Rutgers Scarlet Knights

1956 Roster

NAME	POS	HEIGHT	WEIGHT	CLASS
Dave Adelman D. Adelman	OL	5'10"	190	JR
Billy Austin B. Austin	RB
William Austin W. Austin	RB	5'10"	165	SO
Robert Bear R. Bear	FB	5'11"	190	JR
Nathan Becker N. Becker	OL	6'0"	190	SO
Edward Burkowski E. Burkowski	TE	6'0"	185	SR
John Canal J. Canal	TE	6'2"	190	JR
Steve Cortazzo S. Cortazzo	OL	6'0"	175	SO
Charles Crosby C. Crosby	RB	5'7"	165	SO
Henry D'Andrea H. D'Andrea	TE	6'1"	190	SR
Russell Demarest R. Demarest	OL	6'2"	210	SO
Donald Felber D. Felber	TE	6'2"	185	SR
Michael Fisher M. Fisher	OL	5'9"	185	SR
Richard Garretson R. Garretson	QB	5'11"	185	JR
William Gatyas W. Gatyas	RB	6'0"	185	SR
Alan Goldberg A. Goldberg	TE	6'0"	190	JR
Peter Herrington P. Herrington	OL	5'11"	180	SO
Gregory Holmes G. Holmes	RB	5'8"	165	SR
Bill Hopwood B. Hopwood	FB	6'0"	180	SO
Richard Howard R. Howard	OL	6'1"	190	SO
Jay Hunton J. Hunton	RB	5'10"	170	SO
David Keefe D. Keefe	OL	5'10"	200	SO
Nicholas Kehayas N. Kehayas	OL	6'1"	195	SR
Alan Knopf A. Knopf	FB	6'2"	190	JR
John Laverty J. Laverty	RB	5'7"	155	SR
Jeff LeCates J. LeCates	RB
Wallace Lindquist W. Lindquist	OL	6'5"	235	SR
LeRoy Lusardi L. Lusardi	FB	5'11"	175	SR
Robert Lusardi R. Lusardi	RB	5'10"	170	JR
Frank Magin F. Magin	TE	6'2"	190	SR
Robert Max R. Max	RB	5'9"	165	JR
Joseph Mnick J. Mnick	TE	6'2"	180	SO
Donald Mozzochi D. Mozzochi	OL	5'10"	185	SO
Richard Murar R. Murar	OL	5'9"	200	SR
Larry Muschiatti L. Muschiatti	OL	5'10"	185	SO
Robert Naso R. Naso	FB	5'8"	180	SO
Nicholas Neiley N. Neiley	TE	6'2"	180	SO
Richard Oberlander R. Oberlander	QB	5'11"	200	JR
Richard Pfeiffer R. Pfeiffer	OL	6'2"	200	JR
Joseph Polidoro J. Polidoro	OL	5'10"	190	SO
David Pooley D. Pooley	OL	6'2"	185	JR
George Ports G. Ports	OL	6'1"	200	JR
Steven Powell S. Powell	OL	5'11"	190	SO
Arthur Robinson A. Robinson	OL	6'2"	210	SR
Ronald Sabo R. Sabo	QB	6'0"	190	JR
Richard Schaub R. Schaub	OL	6'2"	190	SO
Lloyd Seaman L. Seaman	RB	5'10"	165	SO
Nugent Sharp N. Sharp	OL	6'1"	180	SO
Frederick Simms F. Simms	OL	6'0"	190	JR
Donald Simone D. Simone	OL	5'9"	175	SR
William Snyder W. Snyder	RB	5'10"	170	JR
George Veth G. Veth	RB
Bruce Webster B. Webster	RB
Charles Wermuth C. Wermuth	TE	6'2"	190	SO
Dutch Wermuth D. Wermuth	WR
William Whitacre W. Whitacre	QB	5'11"	185	JR
George Wilson G. Wilson	OL	5'11"	200	JR
Donald Zerial D. Zerial	TE	6'0"	185	SO

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CFB 2026 Leaders

Pass Yards Leaders

1,206

Sayin

1,191

Heintschel

1,173

Maiava

Rush Yards Leaders

528

Sheppard

458

Baugh

454

Riley

Rec Yards Leaders

617

Smith

550

Duff

516

Hernandez

Pass TD Leaders

13

Heintschel

12

Richter

12

Maiava

Rush TD Leaders

9

Knight

8

Baugh

6

Carter

Rec TD Leaders

7

Duff

7

Dixon

7

Smith

QB Rating Leaders

259.3

Stockton

228.6

Mensah

215.3

Becht

Sack Leaders

7.0

Simmons

6.0

Lewis

6.0

Umanmielen

CFB 2026 Rankings

PPG Rankings

59.3

54.0

51.7

49.7

47.7

47.3

Opp PPG Rankings

4.3

7.3

7.7

8.0

8.5

Total Yards Rankings

594.3

544.7

544.3

539.0

537.0

528.0

Rush Yards Rankings

355.7

333.7

319.0

281.5

281.3

277.3

Pass Yards Rankings

386.3

368.7

366.7

365.3

358.0

347.3

Sack Leaders

18.0

17.0

15.0

14.0

12.0

CFB 2026 Standings

	Southeastern	W	L	PCT
1	Alabama	3	0	1.000
2	Florida	3	0	1.000
3	Georgia	3	0	1.000
4	Mississippi State	3	0	1.000
5	Ole Miss	3	0	1.000
6	Kentucky	3	1	.750
7	Missouri	3	0	1.000
8	Tennessee	3	1	.750
9	Texas	4	0	1.000
10	Vanderbilt	3	0	1.000
11	Oklahoma	2	1	.667
12	Auburn	2	1	.667
13	LSU	2	1	.667
14	South Carolina	2	1	.667
15	Texas A&M	2	1	.667
16	Arkansas	1	2	.333

	Sun Belt	W	L	PCT
1	Appalachian State	3	0	1.000
2	James Madison	3	0	1.000
3	Louisiana	2	1	.667
4	Georgia State	2	1	.667
5	South Alabama	2	2	.500
6	Marshall	2	1	.667
7	Troy	2	1	.667
8	Arkansas State	1	2	.333
9	Georgia Southern	1	2	.333
10	Louisiana Tech	1	2	.333
11	Old Dominion	1	2	.333
12	Southern Miss	1	2	.333
13	Coastal Carolina	1	3	.250
14	Louisiana-Monroe	0	3	.000

	Pac-12	W	L	PCT
1	Boise State	2	1	.667
2	Colorado State	2	2	.500
3	Fresno State	2	1	.667
4	Oregon State	1	2	.333
5	San Diego State	1	3	.250
6	Texas State	1	2	.333
7	Washington State	1	2	.333
8	Utah State	0	3	.000

	Big 12	W	L	PCT
1	BYU	3	0	1.000
2	Texas Tech	4	0	1.000
3	Arizona State	2	1	.667
4	Cincinnati	3	0	1.000
5	Kansas State	3	0	1.000
6	Utah	3	0	1.000
7	West Virginia	3	0	1.000
8	Baylor	3	1	.750
9	Colorado	2	2	.500
10	Iowa State	2	1	.667
11	Oklahoma State	2	1	.667
12	TCU	2	1	.667
13	UCF	2	1	.667
14	Arizona	2	1	.667
15	Houston	2	1	.667
16	Kansas	1	2	.333

	Mid-American	W	L	PCT
1	Eastern Michigan	2	3	.400
2	UMass	3	0	1.000
3	Central Michigan	2	1	.667
4	Toledo	3	1	.750
5	Western Michigan	2	1	.667
6	Akron	1	3	.250
7	Ball State	1	3	.250
8	Buffalo	1	2	.333
9	Kent State	2	2	.500
10	Miami (OH)	1	2	.333
11	Ohio	1	2	.333
12	Bowling Green	0	3	.000
13	Sacramento State	1	3	.250

	Big 10	W	L	PCT
1	Indiana	4	0	1.000
2	USC	4	0	1.000
3	UCLA	3	0	1.000
4	Iowa	3	0	1.000
5	Michigan	3	0	1.000
6	Nebraska	3	0	1.000
7	Penn State	3	0	1.000
8	Washington	3	0	1.000
9	Illinois	2	2	.500
10	Maryland	2	1	.667
11	Michigan State	2	1	.667
12	Minnesota	2	1	.667
13	Ohio State	3	1	.750
14	Oregon	2	1	.667
15	Wisconsin	2	1	.667
16	Northwestern	2	1	.667
17	Purdue	1	2	.333
18	Rutgers	1	3	.250

	Conference USA	W	L	PCT
1	Liberty	3	1	.750
2	Delaware	2	1	.667
3	Middle Tennessee	2	1	.667
4	Jacksonville State	2	2	.500
5	Florida International	1	2	.333
6	Kennesaw State	1	2	.333
7	Missouri State	1	2	.333
8	New Mexico State	1	2	.333
9	Sam Houston	1	3	.250
10	Western Kentucky	0	3	.000

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

	Independent	W	L	PCT
1	Notre Dame	3	0	1.000
2	UConn	2	1	.667

	American Athletic	W	L	PCT
1	South Florida	3	0	1.000
2	Florida Atlantic	2	1	.667
3	UAB	2	2	.500
4	Army	2	1	.667
5	Tulsa	3	0	1.000
6	Memphis	3	1	.750
7	UTSA	3	1	.750
8	East Carolina	1	2	.333
9	North Texas	1	2	.333
10	Rice	1	2	.333
11	Temple	1	3	.250
12	Tulane	1	2	.333
13	Charlotte	0	3	.000
14	Navy	1	2	.333

	Mountain West	W	L	PCT
1	North Dakota State	4	0	1.000
2	UNLV	2	2	.500
3	New Mexico	2	1	.667
4	San Jose State	2	2	.500
5	Nevada	1	2	.333
6	UTEP	1	2	.333
7	Wyoming	1	2	.333
8	Northern Illinois	0	3	.000
9	Air Force	1	1	.500
10	Hawai'i	1	2	.333