	181	SO
70	George Mauerman G. Mauerman	OL	6'3"	203	SO
25	Danny McCall D. McCall	RB	5'8"	172	SO
30	Gkika Morgan G. Morgan	RB	5'9"	162	JR
10	Don Orr D. Orr	QB	6'1"	184	SR
53	Billy Parker B. Parker	OL	5'11"	190	SR
	Billy Potts B. Potts	FB	5'8"	163	JR
22	David Ray D. Ray	RB	6'1"	172	SO
44	Jimmy Ray J. Ray	FB	5'10"	195	JR
82	Tommy Redmond T. Redmond	TE	6'5"	215	SO
50	Doyle Richardson D. Richardson	OL	5'11"	180	JR
34	Joe Scales J. Scales	RB	6'0"	188	JR
52	Bob Simmons B. Simmons	OL	6'2"	191	SO
83	Cessna Skaggs C. Skaggs	TE	6'1"	185	SO
76	Claude Small C. Small	OL	6'1"	203	SO
16	Boyce Smith B. Smith	QB	5'11"	160	SO
77	Eric Soesbe E. Soesbe	OL	6'1"	212	JR
	Ed Stevens E. Stevens	TE	6'1"	194	JR
12	Jerry Sturm J. Sturm	QB	6'0"	185	JR
74	Pat Swan P. Swan	OL	6'4"	227	JR
67	Lucian Tatum L. Tatum	OL	6'1"	190	SR
87	Bob Taylor B. Taylor	TE	6'2"	193	JR
23	Pete Thompson P. Thompson	RB	6'2"	191	SO
42	Pete Tkac P. Tkac	FB	6'0"	180	JR
14	Jim Travis J. Travis	QB	5'10"	178	SO
84	Henry Tyler H. Tyler	TE	6'3"	198	SR
72	James Whitehead J. Whitehead	OL	6'5"	231	SO
64	Monte Williamson M. Williamson	OL	5'10"	183	JR
73	Mario Wodka M. Wodka	OL	6'1"	200	JR

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CFB 2026 Leaders

Pass Yards Leaders

3,239

Mestemaker

3,169

Atkinson

3,150

Fifita

Rush Yards Leaders

1,335

Flora

1,320

Sheppard

1,291

Riley

Rec Yards Leaders

1,349

Legree

1,317

Smith

1,045

Hatcher

Pass TD Leaders

30

Mestemaker

29

Mensah

29

Veltkamp

Rush TD Leaders

20

Hawkins

19

Sheppard

18

Gutierrez

Rec TD Leaders

15

Legree

15

Smith

13

Toney

QB Rating Leaders

186.8

Mensah

184.5

Sayin

179.8

Stockton

Sack Leaders

14.0

Bradley

11.5

Dean

11.0

Zock

CFB 2026 Rankings

PPG Rankings

44.1

43.9

42.2

41.8

39.7

Opp PPG Rankings

11.7

11.9

12.0

12.5

13.8

14.1

Total Yards Rankings

526.7

520.7

520.1

518.1

512.3

499.2

Rush Yards Rankings

344.0

324.7

298.1

265.6

258.7

240.7

Pass Yards Rankings

373.0

334.9

331.0

328.9

326.2

320.8

Sack Leaders

40.0

39.0

38.0

37.0

32.0

31.0

CFB 2026 Standings

	Pac-12	W	L	PCT
1	Boise State	9	1	.900
2	Texas State	6	4	.600
3	Oregon State	5	5	.500
4	San Diego State	5	5	.500
5	Utah State	4	6	.400
6	Fresno State	5	5	.500
7	Colorado State	3	7	.300
8	Washington State	2	8	.200

	Big 10	W	L	PCT
1	UCLA	10	0	1.000
2	Indiana	9	1	.900
3	Oregon	7	3	.700
4	Iowa	8	2	.800
5	USC	7	3	.700
6	Ohio State	7	3	.700
7	Wisconsin	6	4	.600
8	Illinois	6	4	.600
9	Northwestern	6	4	.600
10	Minnesota	5	5	.500
11	Penn State	6	4	.600
12	Washington	6	4	.600
13	Michigan	5	5	.500
14	Nebraska	6	4	.600
15	Purdue	3	7	.300
16	Rutgers	2	8	.200
17	Maryland	4	6	.400
18	Michigan State	3	7	.300

	Southeastern	W	L	PCT
1	Georgia	9	1	.900
2	Alabama	8	2	.800
3	Kentucky	7	3	.700
4	Texas	8	2	.800
5	Tennessee	8	2	.800
6	Ole Miss	6	3	.667
7	South Carolina	6	4	.600
8	LSU	6	4	.600
9	Missouri	6	4	.600
10	Oklahoma	5	4	.556
11	Florida	6	4	.600
12	Auburn	6	4	.600
13	Mississippi State	4	6	.400
14	Texas A&M	4	6	.400
15	Arkansas	4	6	.400
16	Vanderbilt	4	6	.400

	Conference USA	W	L	PCT
1	Liberty	9	1	.900
2	Jacksonville State	7	3	.700
3	Middle Tennessee	5	5	.500
4	Delaware	5	5	.500
5	Florida International	4	6	.400
6	New Mexico State	3	7	.300
7	Western Kentucky	4	6	.400
8	Missouri State	4	6	.400
9	Kennesaw State	4	6	.400
10	Sam Houston	1	9	.100

	Sun Belt	W	L	PCT
1	Louisiana Tech	8	2	.800
2	Georgia Southern	6	4	.600
3	Louisiana	7	3	.700
4	James Madison	8	3	.727
5	South Alabama	5	5	.500
6	Appalachian State	6	4	.600
7	Arkansas State	4	6	.400
8	Coastal Carolina	4	6	.400
9	Troy	4	6	.400
10	Marshall	5	5	.500
11	Southern Miss	3	7	.300
12	Georgia State	5	5	.500
13	Louisiana-Monroe	2	8	.200
14	Old Dominion	3	7	.300

	Atlantic Coast	W	L	PCT
1	Miami	9	1	.900
2	Wake Forest	9	1	.900
3	Louisville	7	3	.700
4	SMU	7	3	.700
5	Duke	7	3	.700
6	Clemson	6	4	.600
7	Virginia Tech	6	4	.600
8	Florida State	5	5	.500
9	Pittsburgh	6	4	.600
10	North Carolina	5	5	.500
11	Stanford	5	5	.500
12	Virginia	5	5	.500
13	NC State	4	6	.400
14	Boston College	4	6	.400
15	California	3	7	.300
16	Syracuse	5	5	.500
17	Georgia Tech	3	7	.300

	Mountain West	W	L	PCT
1	New Mexico	8	2	.800
2	Wyoming	7	3	.700
3	North Dakota State	8	2	.800
4	Air Force	8	2	.800
5	UNLV	6	4	.600
6	San Jose State	5	6	.455
7	Nevada	4	6	.400
8	Hawai'i	3	7	.300
9	UTEP	1	9	.100
10	Northern Illinois	0	10	.000

	American Athletic	W	L	PCT
1	North Texas	7	3	.700
2	Memphis	8	2	.800
3	UTSA	8	2	.800
4	Army	5	4	.556
5	UAB	6	4	.600
6	Florida Atlantic	6	4	.600
7	East Carolina	6	4	.600
8	Tulsa	6	4	.600
9	Tulane	5	5	.500
10	South Florida	6	4	.600
11	Navy	3	6	.333
12	Charlotte	1	9	.100
13	Temple	2	8	.200
14	Rice	1	9	.100

	Independent	W	L	PCT
1	Notre Dame	9	1	.900
2	UConn	5	5	.500

	Mid-American	W	L	PCT
1	Toledo	8	2	.800
2	Western Michigan	7	3	.700
3	Buffalo	7	3	.700
4	Ohio	7	3	.700
5	Miami (OH)	6	4	.600
6	Central Michigan	5	5	.500
7	Eastern Michigan	4	6	.400
8	Bowling Green	3	7	.300
9	UMass	5	5	.500
10	Kent State	3	7	.300
11	Ball State	3	7	.300
12	Sacramento State	2	9	.182
13	Akron	1	9	.100

	Big 12	W	L	PCT
1	Utah	10	0	1.000
2	Texas Tech	9	1	.900
3	BYU	8	2	.800
4	Arizona	7	3	.700
5	Baylor	6	4	.600
6	Oklahoma State	6	4	.600
7	Houston	7	3	.700
8	Arizona State	6	4	.600
9	UCF	5	5	.500
10	West Virginia	5	5	.500
11	Iowa State	5	5	.500
12	Cincinnati	5	5	.500
13	TCU	5	5	.500
14	Colorado	4	6	.400
15	Kansas State	4	6	.400
16	Kansas	4	6	.400