North Carolina Tar Heels

1956 Roster

NO.	NAME	POS	HEIGHT	WEIGHT	CLASS
15	Milton Barber M. Barber	QB	5'11"	165	SO
32	Francis Berry F. Berry	RB	5'10"	175	JR
72	John Bilich J. Bilich	OL	6'2"	215	SR
70	Phil Blazer P. Blazer	OL	6'1"	210	JR
	Takey Crist T. Crist	TE	6'3"	203	SO
39	Dick Darling D. Darling	RB	6'0"	198	JR
63	Glen Daughtry G. Daughtry	OL	5'10"	190	JR
21	Emil DeCantis E. DeCantis	RB	5'10"	178	SO
64	Bernie Donatelli B. Donatelli	OL	6'1"	190	SO
35	Danny Droze D. Droze	RB	5'10"	170	JR
89	Bill Ellington B. Ellington	TE	6'4"	205	SR
14	Doug Farmer D. Farmer	QB	5'10"	165	SR
69	Ned Fenton N. Fenton	OL	5'10"	200	SO
79	Sonny Forbes S. Forbes	OL	6'2"	220	JR
42	Giles Gaca G. Gaca	FB	6'2"	200	JR
20	Daley Goff D. Goff	RB	5'11"	177	JR
54	Bill Hardison B. Hardison	OL	6'1"	198	SO
12	Curtis Hathaway C. Hathaway	QB	6'0"	190	SO
43	John Haywood J. Haywood	FB	6'0"	203	JR
60	Jim Jones J. Jones	OL	6'2"	190	JR
68	John Jones J. Jones	OL	6'2"	217	SR
	Donnell Kelly D. Kelly	OL	6'0"	200	JR
73	Don Kemper D. Kemper	OL	6'2"	200	SO
53	Ronnie koes R. koes	OL	6'2"	210	SO
67	Ray Kryzak R. Kryzak	OL	5'11"	213	SO
31	Steve Kupchick S. Kupchick	RB	5'10"	190	JR
48	Don Lear D. Lear	FB	5'10"	192	JR
77	Stan Leftwich S. Leftwich	OL	6'1"	220	JR
	Ed Lipski E. Lipski	TE	6'1"	190	SO
84	Darden Livesay D. Livesay	TE	6'2"	195	SR
55	Jack Llewellyn J. Llewellyn	OL	5'11"	195	JR
11	Ron Marquette R. Marquette	QB	6'2"	195	JR
	Tom Maultsby T. Maultsby	OL	6'0"	212	SR
27	Larry McMullen L. McMullen	RB	6'2"	195	SR
80	Larry Muschamp L. Muschamp	TE	6'2"	195	SR
83	Vince Olen V. Olen	TE	6'2"	214	JR
88	Buddy Payne B. Payne	TE	6'3"	210	JR
74	Stewart Pell S. Pell	OL	6'3"	230	JR
85	Paul Pulley P. Pulley	TE	6'2"	193	JR
71	Don Redding D. Redding	OL	6'3"	220	SO
25	Charlie Reed C. Reed	RB	6'0"	182	SO
10	Dave Reed D. Reed	QB	6'0"	165	JR
	Charles Robinson C. Robinson	WR
76	Leo Russavage L. Russavage	OL	6'4"	234	JR
23	Buddy Sasser B. Sasser	RB	5'10"	158	JR
66	Hap Setzer H. Setzer	OL	5'10"	205	JR
	Charles Shelton C. Shelton	TE	6'3"	194	SO
61	Almon Shew A. Shew	OL	6'2"	185	SO
78	Dick Smith D. Smith	OL	6'1"	195	JR
56	Donnie Smith D. Smith	OL	6'0"	190	SO
33	Wesley Smithman W. Smithman	RB	5'11"	180	SO
52	George Stavnitski G. Stavnitski	OL	6'1"	210	SR
30	Ed Sutton E. Sutton	RB	6'1"	200	SR
75	Fred Swearingen F. Swearingen	OL	6'2"	227	SO
44	Joe Temple J. Temple	FB	5'11"	185	JR
86	Mac Turlington M. Turlington	TE	6'1"	202	SO
81	Wally Vale W. Vale	TE	6'0"	190	JR
24	Jim Varnum J. Varnum	RB	6'0"	170	JR
62	Howard Williams H. Williams	OL	6'3"	210	JR
45	Walter Wilson W. Wilson	FB	6'0"	185	SO

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CFB 2026 Leaders

Pass Yards Leaders

2,977

Atkinson

2,794

Fifita

2,764

Jennings

Rush Yards Leaders

1,054

White

1,049

Riley

1,005

Roberts

Rec Yards Leaders

1,110

Legree

1,067

Smith

1,027

Toney

Pass TD Leaders

27

Veltkamp

25

Stokes

25

Atkinson

Rush TD Leaders

17

Hellums

16

Hawkins

14

Sheppard

Rec TD Leaders

14

Legree

13

Toney

13

Smith

QB Rating Leaders

202.7

Mensah

184.5

Sayin

180.8

Jennings

Sack Leaders

10.5

Simmons

10.0

Osunsanmi

9.0

Zock

CFB 2026 Rankings

PPG Rankings

47.6

43.8

41.1

41.0

40.6

40.4

Opp PPG Rankings

10.9

11.9

12.4

12.5

13.4

Total Yards Rankings

540.5

534.9

529.6

517.4

514.0

510.0

Rush Yards Rankings

342.5

341.0

295.8

271.4

261.6

250.8

Pass Yards Rankings

383.4

348.9

338.8

332.4

322.9

321.6

Sack Leaders

35.0

34.0

32.0

31.0

28.0

CFB 2026 Standings

	Pac-12	W	L	PCT
1	Boise State	7	1	.875
2	Oregon State	5	3	.625
3	San Diego State	4	5	.444
4	Texas State	4	4	.500
5	Fresno State	5	3	.625
6	Utah State	3	5	.375
7	Colorado State	3	5	.375
8	Washington State	1	8	.111

	Big 10	W	L	PCT
1	UCLA	8	0	1.000
2	Indiana	8	1	.889
3	Ohio State	6	2	.750
4	USC	7	2	.778
5	Illinois	6	3	.667
6	Minnesota	5	3	.625
7	Iowa	6	2	.750
8	Oregon	5	3	.625
9	Northwestern	6	2	.750
10	Wisconsin	5	3	.625
11	Washington	5	3	.625
12	Michigan	5	3	.625
13	Purdue	3	5	.375
14	Nebraska	5	4	.556
15	Penn State	4	4	.500
16	Rutgers	2	6	.250
17	Maryland	2	6	.250
18	Michigan State	2	6	.250

	Southeastern	W	L	PCT
1	Georgia	7	1	.875
2	Kentucky	7	1	.875
3	Alabama	6	2	.750
4	Ole Miss	6	2	.750
5	Texas	6	2	.750
6	LSU	6	2	.750
7	Missouri	6	2	.750
8	Tennessee	6	2	.750
9	South Carolina	5	3	.625
10	Florida	5	3	.625
11	Oklahoma	4	4	.500
12	Auburn	4	4	.500
13	Mississippi State	4	4	.500
14	Texas A&M	4	4	.500
15	Arkansas	3	5	.375
16	Vanderbilt	3	5	.375

	Conference USA	W	L	PCT
1	Liberty	7	1	.875
2	Jacksonville State	6	2	.750
3	Delaware	4	4	.500
4	New Mexico State	3	5	.375
5	Middle Tennessee	4	4	.500
6	Western Kentucky	3	5	.375
7	Missouri State	3	5	.375
8	Florida International	3	5	.375
9	Kennesaw State	2	6	.250
10	Sam Houston	1	7	.125

	Sun Belt	W	L	PCT
1	Louisiana Tech	6	2	.750
2	Georgia Southern	4	4	.500
3	Louisiana	5	3	.625
4	James Madison	8	2	.800
5	South Alabama	4	4	.500
6	Appalachian State	5	3	.625
7	Arkansas State	4	4	.500
8	Coastal Carolina	3	5	.375
9	Troy	4	4	.500
10	Marshall	5	3	.625
11	Southern Miss	3	6	.333
12	Georgia State	4	4	.500
13	Louisiana-Monroe	1	7	.125
14	Old Dominion	2	7	.222

	Atlantic Coast	W	L	PCT
1	Miami	8	0	1.000
2	Wake Forest	7	1	.875
3	SMU	7	2	.778
4	Louisville	5	3	.625
5	Duke	6	2	.750
6	Clemson	5	3	.625
7	Pittsburgh	6	3	.667
8	Virginia Tech	6	3	.667
9	Boston College	4	4	.500
10	NC State	4	4	.500
11	North Carolina	4	4	.500
12	Virginia	4	5	.444
13	California	3	6	.333
14	Syracuse	4	4	.500
15	Stanford	4	5	.444
16	Florida State	3	5	.375
17	Georgia Tech	2	6	.250

	Mountain West	W	L	PCT
1	New Mexico	8	1	.889
2	Wyoming	5	3	.625
3	UNLV	5	3	.625
4	North Dakota State	7	2	.778
5	Air Force	6	2	.750
6	Nevada	3	6	.333
7	San Jose State	4	5	.444
8	Hawai'i	2	6	.250
9	UTEP	1	7	.125
10	Northern Illinois	0	8	.000

	American Athletic	W	L	PCT
1	North Texas	6	2	.750
2	Memphis	7	2	.778
3	UTSA	7	2	.778
4	Army	5	3	.625
5	Florida Atlantic	6	3	.667
6	East Carolina	5	4	.556
7	Tulane	4	4	.500
8	UAB	4	4	.500
9	South Florida	6	3	.667
10	Charlotte	1	7	.125
11	Tulsa	4	4	.500
12	Temple	2	6	.250
13	Navy	2	6	.250
14	Rice	1	7	.125

	Independent	W	L	PCT
1	Notre Dame	7	1	.875
2	UConn	4	4	.500

	Mid-American	W	L	PCT
1	Ohio	7	2	.778
2	Toledo	7	2	.778
3	Western Michigan	6	3	.667
4	Buffalo	6	3	.667
5	Miami (OH)	5	4	.556
6	Eastern Michigan	4	6	.400
7	UMass	5	4	.556
8	Kent State	3	6	.333
9	Ball State	3	6	.333
10	Central Michigan	4	5	.444
11	Bowling Green	2	7	.222
12	Sacramento State	2	8	.200
13	Akron	1	8	.111

	Big 12	W	L	PCT
1	Utah	8	0	1.000
2	BYU	7	1	.875
3	Texas Tech	7	1	.875
4	Houston	6	2	.750
5	Arizona	7	2	.778
6	Baylor	5	3	.625
7	Oklahoma State	5	3	.625
8	West Virginia	5	3	.625
9	Iowa State	4	4	.500
10	UCF	4	4	.500
11	Cincinnati	5	3	.625
12	Arizona State	4	4	.500
13	TCU	4	5	.444
14	Colorado	3	5	.375
15	Kansas State	4	4	.500
16	Kansas	3	5	.375