BYU Cougars

1956 Roster

NO.	NAME	POS	HEIGHT	WEIGHT	CLASS
73	Mart Allred M. Allred	OL	5'11"	220	JR
74	Wayne Ash W. Ash	OL	6'1"	208	SO
	Karl Brooks K. Brooks	FB	5'11"	190	JR
85	Paul Brown P. Brown	DL	6'0"	195	SR
	Jay Buhler J. Buhler	OL	5'9"	200	JR
20	Burt Bullock B. Bullock	RB	5'9"	165	SO
82	Paul Caldwell P. Caldwell	DL	6'1"	190	SO
31	Steve Campora S. Campora	FB	5'9"	192	JR
83	Tom Clark T. Clark	DL	6'0"	175	JR
42	Jim Crittenden J. Crittenden	RB	6'0"	175	SR
55	Paul Dalebout P. Dalebout	OL	5'11"	190	JR
61	Leroi Davies L. Davies	OL	5'10"	165	SO
11	Don Dixon D. Dixon	QB	6'0"	168	JR
70	Paul Eckel P. Eckel	OL	6'1"	195	SO
30	Scott Farmer S. Farmer	FB	5'10"	178	JR
75	Dave Hanks D. Hanks	OL	6'2"	215	JR
28	Jack Hilton J. Hilton	RB	5'10"	175	JR
81	Ed Hunt E. Hunt	DL	5'11"	187	SR
35	Richard Hunt R. Hunt	FB	5'11"	187	SR
40	Weldon Jackson W. Jackson	RB	5'11"	165	SO
33	Ron Jacobsen R. Jacobsen	FB	6'0"	190	SO
10	Carroll Johnston C. Johnston	QB	5'10"	175	JR
44	Roy Jones R. Jones	RB	5'9"	175	SR
63	Bill Kuhlman B. Kuhlman	OL	5'11"	190	SO
60	Bob Loose B. Loose	OL	5'10"	180	SR
45	Ralph Magliaccio R. Magliaccio	RB	5'11"	187	JR
65	Bill Mathews B. Mathews	OL	5'11"	195	JR
88	Ray Neel R. Neel	DL	6'1"	195	SR
79	Herman Oldroyd H. Oldroyd	OL	6'1"	205	JR
51	Bob Olson B. Olson	OL	6'2"	190	SO
32	Bill Ostler B. Ostler	FB	5'11"	180	SO
14	Dick Parque D. Parque	QB	5'8"	160	JR
22	Raynor Pearce R. Pearce	RB	6'0"	180	JR
78	Dick Ralph D. Ralph	OL	6'1"	225	SR
54	Lynn Reading L. Reading	OL	6'0"	190	SO
26	Larry Regis L. Regis	RB	5'10"	170	JR
16	John Rooks J. Rooks	QB	5'8"	175	SO
52	Jack Sawyer J. Sawyer	OL	6'3"	210	JR
62	Hal Stapley H. Stapley	OL	6'1"	180	SO
18	Wayne Startin W. Startin	QB	6'1"	180	SO
72	Pete Sundwall P. Sundwall	OL	5'10"	180	SO
66	Glenn Taylor G. Taylor	OL	6'0"	190	SR
64	Jim Taylor J. Taylor	OL	5'11"	195	SO
41	Corky Wall C. Wall	RB	5'9"	190	JR
67	Jay Weening J. Weening	OL	6'2"	210	SR
24	John Wood J. Wood	RB	5'11"	170	SR
80	Ron Zitting R. Zitting	DL	6'4"	214	SO

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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