Vanderbilt Commodores

1956 Roster

NO.	NAME	POS	HEIGHT	WEIGHT	CLASS
80	Lewis Akin L. Akin	TE	6'4"	183	SO
54	Sam Allen S. Allen	OL	6'0"	180	JR
33	Ronald BABB R. BABB	RB	5'11"	170	SO
68	Ray Barrett R. Barrett	OL	6'1"	194	SO
85	Harold Brown H. Brown	TE	6'0"	195	SR
43	Ronald Brown R. Brown	FB	5'10"	190	SO
40	Jim Butler J. Butler	FB	6'1"	205	SO
63	Winston Caine W. Caine	OL	6'1"	200	SO
60	Eddie Davie E. Davie	OL	5'11"	188	JR
32	Jeff Davis J. Davis	RB	6'0"	184	SO
65	George Deiderich G. Deiderich	OL	6'1"	193	SO
75	Art Demmas A. Demmas	OL	6'2"	210	SR
66	Sam Donaldson S. Donaldson	OL	5'11"	185	JR
15	Doug Gilmore D. Gilmore	QB	6'2"	190	JR
62	Billy Grover B. Grover	OL	5'10"	190	SO
35	Jack Hudson J. Hudson	RB	5'10"	170	SR
	Dan Jones D. Jones	OL
86	Don Karr D. Karr	TE	6'1"	193	SO
24	Phil King P. King	RB	6'4"	210	JR
88	Bob Laws B. Laws	TE	6'0"	192	JR
78	Jimmy Linville J. Linville	OL	6'3"	225	JR
13	Ralph Maple R. Maple	QB	5'11"	181	SO
70	George Mauerman G. Mauerman	OL	6'3"	203	SO
25	Danny McCall D. McCall	RB	5'8"	172	SO
30	Gkika Morgan G. Morgan	RB	5'9"	162	JR
10	Don Orr D. Orr	QB	6'1"	184	SR
53	Billy Parker B. Parker	OL	5'11"	190	SR
	Billy Potts B. Potts	FB	5'8"	163	JR
22	David Ray D. Ray	RB	6'1"	172	SO
44	Jimmy Ray J. Ray	FB	5'10"	195	JR
82	Tommy Redmond T. Redmond	TE	6'5"	215	SO
50	Doyle Richardson D. Richardson	OL	5'11"	180	JR
34	Joe Scales J. Scales	RB	6'0"	188	JR
52	Bob Simmons B. Simmons	OL	6'2"	191	SO
83	Cessna Skaggs C. Skaggs	TE	6'1"	185	SO
76	Claude Small C. Small	OL	6'1"	203	SO
16	Boyce Smith B. Smith	QB	5'11"	160	SO
77	Eric Soesbe E. Soesbe	OL	6'1"	212	JR
	Ed Stevens E. Stevens	TE	6'1"	194	JR
12	Jerry Sturm J. Sturm	QB	6'0"	185	JR
74	Pat Swan P. Swan	OL	6'4"	227	JR
67	Lucian Tatum L. Tatum	OL	6'1"	190	SR
87	Bob Taylor B. Taylor	TE	6'2"	193	JR
23	Pete Thompson P. Thompson	RB	6'2"	191	SO
42	Pete Tkac P. Tkac	FB	6'0"	180	JR
14	Jim Travis J. Travis	QB	5'10"	178	SO
84	Henry Tyler H. Tyler	TE	6'3"	198	SR
72	James Whitehead J. Whitehead	OL	6'5"	231	SO
64	Monte Williamson M. Williamson	OL	5'10"	183	JR
73	Mario Wodka M. Wodka	OL	6'1"	200	JR

CFB 2025 Leaders

Pass Yards Leaders

4,379

Mestemaker

3,973

Mensah

3,711

Maiava

Rush Yards Leaders

1,661

Cook

1,649

Hardy

1,451

Johnson

Rec Yards Leaders

1,291

Scudero

1,276

Bell

1,264

Young

Pass TD Leaders

34

Mensah

34

Mestemaker

33

Mendoza

Rush TD Leaders

25

Hawkins

21

Lacy

18

Hellums

Rec TD Leaders

14

Brown

13

Bell

12

Smith

QB Rating Leaders

181.4

Mendoza

177.5

Sayin

170.4

Pavia

Sack Leaders

14.5

Tucker

13.5

Bailey

12.5

Smith

CFB 2025 Rankings

PPG Rankings

45.1

42.5

42.0

41.9

41.3

40.5

Opp PPG Rankings

9.3

10.8

10.9

13.1

13.3

15.4

Total Yards Rankings

512.4

498.0

488.7

482.9

480.3

475.8

Rush Yards Rankings

289.3

266.3

261.4

254.9

246.9

241.5

Pass Yards Rankings

340.2

318.0

312.4

309.6

296.0

292.8

Sack Leaders

46.0

45.0

43.0

41.0

CFB 2025 Standings

	Atlantic Coast	W	L	PCT
1	Duke	9	5	.643
2	Virginia	11	3	.786
3	Miami	12	2	.857
4	Pittsburgh	8	5	.615
5	SMU	8	4	.667
6	Georgia Tech	9	4	.692
7	California	7	6	.538
8	Clemson	7	6	.538
9	NC State	8	5	.615
10	Louisville	9	4	.692
11	Wake Forest	8	4	.667
12	Stanford	4	8	.333
13	Florida State	5	7	.417
14	North Carolina	4	8	.333
15	Virginia Tech	3	9	.250
16	Boston College	2	10	.167
17	Syracuse	3	9	.250

	Southeastern	W	L	PCT
1	Georgia	12	1	.923
2	Alabama	11	3	.786
3	Ole Miss	12	1	.923
4	Texas A&M	11	2	.846
5	Texas	10	3	.769
6	Oklahoma	10	3	.769
7	Vanderbilt	10	3	.769
8	Missouri	8	5	.615
9	Tennessee	8	5	.615
10	LSU	7	6	.538
11	Kentucky	5	7	.417
12	Florida	4	8	.333
13	Auburn	5	7	.417
14	Mississippi State	5	7	.417
15	South Carolina	4	8	.333
16	Arkansas	2	10	.167

	Big 10	W	L	PCT
1	Indiana	13	0	1.000
2	Ohio State	12	2	.857
3	Oregon	12	1	.923
4	Michigan	9	4	.692
5	USC	9	4	.692
6	Iowa	9	4	.692
7	Illinois	9	4	.692
8	Minnesota	8	5	.615
9	Washington	9	4	.692
10	Nebraska	7	6	.538
11	Northwestern	7	6	.538
12	Penn State	7	6	.538
13	UCLA	3	9	.250
14	Rutgers	5	7	.417
15	Wisconsin	4	8	.333
16	Maryland	4	8	.333
17	Michigan State	4	8	.333
18	Purdue	2	10	.167

	Mountain West	W	L	PCT
1	UNLV	10	4	.714
2	New Mexico	9	4	.692
3	San Diego State	9	4	.692
4	Boise State	9	5	.643
5	Fresno State	9	4	.692
6	Hawaii	9	4	.692
7	Utah State	6	7	.462
8	Air Force	4	8	.333
9	Wyoming	4	8	.333
10	Nevada	3	9	.250
11	San José State	3	9	.250
12	Colorado State	2	10	.167

	American Athletic	W	L	PCT
1	North Texas	12	2	.857
2	Tulane	11	3	.786
3	Navy	10	2	.833
4	South Florida	9	4	.692
5	East Carolina	9	4	.692
6	Memphis	8	5	.615
7	Army	7	6	.538
8	UTSA	7	6	.538
9	Temple	5	7	.417
10	Florida Atlantic	4	8	.333
11	Rice	5	7	.417
12	UAB	4	8	.333
13	Tulsa	4	8	.333
14	Charlotte	1	11	.083

	Independent	W	L	PCT
1	Notre Dame	10	2	.833
2	UConn	9	4	.692

	Big 12	W	L	PCT
1	Texas Tech	12	1	.923
2	BYU	12	2	.857
3	Utah	11	2	.846
4	Houston	10	3	.769
5	Arizona	9	3	.750
6	Arizona State	8	5	.615
7	Iowa State	8	4	.667
8	Kansas State	6	6	.500
9	TCU	9	4	.692
10	Cincinnati	7	5	.583
11	Baylor	5	7	.417
12	Kansas	5	7	.417
13	UCF	5	7	.417
14	West Virginia	4	8	.333
15	Colorado	3	9	.250
16	Oklahoma State	1	11	.083

	Pac-12	W	L	PCT
1	Washington State	7	6	.538
2	Oregon State	2	10	.167

	Mid-American	W	L	PCT
1	Western Michigan	10	4	.714
2	Miami (OH)	7	7	.500
3	Ohio	9	4	.692
4	Toledo	8	5	.615
5	Central Michigan	7	6	.538
6	Akron	5	7	.417
7	Buffalo	5	7	.417
8	Kent State	5	7	.417
9	Eastern Michigan	4	8	.333
10	Ball State	4	8	.333
11	Bowling Green	4	8	.333
12	Northern Illinois	3	9	.250
13	UMass	0	12	.000

	Sun Belt	W	L	PCT
1	JMU	12	2	.857
2	Troy	8	6	.571
3	Old Dominion	10	3	.769
4	Southern Miss	7	6	.538
5	Coastal Carolina	6	7	.462
6	Louisiana	6	7	.462
7	Georgia Southern	7	6	.538
8	Arkansas State	7	6	.538
9	Marshall	5	7	.417
10	Texas State	6	6	.500
11	Appalachian State	5	8	.385
12	South Alabama	4	8	.333
13	Georgia State	1	11	.083
14	Louisiana-Monroe	3	9	.250

	Conference USA	W	L	PCT
1	Kennesaw State	10	4	.714
2	Jacksonville State	9	5	.643
3	Western Kentucky	9	4	.692
4	Louisiana Tech	8	5	.615
5	Missouri State	7	6	.538
6	FIU	7	6	.538
7	Delaware	7	6	.538
8	Liberty	4	8	.333
9	Middle Tennessee	3	9	.250
10	New Mexico State	4	8	.333
11	UTEP	2	10	.167
12	Sam Houston	2	10	.167