Iowa State Cyclones

1956 Roster

NAME	POS	HEIGHT	WEIGHT	CLASS
Skip Allison S. Allison	DL	6'1"	195	JR
Ed Arndt E. Arndt	OL	5'10"	213	SO
Doug Baldwin D. Baldwin	RB	5'8"	190	SO
Jerry Bartelt J. Bartelt	DL	6'3"	210	JR
Jim Bellamy J. Bellamy	OL	6'0"	205	SO
Bob Bird B. Bird	OL	5'11"	195	JR
Dennis Blanchard D. Blanchard	DL	6'1"	190	SO
Grant Blaney G. Blaney	OL	6'0"	200	SR
Ron Bredeson R. Bredeson	OL	5'11"	196	SR
Dick Brus D. Brus	OL	6'3"	220	SO
Lyle Carlson L. Carlson	OL	6'1"	200	JR
Don Chartier D. Chartier	DL	6'4"	230	SO
Bob Davis B. Davis	RB	5'11"	182	SO
Jack Dee J. Dee	RB	5'10"	175	SR
Brian Dennis B. Dennis	DL	6'5"	190	SO
Jerry Donohue J. Donohue	DL	6'1"	192	JR
Jack Falter J. Falter	OL	6'3"	200	JR
Tom Ferrebee T. Ferrebee	DL	6'0"	189	SO
Bill Fogarty B. Fogarty	DL	5'11"	180	JR
Rich George R. George	OL	6'0"	200	SR
Gale Gibson G. Gibson	DL	6'3"	205	SO
Rex Giuntoli R. Giuntoli	OL	5'9"	205	JR
Jack Hansen J. Hansen	RB	6'0"	180	JR
Bob Harden B. Harden	RB	5'11"	175	SO
Howie Heinrich H. Heinrich	OL	6'0"	215	SO
Ron Henthorn R. Henthorn	DL	6'2"	195	SO
Bob Herbst B. Herbst	OL	6'2"	200	SO
Phil Hill P. Hill	QB	5'11"	184	SO
John Holdefer J. Holdefer	QB	5'10"	175	SR
Terry Ingram T. Ingram	QB	6'0"	180	SO
Bill Jensen B. Jensen	FB	5'11"	180	JR
Walt Kreimeyer W. Kreimeyer	FB	6'0"	170	SO
Jim Kudlinski J. Kudlinski	QB	6'0"	180	SO
Prentiss Lamont P. Lamont	RB	5'10"	180	SO
Jim Lary J. Lary	DL	5'10"	175	JR
Chuck Latting C. Latting	RB	6'1"	180	JR
Bob Lohrenz B. Lohrenz	FB	5'10"	195	SO
Ralph Losee R. Losee	OL	6'1"	196	SO
Charles Martin C. Martin	QB	6'5"	200	JR
Don Metcalf D. Metcalf	OL	6'5"	214	SO
Bob Meyer B. Meyer	DL	6'0"	195	JR
Chuck Muelhaupt C. Muelhaupt	OL	6'3"	208	SR
Dave Munger D. Munger	FB	5'10"	175	SO
John Murphy J. Murphy	OL	5'9"	215	SR
Mike O'Connor M. O'Connor	OL	6'0"	207	SO
Bill O'Neil B. O'Neil	DL	6'3"	200	SO
Ron Pohl R. Pohl	RB	6'0"	190	SO
Andris Poncius A. Poncius	OL	6'1"	210	SO
Frank Powell F. Powell	OL	6'1"	185	JR
Al Rickert A. Rickert	QB	6'2"	196	JR
Fred Rippel F. Rippel	RB	5'10"	164	SR
Ed Roberts E. Roberts	OL	6'5"	245	SO
Bill Robitaille B. Robitaille	DL	6'4"	218	SO
Don Rogers D. Rogers	RB	5'9"	177	JR
Erwin Sadanowicz E. Sadanowicz	RB	5'9"	167	SO
John Scheldrup J. Scheldrup	DL	6'4"	210	JR
Ron Schwartz R. Schwartz	DL	6'1"	195	JR
Paul Shupe P. Shupe	RB	5'11"	180	SR
Oliver Sparks O. Sparks	OL	6'2"	223	SR
Jim Stuelke J. Stuelke	DL	6'3"	193	SR
Charles Therkildsen C. Therkildsen	RB	6'1"	190	SO
Jack Tilles J. Tilles	OL	6'0"	195	JR
Jack Tyson J. Tyson	OL	6'3"	210	JR
Larry Van Werden L. Van Werden	DL	6'1"	190	SO
Max Wade M. Wade	DL	6'2"	190	JR
Marv Walter M. Walter	FB	6'0"	200	JR
Bob Wede B. Wede	DL	6'0"	200	JR
Ralph Yoder R. Yoder	OL	5'11"	200	JR

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CFB 2026 Leaders

Pass Yards Leaders

1,499

Maiava

1,453

Jennings

1,423

Atkinson

Rush Yards Leaders

644

Sheppard

600

Baugh

592

Riley

Rec Yards Leaders

617

Smith

585

Legree

564

Toney

Pass TD Leaders

14

Taylor

14

Mensah

14

Maiava

Rush TD Leaders

11

Baugh

9

Hawkins

9

Knight

Rec TD Leaders

7

Duff

7

Dixon

7

Smith

QB Rating Leaders

228.2

Mensah

209.1

Stockton

204.6

Hoover

Sack Leaders

7.0

Simmons

7.0

Umanmielen

6.5

Hopkins

CFB 2026 Rankings

PPG Rankings

54.8

53.5

51.8

48.0

47.5

45.0

Opp PPG Rankings

8.0

8.3

8.5

9.0

9.8

10.3

Total Yards Rankings

588.8

550.8

548.3

533.3

532.8

523.8

Rush Yards Rankings

355.7

333.7

332.3

294.8

281.5

281.3

Pass Yards Rankings

392.5

365.3

365.0

361.3

347.3

346.5

Sack Leaders

18.0

17.0

15.0

CFB 2026 Standings

	Southeastern	W	L	PCT
1	Alabama	4	0	1.000
2	Florida	4	0	1.000
3	Georgia	4	0	1.000
4	Mississippi State	4	0	1.000
5	Texas	4	0	1.000
6	Ole Miss	3	1	.750
7	Auburn	3	1	.750
8	Kentucky	3	1	.750
9	LSU	3	1	.750
10	Missouri	3	1	.750
11	Tennessee	3	1	.750
12	Vanderbilt	3	1	.750
13	Arkansas	2	2	.500
14	Oklahoma	2	2	.500
15	South Carolina	2	2	.500
16	Texas A&M	2	2	.500

	Pac-12	W	L	PCT
1	Boise State	3	1	.750
2	Fresno State	3	1	.750
3	Colorado State	2	2	.500
4	Oregon State	2	2	.500
5	Texas State	2	2	.500
6	San Diego State	1	3	.250
7	Utah State	1	3	.250
8	Washington State	1	3	.250

	Big 10	W	L	PCT
1	UCLA	4	0	1.000
2	Indiana	4	0	1.000
3	Iowa	4	0	1.000
4	Nebraska	4	0	1.000
5	Minnesota	3	1	.750
6	Ohio State	3	1	.750
7	Oregon	3	1	.750
8	Wisconsin	3	1	.750
9	USC	4	1	.800
10	Michigan	3	1	.750
11	Penn State	3	1	.750
12	Washington	3	1	.750
13	Northwestern	2	1	.667
14	Illinois	2	2	.500
15	Maryland	2	2	.500
16	Michigan State	2	2	.500
17	Purdue	1	3	.250
18	Rutgers	1	3	.250

	Big 12	W	L	PCT
1	Cincinnati	4	0	1.000
2	Texas Tech	4	0	1.000
3	Utah	4	0	1.000
4	BYU	3	0	1.000
5	Baylor	3	1	.750
6	Oklahoma State	3	1	.750
7	UCF	3	1	.750
8	Arizona State	2	1	.667
9	Arizona	3	1	.750
10	Houston	3	1	.750
11	Kansas State	3	1	.750
12	West Virginia	3	1	.750
13	Colorado	2	2	.500
14	Iowa State	2	2	.500
15	TCU	2	2	.500
16	Kansas	1	2	.333

	Mid-American	W	L	PCT
1	UMass	4	0	1.000
2	Kent State	2	2	.500
3	Eastern Michigan	2	3	.400
4	Toledo	3	1	.750
5	Buffalo	2	2	.500
6	Central Michigan	2	2	.500
7	Miami (OH)	2	2	.500
8	Ohio	2	2	.500
9	Western Michigan	2	2	.500
10	Akron	1	3	.250
11	Bowling Green	0	4	.000
12	Ball State	1	3	.250
13	Sacramento State	1	4	.200

	Atlantic Coast	W	L	PCT
1	Miami	4	0	1.000
2	Clemson	3	1	.750
3	Duke	4	0	1.000
4	Pittsburgh	4	0	1.000
5	Virginia Tech	4	0	1.000
6	Virginia	3	1	.750
7	Wake Forest	3	1	.750
8	Louisville	2	2	.500
9	SMU	3	1	.750
10	California	2	2	.500
11	Stanford	2	2	.500
12	North Carolina	2	1	.667
13	Boston College	2	2	.500
14	Florida State	2	2	.500
15	NC State	2	2	.500
16	Georgia Tech	1	3	.250
17	Syracuse	1	2	.333

	Independent	W	L	PCT
1	Notre Dame	4	0	1.000
2	UConn	2	2	.500

	American Athletic	W	L	PCT
1	South Florida	4	0	1.000
2	Florida Atlantic	3	1	.750
3	UAB	2	2	.500
4	Army	2	1	.667
5	Memphis	3	1	.750
6	Tulsa	3	1	.750
7	UTSA	3	1	.750
8	East Carolina	2	2	.500
9	North Texas	2	2	.500
10	Tulane	2	2	.500
11	Rice	1	3	.250
12	Charlotte	0	4	.000
13	Temple	1	3	.250
14	Navy	1	2	.333

	Conference USA	W	L	PCT
1	Jacksonville State	3	2	.600
2	Liberty	3	1	.750
3	Delaware	2	2	.500
4	Florida International	2	2	.500
5	Kennesaw State	1	3	.250
6	Missouri State	1	3	.250
7	New Mexico State	1	3	.250
8	Sam Houston	1	3	.250
9	Western Kentucky	1	3	.250
10	Middle Tennessee	2	2	.500

	Sun Belt	W	L	PCT
1	James Madison	4	0	1.000
2	Louisiana	3	1	.750
3	Appalachian State	3	1	.750
4	South Alabama	2	2	.500
5	Georgia State	3	1	.750
6	Marshall	3	1	.750
7	Arkansas State	2	2	.500
8	Troy	2	2	.500
9	Georgia Southern	1	3	.250
10	Louisiana Tech	1	2	.333
11	Southern Miss	1	3	.250
12	Coastal Carolina	1	3	.250
13	Old Dominion	1	3	.250
14	Louisiana-Monroe	0	4	.000

	Mountain West	W	L	PCT
1	North Dakota State	4	0	1.000
2	UNLV	2	2	.500
3	Wyoming	2	2	.500
4	Air Force	2	1	.667
5	New Mexico	3	1	.750
6	San Jose State	2	2	.500
7	UTEP	1	3	.250
8	Northern Illinois	0	4	.000
9	Nevada	1	3	.250
10	Hawai'i	1	3	.250