Fullback Harold Bullard led the team with 1,075 rushing yards and 96 points scored.
[5] Guard Arden Ray was selected as a second-team player on the 1956 Little All-America college football team.
[6] Eight Lenoir Rhyne players were selected as first-team players on one or more of the All-NSC football teams: halfback Walter Cornwell; fullback Harold Bullard; quarterback Dean Cline; end Hume Collins; guard Arden Ray; center Allan LaTorre; and tackles Bill Dameron and Leveo Sperotto.
[7][8] The 1956 season was part of an eight-year run from 1955 to 1962 under Stasavich and his successor, Hanley Painter, during which Lenoir Rhyne compiled a 76–6–4 record and won eight consecutive NSC championships and an NAIA national title in 1960.
[2] The team played home games at College Field in Hickory, North Carolina.