Wisconsin Badgers

1948 Roster

NO.	NAME	POS	HEIGHT	WEIGHT	CLASS
73	William Albright W. Albright	FB	6'1"	223	SO
96	Douglas Anderson D. Anderson	FB	6'0"	180	SO
29	Cary Bachman C. Bachman	FB	5'11"	190	SO
27	Stan Bechetel S. Bechetel		5'9"	179	JR
33	Ben Bendrick B. Bendrick		6'0"	198	SR
79	Steve Bennett S. Bennett		6'0"	198	JR
81	Thomas G. Bennett T. G. Bennett		6'1"	170	SR
26	Lisle Blackbourn L. Blackbourn		5'11"	183	JR
48	Harland Bloland H. Bloland	FB	5'11"	175	SO
95	Allen B. Bostard A. B. Bostard	FB	6'1"	178	SO
15	Gwynn Christensen G. Christensen		5'10"	175	JR
22	Benjamin Cohen B. Cohen		5'9"	190	SO
16	Larry Coles L. Coles	FB	6'0"	170	SO
63	Nick Collias N. Collias		5'11"	195	JR
36	T.A. Cox		6'2"	190	SR
58	Robert Downing R. Downing		6'0"	206	JR
71	John Drews J. Drews	FB	6'1"	215	SO
41	Wally Dreyer W. Dreyer		5'10"	165	SR
72	Bruce Elliott B. Elliott		6'0"	210	JR
12	James Embach J. Embach		5'11"	170	JR
46	Eugene Evans E. Evans		5'10"	160	JR
69	Merrill Farr M. Farr	FB	5'11"	206	JR
87	Harold Faverty H. Faverty		6'3"	205	SO
64	Donald Fritzke D. Fritzke	FB	6'0"	193	SO
66	William Gable W. Gable	FB	5'10"	185	SO
68	Harry Gilbert H. Gilbert	FB	5'10"	189	SO
86	Harold Haberman H. Haberman		5'10"	193	SO
88	Charles Halverson C. Halverson		6'0"	180	JR
97	Bob Hanley B. Hanley		6'2"	200	JR
23	Larry Hanzel L. Hanzel	FB	5'10"	190	SO
70	Kenneth Huxhold K. Huxhold	FB	6'1"	210	SO
54	Joseph Kelly J. Kelly		6'0"	200	JR
42	Paul Kessenich P. Kessenich		5'6"	151	JR
91	Dave Kingston D. Kingston		6'0"	204	SO
55	Tom Kittell T. Kittell		5'10"	160	JR
59	John E. Klement J. E. Klement	FB	6'0"	184	SO
56	Hubert Klinkenberg H. Klinkenberg		6'0"	196	JR
62	Donald Knauff D. Knauff		5'11"	190	JR
92	Walter Laev W. Laev	FB	6'1"	190	SO
17	Robert F. Lessl R. F. Lessl	FB	5'9"	165	SO
14	Robert Mansfield R. Mansfield	FB	6'2"	194	SO
35	Thomas McCormick T. McCormick	FB	5'10"	182	SO
85	Tilden Meyers T. Meyers	FB	6'1"	180	SO
60	Edward O'Neill E. O'Neill		5'11"	190	JR
78	Harold Otterback H. Otterback		6'0"	205	JR
40	Forrest Parish F. Parish	FB	5'10"	168	SO
43	Pierre Peloquin P. Peloquin	FB	5'9"	165	SO
21	Kenneth Peterson K. Peterson		5'9"	185	SO
44	Robert Petruska R. Petruska	FB	5'11"	185	SO
74	Gene Pilling G. Pilling	FB	6'3"	215	SO
24	John Pinnow J. Pinnow		5'11"	185	JR
67	William Price W. Price		5'11"	200	JR
32	Robert Radcliffe R. Radcliffe	FB	6'0"	200	SO
75	Robert Reinke R. Reinke	FB	6'2"	207	SO
89	Karl Rustman K. Rustman		6'2"	210	JR
82	Kenneth Sachtjen K. Sachtjen		6'1"	185	SO
31	Jerry Schaefer J. Schaefer	FB	5'10"	180	SO
18	Clarence Self C. Self		5'10"	170	SR
77	Robert Shea R. Shea		6'1"	200	JR
65	John Simcic J. Simcic	FB	6'0"	195	SO
99	Raymond Smedul R. Smedul	FB	5'10"	198	SO
93	Warren Steinkellner W. Steinkellner		6'0"	190	SR
38	Gene Stephen G. Stephen	FB	5'10"	187	SO
38	Robert Teague R. Teague		6'0"	175	JR
37	Calvin Vernon C. Vernon		5'11"	184	JR
34	Adelbert Wantroba A. Wantroba	FB	5'10"	190	SO
84	Robert Wartinbee R. Wartinbee	FB	6'1"	190	SO
52	Robert Weiske R. Weiske		6'0"	188	SR
53	Robert Wilson R. Wilson		6'0"	210	JR
61	Charles Yderstand C. Yderstand	FB	6'0"	201	SO
90	Charles Zoelle C. Zoelle		6'1"	175	JR

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CFB 2026 Leaders

Pass Yards Leaders

1,499

Maiava

1,453

Jennings

1,423

Atkinson

Rush Yards Leaders

644

Sheppard

600

Baugh

592

Riley

Rec Yards Leaders

617

Smith

585

Legree

564

Toney

Pass TD Leaders

14

Taylor

14

Mensah

14

Maiava

Rush TD Leaders

11

Baugh

9

Hawkins

9

Knight

Rec TD Leaders

7

Duff

7

Dixon

7

Smith

QB Rating Leaders

228.2

Mensah

209.1

Stockton

204.6

Hoover

Sack Leaders

7.0

Simmons

7.0

Umanmielen

6.5

Hopkins

CFB 2026 Rankings

PPG Rankings

54.8

53.5

51.8

48.0

47.5

45.0

Opp PPG Rankings

8.0

8.3

8.5

9.0

9.8

10.3

Total Yards Rankings

588.8

550.8

548.3

533.3

532.8

523.8

Rush Yards Rankings

355.7

333.7

294.8

281.5

281.3

Pass Yards Rankings

392.5

365.3

365.0

361.3

347.3

347.0

Sack Leaders

18.0

17.0

15.0

CFB 2026 Standings

	Southeastern	W	L	PCT
1	Alabama	4	0	1.000
2	Florida	4	0	1.000
3	Georgia	4	0	1.000
4	Mississippi State	4	0	1.000
5	Texas	4	0	1.000
6	Ole Miss	3	1	.750
7	Auburn	3	1	.750
8	Kentucky	3	1	.750
9	LSU	3	1	.750
10	Missouri	3	1	.750
11	Tennessee	3	1	.750
12	Vanderbilt	3	1	.750
13	Arkansas	2	2	.500
14	Oklahoma	2	2	.500
15	South Carolina	2	2	.500
16	Texas A&M	2	2	.500

	Pac-12	W	L	PCT
1	Boise State	3	1	.750
2	Fresno State	3	1	.750
3	Colorado State	2	2	.500
4	Oregon State	2	2	.500
5	Texas State	2	2	.500
6	San Diego State	1	3	.250
7	Utah State	1	3	.250
8	Washington State	1	3	.250

	Big 10	W	L	PCT
1	UCLA	4	0	1.000
2	Indiana	4	0	1.000
3	Iowa	4	0	1.000
4	Nebraska	4	0	1.000
5	Minnesota	3	1	.750
6	Ohio State	3	1	.750
7	Oregon	3	1	.750
8	Wisconsin	3	1	.750
9	USC	4	1	.800
10	Michigan	3	1	.750
11	Penn State	3	1	.750
12	Washington	3	1	.750
13	Northwestern	2	1	.667
14	Illinois	2	2	.500
15	Maryland	2	2	.500
16	Michigan State	2	2	.500
17	Purdue	1	3	.250
18	Rutgers	1	3	.250

	Big 12	W	L	PCT
1	Cincinnati	4	0	1.000
2	Texas Tech	4	0	1.000
3	Utah	4	0	1.000
4	BYU	3	0	1.000
5	Baylor	3	1	.750
6	Oklahoma State	3	1	.750
7	UCF	3	1	.750
8	Arizona State	2	1	.667
9	Arizona	3	1	.750
10	Houston	3	1	.750
11	Kansas State	3	1	.750
12	West Virginia	3	1	.750
13	Colorado	2	2	.500
14	Iowa State	2	2	.500
15	TCU	2	2	.500
16	Kansas	1	2	.333

	Mid-American	W	L	PCT
1	UMass	4	0	1.000
2	Kent State	2	2	.500
3	Eastern Michigan	2	3	.400
4	Toledo	3	1	.750
5	Buffalo	2	2	.500
6	Central Michigan	2	2	.500
7	Miami (OH)	2	2	.500
8	Ohio	2	2	.500
9	Western Michigan	2	2	.500
10	Akron	1	3	.250
11	Bowling Green	0	4	.000
12	Ball State	1	3	.250
13	Sacramento State	1	4	.200

	Atlantic Coast	W	L	PCT
1	Miami	4	0	1.000
2	Clemson	3	1	.750
3	Duke	4	0	1.000
4	Pittsburgh	4	0	1.000
5	Virginia Tech	4	0	1.000
6	Virginia	3	1	.750
7	Wake Forest	3	1	.750
8	Louisville	2	2	.500
9	SMU	3	1	.750
10	California	2	2	.500
11	Stanford	2	2	.500
12	North Carolina	2	1	.667
13	Boston College	2	2	.500
14	Florida State	2	2	.500
15	NC State	2	2	.500
16	Georgia Tech	1	3	.250
17	Syracuse	1	2	.333

	Independent	W	L	PCT
1	Notre Dame	4	0	1.000
2	UConn	2	2	.500

	American Athletic	W	L	PCT
1	South Florida	4	0	1.000
2	Florida Atlantic	3	1	.750
3	UAB	2	2	.500
4	Army	2	1	.667
5	Memphis	3	1	.750
6	Tulsa	3	1	.750
7	UTSA	3	1	.750
8	East Carolina	2	2	.500
9	North Texas	2	2	.500
10	Tulane	2	2	.500
11	Rice	1	3	.250
12	Charlotte	0	4	.000
13	Temple	1	3	.250
14	Navy	1	2	.333

	Conference USA	W	L	PCT
1	Jacksonville State	3	2	.600
2	Liberty	3	1	.750
3	Delaware	2	2	.500
4	Florida International	2	2	.500
5	Kennesaw State	1	3	.250
6	Missouri State	1	3	.250
7	New Mexico State	1	3	.250
8	Sam Houston	1	3	.250
9	Western Kentucky	1	3	.250
10	Middle Tennessee	2	2	.500

	Sun Belt	W	L	PCT
1	James Madison	4	0	1.000
2	Louisiana	3	1	.750
3	Appalachian State	3	1	.750
4	South Alabama	2	2	.500
5	Georgia State	3	1	.750
6	Marshall	3	1	.750
7	Arkansas State	2	2	.500
8	Troy	2	2	.500
9	Georgia Southern	1	3	.250
10	Louisiana Tech	1	2	.333
11	Southern Miss	1	3	.250
12	Coastal Carolina	1	3	.250
13	Old Dominion	1	3	.250
14	Louisiana-Monroe	0	4	.000

	Mountain West	W	L	PCT
1	North Dakota State	4	0	1.000
2	UNLV	2	2	.500
3	Wyoming	2	2	.500
4	Air Force	2	1	.667
5	New Mexico	3	1	.750
6	San Jose State	2	2	.500
7	UTEP	1	3	.250
8	Northern Illinois	0	4	.000
9	Nevada	1	3	.250
10	Hawai'i	1	3	.250