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#20  Colorado Buffaloes

1956 Roster

NO.NAMEPOSHEIGHTWEIGHTCLASSBIRTHPLACE
41
Jim Aho
J. Aho
QB
6'0"
180
SO
27
Ken Baker
K. Baker
6'0"
182
SO
30
John Bayuk
J. Bayuk
FB
6'1"
223
SR
34
Jack Becker
J. Becker
FB
6'1"
202
JR
64
Vern Bjerkvold
V. Bjerkvold
OL
6'0"
219
SO
25
Bob Boyer
B. Boyer
RB
5'10"
155
JR
15
Monte Briddle
M. Briddle
5'8"
164
JR
51
Charlie Brown
C. Brown
OL
5'9"
206
SO
68
Larry Call
L. Call
OL
6'2"
239
SO
81
Ed Clark
E. Clark
DL
6'0"
200
SO
31
Leroy Clark
L. Clark
FB
5'10"
190
SO
83
Frank Clarke
F. Clarke
DL
6'0"
206
SR
10
Jim Comer
J. Comer
RB
5'11"
178
SO
21
Howard Cook
H. Cook
RB
5'11"
185
SO
11
Eddie Dove
E. Dove
RB
6'2"
168
SO
44
Boyd Dowler
B. Dowler
QB
6'4"
200
SO
28
Ray Engel
R. Engel
RB
6'2"
190
SO
75
Tom Giek
T. Giek
OL
6'0"
213
SR
71
Dick Golder
D. Golder
OL
6'2"
227
SR
12
Dick Harkins
D. Harkins
RB
5'8"
167
JR
26
Ralph Herbst
R. Herbst
RB
6'0"
195
SO
72
Jack Himelwright
J. Himelwright
6'3"
205
SO
52
Curt Hougland
C. Hougland
OL
6'0"
204
SO
61
Arlin Hubka
A. Hubka
OL
6'0"
205
JR
40
Dick Hyson
D. Hyson
QB
6'1"
205
JR
23
Ellwyn Indorf
E. Indorf
RB
5'11"
172
SO
67
Dave Jones
D. Jones
OL
5'9"
214
SR
70
Charles Joslin
C. Joslin
OL
6'0"
197
SR
84
Jerry Leahy
J. Leahy
DL
6'3"
206
SR
54
Greg Lefferdink
G. Lefferdink
OL
5'10"
195
SR
80
Les Lotz
L. Lotz
DL
6'2"
193
SR
50
Jim McKim
J. McKim
OL
5'11"
189
JR
88
Wally Merz
W. Merz
DL
6'4"
215
SR
66
Bill Mondt
B. Mondt
OL
5'11"
193
SO
42
Bud Morley
B. Morley
QB
6'1"
195
JR
16
Bob Munson
B. Munson
RB
6'1"
181
SO
85
Gary Nady
G. Nady
DL
6'3"
180
JR
33
Sherman Pruit
S. Pruit
FB
6'0"
192
SO
86
Ottis Rhodes
O. Rhodes
6'0"
190
JR
73
Bob Salerno
B. Salerno
OL
6'2"
210
SO
62
Vic Sanchez
V. Sanchez
OL
5'11"
211
SO
76
Ken Schlagel
K. Schlagel
6'3"
206
SR
17
Homer Scott
H. Scott
RB
6'2"
198
JR
82
Bill Smilanic
B. Smilanic
DL
6'1"
211
SO
77
Henry Smith
H. Smith
OL
6'3"
219
SR
43
Jon Spolum
J. Spolum
QB
6'0"
195
SO
79
Bob Stapp
B. Stapp
OL
5'11"
187
JR
74
Dick Stapp
D. Stapp
OL
6'0"
207
SR
78
Wayne Starks
W. Starks
OL
6'3"
240
SO
20
Bob Stransky
B. Stransky
RB
6'0"
176
JR
89
Bob Ten Eyck
B. Ten Eyck
DL
6'2"
186
JR
55
Jim Uhlir
J. Uhlir
OL
5'11"
200
SR
60
Howard Vest
H. Vest
OL
6'1"
197
SR
14
Mel Warner
M. Warner
RB
5'11"
180
JR
69
John Wooten
J. Wooten
OL
6'2"
224
SO
22
Gene Worden
G. Worden
RB
6'1"
188
JR

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Rush Yards Leaders

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600

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592

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14

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14

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9

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9

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7

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7

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Florida

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Miami

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Alabama

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Oregon

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Ohio State

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Opp PPG Rankings
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Miami

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9.8

Utah

10.3
Total Yards Rankings
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588.8

SMU

550.8

Oklahoma State

548.3

Mississippi State

533.3

Florida

532.8

Pittsburgh

523.8
Rush Yards Rankings
Army

355.7

Air Force

333.7

Navy

332.3

West Virginia

294.8

UCLA

281.5

Texas State

281.3
Pass Yards Rankings
SMU

392.5

Ohio State

365.3

Oregon State

365.0

Miami

361.3

Pittsburgh

347.3

Oregon

346.5
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CFB 2026 Standings

SoutheasternWLPCT
1
Alabama Alabama
4
0
1.000
2
Florida Florida
4
0
1.000
3
Georgia Georgia
4
0
1.000
4
Mississippi State Mississippi State
4
0
1.000
5
Texas Texas
4
0
1.000
6
Ole Miss Ole Miss
3
1
.750
7
Auburn Auburn
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1
.750
8
Kentucky Kentucky
3
1
.750
9
LSU LSU
3
1
.750
10
Missouri Missouri
3
1
.750
11
Tennessee Tennessee
3
1
.750
12
Vanderbilt Vanderbilt
3
1
.750
13
Arkansas Arkansas
2
2
.500
14
Oklahoma Oklahoma
2
2
.500
15
South Carolina South Carolina
2
2
.500
16
Texas A&M Texas A&M
2
2
.500
Pac-12WLPCT
1
Boise State Boise State
3
1
.750
2
Fresno State Fresno State
3
1
.750
3
Colorado State Colorado State
2
2
.500
4
Oregon State Oregon State
2
2
.500
5
Texas State Texas State
2
2
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6
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1
3
.250
7
Utah State Utah State
1
3
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8
Washington State Washington State
1
3
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Big 10WLPCT
1
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0
1.000
2
Indiana Indiana
4
0
1.000
3
Iowa Iowa
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0
1.000
4
Nebraska Nebraska
4
0
1.000
5
Minnesota Minnesota
3
1
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6
Ohio State Ohio State
3
1
.750
7
Oregon Oregon
3
1
.750
8
Wisconsin Wisconsin
3
1
.750
9
USC USC
4
1
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10
Michigan Michigan
3
1
.750
11
Penn State Penn State
3
1
.750
12
Washington Washington
3
1
.750
13
Northwestern Northwestern
2
1
.667
14
Illinois Illinois
2
2
.500
15
Maryland Maryland
2
2
.500
16
Michigan State Michigan State
2
2
.500
17
Purdue Purdue
1
3
.250
18
Rutgers Rutgers
1
3
.250
Big 12WLPCT
1
Cincinnati Cincinnati
4
0
1.000
2
Texas Tech Texas Tech
4
0
1.000
3
Utah Utah
4
0
1.000
4
BYU BYU
3
0
1.000
5
Baylor Baylor
3
1
.750
6
Oklahoma State Oklahoma State
3
1
.750
7
UCF UCF
3
1
.750
8
Arizona State Arizona State
2
1
.667
9
Arizona Arizona
3
1
.750
10
Houston Houston
3
1
.750
11
Kansas State Kansas State
3
1
.750
12
West Virginia West Virginia
3
1
.750
13
Colorado Colorado
2
2
.500
14
Iowa State Iowa State
2
2
.500
15
TCU TCU
2
2
.500
16
Kansas Kansas
1
2
.333
Mid-AmericanWLPCT
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UMass UMass
4
0
1.000
2
Kent State Kent State
2
2
.500
3
Eastern Michigan Eastern Michigan
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3
.400
4
Toledo Toledo
3
1
.750
5
Buffalo Buffalo
2
2
.500
6
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2
2
.500
7
Miami (OH) Miami (OH)
2
2
.500
8
Ohio Ohio
2
2
.500
9
Western Michigan Western Michigan
2
2
.500
10
Akron Akron
1
3
.250
11
Bowling Green Bowling Green
0
4
.000
12
Ball State Ball State
1
3
.250
13
Sacramento State Sacramento State
1
4
.200
Atlantic CoastWLPCT
1
Miami Miami
4
0
1.000
2
Clemson Clemson
3
1
.750
3
Duke Duke
4
0
1.000
4
Pittsburgh Pittsburgh
4
0
1.000
5
Virginia Tech Virginia Tech
4
0
1.000
6
Virginia Virginia
3
1
.750
7
Wake Forest Wake Forest
3
1
.750
8
Louisville Louisville
2
2
.500
9
SMU SMU
3
1
.750
10
California California
2
2
.500
11
Stanford Stanford
2
2
.500
12
North Carolina North Carolina
2
1
.667
13
Boston College Boston College
2
2
.500
14
Florida State Florida State
2
2
.500
15
NC State NC State
2
2
.500
16
Georgia Tech Georgia Tech
1
3
.250
17
Syracuse Syracuse
1
2
.333
IndependentWLPCT
1
Notre Dame Notre Dame
4
0
1.000
2
UConn UConn
2
2
.500
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1
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4
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1.000
2
Florida Atlantic Florida Atlantic
3
1
.750
3
UAB UAB
2
2
.500
4
Army Army
2
1
.667
5
Memphis Memphis
3
1
.750
6
Tulsa Tulsa
3
1
.750
7
UTSA UTSA
3
1
.750
8
East Carolina East Carolina
2
2
.500
9
North Texas North Texas
2
2
.500
10
Tulane Tulane
2
2
.500
11
Rice Rice
1
3
.250
12
Charlotte Charlotte
0
4
.000
13
Temple Temple
1
3
.250
14
Navy Navy
1
2
.333
Conference USAWLPCT
1
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3
2
.600
2
Liberty Liberty
3
1
.750
3
Delaware Delaware
2
2
.500
4
Florida International Florida International
2
2
.500
5
Kennesaw State Kennesaw State
1
3
.250
6
Missouri State Missouri State
1
3
.250
7
New Mexico State New Mexico State
1
3
.250
8
Sam Houston Sam Houston
1
3
.250
9
Western Kentucky Western Kentucky
1
3
.250
10
Middle Tennessee Middle Tennessee
2
2
.500
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1
James Madison James Madison
4
0
1.000
2
Louisiana Louisiana
3
1
.750
3
Appalachian State Appalachian State
3
1
.750
4
South Alabama South Alabama
2
2
.500
5
Georgia State Georgia State
3
1
.750
6
Marshall Marshall
3
1
.750
7
Arkansas State Arkansas State
2
2
.500
8
Troy Troy
2
2
.500
9
Georgia Southern Georgia Southern
1
3
.250
10
Louisiana Tech Louisiana Tech
1
2
.333
11
Southern Miss Southern Miss
1
3
.250
12
Coastal Carolina Coastal Carolina
1
3
.250
13
Old Dominion Old Dominion
1
3
.250
14
Louisiana-Monroe Louisiana-Monroe
0
4
.000
Mountain WestWLPCT
1
North Dakota State North Dakota State
4
0
1.000
2
UNLV UNLV
2
2
.500
3
Wyoming Wyoming
2
2
.500
4
Air Force Air Force
2
1
.667
5
New Mexico New Mexico
3
1
.750
6
San Jose State San Jose State
2
2
.500
7
UTEP UTEP
1
3
.250
8
Northern Illinois Northern Illinois
0
4
.000
9
Nevada Nevada
1
3
.250
10
Hawai'i Hawai'i
1
3
.250

CFB 2026 Scores & Schedule

Scores

DATEMATCHUPSCORE
Sat
9/12
ODU ODU
@
VT VT
21-44
Sat
9/12
PSU PSU
@
TEM TEM
27-9
Sat
9/12
ETSU ETSU
@
UNC UNC
3-35
Sat
9/12
ORE ORE
@
OKST OKST
31-39
Sat
9/12
WOF WOF
@
KENT KENT
15-36

Schedule

DATEMATCHUPTIME (ET)
Thu
10/1
WKU WKU
@
NMSU NMSU
8:00 PM
Thu
10/1
UNT UNT
@
TLSA TLSA
9:00 PM
Fri
10/2
LIB LIB
@
DEL DEL
7:00 PM
Fri
10/2
PITT PITT
@
VT VT
7:00 PM
Fri
10/2
PSU PSU
@
NW NW
8:00 PM