Wisconsin Badgers

1956 Roster

NO.	NAME	POS	HEIGHT	WEIGHT	CLASS
64	Stephen E. Ambrose S. E. Ambrose	OL	5'11"	197	SR
61	Rodney Andrus R. Andrus	OL	5'11"	224	SO
33	Glenn Bestor G. Bestor	OL	6'1"	211	SR
	Gil Blackmun G. Blackmun	QB
24	Gilbert F. Blackmun G. F. Blackmun	QB	6'0"	167	SO
54	Arthur R. Bloedorn A. R. Bloedorn	OL	6'2"	209	SO
75	Martin M. Booher M. M. Booher	OL	6'1"	236	SR
89	William W. Brandt W. W. Brandt	DL	6'1"	185	SR
18	John Bridgeman J. Bridgeman	RB	5'10"	173	SR
72	Paul E. Brostrom P. E. Brostrom	OL	5'11"	217	SO
27	Ron Carlson R. Carlson	QB	5'9"	169	SO
51	George H. Chryst G. H. Chryst	OL	6'1"	190	SO
76	Rocco P. Cinelli R. P. Cinelli	OL	6'2"	225	SO
71	Myron G. Cooper M. G. Cooper	OL	6'4"	230	SR
52	Gordon C. Corcoran G. C. Corcoran	OL	5'11"	194	JR
22	Patrick J. Cvengros P. J. Cvengros	DL	6'2"	211	JR
26	Robert C. Dawson R. C. Dawson	QB	5'10"	164	SO
93	Burton M. Denenberg B. M. Denenberg	DL	6'0"	197	JR
73	Robert E. Dunai R. E. Dunai	OL	6'2"	223	SO
88	James G. Fraser J. G. Fraser	DL	6'2"	210	SO
66	William C. Gehler W. C. Gehler	OL	5'9"	204	JR
79	Gary M. Goldenberg G. M. Goldenberg	OL	6'0"	203	SO
69	Paul D. Gray P. D. Gray	OL	5'9"	184	SO
46	Earl Hagberg E. Hagberg	RB	5'11"	187	SO
65	William C. Happel W. C. Happel	OL	5'11"	205	SO
97	John A. Heineke J. A. Heineke	OL	6'2"	209	JR
91	Earl J. Hill E. J. Hill	DL	6'4"	193	SO
	Early Hill Jr. E. Hill Jr.	WR
60	Jon R. Hobbs J. R. Hobbs	OL	6'0"	194	SO
42	Kenneth Hofer K. Hofer	RB	5'9"	165	SR
15	Thomas Hoffman T. Hoffman	RB	5'10"	179	SO
	Dave Howard D. Howard	WR
84	David L. Howard D. L. Howard	DL	6'1"	203	SR
82	Dave Kocourek D. Kocourek	DL	6'4"	203	SO
	Dick Kolian D. Kolian	RB
43	Richard E. Kolian R. E. Kolian	FB	6'1"	210	SR
63	James F. Langlois J. F. Langlois	OL	5'9"	210	SO
41	Pat Levenhagen P. Levenhagen	FB	5'11"	186	SR
19	Daniel N. Lewis D. N. Lewis	RB	6'1"	199	JR
	Danny Lewis D. Lewis	RB
	Billy Lowe B. Lowe	RB
49	William A. Lowe W. A. Lowe	RB	6'0"	186	SR
21	Frank Luksik F. Luksik	QB	6'0"	194	SO
47	Eugene Melvin E. Melvin	RB	5'8"	163	SO
68	Melvin Morris M. Morris	OL	6'0"	205	SO
70	Robert E. Nelson R. E. Nelson	OL	6'5"	239	SO
67	Richard D. Nicolazzi R. D. Nicolazzi	OL	5'11"	221	JR
53	Thomas J. Rabas T. J. Rabas	OL	5'10"	178	SR
85	James R. Reinke J. R. Reinke	DL	6'1"	196	SR
	Jim Reinke J. Reinke	WR
44	David L. Rex D. L. Rex	RB	5'10"	188	SR
25	Richard Simonson R. Simonson	QB	5'9"	172	JR
90	Charles T. Sprague C. T. Sprague	OL	6'2"	213	SO
78	Robert J. Sundin R. J. Sundin	OL	6'2"	214	SR
50	Richard D. Teteak R. D. Teteak	OL	6'0"	207	SO
	Dick Tilley D. Tilley	RB
38	Richard J. Tilley R. J. Tilley	FB	6'0"	187	SO
94	Sidney Williams S. Williams	DL	6'2"	185	JR
55	Peter S. Zouvas P. S. Zouvas	FB	6'0"	218	SO

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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

10.5

Simmons

10.5

Dean

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	Ohio	7	3	.700
2	Western Michigan	7	3	.700
3	Buffalo	6	3	.667
4	Toledo	7	2	.778
5	Miami (OH)	6	4	.600
6	Eastern Michigan	4	6	.400
7	Bowling Green	3	7	.300
8	UMass	5	4	.556
9	Central Michigan	4	5	.444
10	Ball State	3	6	.333
11	Kent State	3	7	.300
12	Sacramento State	2	8	.200
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