Virginia Tech Hokies

1956 Roster

NAME	POS	HEIGHT	WEIGHT	CLASS
Corbin Bailey C. Bailey	RB	5'10"	172	JR
Warren Belcher W. Belcher	OL	6'1"	205	SO
Tommy Betz T. Betz	RB	5'8"	165	SO
Ed Brinkley E. Brinkley	TE	6'1"	185	SO
Jim Burks J. Burks	OL	6'8"	220	SO
Pat Carpenito P. Carpenito	OL	6'0"	200	JR
Benny Coleman B. Coleman	RB	6'0"	175	SO
Bobby Conner B. Conner	FB	6'0"	206	JR
Billy Cranwell B. Cranwell	QB	6'0"	165	SR
Bobby Cruickshank B. Cruickshank	OL	6'0"	200	SR
Charles Cuba C. Cuba	OL	6'0"	185	SR
Carroll Dale C. Dale	WR
Bill Daley B. Daley	OL	6'1"	200	SR
Tom Dalzel T. Dalzel	OL	6'4"	215	SR
Don Divers D. Divers	FB	6'0"	185	SR
Charles Easton C. Easton	OL	6'2"	216	SO
Dave Ebert D. Ebert	RB	6'10"	170	SR
Ray England R. England	RB	6'10"	190	JR
Jimmy Enlow J. Enlow	TE	6'0"	183	SO
Barry Frazee B. Frazee	RB	6'10"	175	JR
John Hall J. Hall	OL	5'11"	196	SR
Jim Hedrick J. Hedrick	TE	6'4"	190	SR
John Herndon J. Herndon	TE	6'2"	185	SR
James Holloway J. Holloway	OL	6'0"	200	SO
Billy Holsclaw B. Holsclaw	QB	6'10"	164	SO
John Hubard J. Hubard	QB	6'10"	160	SR
Ronnie Johnson R. Johnson	OL	6'0"	186	SO
Grover Jones G. Jones	TE	6'1"	200	SR
Harry Keast H. Keast	RB	6'11"	176	SO
Bill King B. King	FB	6'11"	180	SO
James Kosko J. Kosko	QB	6'1"	175	SO
Dave Kuruc D. Kuruc	OL	6'4"	220	SO
Tom Lasinger T. Lasinger	FB	6'1"	200	SO
Leland Lawson L. Lawson	TE	6'0"	180	SO
Jimmy Lugar J. Lugar	QB	5'10"	170	JR
Hiram Lyne H. Lyne	TE	5'11"	170	SO
Robert Mangum R. Mangum	OL	6'2"	205	SO
Stanley Martin S. Martin	OL	6'0"	180	SO
Bob McCoy B. McCoy	QB	6'1"	170	SO
Nick Mihalas N. Mihalas	TE	6'1"	195	SO
John Moody J. Moody	WR
Russell Moon R. Moon	OL	6'2"	210	JR
Jere Moore J. Moore	RB	5'10"	180	SO
Doug Mullins D. Mullins	TE	6'1"	195	SO
Mike Netzer M. Netzer	FB	5'10"	185	SO
Dick Nichols D. Nichols	OL	6'4"	190	SO
Hillmer Olson H. Olson	OL	6'1"	205	SR
Alger Pugh A. Pugh	RB	6'0"	175	FR
Jim Randall J. Randall	FB	6'1"	200	JR
Dick Ringer D. Ringer	RB	5'8"	166	SO
Ben Schmidt B. Schmidt	OL	6'0"	190	JR
Bobby Seal B. Seal	OL	5'10"	210	SR
Al Sebest A. Sebest	FB	5'10"	180	SO
Ronnie Settles R. Settles	OL	5'10"	175	SO
Sam Shaffer S. Shaffer	FB	5'11"	170	SO
Billy Tilling B. Tilling	TE	6'1"	190	JR
Ted Uzelac T. Uzelac	OL	5'11"	220	SO
Horace Van Meter H. Van Meter	TE	6'1"	185	SO
Frank Webster F. Webster	OL	6'1"	200	JR
Harry Welker H. Welker	RB	6'0"	175	SO
Jay Whitesell J. Whitesell	RB	5'11"	170	SO
Bobby Wolfenden B. Wolfenden	RB	6'0"	185	SR
Charles Youmans C. Youmans	FB	5'11"	185	SO

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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