Purdue Boilermakers

1956 Roster

NO.	NAME	POS	HEIGHT	WEIGHT	CLASS
22	Al Bader A. Bader	RB	5'11"	188	SO
44	Erich Barnes E. Barnes	RB	6'3"	197	JR
41	Tom Barnett T. Barnett	RB	5'11"	176	SO
27	John Brideweser J. Brideweser	RB	5'9"	168	SR
83	Steve Chernicky S. Chernicky	TE	6'1"	198	SR
74	Tom Ciukaj T. Ciukaj	OL	6'0"	215	SO
50	Bob Clasey B. Clasey	OL	5'11"	203	SR
68	William Corbett W. Corbett	OL	6'1"	205	SO
89	John Crowl J. Crowl	TE	6'2"	196	SO
36	Tom Crowl T. Crowl	FB	6'2"	198	JR
32	Carroll Davey C. Davey	RB	6'1"	172	JR
16	Len Dawson L. Dawson	QB	6'0"	183	SR
35	Melvin Dillard M. Dillard	FB	6'2"	187	JR
70	Ed Dwyer E. Dwyer	OL	6'3"	230	JR
12	Stan Eaton S. Eaton	FB	5'11"	173	SR
85	Al Espinda A. Espinda	TE	6'1"	204	JR
75	Wayne Farmer W. Farmer	OL	6'2"	235	SO
79	John Fear J. Fear	OL	6'0"	209	JR
21	Tom Fletcher T. Fletcher	RB	5'9"	171	JR
84	Tom Franckhauser T. Franckhauser	TE	5'11"	189	SO
29	Joe Gliwa J. Gliwa	RB	5'11"	192	SO
28	Bernard Haag B. Haag	RB	6'0"	189	SO
58	Neil Habig N. Habig	OL	6'0"	197	JR
34	George Hahn G. Hahn	RB	6'0"	184	SO
78	Frank Hoffman F. Hoffman	OL	6'1"	219	JR
61	Harvey Hostetler H. Hostetler	OL	5'10"	221	SO
67	Don Jackson D. Jackson	OL	6'0"	193	SR
64	John Jardine J. Jardine	OL	5'11"	186	JR
80	Leonard Jardine L. Jardine	OL	6'0"	193	SO
45	Bill Jennings B. Jennings	FB	6'0"	190	SR
82	Bob Khoenle B. Khoenle	TE	6'0"	207	SR
18	Ted Krzeczowski T. Krzeczowski	QB	5'11"	191	SR
38	Bob Leonard B. Leonard	FB	6'2"	191	SR
81	Lamar Lundy L. Lundy	TE	6'6"	226	SR
69	Russell Maier R. Maier	OL	6'0"	203	SO
43	Gary Mau G. Mau	RB	5'10"	188	SO
25	Kenneth Mikes K. Mikes	RB	6'0"	179	JR
88	Nick Mumley N. Mumley	TE	6'6"	229	SO
33	James Nemec J. Nemec	OL	6'1"	211	SO
71	Dominic Picco D. Picco	OL	5'9"	220	SR
40	Jim Redinger J. Redinger	RB	6'0"	198	SO
65	Ron Sabal R. Sabal	OL	6'2"	217	JR
86	Robert Sallada R. Sallada	RB	5'11"	174	SO
66	Gene Selawski G. Selawski	OL	6'4"	247	JR
62	Jim Shea J. Shea	OL	5'11"	220	SR
56	John Simerson J. Simerson	OL	6'1"	236	SR
52	Dale Snelling D. Snelling	OL	6'1"	207	SR
72	Bill Spillane B. Spillane	OL	6'2"	210	JR
10	Bob Spoo B. Spoo	QB	5'11"	167	SO
60	Joe Stepanek J. Stepanek	OL	5'10"	202	SR
17	Dick Stillwagon D. Stillwagon	QB	6'2"	175	SO
63	Gerald Stupeck G. Stupeck	OL	6'1"	206	JR
77	Ed Voytek E. Voytek	OL	6'2"	229	SR

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CFB 2026 Leaders

Pass Yards Leaders

2,977

Atkinson

2,649

Mestemaker

2,577

Jackson

Rush Yards Leaders

1,054

White

1,049

Riley

1,005

Roberts

Rec Yards Leaders

1,110

Legree

1,067

Smith

1,027

Toney

Pass TD Leaders

25

Stokes

25

Atkinson

25

Mensah

Rush TD Leaders

17

Hellums

16

Hawkins

14

Sheppard

Rec TD Leaders

14

Legree

13

Toney

13

Smith

QB Rating Leaders

202.7

Mensah

184.5

Sayin

178.5

Stokes

Sack Leaders

10.5

Simmons

10.0

Osunsanmi

9.0

Zock

CFB 2026 Rankings

PPG Rankings

47.6

43.8

41.1

41.0

40.4

Opp PPG Rankings

11.9

12.4

12.5

13.4

Total Yards Rankings

540.5

534.9

529.6

517.4

514.0

510.0

Rush Yards Rankings

342.5

341.0

295.8

271.4

261.6

250.8

Pass Yards Rankings

383.4

348.9

338.8

332.4

329.6

324.1

Sack Leaders

35.0

34.0

32.0

31.0

28.0

CFB 2026 Standings

	Pac-12	W	L	PCT
1	Boise State	7	1	.875
2	Oregon State	5	3	.625
3	San Diego State	4	5	.444
4	Texas State	4	4	.500
5	Fresno State	5	3	.625
6	Utah State	3	5	.375
7	Colorado State	3	5	.375
8	Washington State	1	8	.111

	Big 10	W	L	PCT
1	UCLA	8	0	1.000
2	Indiana	8	1	.889
3	Ohio State	6	2	.750
4	USC	7	2	.778
5	Illinois	5	3	.625
6	Minnesota	5	3	.625
7	Iowa	6	2	.750
8	Oregon	5	3	.625
9	Northwestern	6	2	.750
10	Wisconsin	5	3	.625
11	Washington	5	3	.625
12	Michigan	5	3	.625
13	Nebraska	5	3	.625
14	Purdue	3	5	.375
15	Penn State	4	4	.500
16	Rutgers	2	6	.250
17	Maryland	2	6	.250
18	Michigan State	2	6	.250

	Southeastern	W	L	PCT
1	Georgia	7	1	.875
2	Kentucky	7	1	.875
3	Alabama	6	2	.750
4	Ole Miss	6	2	.750
5	Texas	6	2	.750
6	LSU	6	2	.750
7	Missouri	6	2	.750
8	Tennessee	6	2	.750
9	South Carolina	5	3	.625
10	Florida	5	3	.625
11	Oklahoma	4	4	.500
12	Auburn	4	4	.500
13	Mississippi State	4	4	.500
14	Texas A&M	4	4	.500
15	Arkansas	3	5	.375
16	Vanderbilt	3	5	.375

	Conference USA	W	L	PCT
1	Liberty	7	1	.875
2	Jacksonville State	6	2	.750
3	Delaware	4	4	.500
4	New Mexico State	3	5	.375
5	Middle Tennessee	4	4	.500
6	Western Kentucky	3	5	.375
7	Missouri State	3	5	.375
8	Florida International	3	5	.375
9	Kennesaw State	2	6	.250
10	Sam Houston	1	7	.125

	Sun Belt	W	L	PCT
1	Louisiana Tech	6	2	.750
2	Appalachian State	5	3	.625
3	South Alabama	4	4	.500
4	James Madison	7	2	.778
5	Louisiana	5	3	.625
6	Georgia Southern	4	4	.500
7	Arkansas State	4	4	.500
8	Coastal Carolina	3	5	.375
9	Troy	4	4	.500
10	Georgia State	4	4	.500
11	Southern Miss	3	5	.375
12	Marshall	5	3	.625
13	Louisiana-Monroe	1	7	.125
14	Old Dominion	2	7	.222

	Atlantic Coast	W	L	PCT
1	Miami	8	0	1.000
2	Wake Forest	7	1	.875
3	Louisville	5	3	.625
4	SMU	6	2	.750
5	Virginia Tech	6	2	.750
6	Duke	6	2	.750
7	Clemson	5	3	.625
8	Pittsburgh	6	3	.667
9	Boston College	4	4	.500
10	NC State	4	4	.500
11	North Carolina	4	4	.500
12	Virginia	4	5	.444
13	California	3	6	.333
14	Syracuse	4	4	.500
15	Stanford	4	5	.444
16	Florida State	3	5	.375
17	Georgia Tech	2	6	.250

	Mountain West	W	L	PCT
1	New Mexico	7	1	.875
2	Wyoming	5	3	.625
3	UNLV	5	3	.625
4	North Dakota State	7	2	.778
5	Air Force	6	2	.750
6	Nevada	3	5	.375
7	San Jose State	4	5	.444
8	Hawai'i	2	6	.250
9	UTEP	1	7	.125
10	Northern Illinois	0	8	.000

	Independent	W	L	PCT
1	Notre Dame	7	1	.875
2	UConn	4	4	.500

	Mid-American	W	L	PCT
1	Ohio	7	2	.778
2	Toledo	7	2	.778
3	Western Michigan	6	3	.667
4	Buffalo	6	3	.667
5	Miami (OH)	5	4	.556
6	Eastern Michigan	4	6	.400
7	UMass	5	4	.556
8	Kent State	3	6	.333
9	Ball State	3	6	.333
10	Central Michigan	4	5	.444
11	Bowling Green	2	7	.222
12	Sacramento State	2	8	.200
13	Akron	1	8	.111

	American Athletic	W	L	PCT
1	UTSA	7	1	.875
2	North Texas	6	2	.750
3	Memphis	7	2	.778
4	Army	5	3	.625
5	South Florida	6	2	.750
6	UAB	4	4	.500
7	Florida Atlantic	5	3	.625
8	East Carolina	4	4	.500
9	Tulane	4	4	.500
10	Charlotte	1	7	.125
11	Tulsa	4	4	.500
12	Temple	2	6	.250
13	Navy	2	6	.250
14	Rice	1	7	.125

	Big 12	W	L	PCT
1	Utah	8	0	1.000
2	BYU	7	1	.875
3	Texas Tech	7	1	.875
4	Houston	6	2	.750
5	Arizona	6	2	.750
6	Baylor	5	3	.625
7	Oklahoma State	5	3	.625
8	West Virginia	5	3	.625
9	Iowa State	4	4	.500
10	UCF	4	4	.500
11	Cincinnati	5	3	.625
12	Arizona State	4	4	.500
13	TCU	4	4	.500
14	Colorado	3	5	.375
15	Kansas State	4	4	.500
16	Kansas	3	5	.375