Notre Dame Fighting Irish

1956 Roster

NO.	NAME	POS	HEIGHT	WEIGHT	CLASS
77	Richard Ciesiolski R. Ciesiolski	OL	5'1"	210	SO
6	Larry Cooke L. Cooke	QB	6'0"	190	SR
40	Donald Costa D. Costa	FB	5'11"	195	SO
68	Robert Croydos R. Croydos	OL	6'0"	200	JR
46	Patrick Dolan P. Dolan	OL	6'3"	210	JR
1	Mike Dugan M. Dugan	QB	6'1"	181	SO
60	Al Ecuyer A. Ecuyer	OL	5'10"	195	SO
66	Frank Geremio F. Geremio	OL	6'3"	215	SO
76	George Groble G. Groble	OL	6'2"	212	SR
65	Gone Hedrick G. Hedrick	OL	6'0"	190	JR
5	Paul Hornung P. Hornung	QB	6'2"	205	SR
44	James Just J. Just	FB	6'1"	190	SO
	Jim Just J. Just	RB
54	Frank Kuchta F. Kuchta	OL	6'1"	205	JR
72	Donald Lawrence D. Lawrence	OL	6'1"	215	SO
23	Aubrey Lewis A. Lewis	RB	6'0"	185	JR
48	Charles Lima C. Lima	FB	6'2"	190	JR
	Chuck Lima C. Lima	RB
85	Louis Loncoric L. Loncoric	OL	6'3"	195	SR
25	Richard Lynch R. Lynch	RB	6'0"	185	JR
90	Louis Manzo L. Manzo	TE	6'2"	205	SO
11	John McDonnell J. McDonnell	RB	5'11"	175	SR
19	Jim Milota J. Milota	RB	5'10"	170	SR
78	Charles Mono C. Mono	OL	6'0"	200	SO
17	Jim Morse J. Morse	RB	5'1"	175	SR
79	Angelo Mosco A. Mosco	OL	6'4"	230	SO
80	Jim Munro J. Munro	TE	6'0"	195	SR
82	Gary Myers G. Myers	TE	6'1"	195	SO
70	Bronko Nagurski B. Nagurski	OL	6'1"	215	SO
50	Pete Noznesky P. Noznesky	TE	6'0"	180	SR
18	Norm Odyniec N. Odyniec	FB	5'1"	180	SO
49	Nick Pietrosante N. Pietrosante	FB	6'2"	205	SO
87	Dick Prendergast D. Prendergast	TE	6'2"	200	JR
27	Frank Reynolds F. Reynolds	RB	5'11"	170	SO
84	Richard Royer R. Royer	TE	6'2"	190	SO
83	Bob Scannell B. Scannell	TE	6'0"	190	SR
62	James Schaaf J. Schaaf	OL	6'0"	195	SO
86	Paul Schramm P. Schramm	OL	6'2"	200	SR
28	Frank Scott F. Scott	FB	5'8"	175	JR
88	Neil Seaman N. Seaman	TE	6'1"	198	SO
	Dick Selcer D. Selcer	QB
10	Richard Selcer R. Selcer	QB	5'9"	173	SO
39	Richard Shulsen R. Shulsen	OL	6'0"	190	JR
12	Sherrill Sipes S. Sipes	RB	6'0"	185	SR
29	Pete Solsich P. Solsich		5'10"	175	SO
22	Dean Studer D. Studer	FB	5'11"	180	SR
52	Ed Sullivan E. Sullivan	OL	6'0"	190	JR
43	Ron Toth R. Toth	TE	6'1"	205	SO
	Bob Ward B. Ward	RB
89	Bob Wetoska B. Wetoska	OL	6'3"	215	SO
9	Bob Williams B. Williams	QB	6'2"	185	SO
35	Robert Word R. Word	RB	5'8"	160	SR

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CFB 2026 Leaders

Pass Yards Leaders

2,977

Atkinson

2,746

Veltkamp

2,649

Mestemaker

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

178.5

Stokes

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

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

324.1

318.0

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	5	3	.625
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	Nebraska	5	3	.625
14	Purdue	3	5	.375
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	Louisville	5	3	.625
4	SMU	6	2	.750
5	Virginia Tech	6	2	.750
6	Duke	6	2	.750
7	Clemson	5	3	.625
8	Pittsburgh	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	7	1	.875
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	5	.375
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	South Florida	6	2	.750
7	UAB	4	4	.500
8	East Carolina	4	4	.500
9	Tulane	4	4	.500
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	6	2	.750
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	4	.500
14	Colorado	3	5	.375
15	Kansas State	4	4	.500
16	Kansas	3	5	.375