Logo for the 1951 Illinois Fighting Illini

#4  Illinois Fighting Illini

1951 Roster

NO.NAMEPOSHEIGHTWEIGHTCLASSBIRTHPLACE
37
Pete Bachouros
P. Bachouros
FB
5'10"
170
JR
70
John Bauer
J. Bauer
OL
6'3"
229
SO
74
James Baughman
J. Baughman
OL
6'0"
212
SO
71
Marvin Berschet
M. Berschet
OL
6'2"
207
SR
Robert Bishop
R. Bishop
OL
5'11"
185
SO
52
Charles Boerio
C. Boerio
OL
5'11"
191
SR
51
Herb Borman
H. Borman
OL
6'0"
183
SO
Richard Broerman
R. Broerman
TE
6'1"
184
JR
27
Alfred Brosky
A. Brosky
RB
5'11"
172
JR
67
James Catlin
J. Catlin
OL
6'0"
194
JR
Donald Chalus
D. Chalus
TE
6'1"
191
SO
Ronald Clark
R. Clark
RB
5'11"
165
SR
56
Joseph Cole
J. Cole
OL
6'2"
201
SR
65
Con Demmas
C. Demmas
OL
6'1"
189
SO
34
Marshall Dusenbury
M. Dusenbury
FB
6'0"
191
SR
Bernard Elsner
B. Elsner
OL
6'4"
214
JR
16
Donald Engels
D. Engels
QB
6'2"
185
SR
54
Donald Ernst
D. Ernst
OL
6'0"
182
SO
12
Elry Falkenstein
E. Falkenstein
QB
5'11"
177
SO
30
Ed Gaus
E. Gaus
FB
6'0"
193
SO
60
Donald Gnidovic
D. Gnidovic
OL
5'11"
190
SR
Phil Goldstick
P. Goldstick
OL
6'2"
213
JR
Joseph Hall
J. Hall
OL
5'10"
170
JR
Glenn Harcus
G. Harcus
OL
5'10"
191
SO
11
Donald Henss
D. Henss
QB
6'1"
179
JR
Joseph Holladay
J. Holladay
OL
5'11"
182
SO
78
Richard Jenkins
R. Jenkins
OL
6'2"
221
SR
48
John Karras
J. Karras
RB
5'11"
173
SR
96
George Kasap
G. Kasap
OL
5'11"
217
SR
62
Robert Lenzini
R. Lenzini
OL
6'0"
196
SO
50
Paul Luhrsen
P. Luhrsen
OL
6'2"
205
SO
25
Kennth Miller
K. Miller
RB
6'2"
191
SO
66
Thomas Murphy
T. Murphy
OL
5'11"
189
JR
45
Herbert Neathery
H. Neathery
RB
6'0"
179
SR
Jerry Nemec
J. Nemec
TE
6'1"
194
JR
89
Steve Nosek
S. Nosek
TE
6'0"
195
JR
10
Thomas O'Connell
T. O'Connell
QB
5'11"
184
SO
Peter Palmer
P. Palmer
OL
6'3"
227
SO
90
Dan Peterson
D. Peterson
OL
6'3"
190
SR
Max Ponder
M. Ponder
OL
5'11"
186
FR
39
Elie Popa
E. Popa
FB
5'10"
183
SR
17
Sammy Rebecca
S. Rebecca
QB
5'8"
165
SR
83
John Ryan
J. Ryan
TE
6'1"
191
SO
47
Robert Rylowicz
R. Rylowicz
RB
6'0"
181
SR
55
Dan Sabino
D. Sabino
OL
6'2"
189
JR
84
Rex Smith
R. Smith
TE
6'2"
199
JR
46
Donald Stevens
D. Stevens
RB
5'9"
176
SR
86
Lawrence Stevens
L. Stevens
TE
6'1"
189
JR
Baird Stewart
B. Stewart
FB
5'11"
188
SO
69
Charles Studley
C. Studley
OL
5'11"
191
SR
Kenneth Swienton
K. Swienton
FB
5'9"
177
SO
26
Claude Taliaferro
C. Taliaferro
RB
5'10"
171
SO
36
William Tate
W. Tate
FB
6'1"
188
JR
James Truran
J. Truran
RB
6'0"
181
JR
75
Charles Ulrich
C. Ulrich
OL
6'4"
219
SR
68
Rudy Valentino
R. Valentino
OL
5'10"
196
SR
82
Joseph Vernasco
J. Vernasco
TE
6'1"
194
SR
87
Cliff Waldbeser
C. Waldbeser
TE
6'2"
189
SO
40
Stanley Wallace
S. Wallace
RB
6'3"
188
SO
79
Robert Weddell
R. Weddell
OL
6'2"
211
JR
Dean Willman
D. Willman
TE
6'1"
186
FR
80
Frank Wodziak
F. Wodziak
TE
6'1"
185
JR
Robert Wood
R. Wood
OL
6'2"
209
JR
Hugh Woodson
H. Woodson
RB
6'1"
181
SO

Related Searches

More CFB News

Big Ten schedule has No. 14 Iowa attempting to beat Michigan and Ohio State in back-to-back weeks

Pittsburgh, Virginia Tech meet as unbeaten teams in a coaching reunion as part of ACC's weekly slate

SEC Week 5: No. 7 Alabama visits No. 16 Mississippi State in unbeaten ranked matchup

Big 12 slate has Cincinnati going for 5-0 start vs. Arizona after 5 losses in a row to end 2025

Wisconsin seeks to build on its momentum after dramatic comeback at Penn State

College football picks: Coaches know all too well seasons can turn against most unlikely opponents

CFB 2026 Leaders

Pass Yards Leaders

1,499

Maiava

Jayden Maiava

1,453

Jennings

Kevin Jennings

1,423

Atkinson

Braden Atkinson
Rush Yards Leaders

644

Sheppard

Nate Sheppard

600

Baugh

Jadan Baugh

592

Riley

Dylan Riley
Rec Yards Leaders

617

Smith

Jeremiah Smith

585

Legree

Jesse Legree

564

Toney

Malachi Toney
Pass TD Leaders

14

Taylor

Kamario Taylor

14

Mensah

Darian Mensah

14

Maiava

Jayden Maiava
Rush TD Leaders

11

Baugh

Jadan Baugh

9

Hawkins

Michael Hawkins Jr.

9

Knight

Wayne Knight
Rec TD Leaders

7

Duff

KJ Duff

7

Dixon

Collin Dixon

7

Smith

Jeremiah Smith
QB Rating Leaders

228.2

Mensah

Darian Mensah

209.1

Stockton

Gunner Stockton

204.6

Hoover

Josh Hoover
Sack Leaders

7.5

Simmons

Colin Simmons

7.0

Umanmielen

Princewill Umanmielen

6.5

Hopkins

Daeden Hopkins

CFB 2026 Rankings

PPG Rankings
Georgia

54.8

Florida

53.5

Miami

51.8

Alabama

48.0

Oregon

47.5

Ohio State

45.0
Opp PPG Rankings
Iowa

8.0

Notre Dame

8.3

Pittsburgh

8.5

Miami

9.0

Indiana

9.8

Utah

10.3
Total Yards Rankings
Miami

588.8

SMU

550.8

Oklahoma State

548.3

Mississippi State

533.3

Florida

532.8

Pittsburgh

523.8
Rush Yards Rankings
Army

355.7

Air Force

333.7

Navy

332.3

West Virginia

294.8

UCLA

281.5

Texas State

281.3
Pass Yards Rankings
SMU

392.5

Ohio State

365.3

Oregon State

365.0

Miami

361.3

Pittsburgh

347.3

Oregon

346.5
Sack Leaders
Tennessee

18.0

LSU

18.0

Virginia Tech

17.0

Delaware

15.0

Texas

15.0

Nebraska

15.0

CFB 2026 Standings

SoutheasternWLPCT
1
Alabama Alabama
4
0
1.000
2
Florida Florida
4
0
1.000
3
Georgia Georgia
4
0
1.000
4
Mississippi State Mississippi State
4
0
1.000
5
Texas Texas
4
0
1.000
6
Ole Miss Ole Miss
3
1
.750
7
Auburn Auburn
3
1
.750
8
Kentucky Kentucky
3
1
.750
9
LSU LSU
3
1
.750
10
Missouri Missouri
3
1
.750
11
Tennessee Tennessee
3
1
.750
12
Vanderbilt Vanderbilt
3
1
.750
13
Arkansas Arkansas
2
2
.500
14
Oklahoma Oklahoma
2
2
.500
15
South Carolina South Carolina
2
2
.500
16
Texas A&M Texas A&M
2
2
.500
Pac-12WLPCT
1
Boise State Boise State
3
1
.750
2
Fresno State Fresno State
3
1
.750
3
Colorado State Colorado State
2
2
.500
4
Oregon State Oregon State
2
2
.500
5
Texas State Texas State
2
2
.500
6
San Diego State San Diego State
1
3
.250
7
Utah State Utah State
1
3
.250
8
Washington State Washington State
1
3
.250
Big 10WLPCT
1
UCLA UCLA
4
0
1.000
2
Indiana Indiana
4
0
1.000
3
Iowa Iowa
4
0
1.000
4
Nebraska Nebraska
4
0
1.000
5
Minnesota Minnesota
3
1
.750
6
Ohio State Ohio State
3
1
.750
7
Oregon Oregon
3
1
.750
8
Wisconsin Wisconsin
3
1
.750
9
USC USC
4
1
.800
10
Michigan Michigan
3
1
.750
11
Penn State Penn State
3
1
.750
12
Washington Washington
3
1
.750
13
Northwestern Northwestern
2
1
.667
14
Illinois Illinois
2
2
.500
15
Maryland Maryland
2
2
.500
16
Michigan State Michigan State
2
2
.500
17
Purdue Purdue
1
3
.250
18
Rutgers Rutgers
1
3
.250
Big 12WLPCT
1
Cincinnati Cincinnati
4
0
1.000
2
Texas Tech Texas Tech
4
0
1.000
3
Utah Utah
4
0
1.000
4
BYU BYU
3
0
1.000
5
Baylor Baylor
3
1
.750
6
Oklahoma State Oklahoma State
3
1
.750
7
UCF UCF
3
1
.750
8
Arizona State Arizona State
2
1
.667
9
Arizona Arizona
3
1
.750
10
Houston Houston
3
1
.750
11
Kansas State Kansas State
3
1
.750
12
West Virginia West Virginia
3
1
.750
13
Colorado Colorado
2
2
.500
14
Iowa State Iowa State
2
2
.500
15
TCU TCU
2
2
.500
16
Kansas Kansas
1
2
.333
Mid-AmericanWLPCT
1
UMass UMass
4
0
1.000
2
Kent State Kent State
2
2
.500
3
Eastern Michigan Eastern Michigan
2
3
.400
4
Toledo Toledo
3
1
.750
5
Buffalo Buffalo
2
2
.500
6
Central Michigan Central Michigan
2
2
.500
7
Miami (OH) Miami (OH)
2
2
.500
8
Ohio Ohio
2
2
.500
9
Western Michigan Western Michigan
2
2
.500
10
Akron Akron
1
3
.250
11
Bowling Green Bowling Green
0
4
.000
12
Ball State Ball State
1
3
.250
13
Sacramento State Sacramento State
1
4
.200
Atlantic CoastWLPCT
1
Miami Miami
4
0
1.000
2
Clemson Clemson
3
1
.750
3
Duke Duke
4
0
1.000
4
Pittsburgh Pittsburgh
4
0
1.000
5
Virginia Tech Virginia Tech
4
0
1.000
6
Virginia Virginia
3
1
.750
7
Wake Forest Wake Forest
3
1
.750
8
Louisville Louisville
2
2
.500
9
SMU SMU
3
1
.750
10
California California
2
2
.500
11
Stanford Stanford
2
2
.500
12
North Carolina North Carolina
2
1
.667
13
Boston College Boston College
2
2
.500
14
Florida State Florida State
2
2
.500
15
NC State NC State
2
2
.500
16
Georgia Tech Georgia Tech
1
3
.250
17
Syracuse Syracuse
1
2
.333
IndependentWLPCT
1
Notre Dame Notre Dame
4
0
1.000
2
UConn UConn
2
2
.500
American AthleticWLPCT
1
South Florida South Florida
4
0
1.000
2
Florida Atlantic Florida Atlantic
3
1
.750
3
UAB UAB
2
2
.500
4
Army Army
2
1
.667
5
Memphis Memphis
3
1
.750
6
Tulsa Tulsa
3
1
.750
7
UTSA UTSA
3
1
.750
8
East Carolina East Carolina
2
2
.500
9
North Texas North Texas
2
2
.500
10
Tulane Tulane
2
2
.500
11
Rice Rice
1
3
.250
12
Charlotte Charlotte
0
4
.000
13
Temple Temple
1
3
.250
14
Navy Navy
1
2
.333
Conference USAWLPCT
1
Jacksonville State Jacksonville State
3
2
.600
2
Liberty Liberty
3
1
.750
3
Delaware Delaware
2
2
.500
4
Florida International Florida International
2
2
.500
5
Kennesaw State Kennesaw State
1
3
.250
6
Missouri State Missouri State
1
3
.250
7
New Mexico State New Mexico State
1
3
.250
8
Sam Houston Sam Houston
1
3
.250
9
Western Kentucky Western Kentucky
1
3
.250
10
Middle Tennessee Middle Tennessee
2
2
.500
Sun BeltWLPCT
1
James Madison James Madison
4
0
1.000
2
Louisiana Louisiana
3
1
.750
3
Appalachian State Appalachian State
3
1
.750
4
South Alabama South Alabama
2
2
.500
5
Georgia State Georgia State
3
1
.750
6
Marshall Marshall
3
1
.750
7
Arkansas State Arkansas State
2
2
.500
8
Troy Troy
2
2
.500
9
Georgia Southern Georgia Southern
1
3
.250
10
Louisiana Tech Louisiana Tech
1
2
.333
11
Southern Miss Southern Miss
1
3
.250
12
Coastal Carolina Coastal Carolina
1
3
.250
13
Old Dominion Old Dominion
1
3
.250
14
Louisiana-Monroe Louisiana-Monroe
0
4
.000
Mountain WestWLPCT
1
North Dakota State North Dakota State
4
0
1.000
2
UNLV UNLV
2
2
.500
3
Wyoming Wyoming
2
2
.500
4
Air Force Air Force
2
1
.667
5
New Mexico New Mexico
3
1
.750
6
San Jose State San Jose State
2
2
.500
7
UTEP UTEP
1
3
.250
8
Northern Illinois Northern Illinois
0
4
.000
9
Nevada Nevada
1
3
.250
10
Hawai'i Hawai'i
1
3
.250

CFB 2026 Scores & Schedule

Scores

DATEMATCHUPSCORE
Sat
9/12
ODU ODU
@
VT VT
21-44
Sat
9/12
PSU PSU
@
TEM TEM
27-9
Sat
9/12
ETSU ETSU
@
UNC UNC
3-35
Sat
9/12
ORE ORE
@
OKST OKST
31-39
Sat
9/12
WOF WOF
@
KENT KENT
15-36

Schedule

DATEMATCHUPTIME (ET)
Thu
10/1
WKU WKU
@
NMSU NMSU
8:00 PM
Thu
10/1
UNT UNT
@
TLSA TLSA
9:00 PM
Fri
10/2
LIB LIB
@
DEL DEL
7:00 PM
Fri
10/2
PITT PITT
@
VT VT
7:00 PM
Fri
10/2
PSU PSU
@
NW NW
8:00 PM