Virginia Tech Hokies

1956 Roster

NAME	POS	HEIGHT	WEIGHT	CLASS
Corbin Bailey C. Bailey	RB	5'10"	172	JR
Warren Belcher W. Belcher	OL	6'1"	205	SO
Tommy Betz T. Betz	RB	5'8"	165	SO
Ed Brinkley E. Brinkley	TE	6'1"	185	SO
Jim Burks J. Burks	OL	6'8"	220	SO
Pat Carpenito P. Carpenito	OL	6'0"	200	JR
Benny Coleman B. Coleman	RB	6'0"	175	SO
Bobby Conner B. Conner	FB	6'0"	206	JR
Billy Cranwell B. Cranwell	QB	6'0"	165	SR
Bobby Cruickshank B. Cruickshank	OL	6'0"	200	SR
Charles Cuba C. Cuba	OL	6'0"	185	SR
Carroll Dale C. Dale	WR
Bill Daley B. Daley	OL	6'1"	200	SR
Tom Dalzel T. Dalzel	OL	6'4"	215	SR
Don Divers D. Divers	FB	6'0"	185	SR
Charles Easton C. Easton	OL	6'2"	216	SO
Dave Ebert D. Ebert	RB	6'10"	170	SR
Ray England R. England	RB	6'10"	190	JR
Jimmy Enlow J. Enlow	TE	6'0"	183	SO
Barry Frazee B. Frazee	RB	6'10"	175	JR
John Hall J. Hall	OL	5'11"	196	SR
Jim Hedrick J. Hedrick	TE	6'4"	190	SR
John Herndon J. Herndon	TE	6'2"	185	SR
James Holloway J. Holloway	OL	6'0"	200	SO
Billy Holsclaw B. Holsclaw	QB	6'10"	164	SO
John Hubard J. Hubard	QB	6'10"	160	SR
Ronnie Johnson R. Johnson	OL	6'0"	186	SO
Grover Jones G. Jones	TE	6'1"	200	SR
Harry Keast H. Keast	RB	6'11"	176	SO
Bill King B. King	FB	6'11"	180	SO
James Kosko J. Kosko	QB	6'1"	175	SO
Dave Kuruc D. Kuruc	OL	6'4"	220	SO
Tom Lasinger T. Lasinger	FB	6'1"	200	SO
Leland Lawson L. Lawson	TE	6'0"	180	SO
Jimmy Lugar J. Lugar	QB	5'10"	170	JR
Hiram Lyne H. Lyne	TE	5'11"	170	SO
Robert Mangum R. Mangum	OL	6'2"	205	SO
Stanley Martin S. Martin	OL	6'0"	180	SO
Bob McCoy B. McCoy	QB	6'1"	170	SO
Nick Mihalas N. Mihalas	TE	6'1"	195	SO
John Moody J. Moody	WR
Russell Moon R. Moon	OL	6'2"	210	JR
Jere Moore J. Moore	RB	5'10"	180	SO
Doug Mullins D. Mullins	TE	6'1"	195	SO
Mike Netzer M. Netzer	FB	5'10"	185	SO
Dick Nichols D. Nichols	OL	6'4"	190	SO
Hillmer Olson H. Olson	OL	6'1"	205	SR
Alger Pugh A. Pugh	RB	6'0"	175	FR
Jim Randall J. Randall	FB	6'1"	200	JR
Dick Ringer D. Ringer	RB	5'8"	166	SO
Ben Schmidt B. Schmidt	OL	6'0"	190	JR
Bobby Seal B. Seal	OL	5'10"	210	SR
Al Sebest A. Sebest	FB	5'10"	180	SO
Ronnie Settles R. Settles	OL	5'10"	175	SO
Sam Shaffer S. Shaffer	FB	5'11"	170	SO
Billy Tilling B. Tilling	TE	6'1"	190	JR
Ted Uzelac T. Uzelac	OL	5'11"	220	SO
Horace Van Meter H. Van Meter	TE	6'1"	185	SO
Frank Webster F. Webster	OL	6'1"	200	JR
Harry Welker H. Welker	RB	6'0"	175	SO
Jay Whitesell J. Whitesell	RB	5'11"	170	SO
Bobby Wolfenden B. Wolfenden	RB	6'0"	185	SR
Charles Youmans C. Youmans	FB	5'11"	185	SO

CFB 2025 Leaders

Pass Yards Leaders

4,379

Mestemaker

3,683

Minicucci

3,681

Robertson

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

40.8

Opp PPG Rankings

8.2

10.8

10.9

13.0

13.3

15.2

Total Yards Rankings

512.4

498.0

488.7

482.0

480.3

478.6

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

307.2

297.3

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	4	.667
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	3	.750
6	Iowa	8	4	.667
7	Illinois	8	4	.667
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	8	4	.667
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	6	.500
6	Louisiana	6	7	.462
7	Georgia Southern	6	6	.500
8	Arkansas State	7	6	.538
9	Marshall	5	7	.417
10	Texas State	6	6	.500
11	Appalachian State	5	7	.417
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	7	5	.583
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