#2 Tennessee Volunteers

1956 Roster

NO.	NAME	POS	HEIGHT	WEIGHT	CLASS
20	Stockton Adkins S. Adkins		5'10"	178	JR
15	Bill Anderson B. Anderson	RB	6'3"	193	JR
68	Murray Armstrong M. Armstrong	OL	6'2"	198	SO
21	Bill Bennett B. Bennett		6'2"	190	JR
52	Ray Brann R. Brann	OL	6'1"	190	SO
61	Hal Bridges H. Bridges	OL	5'11"	190	JR
31	Tom Bronson T. Bronson	FB	5'11"	198	JR
63	Bruce Burnham B. Burnham	OL	5'10"	196	SR
82	Edd Cantrell E. Cantrell	TE	6'0"	182	SR
35	Hilrey Carr H. Carr	FB	6'0"	188	SO
40	Al Carter A. Carter	RB	6'0"	164	JR
86	Buddy Cruze B. Cruze	TE	6'3"	184	SR
85	Landon Darty L. Darty	TE	6'2"	179	JR
27	David Emory D. Emory		5'10"	185	JR
83	Dean Fisher D. Fisher	TE	6'0"	185	SO
25	Bob Gleaves B. Gleaves		6'1"	193	SR
47	Bobby Gordon B. Gordon	RB	6'0"	187	JR
76	John Gordy J. Gordy	OL	6'3"	210	SR
12	Jim Grubb J. Grubb	RB	5'9"	165	SO
80	Carl Hannah C. Hannah	TE	6'2"	200	SO
64	Lon Herzbrun L. Herzbrun	OL	5'10"	192	JR
10	Bob Hibbard B. Hibbard	RB	5'9"	172	SR
50	Bubba Howe B. Howe	OL	6'0"	203	SR
71	Howard Jackson H. Jackson	OL	6'0"	205	SO
66	Bill Johnson B. Johnson	OL	5'11"	185	JR
62	Bill Kincaid B. Kincaid	OL	6'0"	187	SR
72	Frank Kolinsky F. Kolinsky	OL	6'0"	198	JR
56	Bill Lanter B. Lanter	OL	5'10"	180	SR
45	Johnny Majors J. Majors	RB	5'10"	162	SR
22	Vic Micol V. Micol		5'10"	170	SO
55	Ray Moss R. Moss	OL	6'1"	198	SO
88	Tommy Potts T. Potts	TE	5'11"	180	SO
73	Charles Rader C. Rader	OL	6'1"	205	SR
58	Joe Roe J. Roe	OL	6'0"	184	JR
17	Bobby Sandlin B. Sandlin	RB	5'11"	173	SO
69	Roy Seals R. Seals	OL	6'1"	190	SO
67	Duane Severs D. Severs	OL	5'10"	170	SO
75	Bo Shafer B. Shafer	OL	6'1"	202	SO
74	Jim Smelcher J. Smelcher	OL	6'0"	189	JR
32	Carl Smith C. Smith	FB	6'0"	190	SO
18	Bob Smithers B. Smithers	RB	5'10"	189	SR
53	Dave Stottlemer D. Stottlemer	OL	6'1"	192	JR
65	Bob Urbano B. Urbano	OL	5'11"	188	SO
84	Roger Urbano R. Urbano	TE	5'11"	185	SR
78	David Vestal D. Vestal	OL	6'0"	200	SO
87	Jid Winstead J. Winstead	TE	6'0"	188	SO
42	George Wright G. Wright	RB	5'11"	172	SO
49	Carroll Young C. Young	RB	5'10"	160	JR

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CFB 2026 Leaders

Pass Yards Leaders

3,169

Atkinson

2,962

Mestemaker

2,880

Jackson

Rush Yards Leaders

1,241

Riley

1,193

White

1,189

Sheppard

Rec Yards Leaders

1,209

Legree

1,200

Smith

1,027

Toney

Pass TD Leaders

29

Mestemaker

28

Mensah

27

Veltkamp

Rush TD Leaders

19

Hawkins

18

Gutierrez

18

Hellums

Rec TD Leaders

14

Legree

14

Smith

13

Toney

QB Rating Leaders

190.8

Mensah

184.5

Sayin

180.8

Jennings

Sack Leaders

14.0

Bradley

11.0

Zock

10.5

Simmons

CFB 2026 Rankings

PPG Rankings

45.0

44.7

43.9

43.3

41.1

40.8

Opp PPG Rankings

10.9

11.9

12.2

12.4

13.0

13.6

Total Yards Rankings

535.4

533.6

517.0

516.6

514.0

504.1

Rush Yards Rankings

332.0

324.7

298.1

270.2

265.8

263.6

Pass Yards Rankings

370.4

343.8

339.1

325.3

324.9

322.9

Sack Leaders

39.0

37.0

36.0

32.0

31.0

CFB 2026 Standings

	Pac-12	W	L	PCT
1	Boise State	8	1	.889
2	Texas State	5	4	.556
3	Oregon State	5	4	.556
4	San Diego State	4	5	.444
5	Utah State	4	5	.444
6	Fresno State	5	4	.556
7	Colorado State	3	6	.333
8	Washington State	1	8	.111

	Big 10	W	L	PCT
1	UCLA	9	0	1.000
2	Indiana	8	1	.889
3	Oregon	6	3	.667
4	Ohio State	6	3	.667
5	Iowa	7	2	.778
6	Wisconsin	6	3	.667
7	USC	7	2	.778
8	Illinois	6	3	.667
9	Northwestern	6	3	.667
10	Minnesota	5	4	.556
11	Penn State	5	4	.556
12	Washington	5	4	.556
13	Michigan	5	4	.556
14	Nebraska	5	4	.556
15	Purdue	3	6	.333
16	Rutgers	2	7	.222
17	Maryland	3	6	.333
18	Michigan State	3	6	.333

	Southeastern	W	L	PCT
1	Georgia	8	1	.889
2	Alabama	7	2	.778
3	Kentucky	7	2	.778
4	Texas	7	2	.778
5	Tennessee	7	2	.778
6	Ole Miss	6	3	.667
7	South Carolina	6	3	.667
8	LSU	6	3	.667
9	Missouri	6	3	.667
10	Oklahoma	5	4	.556
11	Florida	5	4	.556
12	Auburn	5	4	.556
13	Mississippi State	4	5	.444
14	Texas A&M	4	5	.444
15	Arkansas	3	6	.333
16	Vanderbilt	4	5	.444

	Conference USA	W	L	PCT
1	Liberty	8	1	.889
2	Jacksonville State	7	2	.778
3	Middle Tennessee	5	4	.556
4	Delaware	4	5	.444
5	Florida International	4	5	.444
6	New Mexico State	3	6	.333
7	Western Kentucky	3	6	.333
8	Missouri State	3	6	.333
9	Kennesaw State	3	6	.333
10	Sam Houston	1	8	.111

	Sun Belt	W	L	PCT
1	Louisiana Tech	7	2	.778
2	Georgia Southern	5	4	.556
3	Louisiana	6	3	.667
4	James Madison	8	2	.800
5	South Alabama	4	5	.444
6	Appalachian State	5	4	.556
7	Arkansas State	4	5	.444
8	Coastal Carolina	3	6	.333
9	Troy	4	5	.444
10	Marshall	5	4	.556
11	Southern Miss	3	6	.333
12	Georgia State	5	4	.556
13	Louisiana-Monroe	2	7	.222
14	Old Dominion	3	7	.300

	Atlantic Coast	W	L	PCT
1	Miami	8	1	.889
2	Wake Forest	8	1	.889
3	Louisville	6	3	.667
4	SMU	7	2	.778
5	Duke	7	2	.778
6	Clemson	6	3	.667
7	Pittsburgh	6	3	.667
8	Virginia Tech	6	3	.667
9	North Carolina	5	4	.556
10	Florida State	4	5	.444
11	Stanford	4	5	.444
12	Virginia	4	5	.444
13	NC State	4	5	.444
14	Boston College	4	5	.444
15	California	3	6	.333
16	Syracuse	4	5	.444
17	Georgia Tech	2	7	.222

	Mountain West	W	L	PCT
1	New Mexico	8	1	.889
2	Wyoming	6	3	.667
3	North Dakota State	7	2	.778
4	Air Force	7	2	.778
5	UNLV	5	4	.556
6	San Jose State	5	5	.500
7	Nevada	3	6	.333
8	Hawai'i	3	6	.333
9	UTEP	1	8	.111
10	Northern Illinois	0	9	.000

	American Athletic	W	L	PCT
1	North Texas	7	2	.778
2	Memphis	7	2	.778
3	UTSA	7	2	.778
4	Army	5	4	.556
5	UAB	5	4	.556
6	Florida Atlantic	6	3	.667
7	East Carolina	5	4	.556
8	Tulsa	5	4	.556
9	South Florida	6	3	.667
10	Tulane	4	5	.444
11	Navy	3	6	.333
12	Charlotte	1	8	.111
13	Temple	2	7	.222
14	Rice	1	8	.111

	Independent	W	L	PCT
1	Notre Dame	8	1	.889
2	UConn	4	5	.444

	Mid-American	W	L	PCT
1	Toledo	8	2	.800
2	Western Michigan	7	3	.700
3	Buffalo	7	3	.700
4	Ohio	7	3	.700
5	Miami (OH)	6	4	.600
6	Central Michigan	5	5	.500
7	Eastern Michigan	4	6	.400
8	Bowling Green	3	7	.300
9	UMass	5	5	.500
10	Kent State	3	7	.300
11	Ball State	3	7	.300
12	Sacramento State	2	9	.182
13	Akron	1	9	.100

	Big 12	W	L	PCT
1	Utah	9	0	1.000
2	Texas Tech	8	1	.889
3	BYU	7	2	.778
4	Houston	7	2	.778
5	Arizona	7	2	.778
6	Baylor	6	3	.667
7	Oklahoma State	6	3	.667
8	Arizona State	5	4	.556
9	UCF	5	4	.556
10	West Virginia	5	4	.556
11	Iowa State	4	5	.444
12	Cincinnati	5	4	.556
13	TCU	4	5	.444
14	Colorado	3	6	.333
15	Kansas State	4	5	.444
16	Kansas	3	6	.333