Duke Blue Devils

1956 Roster

NO.	NAME	POS	HEIGHT	WEIGHT	CLASS
58	Clark Abbott C. Abbott	OL	6'2"	200	SO
85	George Atherholt G. Atherholt	TE	6'1"	192	JR
73	Kip Bachtell K. Bachtell	OL	6'2"	215	SO
15	Bill Bailey B. Bailey	OL	6'2"	194	JR
98	Jim Bartal J. Bartal	TE	6'0"	180	SO
83	Buddy Bass B. Bass	TE	6'1"	188	SR
26	Fred Beasley F. Beasley	RB	5'11"	160	SR
84	Bob Benson B. Benson	TE	6'3"	201	SR
88	Leonard Black L. Black	TE	6'1"	195	JR
46	Bernie Blaney B. Blaney	RB	5'8"	159	SR
59	Pat Blazer P. Blazer	OL	6'0"	212	SO
87	Gary Bradford G. Bradford	TE	6'3"	193	SO
17	Bob Brodhead B. Brodhead	OL	6'1"	184	SO
69	Dave Bruton D. Bruton	OL	6'1"	190	SO
56	Wade Byrd W. Byrd	OL	6'2"	196	SO
25	Tom Calhoun T. Calhoun	RB	5'11"	162	SO
27	Wray Carlton W. Carlton	RB	6'2"	190	SO
21	Coy Clayton C. Clayton	RB	5'9"	175	SO
44	Jerry Clayton J. Clayton	RB	5'11"	158	SO
32	Andy Cottingham A. Cottingham	FB	6'2"	192	SO
77	Dan Cox D. Cox	OL	6'2"	215	SR
50	Jim Culp J. Culp	OL	6'2"	215	JR
22	Dick Cutler D. Cutler	RB	5'11"	190	SO
80	Jimmy Davis J. Davis	TE	5'10"	180	SO
74	Sid DeLoatch S. DeLoatch	OL	6'1"	203	SR
71	Don Denne D. Denne	OL	6'1"	210	SO
36	Phil Dupler P. Dupler	FB	6'1"	200	SO
47	George Dutrow G. Dutrow	RB	5'11"	174	SO
38	Art Eberdt A. Eberdt	FB	5'11"	195	SO
42	Bob Fetsko B. Fetsko	RB	6'0"	193	SO
75	Jim Gardner J. Gardner	OL	5'11"	226	SO
95	Joe Greenwood J. Greenwood	OL	6'0"	188	SO
63	Buzz Guy B. Guy	OL	6'3"	214	SO
34	Bill Hagie B. Hagie	FB	6'0"	168	JR
31	Jim Harris J. Harris	FB	6'0"	211	SO
57	Jack Harrison J. Harrison	OL	6'2"	200	SO
51	Bill Hoch B. Hoch	OL	6'2"	197	SO
60	Roy Hond R. Hond	OL	6'4"	223	JR
43	Bobby Honeycutt B. Honeycutt	RB	5'11"	155	SO
94	Bobby Hord B. Hord	TE	5'11"	180	SO
96	Dick Hubert D. Hubert	TE	6'4"	196	SO
82	Dave Hurm D. Hurm	TE	6'1"	186	JR
65	Carol Jamison C. Jamison	OL	6'0"	208	SO
18	Sonny Jurgensen S. Jurgensen	OL	5'11"	195	SR
78	John Kersey J. Kersey	OL	6'5"	230	SO
61	Bertie Keyser B. Keyser	OL	6'0"	200	SO
67	Charlie Klinger C. Klinger	OL	6'0"	202	SR
79	Milt Konicek M. Konicek	OL	6'4"	232	SR
28	Nick Kredich N. Kredich	RB	6'3"	188	SR
19	Dortch Langston D. Langston	OL	5'11"	174	SO
86	Bert Lattimore B. Lattimore	TE	6'4"	196	SO
52	Johnny Long J. Long	OL	6'2"	204	JR
82	Ed Lyon E. Lyon	TE	6'0"	188	SO
35	Hal McElhaney H. McElhaney	FB	6'2"	197	JR
70	Bob McGaughey B. McGaughey	OL	6'3"	212	JR
90	Mike McNally M. McNally	OL	5'11"	211	SO
16	Pryor Millner P. Millner	OL	6'0"	176	SO
89	Doug Padgett D. Padgett	TE	6'4"	210	SO
93	John Pless J. Pless	TE	6'3"	191	SO
62	Bill Recinella B. Recinella	OL	6'0"	213	JR
97	Banks Ritchie B. Ritchie	OL	6'3"	197	SO
68	Ted Royal T. Royal	OL	6'4"	203	SO
45	Oliver Rudy O. Rudy	RB	5'11"	197	JR
23	Eddie Rushton E. Rushton	RB	6'0"	190	JR
64	Phil Scudieri P. Scudieri	OL	5'10"	190	SO
54	Joe Sink J. Sink	OL	6'2"	193	SO
37	Bob Sobocinski B. Sobocinski	FB	6'0"	196	SO
66	Buddy Stanley B. Stanley	OL	6'2"	201	JR
99	Deryl Stowe D. Stowe	TE	6'1"	173	SO
72	Jim Swofford J. Swofford	OL	6'2"	210	SO
81	Bill Thompson B. Thompson	TE	6'2"	190	JR
76	Tom Topping T. Topping	OL	6'2"	202	JR
91	Jim Weigerink J. Weigerink	OL	6'0"	196	SO

CFB 2025 Leaders

Pass Yards Leaders

4,379

Mestemaker

3,973

Mensah

3,711

Maiava

Rush Yards Leaders

1,661

Cook

1,649

Hardy

1,451

Johnson

Rec Yards Leaders

1,291

Scudero

1,276

Bell

1,264

Young

Pass TD Leaders

36

Mendoza

34

Mensah

34

Mestemaker

Rush TD Leaders

25

Hawkins

21

Lacy

18

Hellums

Rec TD Leaders

14

Brown

13

Sarratt

13

Bell

QB Rating Leaders

184.7

Mendoza

177.5

Sayin

170.4

Pavia

Sack Leaders

14.5

Bailey

14.5

Tucker

12.5

Smith

CFB 2025 Rankings

PPG Rankings

45.1

42.0

41.6

41.3

40.5

39.8

Opp PPG Rankings

9.3

10.3

11.8

13.1

13.3

15.1

Total Yards Rankings

512.4

498.0

488.7

482.9

475.8

472.1

Rush Yards Rankings

289.3

266.3

261.4

254.9

246.9

241.5

Pass Yards Rankings

340.2

318.0

312.4

309.6

296.0

292.8

Sack Leaders

46.0

45.0

43.0

42.0

41.0

CFB 2025 Standings

	Atlantic Coast	W	L	PCT
1	Duke	9	5	.643
2	Virginia	11	3	.786
3	Miami	12	2	.857
4	Pittsburgh	8	5	.615
5	SMU	8	4	.667
6	Georgia Tech	9	4	.692
7	California	7	6	.538
8	Clemson	7	6	.538
9	NC State	8	5	.615
10	Louisville	9	4	.692
11	Wake Forest	8	4	.667
12	Stanford	4	8	.333
13	Florida State	5	7	.417
14	North Carolina	4	8	.333
15	Virginia Tech	3	9	.250
16	Boston College	2	10	.167
17	Syracuse	3	9	.250

	Southeastern	W	L	PCT
1	Georgia	12	1	.923
2	Alabama	11	4	.733
3	Ole Miss	12	1	.923
4	Texas A&M	11	2	.846
5	Texas	10	3	.769
6	Oklahoma	10	3	.769
7	Vanderbilt	10	3	.769
8	Missouri	8	5	.615
9	Tennessee	8	5	.615
10	LSU	7	6	.538
11	Kentucky	5	7	.417
12	Florida	4	8	.333
13	Auburn	5	7	.417
14	Mississippi State	5	7	.417
15	South Carolina	4	8	.333
16	Arkansas	2	10	.167

	Big 10	W	L	PCT
1	Indiana	14	0	1.000
2	Ohio State	12	2	.857
3	Oregon	13	1	.929
4	Michigan	9	4	.692
5	USC	9	4	.692
6	Iowa	9	4	.692
7	Illinois	9	4	.692
8	Minnesota	8	5	.615
9	Washington	9	4	.692
10	Nebraska	7	6	.538
11	Northwestern	7	6	.538
12	Penn State	7	6	.538
13	UCLA	3	9	.250
14	Rutgers	5	7	.417
15	Wisconsin	4	8	.333
16	Maryland	4	8	.333
17	Michigan State	4	8	.333
18	Purdue	2	10	.167

	Mountain West	W	L	PCT
1	UNLV	10	4	.714
2	New Mexico	9	4	.692
3	San Diego State	9	4	.692
4	Boise State	9	5	.643
5	Fresno State	9	4	.692
6	Hawaii	9	4	.692
7	Utah State	6	7	.462
8	Air Force	4	8	.333
9	Wyoming	4	8	.333
10	Nevada	3	9	.250
11	San José State	3	9	.250
12	Colorado State	2	10	.167

	American Athletic	W	L	PCT
1	North Texas	12	2	.857
2	Tulane	11	3	.786
3	Navy	10	2	.833
4	South Florida	9	4	.692
5	East Carolina	9	4	.692
6	Memphis	8	5	.615
7	Army	7	6	.538
8	UTSA	7	6	.538
9	Temple	5	7	.417
10	Florida Atlantic	4	8	.333
11	Rice	5	7	.417
12	UAB	4	8	.333
13	Tulsa	4	8	.333
14	Charlotte	1	11	.083

	Independent	W	L	PCT
1	Notre Dame	10	2	.833
2	UConn	9	4	.692

	Big 12	W	L	PCT
1	Texas Tech	12	2	.857
2	BYU	12	2	.857
3	Utah	11	2	.846
4	Houston	10	3	.769
5	Arizona	9	3	.750
6	Arizona State	8	5	.615
7	Iowa State	8	4	.667
8	Kansas State	6	6	.500
9	TCU	9	4	.692
10	Cincinnati	7	5	.583
11	Baylor	5	7	.417
12	Kansas	5	7	.417
13	UCF	5	7	.417
14	West Virginia	4	8	.333
15	Colorado	3	9	.250
16	Oklahoma State	1	11	.083

	Pac-12	W	L	PCT
1	Washington State	7	6	.538
2	Oregon State	2	10	.167

	Mid-American	W	L	PCT
1	Western Michigan	10	4	.714
2	Miami (OH)	7	7	.500
3	Ohio	9	4	.692
4	Toledo	8	5	.615
5	Central Michigan	7	6	.538
6	Akron	5	7	.417
7	Buffalo	5	7	.417
8	Kent State	5	7	.417
9	Eastern Michigan	4	8	.333
10	Ball State	4	8	.333
11	Bowling Green	4	8	.333
12	Northern Illinois	3	9	.250
13	UMass	0	12	.000

	Sun Belt	W	L	PCT
1	JMU	12	2	.857
2	Troy	8	6	.571
3	Old Dominion	10	3	.769
4	Southern Miss	7	6	.538
5	Coastal Carolina	6	7	.462
6	Louisiana	6	7	.462
7	Georgia Southern	7	6	.538
8	Arkansas State	7	6	.538
9	Marshall	5	7	.417
10	Texas State	6	6	.500
11	Appalachian State	5	8	.385
12	South Alabama	4	8	.333
13	Georgia State	1	11	.083
14	Louisiana-Monroe	3	9	.250

	Conference USA	W	L	PCT
1	Kennesaw State	10	4	.714
2	Jacksonville State	9	5	.643
3	Western Kentucky	9	4	.692
4	Louisiana Tech	8	5	.615
5	Missouri State	7	6	.538
6	FIU	7	6	.538
7	Delaware	7	6	.538
8	Liberty	4	8	.333
9	Middle Tennessee	3	9	.250
10	New Mexico State	4	8	.333
11	UTEP	2	10	.167
12	Sam Houston	2	10	.167