Kansas Jayhawks

1956 Roster

NO.	NAME	POS	HEIGHT	WEIGHT	CLASS
35	Bill Baker B. Baker	RB
30	Jerry Baker J. Baker	FB	6'0"	195	JR
	Larry Barcus L. Barcus	OL	6'1"	200	SO
83	Bill Bell B. Bell	TE	6'1"	195	SR
51	Frank Black F. Black	OL	6'4"	223	SR
	Bill Blasi B. Blasi	OL	5'11"	186	JR
80	Bruce Brenner B. Brenner	TE	6'2"	195	JR
	Bill Brill B. Brill	RB	5'10"	185	SO
65	Jim Brooks J. Brooks	OL	6'0"	203	SO
61	John Burke J. Burke	OL	5'9"	183	SO
54	Bruce Bynum B. Bynum	OL	6'1"	206	JR
23	Larry Carrier L. Carrier	RB	6'0"	195	JR
72	Ron Claiborne R. Claiborne	OL	6'5"	232	SO
	Carroll Cobble C. Cobble	OL	6'0"	200	JR
81	Bob Cunningham B. Cunningham	TE	6'3"	180	SO
	Larry Davis L. Davis	OL	6'0"	190	JR
75	John Drake J. Drake	OL	6'2"	215	SR
70	Bill Dryer B. Dryer	OL	6'2"	220	SO
	Joe Eaglowski J. Eaglowski	OL	5'8"	185	JR
	Charles Elvin C. Elvin	OL	6'1"	187	SO
	Don Feller D. Feller	RB	6'2"	195	SO
33	Homer Floyd H. Floyd	FB	5'10"	171	SO
43	John Francisco J. Francisco	RB	5'10"	178	JR
71	Frank Gibson F. Gibson	OL	6'2"	215	JR
34	Pete Gnam P. Gnam	RB	6'1"	202	SO
31	Joe Held J. Held	FB	6'2"	200	SR
	Warren Henson W. Henson	RB	5'9"	175	SO
20	Bob Hoesing B. Hoesing	RB	5'11"	180	SO
40	Bill Horn B. Horn	RB	5'11"	185	JR
64	Tom Horner T. Horner	OL	6'4"	230	JR
79	Jim Hull J. Hull	OL	6'2"	220	JR
77	John Husar J. Husar	OL	6'4"	218	SO
	Ron Johnson R. Johnson	OL	6'1"	196	SO
63	Bob Kraus B. Kraus	OL	6'2"	206	JR
32	Ray Lane R. Lane	OL	6'0"	186	SO
84	Jim Letcavits J. Letcavits	TE	6'1"	180	JR
	Bob Lewis B. Lewis	OL	5'10"	210	SO
	J. DeWitt Lewis	OL	5'11"	191	SO
13	Bob Marshall B. Marshall	QB	6'0"	180	SO
85	Don Martin D. Martin	TE	6'4"	198	SR
82	Lynn McCarthy L. McCarthy	TE	6'1"	190	JR
41	McCue	RB
	Charles McCue C. McCue	RB
	Duane McIntire D. McIntire	RB	6'1"	185	SO
10	Terry McIntosh T. McIntosh	QB	6'1"	184	SR
11	Larry McKown L. McKown	QB
21	Buddy Merritt B. Merritt	RB	5'10"	170	SO
86	Grant Miller G. Miller	TE	6'4"	170	SO
24	Duane Morris D. Morris	RB	6'0"	165	SO
88	H.C. Palmer	TE	6'2"	185	SO
87	John Peppercorn J. Peppercorn	TE	6'2"	202	SO
69	Don Pfutzenreuter D. Pfutzenreuter	OL	5'6"	153	SR
	Bill Pilya B. Pilya	OL	6'0"	195	SO
73	Ed Prelock E. Prelock	OL	6'3"	230	JR
16	Dave Preston D. Preston	QB	6'0"	190	JR
67	John Quenoy J. Quenoy	OL	6'1"	176	SO
89	Dale Remsberg D. Remsberg	TE	6'4"	187	SO
25	Bobby Robinson B. Robinson	RB	5'10"	185	SO
44	Ted Rohde T. Rohde	RB	6'2"	190	SR
	Tom Rosowicz T. Rosowicz	TE	6'1"	190	SO
45	Ernie Russell E. Russell	RB	5'7"	185	JR
74	Tom Russell T. Russell	OL	6'3"	205	SO
53	Walter Schmidt W. Schmidt	OL	5'10"	182	SO
	Jim Simeno J. Simeno	TE	6'1"	198	SO
	Don Slicker D. Slicker	TE	6'0"	195	JR
60	Ervell Staab E. Staab	OL	5'8"	188	SO
	Larry Steppe L. Steppe	OL	5'11"	186	SO
12	Wally Strauch W. Strauch	QB	6'0"	175	JR
14	Glenn Swengros G. Swengros	QB	5'10"	168	JR
68	Paul Swoboda P. Swoboda	OL	6'2"	215	SO
22	John Traylor J. Traylor	RB	5'9"	165	JR
55	Galen Wahlmeier G. Wahlmeier	OL	6'0"	206	SR
	John Walt J. Walt	TE	6'0"	195	SO
50	John Wertzberger J. Wertzberger	OL	6'3"	231	SO
62	Pete Whitenight P. Whitenight	OL	6'2"	206	SO

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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