Washington State Cougars

1956 Roster

NO.	NAME	POS	HEIGHT	WEIGHT	CLASS
20	Bunny Aldrich B. Aldrich	QB	5'11"	175	JR
63	Ralph Allen R. Allen	OL	5'11"	190	SO
22	Rey Alvarado R. Alvarado	RB	5'11"	183	JR
74	Robert Anacker R. Anacker	OL	6'0"	190	SO
60	Eugene Baker E. Baker	OL	5'11"	200	JR
65	Ray Bakker R. Bakker	OL	5'10"	185	JR
70	Richard Barclay R. Barclay	OL	5'11"	200	JR
73	James Barney J. Barney	OL	6'1"	190	SO
69	Kenneth Benson K. Benson	OL	5'11"	190	SO
75	Raymond Blier R. Blier	OL	5'11"	190	SO
79	William Bugge W. Bugge	OL	6'0"	190	SO
40	Duane Christensen D. Christensen	FB	5'11"	200	SO
52	John Clark J. Clark	OL	6'1"	193	JR
26	Clarence Coplin C. Coplin	RB	5'8"	161	JR
	Richard Doerflinger R. Doerflinger	OL	6'0"	190	SO
	Paul DuBruille P. DuBruille
85	Don Ellingsen D. Ellingsen	TE	5'10"	150	SO
	Jack Fanning J. Fanning	WR
87	John Fanning J. Fanning	TE	6'0"	160	SO
	Jim Frankson J. Frankson	RB
67	Kenneth Gardner K. Gardner	OL	5'11"	183	JR
89	Don Gest D. Gest	TE	6'4"	200	JR
50	Ted Gray T. Gray	OL	5'11"	190	SO
62	Burl Grinols B. Grinols	OL	6'0"	204	SR
64	Everett Gust E. Gust	OL	5'11"	175	SR
32	Ronald Hare R. Hare	RB	5'10"	170	SO
	Dick Harris D. Harris	RB
10	Myron Hawkes M. Hawkes	FB	6'0"	184	JR
37	Phillip Hollick P. Hollick	FB	5'11"	175	SO
72	Ronald Jacobson R. Jacobson	OL	6'2"	204	JR
31	Dave Jones D. Jones	RB	5'11"	170	SO
68	George Keech G. Keech	OL	5'10"	170	SO
53	Wilbur Keunzi W. Keunzi	OL	5'11"	175	SO
66	Phillip Mast P. Mast	OL	5'11"	180	SO
	John McPhee J. McPhee	OL	5'11"	185	SO
	Chuck Morrell C. Morrell	RB
82	John Nagle J. Nagle	TE	5'10"	160	SO
	Bob Newman B. Newman	QB
23	Robert Newman R. Newman	QB	6'0"	180	SO
84	James Renfro J. Renfro	TE	6'0"	175	SO
39	Floyd Richmond F. Richmond	RB	5'10"	155	SO
71	Gary Rudd G. Rudd	OL	6'1"	200	SO
42	Daniel Schwisow D. Schwisow	RB	5'9"	180	SO
35	Bill Steiger B. Steiger	RB	6'0"	174	JR
45	Eddie Stevens E. Stevens	FB	5'9"	175	SO
51	Gale Strait G. Strait	OL	5'11"	180	JR
81	Raymond Taipale R. Taipale	TE	5'10"	161	SO
	Richard Temby R. Temby	RB	6'0"	175	JR
86	Lew Turner L. Turner	TE	6'2"	186	SR
88	Norman Veach N. Veach	TE	6'2"	185	JR
	Fred Waybright F. Waybright	OL	6'0"	185	SO
78	Larry Weir L. Weir	OL	5'11"	190	JR
77	Vel West V. West	OL	5'11"	200	SO
76	Alan Williamson A. Williamson	OL	6'0"	193	SO
24	Dave Wilson D. Wilson	QB	5'9"	153	SO
	Dick Windham D. Windham	RB

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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