Washington State Cougars

1956 Roster

NO.	NAME	POS	HEIGHT	WEIGHT	CLASS
20	Bunny Aldrich B. Aldrich	QB	5'11"	175	JR
63	Ralph Allen R. Allen	OL	5'11"	190	SO
22	Rey Alvarado R. Alvarado	RB	5'11"	183	JR
74	Robert Anacker R. Anacker	OL	6'0"	190	SO
60	Eugene Baker E. Baker	OL	5'11"	200	JR
65	Ray Bakker R. Bakker	OL	5'10"	185	JR
70	Richard Barclay R. Barclay	OL	5'11"	200	JR
73	James Barney J. Barney	OL	6'1"	190	SO
69	Kenneth Benson K. Benson	OL	5'11"	190	SO
75	Raymond Blier R. Blier	OL	5'11"	190	SO
79	William Bugge W. Bugge	OL	6'0"	190	SO
40	Duane Christensen D. Christensen	FB	5'11"	200	SO
52	John Clark J. Clark	OL	6'1"	193	JR
26	Clarence Coplin C. Coplin	RB	5'8"	161	JR
	Richard Doerflinger R. Doerflinger	OL	6'0"	190	SO
	Paul DuBruille P. DuBruille
85	Don Ellingsen D. Ellingsen	TE	5'10"	150	SO
	Jack Fanning J. Fanning	WR
87	John Fanning J. Fanning	TE	6'0"	160	SO
	Jim Frankson J. Frankson	RB
67	Kenneth Gardner K. Gardner	OL	5'11"	183	JR
89	Don Gest D. Gest	TE	6'4"	200	JR
50	Ted Gray T. Gray	OL	5'11"	190	SO
62	Burl Grinols B. Grinols	OL	6'0"	204	SR
64	Everett Gust E. Gust	OL	5'11"	175	SR
32	Ronald Hare R. Hare	RB	5'10"	170	SO
	Dick Harris D. Harris	RB
10	Myron Hawkes M. Hawkes	FB	6'0"	184	JR
37	Phillip Hollick P. Hollick	FB	5'11"	175	SO
72	Ronald Jacobson R. Jacobson	OL	6'2"	204	JR
31	Dave Jones D. Jones	RB	5'11"	170	SO
68	George Keech G. Keech	OL	5'10"	170	SO
53	Wilbur Keunzi W. Keunzi	OL	5'11"	175	SO
66	Phillip Mast P. Mast	OL	5'11"	180	SO
	John McPhee J. McPhee	OL	5'11"	185	SO
	Chuck Morrell C. Morrell	RB
82	John Nagle J. Nagle	TE	5'10"	160	SO
	Bob Newman B. Newman	QB
23	Robert Newman R. Newman	QB	6'0"	180	SO
84	James Renfro J. Renfro	TE	6'0"	175	SO
39	Floyd Richmond F. Richmond	RB	5'10"	155	SO
71	Gary Rudd G. Rudd	OL	6'1"	200	SO
42	Daniel Schwisow D. Schwisow	RB	5'9"	180	SO
35	Bill Steiger B. Steiger	RB	6'0"	174	JR
45	Eddie Stevens E. Stevens	FB	5'9"	175	SO
51	Gale Strait G. Strait	OL	5'11"	180	JR
81	Raymond Taipale R. Taipale	TE	5'10"	161	SO
	Richard Temby R. Temby	RB	6'0"	175	JR
86	Lew Turner L. Turner	TE	6'2"	186	SR
88	Norman Veach N. Veach	TE	6'2"	185	JR
	Fred Waybright F. Waybright	OL	6'0"	185	SO
78	Larry Weir L. Weir	OL	5'11"	190	JR
77	Vel West V. West	OL	5'11"	200	SO
76	Alan Williamson A. Williamson	OL	6'0"	193	SO
24	Dave Wilson D. Wilson	QB	5'9"	153	SO
	Dick Windham D. Windham	RB

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CFB 2026 Leaders

Pass Yards Leaders

3,169

Atkinson

2,962

Mestemaker

2,880

Jackson

Rush Yards Leaders

1,241

Riley

1,193

White

1,189

Sheppard

Rec Yards Leaders

1,209

Legree

1,200

Smith

1,027

Toney

Pass TD Leaders

29

Mestemaker

28

Stokes

28

Mensah

Rush TD Leaders

19

Hawkins

18

Gutierrez

18

Hellums

Rec TD Leaders

14

Legree

14

Smith

13

Toney

QB Rating Leaders

190.8

Mensah

184.5

Sayin

180.8

Jennings

Sack Leaders

14.0

Bradley

11.0

Zock

10.5

Simmons

CFB 2026 Rankings

PPG Rankings

45.0

44.7

43.9

43.3

41.1

40.8

Opp PPG Rankings

10.9

11.9

12.2

12.4

13.0

13.6

Total Yards Rankings

535.4

533.6

520.7

517.0

516.6

504.1

Rush Yards Rankings

332.0

324.7

298.1

270.2

265.8

263.6

Pass Yards Rankings

370.4

343.8

339.1

325.3

324.9

322.9

Sack Leaders

39.0

37.0

36.0

32.0

31.0

CFB 2026 Standings

	Pac-12	W	L	PCT
1	Boise State	8	1	.889
2	Texas State	5	4	.556
3	Oregon State	5	4	.556
4	San Diego State	4	5	.444
5	Utah State	4	5	.444
6	Fresno State	5	4	.556
7	Colorado State	3	6	.333
8	Washington State	1	8	.111

	Big 10	W	L	PCT
1	UCLA	9	0	1.000
2	Indiana	8	1	.889
3	Oregon	6	3	.667
4	Ohio State	6	3	.667
5	Iowa	7	2	.778
6	Wisconsin	6	3	.667
7	USC	7	2	.778
8	Illinois	6	3	.667
9	Northwestern	6	3	.667
10	Minnesota	5	4	.556
11	Penn State	5	4	.556
12	Washington	5	4	.556
13	Michigan	5	4	.556
14	Nebraska	5	4	.556
15	Purdue	3	6	.333
16	Rutgers	2	7	.222
17	Maryland	3	6	.333
18	Michigan State	3	6	.333

	Southeastern	W	L	PCT
1	Georgia	8	1	.889
2	Alabama	7	2	.778
3	Kentucky	7	2	.778
4	Texas	7	2	.778
5	Tennessee	7	2	.778
6	Ole Miss	6	3	.667
7	South Carolina	6	3	.667
8	LSU	6	3	.667
9	Missouri	6	3	.667
10	Oklahoma	5	4	.556
11	Florida	5	4	.556
12	Auburn	5	4	.556
13	Mississippi State	4	5	.444
14	Texas A&M	4	5	.444
15	Arkansas	3	6	.333
16	Vanderbilt	4	5	.444

	Conference USA	W	L	PCT
1	Liberty	8	1	.889
2	Jacksonville State	7	2	.778
3	Middle Tennessee	5	4	.556
4	Delaware	4	5	.444
5	Florida International	4	5	.444
6	New Mexico State	3	6	.333
7	Western Kentucky	3	6	.333
8	Missouri State	3	6	.333
9	Kennesaw State	3	6	.333
10	Sam Houston	1	8	.111

	Sun Belt	W	L	PCT
1	Louisiana Tech	7	2	.778
2	Georgia Southern	5	4	.556
3	Louisiana	7	3	.700
4	James Madison	8	2	.800
5	South Alabama	4	5	.444
6	Appalachian State	5	4	.556
7	Arkansas State	4	5	.444
8	Coastal Carolina	3	6	.333
9	Troy	4	5	.444
10	Marshall	5	4	.556
11	Southern Miss	3	6	.333
12	Georgia State	5	4	.556
13	Louisiana-Monroe	2	8	.200
14	Old Dominion	3	7	.300

	Atlantic Coast	W	L	PCT
1	Miami	8	1	.889
2	Wake Forest	8	1	.889
3	Louisville	6	3	.667
4	SMU	7	2	.778
5	Duke	7	2	.778
6	Clemson	6	3	.667
7	Pittsburgh	6	4	.600
8	Virginia Tech	6	3	.667
9	North Carolina	5	4	.556
10	Florida State	5	5	.500
11	Stanford	4	5	.444
12	Virginia	4	5	.444
13	NC State	4	5	.444
14	Boston College	4	5	.444
15	California	3	6	.333
16	Syracuse	4	5	.444
17	Georgia Tech	2	7	.222

	Mountain West	W	L	PCT
1	New Mexico	8	1	.889
2	Wyoming	6	3	.667
3	North Dakota State	7	2	.778
4	Air Force	7	2	.778
5	UNLV	5	4	.556
6	San Jose State	5	5	.500
7	Nevada	3	6	.333
8	Hawai'i	3	6	.333
9	UTEP	1	8	.111
10	Northern Illinois	0	9	.000

	American Athletic	W	L	PCT
1	North Texas	7	2	.778
2	Memphis	8	2	.800
3	UTSA	7	2	.778
4	Army	5	4	.556
5	UAB	5	4	.556
6	Florida Atlantic	6	3	.667
7	East Carolina	5	4	.556
8	Tulsa	5	4	.556
9	Tulane	4	5	.444
10	South Florida	6	4	.600
11	Navy	3	6	.333
12	Charlotte	1	8	.111
13	Temple	2	7	.222
14	Rice	1	8	.111

	Independent	W	L	PCT
1	Notre Dame	8	1	.889
2	UConn	4	5	.444

	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	9	0	1.000
2	Texas Tech	8	1	.889
3	BYU	7	2	.778
4	Houston	7	2	.778
5	Arizona	7	2	.778
6	Baylor	6	3	.667
7	Oklahoma State	6	3	.667
8	Arizona State	5	4	.556
9	UCF	5	4	.556
10	West Virginia	5	4	.556
11	Iowa State	4	5	.444
12	Cincinnati	5	4	.556
13	TCU	4	5	.444
14	Colorado	3	6	.333
15	Kansas State	4	5	.444
16	Kansas	3	6	.333