Mississippi State Bulldogs

1956 Roster

NAME	POS	HEIGHT	WEIGHT	CLASS
Jim Bain J. Bain	RB	6'1"	182	SR
Jack Batte J. Batte	FB	5'11"	205	SO
John Benge J. Benge	DL	6'1"	198	JR
Ron Bennett R. Bennett	DL	6'1"	195	SR
Jack Benson J. Benson	OL	6'1"	199	SO
P.L. Blake	DL	6'1"	174	SO
Billy Branner B. Branner	OL	6'2"	198	SO
Ned Brooks N. Brooks	DL	6'3"	191	SO
Jim Buttram J. Buttram	OL	5'10"	187	JR
Don Conkel D. Conkel	OL	6'1"	210	SR
Willie Daniel W. Daniel	RB	5'9"	165	SO
Billy Davis B. Davis	RB	5'10"	178	SR
Jimmy Dodd J. Dodd	OL	6'0"	195	JR
Wylie Drayton W. Drayton	OL	5'7"	200	JR
Walter Flowers W. Flowers	RB	6'0"	180	SO
Billy Fulton B. Fulton	OL	6'0"	210	SR
Ernie Galloway E. Galloway	OL	6'1"	208	SR
Joe Golden J. Golden	QB	5'11"	175	SO
Johnny Golden J. Golden	RB	6'0"	172	JR
Molly Halbert M. Halbert	FB	6'1"	191	JR
Gil Hasting G. Hasting	OL	6'0"	210	SR
Levaine Hollingshead L. Hollingshead	DL	6'2"	195	SR
Billy King B. King	OL	5'11"	195	SR
Sam Latham S. Latham	OL	6'2"	212	JR
J.E. Logan	OL	5'10"	200	SO
Wayne Mangum W. Mangum	OL	5'10"	200	SO
Johnny McNamara J. McNamara	OL	6'0"	187	SO
Tom Miller T. Miller	QB	5'8"	160	SO
Willie Morgan W. Morgan	RB	5'8"	155	JR
Gordon Myrick G. Myrick	FB	5'11"	182	SR
Ed NeSmith E. NeSmith	QB	6'2"	165	SO
Gil Peterson G. Peterson	RB	5'10"	163	SO
Jim Poteete J. Poteete	OL	6'3"	210	SO
Robert Potts R. Potts	OL	5'10"	185	SO
Melvin Roland M. Roland	OL	5'7"	202	SO
Jim Ross J. Ross	RB	6'0"	186	SR
Herb Ruscoe H. Ruscoe	OL	6'1"	220	JR
Frank Sabbatini F. Sabbatini	FB	6'1"	195	SR
Bob Sisk B. Sisk	OL	6'2"	195	SO
Ed Smith E. Smith	DL	6'5"	188	SO
Billy Stacy B. Stacy	QB	6'1"	178	SO
Jim Tait J. Tait	RB	5'10"	180	SR
Mack Thames M. Thames	OL	6'1"	209	SO
Bubber Trammell B. Trammell	RB	6'0"	163	SO
Bobby Tribble B. Tribble	OL	6'2"	210	SO
Jim Vincent J. Vincent	DL	6'0"	194	SR
Charles Weatherly C. Weatherly	DL	6'2"	195	SO
Benton White B. White	OL	5'10"	205	JR

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CFB 2026 Leaders

Pass Yards Leaders

635

Maiava

550

Weaver

525

Hedden

Rush Yards Leaders

280

Carter

231

Kromah

227

Sheppard

Rec Yards Leaders

234

Toney

222

Mosley

196

Duff

Pass TD Leaders

7

Heintschel

6

Boley

5

Weaver

Rush TD Leaders

5

Carter

3

Robinson

3

Anderson

Rec TD Leaders

4

Williams

3

Mosley

3

Toney

QB Rating Leaders

285.0

Hoover

281.3

Baker

272.0

Becht

Sack Leaders

3.5

Kinsler

3.0

Gilliam

3.0

Lester

CFB 2026 Rankings

PPG Rankings

80.0

73.0

71.0

70.0

66.0

Opp PPG Rankings

0.0

Total Yards Rankings

762.0

681.0

671.0

660.0

648.0

Rush Yards Rankings

569.0

506.0

458.0

431.0

365.0

364.0

Pass Yards Rankings

480.0

435.0

434.0

432.0

430.0

428.0

Sack Leaders

9.0

6.0

CFB 2026 Standings

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

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

	Big 12	W	L	PCT
1	Arizona	1	0	1.000
2	Arizona State	1	0	1.000
3	BYU	1	0	1.000
4	Cincinnati	1	0	1.000
5	Colorado	1	0	1.000
6	Houston	1	0	1.000
7	Iowa State	1	0	1.000
8	Kansas	1	0	1.000
9	Kansas State	1	0	1.000
10	Texas Tech	1	0	1.000
11	UCF	1	0	1.000
12	Utah	1	0	1.000
13	West Virginia	1	0	1.000
14	Baylor	0	1	.000
15	Oklahoma State	0	1	.000
16	TCU	0	1	.000

	Pac-12	W	L	PCT
1	Colorado State	1	0	1.000
2	San Diego State	1	0	1.000
3	Boise State	0	1	.000
4	Fresno State	0	1	.000
5	Oregon State	0	1	.000
6	Texas State	0	1	.000
7	Utah State	0	1	.000
8	Washington State	0	1	.000

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

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

	Atlantic Coast	W	L	PCT
1	Miami	1	0	1.000
2	SMU	1	0	1.000
3	Virginia	1	0	1.000
4	Duke	1	0	1.000
5	North Carolina	1	0	1.000
6	Pittsburgh	1	0	1.000
7	Syracuse	1	0	1.000
8	Virginia Tech	1	0	1.000
9	Wake Forest	1	0	1.000
10	Boston College	0	1	.000
11	California	0	1	.000
12	Clemson	0	1	.000
13	Georgia Tech	0	1	.000
14	Louisville	0	1	.000
15	Florida State	1	1	.500
16	Stanford	1	1	.500
17	NC State	0	1	.000

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

	Independent	W	L	PCT
1	Notre Dame	1	0	1.000
2	UConn	1	0	1.000

	Big 10	W	L	PCT
1	USC	2	0	1.000
2	Illinois	1	0	1.000
3	Indiana	1	0	1.000
4	Iowa	1	0	1.000
5	Maryland	1	0	1.000
6	Michigan	1	0	1.000
7	Michigan State	1	0	1.000
8	Minnesota	1	0	1.000
9	Nebraska	1	0	1.000
10	Northwestern	1	0	1.000
11	Ohio State	1	0	1.000
12	Oregon	1	0	1.000
13	Penn State	1	0	1.000
14	Purdue	1	0	1.000
15	UCLA	1	0	1.000
16	Washington	1	0	1.000
17	Rutgers	0	1	.000
18	Wisconsin	0	1	.000

	Conference USA	W	L	PCT
1	Delaware	1	0	1.000
2	Kennesaw State	1	0	1.000
3	Middle Tennessee	1	0	1.000
4	Jacksonville State	1	1	.500
5	New Mexico State	1	1	.500
6	Florida International	0	1	.000
7	Liberty	0	1	.000
8	Missouri State	0	1	.000
9	Sam Houston	0	1	.000
10	Western Kentucky	0	1	.000