BYU Cougars

1950 Roster

NO.	NAME	POS	HEIGHT	WEIGHT	CLASS
5	Ned R. Alger N. R. Alger	RB	5'8"	168	JR
7	Jae Ballif J. Ballif	FB	6'0"	180	SO
34	Don Benson D. Benson	FB	6'0"	194	SR
21	Rex Berry R. Berry	RB	5'11"	180	SR
41	Bruce Burr B. Burr	DL	6'2"	180	SR
56	Alvy Clove A. Clove	OL	6'1"	225	JR
40	Joe Bob Cowser J. Bob Cowser	DL	6'4"	195	SO
49	Jess Criddle J. Criddle	OL	6'1"	194	SO
32	Ron Daly R. Daly	OL	5'8"	185	JR
33	Bob Dimick B. Dimick	OL	6'0"	205	SR
46	Darrell Doney D. Doney	QB	6'1"	183	SO
9	Ron Ferraro R. Ferraro	RB	5'9"	160	SO
15	Bob Flaherty B. Flaherty	OL	5'11"	183	JR
35	Robert Hamblin R. Hamblin	RB	5'8"	170	SO
39	Larry Hancock L. Hancock	OL	6'0"	204	SO
25	Dick Hill D. Hill	OL	6'0"	208	SR
43	Frank Janson F. Janson	DL	6'1"	192	SO
24	Bob Karpowitz B. Karpowitz	FB	6'0"	192	JR
10	Warren Kimball W. Kimball	OL	5'11"	188	SO
54	Lewis Kochevar L. Kochevar	OL	6'1"	201	SO
3	Elwin Lance E. Lance	RB	5'6"	155	SO
50	James Lundberg J. Lundberg	OL	6'0"	220	JR
55	Lowell Madsen L. Madsen	OL	6'2"	218	SO
14	Keith Matthews K. Matthews	QB	5'11"	150	SO
30	George McWhorter G. McWhorter	OL	6'0"	195	SR
27	Paul Mendenhall P. Mendenhall	DL	6'2"	184	SO
6	Ben Mortensen B. Mortensen	QB	5'11"	170	SO
32	Mel Nielsen M. Nielsen	OL	6'1"	195	SO
16	Wally Nielsen W. Nielsen	DL	6'0"	193	SO
37	Harold Norton H. Norton	QB	6'0"	180	JR
23	Ray Oliverson R. Oliverson	RB	6'1"	184	JR
47	John Paulson J. Paulson	OL	5'8"	189	JR
22	Gary Paxman G. Paxman	RB	5'9"	165	SO
29	Bradley Poodry B. Poodry	DL	6'1"	197	JR
48	Glenn Rupp G. Rupp	DL	6'6"	198	SO
44	Walter Smit W. Smit	OL	6'0"	185	SO
53	Bruce Stevens B. Stevens	OL	5'10"	202	SO
4	Franklin Tervort F. Tervort	OL	5'7"	160	JR
13	Max Tolbert M. Tolbert	DL	6'0"	180	JR
28	Richard Tooke R. Tooke	OL	6'2"	190	JR
17	Gene Toolson G. Toolson	OL	6'0"	177	SO
19	Bob Whitaker B. Whitaker	RB	6'0"	180	SO
20	Ralph Willett R. Willett	RB	6'0"	175	SO

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CFB 2026 Leaders

Pass Yards Leaders

2,257

Atkinson

2,045

Maiava

1,868

Jackson

Rush Yards Leaders

835

Riley

828

Roberts

793

Cook

Rec Yards Leaders

932

Legree

916

Smith

720

Hernandez

Pass TD Leaders

21

Atkinson

18

Maiava

17

Taylor

Rush TD Leaders

12

Baugh

12

Hawkins

10

Daniels

Rec TD Leaders

12

Legree

11

Smith

9

Dixon

QB Rating Leaders

212.2

Mensah

200.5

Hoover

198.6

Stockton

Sack Leaders

9.5

Simmons

8.0

Umanmielen

7.0

Esqillion

CFB 2026 Rankings

PPG Rankings

49.6

46.2

44.2

44.0

43.4

42.8

Opp PPG Rankings

9.8

10.3

10.6

11.0

11.8

13.0

Total Yards Rankings

554.8

533.8

531.6

524.8

522.3

521.4

Rush Yards Rankings

333.2

325.6

299.4

295.5

263.6

253.2

Pass Yards Rankings

391.2

347.0

341.0

337.8

334.4

322.4

Sack Leaders

24.0

22.0

20.0

19.0

CFB 2026 Standings

	Pac-12	W	L	PCT
1	Boise State	5	1	.833
2	Oregon State	4	2	.667
3	Fresno State	4	2	.667
4	San Diego State	2	4	.333
5	Utah State	2	4	.333
6	Colorado State	2	3	.400
7	Texas State	2	3	.400
8	Washington State	1	5	.167

	Big 12	W	L	PCT
1	BYU	5	0	1.000
2	Texas Tech	5	0	1.000
3	Utah	5	0	1.000
4	Baylor	4	1	.800
5	Oklahoma State	4	1	.800
6	Arizona	5	1	.833
7	Houston	5	1	.833
8	Cincinnati	4	1	.800
9	Arizona State	3	2	.600
10	Iowa State	3	3	.500
11	UCF	3	3	.500
12	Kansas State	3	2	.600
13	Colorado	2	3	.400
14	Kansas	2	3	.400
15	TCU	2	3	.400
16	West Virginia	3	3	.500

	Mid-American	W	L	PCT
1	Eastern Michigan	4	3	.571
2	Ohio	4	2	.667
3	Western Michigan	4	2	.667
4	Bowling Green	2	4	.333
5	Buffalo	3	3	.500
6	Toledo	4	2	.667
7	Central Michigan	3	3	.500
8	Miami (OH)	3	3	.500
9	UMass	4	2	.667
10	Kent State	2	4	.333
11	Akron	1	5	.167
12	Ball State	1	5	.167
13	Sacramento State	1	5	.167

	Southeastern	W	L	PCT
1	Georgia	6	0	1.000
2	Alabama	5	1	.833
3	Kentucky	5	1	.833
4	Mississippi State	4	1	.800
5	Missouri	5	1	.833
6	Tennessee	5	1	.833
7	Ole Miss	4	1	.800
8	Oklahoma	3	2	.600
9	Florida	4	2	.667
10	Texas	4	1	.800
11	LSU	4	2	.667
12	Auburn	3	2	.600
13	South Carolina	3	3	.500
14	Texas A&M	3	3	.500
15	Vanderbilt	3	3	.500
16	Arkansas	2	4	.333

	Big 10	W	L	PCT
1	Indiana	6	0	1.000
2	UCLA	5	0	1.000
3	Ohio State	5	1	.833
4	Wisconsin	4	1	.800
5	USC	6	1	.857
6	Purdue	3	3	.500
7	Iowa	5	1	.833
8	Nebraska	5	1	.833
9	Minnesota	4	2	.667
10	Northwestern	4	1	.800
11	Oregon	3	2	.600
12	Illinois	3	3	.500
13	Michigan	3	2	.600
14	Rutgers	1	4	.200
15	Penn State	3	3	.500
16	Washington	3	3	.500
17	Maryland	2	4	.333
18	Michigan State	2	4	.333

	American Athletic	W	L	PCT
1	Memphis	5	1	.833
2	UTSA	5	1	.833
3	North Texas	4	2	.667
4	Florida Atlantic	4	1	.800
5	East Carolina	3	2	.600
6	Army	3	2	.600
7	UAB	3	3	.500
8	Temple	2	4	.333
9	South Florida	4	2	.667
10	Navy	2	3	.400
11	Tulane	2	3	.400
12	Tulsa	3	3	.500
13	Rice	1	5	.167
14	Charlotte	0	6	.000

	Atlantic Coast	W	L	PCT
1	Miami	5	0	1.000
2	Wake Forest	5	1	.833
3	Clemson	3	2	.600
4	Pittsburgh	5	1	.833
5	SMU	4	1	.800
6	Virginia	4	2	.667
7	California	3	3	.500
8	Georgia Tech	2	3	.400
9	Louisville	3	3	.500
10	Duke	4	1	.800
11	North Carolina	3	2	.600
12	Virginia Tech	4	2	.667
13	Florida State	3	3	.500
14	NC State	3	3	.500
15	Stanford	2	4	.333
16	Boston College	2	3	.400
17	Syracuse	2	3	.400

	Mountain West	W	L	PCT
1	UNLV	4	2	.667
2	New Mexico	4	1	.800
3	North Dakota State	5	1	.833
4	Air Force	4	1	.800
5	Wyoming	3	3	.500
6	San Jose State	3	3	.500
7	Nevada	2	3	.400
8	Northern Illinois	0	5	.000
9	UTEP	1	5	.167
10	Hawai'i	1	5	.167

	Independent	W	L	PCT
1	Notre Dame	6	0	1.000
2	UConn	3	3	.500

	Conference USA	W	L	PCT
1	Jacksonville State	5	2	.714
2	Liberty	5	1	.833
3	Western Kentucky	3	4	.429
4	Florida International	3	3	.500
5	Middle Tennessee	3	3	.500
6	Missouri State	2	4	.333
7	New Mexico State	2	4	.333
8	Delaware	2	4	.333
9	Kennesaw State	1	5	.167
10	Sam Houston	1	5	.167

	Sun Belt	W	L	PCT
1	James Madison	6	0	1.000
2	South Alabama	4	2	.667
3	Georgia State	4	1	.800
4	Louisiana Tech	3	2	.600
5	Troy	3	2	.600
6	Louisiana	4	2	.667
7	Georgia Southern	2	4	.333
8	Coastal Carolina	2	4	.333
9	Old Dominion	2	4	.333
10	Appalachian State	3	2	.600
11	Southern Miss	1	4	.200
12	Louisiana-Monroe	0	5	.000
13	Marshall	3	3	.500
14	Arkansas State	2	4	.333