Nebraska Cornhuskers

1956 Roster

NO.	NAME	POS	HEIGHT	WEIGHT	CLASS
61	Larry Adkins L. Adkins	OL	5'10"	200	SO
21	John Arnost J. Arnost	QB	6'0"	195	JR
54	Robert Berguin R. Berguin	OL	6'0"	195	SR
40	Claire Boroff C. Boroff	RB	5'7"	172	SO
35	Jerry Brown J. Brown	FB	5'11"	196	JR
80	Clarence Cook C. Cook	TE	6'4"	215	SO
31	Bennie Dillard B. Dillard	RB	5'7"	159	SO
70	Melvin Dohrman M. Dohrman	OL	5'10"	190	SO
87	William Edwards W. Edwards	TE	6'2"	185	JR
81	John Elacqua J. Elacqua	TE	6'3"	210	SO
24	Gordon Englert G. Englert	QB		172	SR
72	Ernest English E. English	OL	6'2"	215	SO
25	Don Erway D. Erway	QB		191	SR
71	Jack Fleming J. Fleming	OL	6'3"	225
41	William Dean Flock W. Dean Flock	RB	6'0"	165	SO
42	Leo George L. George	RB	5'11"	180	JR
47	William Greenlaw W. Greenlaw	RB	5'11"	192	SR
38	Gene Haman G. Haman	FB	6'0"	185	JR
27	George Harshman G. Harshman	QB	6'0"	185	JR
73	Joseph Hart J. Hart	OL	6'0"	205	JR
32	William Hawkins W. Hawkins	RB	6'2"	195	JR
88	Marlin Hilding M. Hilding	TE		190	JR
64	Don Hinkle D. Hinkle	OL	6'0"	195	SO
83	Stuart Howerter S. Howerter	TE		179	JR
63	Larry Jones L. Jones	OL	6'2"	200	JR
77	Lester Kampe L. Kampe	OL	6'0"	195	JR
50	Richard King R. King	OL	5'11"	195	SO
74	Max Kitzelman M. Kitzelman	OL	6'3"	230	SR
79	Dick Kleiber D. Kleiber	OL	6'3"	197	JR
65	Arthur Klein A. Klein	OL	6'0"	200	JR
75	Richard Klingaman R. Klingaman	OL	6'4"	218	SO
33	Roger Krhounek R. Krhounek	RB	5'11"	163	SO
82	Michael Lee M. Lee	TE	5'10"	185	SO
37	Richard Lehr R. Lehr	FB	5'7"	185	JR
51	Bob Lyall B. Lyall	OL	6'2"	205	JR
30	Lyle Martin L. Martin	RB	5'10"	165	JR
34	Dick McCashland D. McCashland	FB	5'11"	195	SO
84	Howard McVay H. McVay	TE	6'0"	190	SO
78	James Murphy J. Murphy	OL	5'11"	189	SR
45	Frank Nappi F. Nappi	RB	5'10"	177	JR
43	Larry Naviaux L. Naviaux	RB	6'0"	180	SO
76	Jerry Petersen J. Petersen	OL	6'2"	190	JR
44	Darrel Pinkston D. Pinkston	RB	5'11"	175	SO
85	Dick Prusia D. Prusia	TE	6'0"	180	JR
68	Franklin Reeves F. Reeves	OL	6'0"	185	JR
66	Donald Rhoda D. Rhoda	OL	6'2"	215	JR
67	Bill Ritner B. Ritner	OL		200	SO
86	Gene Sandage G. Sandage	TE	5'10"	177	JR
52	Guy Sapp G. Sapp	OL	6'2"	175	SO
46	Jerry Schoettger J. Schoettger	RB	5'9"	158	SO
22	Roy Stinnett R. Stinnett	QB	5'10"	175	SO
36	Douglas Thomas D. Thomas	RB	5'9"	175	JR
69	LaVerne Torczon L. Torczon	OL	6'2"	185	SR
89	Charles Tsoukalas C. Tsoukalas	TE	6'2"	200	SO
62	Jerry Wheeler J. Wheeler	OL		240	JR
56	Gene Wollenberg G. Wollenberg	OL	6'2"	195	JR
55	Dewain Wood D. Wood	TE	5'10"	175	JR
39	Jim Yeisley J. Yeisley	FB		190	SR

CFB 2025 Leaders

Pass Yards Leaders

4,379

Mestemaker

3,973

Mensah

3,711

Maiava

Rush Yards Leaders

1,661

Cook

1,649

Hardy

1,464

Lacy

Rec Yards Leaders

1,291

Scudero

1,276

Bell

1,264

Young

Pass TD Leaders

36

Mendoza

34

Mensah

34

Mestemaker

Rush TD Leaders

25

Hawkins

23

Lacy

18

Hellums

Rec TD Leaders

14

Brown

13

Sarratt

13

Allen

QB Rating Leaders

184.7

Mendoza

177.5

Sayin

170.4

Pavia

Sack Leaders

14.5

Bailey

14.5

Tucker

12.5

Smith

CFB 2025 Rankings

PPG Rankings

45.1

42.0

41.6

41.3

40.5

39.8

Opp PPG Rankings

9.3

10.3

11.8

13.1

13.3

15.1

Total Yards Rankings

512.4

496.2

488.7

482.9

472.8

472.1

Rush Yards Rankings

285.6

266.3

261.4

254.9

246.9

241.5

Pass Yards Rankings

340.2

318.0

315.9

309.6

296.0

292.8

Sack Leaders

46.0

45.0

43.0

42.0

41.0

CFB 2025 Standings

	Atlantic Coast	W	L	PCT
1	Duke	9	5	.643
2	Virginia	11	3	.786
3	Miami	12	2	.857
4	Pittsburgh	8	5	.615
5	SMU	9	4	.692
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	9	4	.692
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	2	.857
2	Alabama	11	4	.733
3	Ole Miss	13	1	.929
4	Texas A&M	11	2	.846
5	Texas	10	3	.769
6	Oklahoma	10	3	.769
7	Vanderbilt	10	3	.769
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	8	.385
15	South Carolina	4	8	.333
16	Arkansas	2	10	.167

	Big 10	W	L	PCT
1	Indiana	14	0	1.000
2	Ohio State	12	2	.857
3	Oregon	13	1	.929
4	Michigan	9	4	.692
5	USC	9	4	.692
6	Iowa	9	4	.692
7	Illinois	9	4	.692
8	Minnesota	8	5	.615
9	Washington	9	4	.692
10	Nebraska	7	6	.538
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	11	2	.846
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	8	.385
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	2	.857
2	BYU	12	2	.857
3	Utah	11	2	.846
4	Houston	10	3	.769
5	Arizona	9	4	.692
6	Arizona State	8	5	.615
7	Iowa State	8	4	.667
8	Kansas State	6	6	.500
9	TCU	9	4	.692
10	Cincinnati	7	6	.538
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	7	6	.538
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