West Virginia Mountaineers

1956 Roster

NO.	NAME	POS	HEIGHT	WEIGHT	CLASS
24	Ralph Anastasio R. Anastasio	RB	5'11"	165	JR
56	Chuck Billak C. Billak	OL	5'11"	190	SO
55	Barry Blake B. Blake	OL	6'1"	215	SR
83	John Bowles J. Bowles	TE	6'2"	200	SO
87	Roger Chancey R. Chancey	TE	6'2"	225	JR
12	Bob Connolly B. Connolly	QB	6'0"	185	SO
33	Max Cosper M. Cosper	FB	5'9"	195	SR
54	Tom Domen T. Domen	OL	5'11"	205	JR
78	Steve Edwards S. Edwards	OL	6'1"	225	SO
45	Terry Fairbanks T. Fairbanks	TE	6'1"	200	SO
60	Bill Ford B. Ford	OL	5'11"	202	SO
63	Bob Guenther B. Guenther	OL	6'0"	195	JR
77	Dick Guesman D. Guesman	OL	6'4"	245	SO
42	Jim Haught J. Haught	RB	6'2"	180	SO
75	Jim Hillen J. Hillen	OL	6'1"	230	SO
66	Chuck Howley C. Howley	OL	6'2"	220	JR
89	Dennis Jones D. Jones	TE	6'2"	205	JR
82	Dick Kleckner D. Kleckner	TE	6'1"	220	SO
53	Ron Klim R. Klim	OL	6'1"	220	SR
84	Joe Kopnisky J. Kopnisky	TE	6'2"	210	SR
49	Larry Krutko L. Krutko	FB	6'1"	210	JR
64	Gene Lathey G. Lathey	OL	5'10"	192	SR
11	Dick Longfellow D. Longfellow	QB	5'9"	175	SO
85	Bruce McClung B. McClung	TE	6'4"	205	SO
44	Bill McClure B. McClure	RB	6'0"	180	SO
35	Bill McCrea B. McCrea	FB	6'1"	190	SO
52	Harry McFeater H. McFeater	OL	5'11"	190	JR
25	Paul Mikanik P. Mikanik	RB	5'9"	190	JR
61	Joe Nicely J. Nicely	OL	6'1"	220	JR
74	Jim Pickett J. Pickett	OL	6'3"	230	JR
22	Jack Rabbits J. Rabbits	RB	5'9"	162	SR
43	Ronnie Santicola R. Santicola	RB	5'11"	180	JR
72	Paul Sharkady P. Sharkady	OL	6'1"	225	JR
21	Paul Shepherd P. Shepherd	RB	5'11"	168	SR
41	Sammy Sizemore S. Sizemore	RB	5'10"	170	SO
26	Bob Snider B. Snider	RB	5'11"	185	SR
79	Ed Sommer E. Sommer	OL	5'11"	210	SO
10	Alex Szuch A. Szuch	QB	5'10"	170	SR
86	Tony Tallarico T. Tallarico	TE	6'2"	180	SO
15	Mickey Trimarki M. Trimarki	QB	6'1"	195	JR
73	Bill Underdonk B. Underdonk	OL	6'2"	220	SR
65	Jerry Urda J. Urda	OL	6'0"	215	SR
34	Noel Whipkey N. Whipkey	FB	5'10"	200	SO

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CFB 2026 Leaders

Pass Yards Leaders

635

Maiava

550

Weaver

525

Hedden

Rush Yards Leaders

280

Carter

227

Sheppard

200

Woodson

Rec Yards Leaders

234

Toney

222

Mosley

196

Duff

Pass TD Leaders

7

Heintschel

6

Boley

5

Weaver

Rush TD Leaders

5

Carter

3

Robinson

3

Anderson

Rec TD Leaders

4

Williams

3

Mosley

3

Toney

QB Rating Leaders

285.0

Hoover

281.3

Baker

272.0

Becht

Sack Leaders

3.5

Kinsler

3.0

Gilliam

3.0

Lester

CFB 2026 Rankings

PPG Rankings

80.0

73.0

71.0

70.0

66.0

Opp PPG Rankings

0.0

Total Yards Rankings

762.0

681.0

671.0

660.0

648.0

Rush Yards Rankings

569.0

506.0

465.0

431.0

365.0

364.0

Pass Yards Rankings

480.0

435.0

434.0

432.0

428.0

417.0

Sack Leaders

9.0

6.0

CFB 2026 Standings

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

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

	Big 12	W	L	PCT
1	Arizona	1	0	1.000
2	Arizona State	1	0	1.000
3	BYU	1	0	1.000
4	Cincinnati	1	0	1.000
5	Colorado	1	0	1.000
6	Houston	1	0	1.000
7	Iowa State	1	0	1.000
8	Kansas	1	0	1.000
9	Kansas State	1	0	1.000
10	Texas Tech	1	0	1.000
11	UCF	1	0	1.000
12	Utah	1	0	1.000
13	West Virginia	1	0	1.000
14	Baylor	0	1	.000
15	Oklahoma State	0	1	.000
16	TCU	0	1	.000

	Pac-12	W	L	PCT
1	Colorado State	1	0	1.000
2	San Diego State	1	0	1.000
3	Boise State	0	1	.000
4	Fresno State	0	1	.000
5	Oregon State	0	1	.000
6	Texas State	0	1	.000
7	Utah State	0	1	.000
8	Washington State	0	1	.000

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

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

	Atlantic Coast	W	L	PCT
1	Miami	1	0	1.000
2	Virginia	1	0	1.000
3	Duke	1	0	1.000
4	Florida State	1	0	1.000
5	North Carolina	1	0	1.000
6	Pittsburgh	1	0	1.000
7	Syracuse	1	0	1.000
8	Virginia Tech	1	0	1.000
9	Wake Forest	1	0	1.000
10	SMU	0	0
11	Boston College	0	1	.000
12	California	0	1	.000
13	Clemson	0	1	.000
14	Georgia Tech	0	1	.000
15	Louisville	0	1	.000
16	Stanford	1	1	.500
17	NC State	0	1	.000

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

	Independent	W	L	PCT
1	Notre Dame	1	0	1.000
2	UConn	1	0	1.000

	Big 10	W	L	PCT
1	USC	2	0	1.000
2	Illinois	1	0	1.000
3	Indiana	1	0	1.000
4	Iowa	1	0	1.000
5	Maryland	1	0	1.000
6	Michigan	1	0	1.000
7	Michigan State	1	0	1.000
8	Minnesota	1	0	1.000
9	Nebraska	1	0	1.000
10	Northwestern	1	0	1.000
11	Ohio State	1	0	1.000
12	Oregon	1	0	1.000
13	Penn State	1	0	1.000
14	Purdue	1	0	1.000
15	UCLA	1	0	1.000
16	Washington	1	0	1.000
17	Rutgers	0	1	.000
18	Wisconsin	0	1	.000

	Conference USA	W	L	PCT
1	Delaware	1	0	1.000
2	Kennesaw State	1	0	1.000
3	Middle Tennessee	1	0	1.000
4	Jacksonville State	1	1	.500
5	New Mexico State	1	1	.500
6	Florida International	0	1	.000
7	Liberty	0	1	.000
8	Missouri State	0	1	.000
9	Sam Houston	0	1	.000
10	Western Kentucky	0	1	.000