Vanderbilt Commodores

1956 Roster

NO.	NAME	POS	HEIGHT	WEIGHT	CLASS
80	Lewis Akin L. Akin	TE	6'4"	183	SO
54	Sam Allen S. Allen	OL	6'0"	180	JR
33	Ronald BABB R. BABB	RB	5'11"	170	SO
68	Ray Barrett R. Barrett	OL	6'1"	194	SO
85	Harold Brown H. Brown	TE	6'0"	195	SR
43	Ronald Brown R. Brown	FB	5'10"	190	SO
40	Jim Butler J. Butler	FB	6'1"	205	SO
63	Winston Caine W. Caine	OL	6'1"	200	SO
60	Eddie Davie E. Davie	OL	5'11"	188	JR
32	Jeff Davis J. Davis	RB	6'0"	184	SO
65	George Deiderich G. Deiderich	OL	6'1"	193	SO
75	Art Demmas A. Demmas	OL	6'2"	210	SR
66	Sam Donaldson S. Donaldson	OL	5'11"	185	JR
15	Doug Gilmore D. Gilmore	QB	6'2"	190	JR
62	Billy Grover B. Grover	OL	5'10"	190	SO
35	Jack Hudson J. Hudson	RB	5'10"	170	SR
	Dan Jones D. Jones	OL
86	Don Karr D. Karr	TE	6'1"	193	SO
24	Phil King P. King	RB	6'4"	210	JR
88	Bob Laws B. Laws	TE	6'0"	192	JR
78	Jimmy Linville J. Linville	OL	6'3"	225	JR
13	Ralph Maple R. Maple	QB	5'11"	181	SO
70	George Mauerman G. Mauerman	OL	6'3"	203	SO
25	Danny McCall D. McCall	RB	5'8"	172	SO
30	Gkika Morgan G. Morgan	RB	5'9"	162	JR
10	Don Orr D. Orr	QB	6'1"	184	SR
53	Billy Parker B. Parker	OL	5'11"	190	SR
	Billy Potts B. Potts	FB	5'8"	163	JR
22	David Ray D. Ray	RB	6'1"	172	SO
44	Jimmy Ray J. Ray	FB	5'10"	195	JR
82	Tommy Redmond T. Redmond	TE	6'5"	215	SO
50	Doyle Richardson D. Richardson	OL	5'11"	180	JR
34	Joe Scales J. Scales	RB	6'0"	188	JR
52	Bob Simmons B. Simmons	OL	6'2"	191	SO
83	Cessna Skaggs C. Skaggs	TE	6'1"	185	SO
76	Claude Small C. Small	OL	6'1"	203	SO
16	Boyce Smith B. Smith	QB	5'11"	160	SO
77	Eric Soesbe E. Soesbe	OL	6'1"	212	JR
	Ed Stevens E. Stevens	TE	6'1"	194	JR
12	Jerry Sturm J. Sturm	QB	6'0"	185	JR
74	Pat Swan P. Swan	OL	6'4"	227	JR
67	Lucian Tatum L. Tatum	OL	6'1"	190	SR
87	Bob Taylor B. Taylor	TE	6'2"	193	JR
23	Pete Thompson P. Thompson	RB	6'2"	191	SO
42	Pete Tkac P. Tkac	FB	6'0"	180	JR
14	Jim Travis J. Travis	QB	5'10"	178	SO
84	Henry Tyler H. Tyler	TE	6'3"	198	SR
72	James Whitehead J. Whitehead	OL	6'5"	231	SO
64	Monte Williamson M. Williamson	OL	5'10"	183	JR
73	Mario Wodka M. Wodka	OL	6'1"	200	JR

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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	Western Michigan	6	3	.667
3	Buffalo	6	3	.667
4	Toledo	7	2	.778
5	Miami (OH)	5	4	.556
6	Eastern Michigan	4	6	.400
7	Ball State	3	6	.333
8	Kent State	3	6	.333
9	Bowling Green	2	7	.222
10	UMass	5	4	.556
11	Central Michigan	4	5	.444
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