#8 Syracuse Orangemen

1956 Roster

NO.	NAME	POS	HEIGHT	WEIGHT	CLASS
	Ed Ackley E. Ackley	RB
46	Edward H. Ackley E. H. Ackley	RB	5'10"	176	JR
	Dick Aloise D. Aloise	WR
81	Richard J. Aloise R. J. Aloise	TE	6'4"	222	JR
89	Don Althouse D. Althouse	TE	6'2"	199	SR
73	Richard F. Anderson R. F. Anderson	OL	6'0"	190	SR
67	David A. Applehof D. A. Applehof	OL	5'9"	185	SO
85	Nicholas J. Baccile N. J. Baccile	TE	5'10"	172	SR
	Nick Baccile N. Baccile	WR
60	Edward Bailey E. Bailey	OL	6'1"	193	JR
63	Alexander G. Benecick A. G. Benecick	OL	6'2"	210	SO
	Bernard J. Bernitsky B. J. Bernitsky	OL	6'2"	210	SO
66	Mike M. Bill M. M. Bill	OL	6'2"	212	JR
42	Edward R. Bowers E. R. Bowers	RB	6'0"	168	SO
59	Fred E. Brandstadt F. E. Brandstadt	OL	6'0"	195	SO
44	James N. Brown J. N. Brown	RB	6'2"	212	SR
	Jim Brown J. Brown	RB
56	William E. Brown W. E. Brown	OL	6'1"	203	SR
	Al Cann A. Cann	RB
35	Alan B. Cann A. B. Cann	RB	6'0"	192	SR
78	Jerome F. Cashman J. F. Cashman	OL	6'2"	216	SR
	Dan Ciervo D. Ciervo	RB
49	Daniel A. Ciervo D. A. Ciervo	RB	5'9"	175	JR
	Ed Coffin E. Coffin	RB
36	Edward T. Coffin E. T. Coffin	RB	5'11"	188	JR
17	Dean Danigelis D. Danigelis	RB	5'10"	176	SO
11	Larry Davis L. Davis	OL	5'8"	194	SO
65	James P. Dempsey J. P. Dempsey	OL	6'1"	197	SO
69	Ralph Farmer R. Farmer	OL	6'1"	204	SR
76	Daniel Farrell D. Farrell	OL	6'3"	210	SO
19	Robert A. Federchuck R. A. Federchuck	OL	5'11"	185	JR
	Dan Fogarty D. Fogarty	RB
29	Daniel C. Fogarty D. C. Fogarty	RB	5'10"	166	SO
72	Roger O. Groce R. O. Groce	OL	6'0"	222	SO
79	Gerald C. Hershey G. C. Hershey	OL	6'3"	214	SO
45	Paul Hoffower P. Hoffower	RB	6'0"	168	JR
26	Louis Iannicello L. Iannicello	RB	6'0"	180	SR
18	Ernie Jackson E. Jackson	RB	6'1"	188	SO
	Harold E. Johnson H. E. Johnson	OL	6'1"	196	JR
51	Jack Kiviat J. Kiviat	OL	6'1"	205	SR
27	John A. Klamar J. A. Klamar	TE	6'0"	195	SO
58	Joseph J. Krivak J. J. Krivak	OL	6'0"	188	SR
	Ferd Kuczala F. Kuczala	QB
24	Ferdinand A. Kuczala F. A. Kuczala	RB	6'0"	182	JR
	Dick Lasse D. Lasse	WR
88	Richard S. Lasse R. S. Lasse	TE	6'1"	206	JR
77	Stanley P. Leonik S. P. Leonik	OL	6'0"	218	SR
64	Ronald M. Luciano R. M. Luciano	OL	6'2"	223	SO
47	Fred J. Meier F. J. Meier	TE	6'0"	192	SO
	Michael Minko M. Minko	OL	6'0"	192	SR
62	Richard C. Morris R. C. Morris	OL	5'11"	212	SO
68	Richard A. Morton R. A. Morton	OL	6'1"	195	SO
48	John Pannucci J. Pannucci	QB	5'8"	165	SR
25	Ned Pantelich N. Pantelich	RB	5'11"	177	SO
74	William V. Petcos W. V. Petcos	OL	6'2"	218	SO
57	Walter H. Pietruszka W. H. Pietruszka	OL	6'1"	180	JR
70	James D. Podraza J. D. Podraza	OL	6'3"	212	SR
82	Glenn Preising G. Preising	TE	5'11"	190	JR
16	James A. Ridlon J. A. Ridlon	RB	6'0"	187	SR
	Jim Ridlon J. Ridlon	RB
53	Stephen C. Ringo S. C. Ringo	OL	5'10"	188	SR
15	Paul G. Rolincik P. G. Rolincik	RB	5'11"	185	JR
33	Joseph J. Rose J. J. Rose	OL	6'2"	200	SR
14	Thomas M. Sardinia T. M. Sardinia	RB	5'10"	175	SO
	John F. Scheel J. F. Scheel	RB	5'10"	180	SO
75	John D. Seketa J. D. Seketa	OL	6'2"	216	SO
87	Tom Stephens T. Stephens	TE	6'0"	184	SO
28	George J. Stock G. J. Stock	OL	6'1"	205	JR
71	Charles H. Strid C. H. Strid	OL	6'1"	216	JR
50	Richard L. Taylor R. L. Taylor	OL	6'3"	200	SR
	Ronald Trezza R. Trezza	RB	5'9"	178	SO
34	Frank J. Valchar F. J. Valchar	RB	5'10"	182	SO
83	Howard J. Vance H. J. Vance	TE	6'0"	180	SO
61	Ted Warholak T. Warholak	OL	6'0"	186	SR
84	Warren E. Watrel W. E. Watrel	TE	6'1"	190	SR
38	Marshall G. Williamson M. G. Williamson	RB	6'0"	191	SO
86	Maurice Youmans M. Youmans	TE	6'6"	214	SO
80	Sidney W. Young S. W. Young	TE	6'1"	185	SO
39	Gus Zaso G. Zaso	RB	6'0"	208	SR
23	Charles D. Zimmerman C. D. Zimmerman	RB	6'0"	180	SO
	Chuck Zimmerman C. Zimmerman	QB

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CFB 2026 Leaders

Pass Yards Leaders

1,499

Maiava

1,453

Jennings

1,423

Atkinson

Rush Yards Leaders

644

Sheppard

600

Baugh

592

Riley

Rec Yards Leaders

617

Smith

585

Legree

564

Toney

Pass TD Leaders

14

Taylor

14

Mensah

14

Maiava

Rush TD Leaders

11

Baugh

9

Hawkins

9

Knight

Rec TD Leaders

7

Duff

7

Dixon

7

Smith

QB Rating Leaders

228.2

Mensah

209.1

Stockton

204.6

Hoover

Sack Leaders

7.5

Simmons

7.0

Umanmielen

6.5

Hopkins

CFB 2026 Rankings

PPG Rankings

54.8

53.5

51.8

48.0

47.5

45.0

Opp PPG Rankings

8.0

8.3

8.5

9.0

9.8

10.3

Total Yards Rankings

588.8

550.8

548.3

533.3

532.8

523.8

Rush Yards Rankings

355.7

333.7

332.3

294.8

281.5

281.3

Pass Yards Rankings

392.5

365.3

365.0

361.3

347.3

346.5

Sack Leaders

18.0

17.0

15.0

CFB 2026 Standings

	Southeastern	W	L	PCT
1	Alabama	4	0	1.000
2	Florida	4	0	1.000
3	Georgia	4	0	1.000
4	Mississippi State	4	0	1.000
5	Texas	4	0	1.000
6	Ole Miss	3	1	.750
7	Auburn	3	1	.750
8	Kentucky	3	1	.750
9	LSU	3	1	.750
10	Missouri	3	1	.750
11	Tennessee	3	1	.750
12	Vanderbilt	3	1	.750
13	Arkansas	2	2	.500
14	Oklahoma	2	2	.500
15	South Carolina	2	2	.500
16	Texas A&M	2	2	.500

	Pac-12	W	L	PCT
1	Boise State	3	1	.750
2	Fresno State	3	1	.750
3	Colorado State	2	2	.500
4	Oregon State	2	2	.500
5	Texas State	2	2	.500
6	San Diego State	1	3	.250
7	Utah State	1	3	.250
8	Washington State	1	3	.250

	Big 10	W	L	PCT
1	UCLA	4	0	1.000
2	Indiana	4	0	1.000
3	Iowa	4	0	1.000
4	Nebraska	4	0	1.000
5	Minnesota	3	1	.750
6	Ohio State	3	1	.750
7	Oregon	3	1	.750
8	Wisconsin	3	1	.750
9	USC	4	1	.800
10	Michigan	3	1	.750
11	Penn State	3	1	.750
12	Washington	3	1	.750
13	Northwestern	2	1	.667
14	Illinois	2	2	.500
15	Maryland	2	2	.500
16	Michigan State	2	2	.500
17	Purdue	1	3	.250
18	Rutgers	1	3	.250

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

	Mid-American	W	L	PCT
1	UMass	4	0	1.000
2	Kent State	2	2	.500
3	Eastern Michigan	2	3	.400
4	Toledo	3	1	.750
5	Buffalo	2	2	.500
6	Central Michigan	2	2	.500
7	Miami (OH)	2	2	.500
8	Ohio	2	2	.500
9	Western Michigan	2	2	.500
10	Akron	1	3	.250
11	Bowling Green	0	4	.000
12	Ball State	1	3	.250
13	Sacramento State	1	4	.200

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

	Independent	W	L	PCT
1	Notre Dame	4	0	1.000
2	UConn	2	2	.500

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

	Conference USA	W	L	PCT
1	Jacksonville State	3	2	.600
2	Liberty	3	1	.750
3	Delaware	2	2	.500
4	Florida International	2	2	.500
5	Kennesaw State	1	3	.250
6	Missouri State	1	3	.250
7	New Mexico State	1	3	.250
8	Sam Houston	1	3	.250
9	Western Kentucky	1	3	.250
10	Middle Tennessee	2	2	.500

	Sun Belt	W	L	PCT
1	James Madison	4	0	1.000
2	Louisiana	3	1	.750
3	Appalachian State	3	1	.750
4	South Alabama	2	2	.500
5	Georgia State	3	1	.750
6	Marshall	3	1	.750
7	Arkansas State	2	2	.500
8	Troy	2	2	.500
9	Georgia Southern	1	3	.250
10	Louisiana Tech	1	2	.333
11	Southern Miss	1	3	.250
12	Coastal Carolina	1	3	.250
13	Old Dominion	1	3	.250
14	Louisiana-Monroe	0	4	.000

	Mountain West	W	L	PCT
1	North Dakota State	4	0	1.000
2	UNLV	2	2	.500
3	Wyoming	2	2	.500
4	Air Force	2	1	.667
5	New Mexico	3	1	.750
6	San Jose State	2	2	.500
7	UTEP	1	3	.250
8	Northern Illinois	0	4	.000
9	Nevada	1	3	.250
10	Hawai'i	1	3	.250