#18 Penn State Nittany Lions

1948 Roster

NO.	NAME	POS	HEIGHT	WEIGHT	CLASS
84	Lloyd Amprim L. Amprim	TE	6'2"	195	JR
51	Charles Beatty C. Beatty	OL	6'1"	200	JR
43	Bill Brown B. Brown	RB	6'2"	180	JR
53	Kenneth Bunn K. Bunn	OL	6'0"	180	JR
40	Johnny Chuckran J. Chuckran	RB	5'11"	180	JR
35	Joe Colone J. Colone	FB	5'11"	200	SR
17	Larry Cooney L. Cooney	RB	5'11"	180	SR
14	Owen Dougherty O. Dougherty	RB	5'10"	185	SO
23	Charles Drazenovich C. Drazenovich	QB	6'1"	214	JR
66	Joe Drazenovich J. Drazenovich	OL	5'11"	200	JR
74	Norman Erikson N. Erikson	OL	6'3"	215	JR
67	Fred Felbaum F. Felbaum	OL	5'10"	190	JR
78	John Finley J. Finley	OL	6'2"	200	SR
34	Clarence Gorinski C. Gorinski	FB	5'10"	190	JR
42	Bob Harter B. Harter	RB	5'11"	161	JR
52	Ray Hedderick R. Hedderick	OL	6'1"	205	JR
15	Lee Henry L. Henry	RB	5'10"	180	SR
86	Bob Hicks B. Hicks	TE	6'0"	185	SR
89	Dennie Hoggard D. Hoggard	TE	6'0"	200	SR
44	Larry Joe L. Joe	RB	5'9"	186	SR
64	Paul Kelly P. Kelly	OL	5'10"	210	JR
82	Dan Kline D. Kline	TE	6'5"	200	JR
26	Herbert Kurtz H. Kurtz	QB	6'2"	196	SO
46	Bill Luther B. Luther	RB	5'11"	177	JR
55	Bob McCoy B. McCoy	OL	5'9"	205	JR
73	Thomas McDermott T. McDermott	OL	5'10"	220	SO
88	Mervin Metz M. Metz	TE	5'11"	180	JR
22	Jack Miller J. Miller	QB	5'9"	190	JR
72	Don Murray D. Murray	OL	6'0"	215	JR
25	Jack Murray J. Murray	QB	6'0"	215	JR
71	Negley Norton N. Norton	OL	6'1"	218	JR
45	Vince O'Bara V. O'Bara	RB	5'11"	168	SO
36	Anthony Orsini A. Orsini	FB	5'10"	177	SO
24	Walter Palmer W. Palmer	QB	5'10"	195	JR
41	Elwood Petchel E. Petchel	RB	5'8"	146	SR
33	Francis Rogel F. Rogel	FB	5'10"	195	JR
70	Robert Ross R. Ross	OL	6'0"	190	JR
81	Dalton Rumberger D. Rumberger	TE	6'2"	186	JR
65	Joe Sarabok J. Sarabok	OL	5'10"	196	JR
10	Bill Scherer B. Scherer	RB	5'11"	185	SR
61	John Simon J. Simon	OL	5'11"	195	SR
80	John Smidansky J. Smidansky	TE	6'0"	190	SO
68	Tom Smith T. Smith	OL	6'0"	195	SR
32	Francis Smutney F. Smutney	FB	5'8"	195	SO
83	Jack Storer J. Storer	TE	6'1"	195	JR
85	Sam Tamburo S. Tamburo	TE	6'2"	185	SR
12	Wallace Triplett W. Triplett	RB	5'10"	172	SR
11	Bob Urion B. Urion	RB	5'10"	180	SR

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CFB 2026 Leaders

Pass Yards Leaders

2,604

Atkinson

2,326

Mestemaker

2,303

Maiava

Rush Yards Leaders

963

Riley

957

Bishop

923

Cook

Rec Yards Leaders

1,040

Legree

984

Smith

952

Toney

Pass TD Leaders

24

Atkinson

22

Mensah

21

Stokes

Rush TD Leaders

16

Hawkins

16

Hellums

13

Baugh

Rec TD Leaders

14

Legree

12

Smith

11

Toney

QB Rating Leaders

204.6

Mensah

185.9

Stockton

184.5

Sayin

Sack Leaders

10.5

Simmons

9.0

Umanmielen

9.0

Osunsanmi

CFB 2026 Rankings

PPG Rankings

49.0

43.1

43.0

42.7

41.4

41.1

Opp PPG Rankings

11.3

12.0

12.5

13.4

13.9

Total Yards Rankings

551.9

529.1

527.0

525.7

517.7

510.0

Rush Yards Rankings

345.7

337.4

307.7

272.0

271.4

261.6

Pass Yards Rankings

384.9

341.0

340.7

323.1

317.9

Sack Leaders

34.0

33.0

29.0

28.0

27.0

26.0

CFB 2026 Standings

	Pac-12	W	L	PCT
1	Boise State	6	1	.857
2	Oregon State	5	2	.714
3	Texas State	4	3	.571
4	San Diego State	3	5	.375
5	Fresno State	4	3	.571
6	Colorado State	3	4	.429
7	Utah State	2	5	.286
8	Washington State	1	7	.125

	Big 10	W	L	PCT
1	UCLA	7	0	1.000
2	Ohio State	6	1	.857
3	Indiana	7	1	.875
4	Northwestern	6	1	.857
5	Minnesota	5	2	.714
6	Wisconsin	5	2	.714
7	USC	6	2	.750
8	Purdue	3	4	.429
9	Illinois	4	3	.571
10	Oregon	4	3	.571
11	Iowa	5	2	.714
12	Nebraska	5	2	.714
13	Michigan	4	3	.571
14	Washington	4	3	.571
15	Rutgers	2	5	.286
16	Penn State	3	4	.429
17	Maryland	2	5	.286
18	Michigan State	2	6	.250

	Southeastern	W	L	PCT
1	Kentucky	7	1	.875
2	Georgia	6	1	.857
3	Alabama	6	2	.750
4	Florida	5	2	.714
5	Ole Miss	5	2	.714
6	LSU	6	2	.750
7	Tennessee	6	2	.750
8	Oklahoma	4	3	.571
9	Missouri	5	2	.714
10	Texas	5	2	.714
11	Mississippi State	4	3	.571
12	Auburn	4	3	.571
13	South Carolina	4	3	.571
14	Arkansas	3	4	.429
15	Texas A&M	4	4	.500
16	Vanderbilt	3	5	.375

	Conference USA	W	L	PCT
1	Liberty	6	1	.857
2	Jacksonville State	5	2	.714
3	New Mexico State	3	4	.429
4	Middle Tennessee	4	3	.571
5	Western Kentucky	3	4	.429
6	Delaware	3	4	.429
7	Florida International	3	4	.429
8	Missouri State	2	5	.286
9	Kennesaw State	1	6	.143
10	Sam Houston	1	6	.143

	Sun Belt	W	L	PCT
1	Louisiana Tech	5	2	.714
2	James Madison	7	1	.875
3	Appalachian State	5	2	.714
4	Georgia Southern	3	4	.429
5	South Alabama	4	3	.571
6	Louisiana	5	3	.625
7	Arkansas State	4	4	.500
8	Georgia State	4	3	.571
9	Troy	3	4	.429
10	Coastal Carolina	2	5	.286
11	Southern Miss	2	5	.286
12	Louisiana-Monroe	1	6	.143
13	Marshall	4	3	.571
14	Old Dominion	2	6	.250

	Atlantic Coast	W	L	PCT
1	Miami	7	0	1.000
2	SMU	6	1	.857
3	Wake Forest	6	1	.857
4	Virginia Tech	6	2	.750
5	Louisville	4	3	.571
6	Clemson	4	3	.571
7	North Carolina	4	3	.571
8	Duke	5	2	.714
9	Boston College	4	3	.571
10	Pittsburgh	5	3	.625
11	Stanford	4	4	.500
12	Virginia	4	4	.500
13	California	3	5	.375
14	Florida State	3	4	.429
15	NC State	3	4	.429
16	Georgia Tech	2	5	.286
17	Syracuse	3	4	.429

	Mountain West	W	L	PCT
1	New Mexico	6	1	.857
2	Wyoming	5	3	.625
3	UNLV	4	3	.571
4	North Dakota State	6	2	.750
5	Air Force	5	2	.714
6	Nevada	3	4	.429
7	San Jose State	4	4	.500
8	Hawai'i	2	6	.250
9	UTEP	1	6	.143
10	Northern Illinois	0	7	.000

	Independent	W	L	PCT
1	Notre Dame	6	1	.857
2	UConn	4	3	.571

	Mid-American	W	L	PCT
1	Ohio	6	2	.750
2	Toledo	6	2	.750
3	Western Michigan	5	3	.625
4	Buffalo	5	3	.625
5	Miami (OH)	5	3	.625
6	Eastern Michigan	4	5	.444
7	Kent State	3	5	.375
8	Ball State	3	5	.375
9	Bowling Green	2	6	.250
10	UMass	4	4	.500
11	Central Michigan	3	5	.375
12	Akron	1	7	.125
13	Sacramento State	1	7	.125

	American Athletic	W	L	PCT
1	UTSA	7	1	.875
2	North Texas	5	2	.714
3	Army	5	2	.714
4	Memphis	6	2	.750
5	Florida Atlantic	5	2	.714
6	UAB	4	3	.571
7	Charlotte	1	6	.143
8	Temple	2	5	.286
9	South Florida	5	2	.714
10	East Carolina	3	4	.429
11	Tulane	3	4	.429
12	Tulsa	4	4	.500
13	Navy	2	5	.286
14	Rice	1	7	.125

	Big 12	W	L	PCT
1	Utah	7	0	1.000
2	BYU	6	1	.857
3	Arizona	6	1	.857
4	Texas Tech	6	1	.857
5	Oklahoma State	5	2	.714
6	Houston	6	2	.750
7	Baylor	4	3	.571
8	Cincinnati	5	2	.714
9	Arizona State	4	3	.571
10	UCF	4	3	.571
11	West Virginia	5	3	.625
12	Kansas State	4	3	.571
13	Iowa State	3	4	.429
14	Kansas	3	4	.429
15	TCU	3	4	.429
16	Colorado	2	5	.286