NEW: Go inside the College Basketball database with Stathead. Learn more or sign up here.

via Sports Logos.net

1956-57 Texas Longhorns Men's Roster and Stats

Previous Season Next Season

Record: 11-13 (3-9, 6th in SWC MBB)

Coach: Marshall Hughes

PS/G: 71.6 (94th of 176)

PA/G: 71.8 (89th of 176)

SRS: -0.32 (78th of 167)

SOS: 1.77 (52nd of 167)

Roster

Roster Table
Player	Class	Pos	Height	Summary
Raymond Downs	SR		6-4	22.2 Pts, 8.3 Reb
Kenneth Cleveland	JR		5-11	10.8 Pts, 2.4 Reb
Kermit Decker	JR		6-0	8.9 Pts, 4.5 Reb
Brenton Hughes	SO		6-5	7.5 Pts, 5.1 Reb
Richard Farrell			6-5	7.1 Pts, 3.7 Reb
John Shaffer	JR		6-5	5.8 Pts, 4.6 Reb
Norman Hooton	SR		6-2	7.7 Pts, 3.3 Reb
Bill Groogan	SR		6-3	3.1 Pts, 3.4 Reb
Ellis Olmstead	SR		6-10	3.3 Pts, 2.8 Reb
Barry Dowd	JR		6-0	2.2 Pts, 0.7 Reb
Kenneth Horwitz			5-11	1.2 Pts, 0.5 Reb

Per Game Team and Opponent Stats

Per Game Team and Opponent Stats Table
	G	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	FT	FTA	FT%	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
Team	24		26.6	62.0	.429	18.3	25.9	.707	38.2					18.0	71.6
Opponent	24		26.2	71.2	.368	19.4	29.8	.651	43.5					15.5	71.8

Per Game Team and Opponent Stats Table
	G	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	FT	FTA	FT%	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
Team	12
Opponent	12

Total Team and Opponent Stats

Total Team and Opponent Stats Table
	G	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	FT	FTA	FT%	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
Team	24		639	1488	.429	439	621	.707	916					432	1719
Opponent	24		629	1709	.368	466	716	.651	1045					373	1724

Total Team and Opponent Stats Table
	G	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	FT	FTA	FT%	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
Team	12
Opponent	12

Per Game

Per Game Table
Rk	Player	G	GS	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	FT	FTA	FT%	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
1	Raymond Downs	24			6.5	12.4	.520	9.3	12.1	.766	8.3					3.4	22.2
2	Kenneth Cleveland	24			4.5	9.8	.453	1.9	2.3	.836	2.4					2.3	10.8
3	Kermit Decker	22			3.7	8.5	.433	1.5	1.9	.829	4.5					1.9	8.9
4	Norman Hooton	17			3.2	8.9	.358	1.4	1.9	.697	3.3					2.5	7.7
5	Brenton Hughes	21			3.0	6.8	.441	1.5	3.2	.471	5.1					2.7	7.5
6	Richard Farrell	20			3.0	7.7	.392	1.1	1.7	.667	3.7					1.4	7.1
7	John Shaffer	24			2.2	4.8	.457	1.3	2.0	.653	4.6					1.8	5.8
8	Ellis Olmstead	14			1.4	4.4	.323	0.4	1.1	.400	2.8					2.1	3.3
9	Bill Groogan	19			1.3	4.1	.308	0.6	1.0	.579	3.4					1.7	3.1
10	Barry Dowd	13			1.1	2.8	.389	0.1	0.2	.333	0.7					0.7	2.2
11	Kenneth Horwitz	11			0.4	1.3	.286	0.5	0.6	.714	0.5					0.7	1.2

Totals

Totals Table
Rk	Player	G	GS	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	FT	FTA	FT%	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
1	Raymond Downs	24			155	298	.520	223	291	.766	198					81	533
2	Kenneth Cleveland	24			107	236	.453	46	55	.836	58					55	260
3	Kermit Decker	22			81	187	.433	34	41	.829	100					41	196
4	Brenton Hughes	21			63	143	.441	32	68	.471	107					56	158
5	Richard Farrell	20			60	153	.392	22	33	.667	74					27	142
6	John Shaffer	24			53	116	.457	32	49	.653	110					44	138
7	Norman Hooton	17			54	151	.358	23	33	.697	56					42	131
8	Bill Groogan	19			24	78	.308	11	19	.579	64					33	59
9	Ellis Olmstead	14			20	62	.323	6	15	.400	39					29	46
10	Barry Dowd	13			14	36	.389	1	3	.333	9					9	29
11	Kenneth Horwitz	11			4	14	.286	5	7	.714	5					8	13
	School Totals	24			639	1488	.429	439	621	.707	916					432	1719

More 1956-57 Texas (Men's) Pages

Texas (Men's) School History

1956-57 Texas (Men's) Season