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

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	3	.667
8	Virginia Tech	6	3	.667
9	North Carolina	5	4	.556
10	Florida State	4	5	.444
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