#3
Iowa Hawkeyes

1956 Roster

NO.	NAME	POS	HEIGHT	WEIGHT	CLASS
78	Don Ahlgren D. Ahlgren	OL	6'2"	205	SR
	Russ Bartels R. Bartels	OL	6'1"	210	SO
64	Frank Bloomquist F. Bloomquist	OL	6'2"	210	JR
63	Don Bowen D. Bowen	OL	6'2"	210	JR
52	Russell Breedlove R. Breedlove	OL	5'11"	210	SO
67	John Bremner J. Bremner	OL	6'1"	206	SO
72	John Burroughs J. Burroughs	OL	6'4"	215	JR
65	John Christianson J. Christianson	OL	6'2"	215	SO
23	Roy Coppotelli R. Coppotelli	QB	6'0"	175	JR
73	Dick Deasy D. Deasy	OL	6'0"	210	SR
83	Jim Dick J. Dick	DL	5'11"	177	SR
20	Don Dobrino D. Dobrino	RB	6'3"	205	SR
66	Darrell Drake D. Drake	OL	6'0"	205	SO
25	Randy Duncan R. Duncan	QB	6'0"	185	SO
42	Ken Filar K. Filar	RB	5'11"	173	SO
82	Jim Foster J. Foster	DL	6'3"	205	SO
47	Kevin Furlong K. Furlong	RB	5'9"	170	SO
	John Gearhart J. Gearhart	RB	5'8"	170	SO
88	Jim Gibbons J. Gibbons	DL	6'3"	205	JR
87	Frank Gilliam F. Gilliam	DL	6'2"	187	SR
14	Bill Gravel B. Gravel	RB	5'8"	180	SO
60	Gary Grouwinkel G. Grouwinkel	OL	6'1"	210	SO
44	Collins Hagler C. Hagler	RB	5'9"	170	JR
40	Bill Happel B. Happel	RB	5'11"	168	JR
35	Fred Harris F. Harris	FB	6'1"	203	JR
89	Toni Hatch T. Hatch	DL	6'1"	190	SR
84	Bob Haussman B. Haussman	DL	6'0"	185	SR
32	Jon Janda J. Janda	FB	5'10"	180	JR
	Jerry Jenkinson J. Jenkinson	DL	6'2"	185	JR
77	Alex Karras A. Karras	OL	6'2"	235	JR
	Paul Karras P. Karras	OL	6'1"	210	SO
61	Bill Kendall B. Kendall	OL	6'0"	205	JR
70	Dick Klein D. Klein	OL	6'4"	260	SO
15	Delmar Kloewer D. Kloewer	RB	6'0"	190	JR
	Mel Knotts M. Knotts	RB	5'9"	170	SO
76	George Kress G. Kress	OL	6'2"	235	SR
85	Jeff Langston J. Langston	DL	6'1"	190	SO
	John Leshyn J. Leshyn	OL	5'11"	190	SO
74	Charles Lewis C. Lewis	OL	6'6"	280	SO
79	Herb Marske H. Marske	OL	6'4"	210	SO
	Bill McAdams B. McAdams	FB	6'0"	196	JR
	Mike McFarland M. McFarland	QB	6'2"	195	SO
96	Ernest Mielke E. Mielke	OL	6'1"	220	SO
33	John Nocera J. Nocera	FB	6'1"	210	SO
43	Orlando Pellegrino O. Pellegrino	RB	5'11"	187	SR
	Leo Peters L. Peters	QB	5'10"	175	SO
16	Mike Phelps M. Phelps	RB	5'11"	174	JR
54	Charles Pierce C. Pierce	OL	6'2"	207	JR
11	Ken Ploen K. Ploen	QB	6'2"	180	SR
86	Bob Prescott B. Prescott	DL	6'3"	200	SO
95	Bill Reichow B. Reichow	OL	6'2"	210	SR
75	Frank Rigney F. Rigney	OL	6'4"	219	JR
71	Bill Scott B. Scott	OL	6'8"	215	SO
80	Boake Sells B. Sells	DL	6'4"	210	SO
69	Dominick Sgro D. Sgro	OL	5'11"	203	JR
10	Wally Sheets W. Sheets	RB	5'10"	170	SR
	Jim Spaan J. Spaan	RB	5'11"	183	SO
	Bob Stifter B. Stifter	FB	6'0"	190	JR
55	Don Suchy D. Suchy	OL	6'0"	205	SR
68	Dick Theer D. Theer	OL	6'3"	212	JR
22	Olen Treadway O. Treadway	QB	5'10"	175	SO
26	Eugene Veit E. Veit	QB	5'11"	173	JR
31	Marion Walker M. Walker	FB	5'8"	180	SR
94	Jim Willett J. Willett	OL	6'4"	220	SR
91	Jim Young J. Young	OL	6'3"	213	JR

CFB 2025 Leaders

Pass Yards Leaders

4,379

Mestemaker

3,711

Maiava

3,683

Minicucci

Rush Yards Leaders

1,661

Cook

1,649

Hardy

1,451

Johnson

Rec Yards Leaders

1,291

Scudero

1,276

Bell

1,264

Young

Pass TD Leaders

34

Mestemaker

33

Mendoza

31

Sayin

Rush TD Leaders

25

Hawkins

21

Lacy

18

Hellums

Rec TD Leaders

14

Brown

13

Bell

12

Harris

QB Rating Leaders

182.1

Sayin

181.4

Mendoza

171.5

Pavia

Sack Leaders

14.5

Tucker

13.5

Bailey

12.5

Smith

CFB 2025 Rankings

PPG Rankings

45.1

42.5

42.0

41.9

41.1

40.5

Opp PPG Rankings

8.2

10.8

10.9

13.0

13.3

15.2

Total Yards Rankings

512.4

498.0

488.7

480.3

478.6

475.8

Rush Yards Rankings

289.3

269.8

261.4

254.9

246.9

241.5

Pass Yards Rankings

340.2

318.0

312.4

309.6

296.0

292.8

Sack Leaders

45.0

43.0

41.0

39.0

CFB 2025 Standings

	Atlantic Coast	W	L	PCT
1	Duke	8	5	.615
2	Virginia	11	3	.786
3	Miami	11	2	.846
4	Pittsburgh	8	5	.615
5	SMU	8	4	.667
6	Georgia Tech	9	4	.692
7	California	7	6	.538
8	Clemson	7	6	.538
9	NC State	8	5	.615
10	Louisville	9	4	.692
11	Wake Forest	8	4	.667
12	Stanford	4	8	.333
13	Florida State	5	7	.417
14	North Carolina	4	8	.333
15	Virginia Tech	3	9	.250
16	Boston College	2	10	.167
17	Syracuse	3	9	.250

	Southeastern	W	L	PCT
1	Georgia	12	1	.923
2	Alabama	11	3	.786
3	Ole Miss	12	1	.923
4	Texas A&M	11	2	.846
5	Texas	9	3	.750
6	Oklahoma	10	3	.769
7	Vanderbilt	10	2	.833
8	Missouri	8	5	.615
9	Tennessee	8	5	.615
10	LSU	7	6	.538
11	Kentucky	5	7	.417
12	Florida	4	8	.333
13	Auburn	5	7	.417
14	Mississippi State	5	7	.417
15	South Carolina	4	8	.333
16	Arkansas	2	10	.167

	Big 10	W	L	PCT
1	Indiana	13	0	1.000
2	Ohio State	12	1	.923
3	Oregon	12	1	.923
4	Michigan	9	3	.750
5	USC	9	4	.692
6	Iowa	8	4	.667
7	Illinois	9	4	.692
8	Minnesota	8	5	.615
9	Washington	9	4	.692
10	Nebraska	7	5	.583
11	Northwestern	7	6	.538
12	Penn State	7	6	.538
13	UCLA	3	9	.250
14	Rutgers	5	7	.417
15	Wisconsin	4	8	.333
16	Maryland	4	8	.333
17	Michigan State	4	8	.333
18	Purdue	2	10	.167

	Mountain West	W	L	PCT
1	UNLV	10	4	.714
2	New Mexico	9	4	.692
3	San Diego State	9	4	.692
4	Boise State	9	5	.643
5	Fresno State	9	4	.692
6	Hawaii	9	4	.692
7	Utah State	6	7	.462
8	Air Force	4	8	.333
9	Wyoming	4	8	.333
10	Nevada	3	9	.250
11	San José State	3	9	.250
12	Colorado State	2	10	.167

	American Athletic	W	L	PCT
1	North Texas	12	2	.857
2	Tulane	11	3	.786
3	Navy	10	2	.833
4	South Florida	9	4	.692
5	East Carolina	9	4	.692
6	Memphis	8	5	.615
7	Army	7	6	.538
8	UTSA	7	6	.538
9	Temple	5	7	.417
10	Florida Atlantic	4	8	.333
11	Rice	5	7	.417
12	UAB	4	8	.333
13	Tulsa	4	8	.333
14	Charlotte	1	11	.083

	Independent	W	L	PCT
1	Notre Dame	10	2	.833
2	UConn	9	4	.692

	Big 12	W	L	PCT
1	Texas Tech	12	1	.923
2	BYU	12	2	.857
3	Utah	10	2	.833
4	Houston	10	3	.769
5	Arizona	9	3	.750
6	Arizona State	8	4	.667
7	Iowa State	8	4	.667
8	Kansas State	6	6	.500
9	TCU	9	4	.692
10	Cincinnati	7	5	.583
11	Baylor	5	7	.417
12	Kansas	5	7	.417
13	UCF	5	7	.417
14	West Virginia	4	8	.333
15	Colorado	3	9	.250
16	Oklahoma State	1	11	.083

	Pac-12	W	L	PCT
1	Washington State	7	6	.538
2	Oregon State	2	10	.167

	Mid-American	W	L	PCT
1	Western Michigan	10	4	.714
2	Miami (OH)	7	7	.500
3	Ohio	9	4	.692
4	Toledo	8	5	.615
5	Central Michigan	7	6	.538
6	Akron	5	7	.417
7	Buffalo	5	7	.417
8	Kent State	5	7	.417
9	Eastern Michigan	4	8	.333
10	Ball State	4	8	.333
11	Bowling Green	4	8	.333
12	Northern Illinois	3	9	.250
13	UMass	0	12	.000

	Sun Belt	W	L	PCT
1	JMU	12	2	.857
2	Troy	8	6	.571
3	Old Dominion	10	3	.769
4	Southern Miss	7	6	.538
5	Coastal Carolina	6	7	.462
6	Louisiana	6	7	.462
7	Georgia Southern	7	6	.538
8	Arkansas State	7	6	.538
9	Marshall	5	7	.417
10	Texas State	6	6	.500
11	Appalachian State	5	8	.385
12	South Alabama	4	8	.333
13	Georgia State	1	11	.083
14	Louisiana-Monroe	3	9	.250

	Conference USA	W	L	PCT
1	Kennesaw State	10	4	.714
2	Jacksonville State	9	5	.643
3	Western Kentucky	9	4	.692
4	Louisiana Tech	8	5	.615
5	Missouri State	7	6	.538
6	FIU	7	6	.538
7	Delaware	7	6	.538
8	Liberty	4	8	.333
9	Middle Tennessee	3	9	.250
10	New Mexico State	4	8	.333
11	UTEP	2	10	.167
12	Sam Houston	2	10	.167