The 1953 roster for Vanderbilt included Bill Ahrens, Don Bailey, Harold Brown, Danny Byers and Bob Cappelletti.

	NO.	NAME	POS	HEIGHT	WEIGHT	CLASS
1	40	Bill Ahrens B. Ahrens	FB	6'1"	190	SO
2	35	Don Bailey D. Bailey	RB	5'9"	174	JR
3	85	Harold Brown H. Brown	TE	6'0"	190	JR
4	26	Danny Byers D. Byers	RB	5'11"	169	JR
5	56	Bob Cappelletti B. Cappelletti	RB	5'8"	165	JR
6	53	Jim Cunnigham J. Cunnigham	OL	6'1"	185	SO
7	10	Jim DeMain J. DeMain	QB	5'11"	175	SR
8	75	Art Demmas A. Demmas	OL	6'2"	208	SO
9	64	Con Demmas C. Demmas	OL	6'1"	195	SO
10	43	John Dodd J. Dodd	FB	6'1"	182	SO
11	68	Larry Frank L. Frank	OL	5'11"	194	SO
12	66	Bobby Goodall B. Goodall	OL	5'11"	190	JR
13	65	John Hall J. Hall	OL	5'10"	177	JR
14	87	Charlie Hawkins C. Hawkins	TE	6'3"	205	SR
15	52	Barry Heywood B. Heywood	OL	6'2"	190	SO
16	13	Billy Holmes B. Holmes	QB	6'0"	180	SO
17	24	Charles Horton C. Horton	RB	6'0"	177	SO
18	72	Jim Horton J. Horton	OL	6'1"	210	JR
19	44	Don Hunt D. Hunt	FB	5'11"	185	SO
20	86	Earl Jalufka E. Jalufka	TE	6'1"	180	SO
21	77	Erwin Jones E. Jones	OL	6'4"	209	SR
22	74	Roy Keathley R. Keathley	OL	6'0"	198	JR
23	12	Bill Krietemeyer B. Krietemeyer	QB	6'2"	210	SO
24	62	Lambert Lamberson L. Lamberson	OL	5'8"	174	SO
25	88	Robert Laws R. Laws	TE	6'0"	190	FR

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Team Leaders

PASS

3,539

Pavia

RUSH

862

Pavia

REC

806

Richardson

Team Rankings

PPG

39.4

9th

OPP PPG

21.9

45th

RUSH YDS/G

185.9

41st

PASS YDS/G

282.6

19th

2025 SEC Standings

	TEAM	CONF	OVERALL
5	Texas	6-2	10-3
6	Oklahoma	6-2	10-3
7	Vanderbilt	6-2	10-3
8	Missouri	4-4	8-5
9	Tennessee	4-4	8-5

Last Game

Iowa

1 - 0

Final

Vanderbilt

0 - 1

Wed 31 Dec 2025

CFB 2025 Leaders

Pass Yards Leaders

4,379

Mestemaker

3,973

Mensah

3,937

Chambliss

Rush Yards Leaders

1,661

Cook

1,649

Hardy

1,567

Lacy

Rec Yards Leaders

1,291

Scudero

1,276

Bell

1,264

Young

Pass TD Leaders

41

Mendoza

34

Mensah

34

Mestemaker

Rush TD Leaders

25

Hawkins

24

Lacy

18

Hellums

Rec TD Leaders

15

Sarratt

14

Brown

13

Cooper

QB Rating Leaders

182.9

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

11.7

11.8

13.3

14.8

15.4

Total Yards Rankings

512.4

489.7

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

313.3

309.6

296.0

292.8

Sack Leaders

50.0

46.0

45.0

43.0

41.0

CFB 2025 Standings

	Atlantic Coast	W	L	PCT
1	Duke	9	5	.643
2	Virginia	11	3	.786
3	Miami	13	2	.867
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	2	.867
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	15	0	1.000
2	Ohio State	12	2	.857
3	Oregon	13	2	.867
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

The 1953 roster for Vanderbilt included Bill Ahrens, Don Bailey, Harold Brown, Danny Byers and Bob Cappelletti.

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