North Carolina Tar Heels

1951 Roster

NO.	NAME	POS	HEIGHT	WEIGHT	CLASS
	Tom Adler T. Adler	DL	6'1"	209	SO
43	Will Alexander W. Alexander	OL	5'11"	165	FR
	Harry Anderson H. Anderson	DL	6'2"	184	FR
66	Bill Baker B. Baker	DL	6'3"	213	SO
	Ralph Beaver R. Beaver	OL	6'4"	210	FR
58	Dick Bestwick D. Bestwick	OL	5'10"	170	SR
	Len Bonini L. Bonini	DL	6'0"	198	FR
24	Louis Britt L. Britt	RB	5'11"	165	SO
95	Doug Bruton D. Bruton	OL	6'2"	187	SO
44	Pete Carr P. Carr		5'9"	185	SR
31	Bud Carson B. Carson	RB	5'9"	160	SR
32	Jack Cooke J. Cooke	RB	5'11"	176	JR
	Charles Creel C. Creel	OL	6'1"	200	SO
	Richard Dalatri R. Dalatri	OL	6'0"	200	FR
	Harold Davidson H. Davidson		6'1"	198	SO
70	Joe Dudeck J. Dudeck	OL	5'10"	193	SR
60	Charles Ellenwood C. Ellenwood	DL	6'2"	205	FR
	Charles Ellison C. Ellison	FB	5'10"	185	FR
72	Thad Eure T. Eure	OL	6'3"	216	SO
54	George Foti G. Foti		6'0"	195	FR
73	Francis Fredere F. Fredere	OL	6'4"	228	SO
29	Bob Gantt B. Gantt	RB	5'9"	170	SR
	Ed Garbisch E. Garbisch	OL	6'0"	185	FR
25	John Gaylord J. Gaylord	FB	6'1"	181	SO
49	Connie Gravitte C. Gravitte	FB	6'0"	180	FR
71	Dick Gruver D. Gruver	OL	6'1"	218	JR
21	Billy Hawks B. Hawks	RB	5'10"	177	SO
41	Skeet Hesmer S. Hesmer	FB	5'9"	180	SR
77	Tom Higgins T. Higgins	OL	6'2"	207	JR
92	Paul Hursh P. Hursh	OL	5'10"	185	SO
	Fred Hutchins F. Hutchins	OL	6'0"	196	FR
	Roy Keathley R. Keathley	OL	6'0"	195	FR
78	Bill Kelso B. Kelso	OL	6'2"	197	SR
83	Jerry Kincaid J. Kincaid	OL	6'2"	185	FR
84	Julian King J. King	OL	6'2"	210	SR
94	Bill Kirkman B. Kirkman	OL	6'0"	190	FR
61	Dick Kocornik D. Kocornik	DL	6'4"	200	SO
51	Bill Kuhn B. Kuhn	OL	6'3"	200	SR
30	Dick Lackey D. Lackey	RB	6'0"	176	SO
43	Ernie Liberati E. Liberati	RB	5'11"	180	JR
67	Dan Mainer D. Mainer	DL	5'11"	190	FR
	Steve Marcinko S. Marcinko	OL	6'0"	190	FR
93	Jack Maultsby J. Maultsby	OL	6'1"	212	SO
87	Don McCormick D. McCormick	OL	6'2"	225	JR
68	Tom Medlin T. Medlin	DL	6'2"	173	SO
45	Andy Miketa A. Miketa	OL	6'1"	192	SR
23	Charlie Motta C. Motta	RB	5'9"	176	SO
89	Dave Mullens D. Mullens	OL	6'3"	215	SO
	Jimmy Neville J. Neville	OL	5'9"	190	FR
65	Jeff Newton J. Newton	DL	6'2"	176	SO
52	Glen Nickerson G. Nickerson	DL	6'1"	200	SR
69	George Norris G. Norris	DL	6'2"	182	JR
57	Bill O'Brien B. O'Brien	DL	6'4"	180	SR
82	Steve Opitz S. Opitz	OL	6'2"	210	FR
33	Larry Parker L. Parker	RB	6'0"	180	FR
	Ed Patterson E. Patterson		5'10"	180	FR
34	Chalmers Port C. Port	RB	5'10"	180	JR
	Bill Prothero B. Prothero	OL	6'0"	190	FR
35	Charles Ridenhour C. Ridenhour	RB	5'10"	165	FR
40	Jule Rousseau J. Rousseau	FB	6'0"	185	JR
85	Dalton Ruffin D. Ruffin	OL	6'3"	206	SR
64	Bill Ryder B. Ryder	DL	5'11"	205	SO
91	Junior Seawell J. Seawell	OL	6'1"	203	SO
	Richard Starner R. Starner	DL	6'2"	195	FR
48	Tom Stevens T. Stevens	OL	6'0"	176	SR
75	Bob Venters B. Venters	OL	6'1"	199	SR
55	Bud Wallace B. Wallace	FB	5'11"	195	JR
36	George Wallin G. Wallin	FB	6'0"	190	FR
80	Benny Walser B. Walser	DL	6'1"	174	SR
56	Van Weatherspoon V. Weatherspoon		5'11"	166	SO
47	Bob White B. White	FB	5'10"	185	SO
79	Dick Wiess D. Wiess	FB	6'0"	185	SR
86	Dave Wiley D. Wiley	OL	6'1"	206	SR
88	Abie Williams A. Williams	OL	6'2"	200	SR
20	Billy Williams B. Williams	RB	5'10"	164	SO
	Ty Williams T. Williams	OL	5'11"	190	FR
63	Frank Wissman F. Wissman	RB	6'2"	187	JR
76	Ken Yarborough K. Yarborough	OL	6'3"	207	SO
26	Maurice Young M. Young	RB	5'9"	166	JR

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CFB 2026 Leaders

Pass Yards Leaders

635

Maiava

550

Weaver

525

Hedden

Rush Yards Leaders

280

Carter

231

Kromah

227

Sheppard

Rec Yards Leaders

234

Toney

222

Mosley

196

Duff

Pass TD Leaders

7

Heintschel

6

Boley

5

Weaver

Rush TD Leaders

5

Carter

3

Robinson

3

Anderson

Rec TD Leaders

4

Williams

3

Mosley

3

Toney

QB Rating Leaders

285.0

Hoover

281.3

Baker

272.0

Becht

Sack Leaders

3.5

Kinsler

3.0

Gilliam

3.0

Lester

CFB 2026 Rankings

PPG Rankings

80.0

73.0

71.0

70.0

66.0

Opp PPG Rankings

0.0

Total Yards Rankings

762.0

681.0

671.0

660.0

648.0

Rush Yards Rankings

569.0

506.0

465.0

431.0

365.0

364.0

Pass Yards Rankings

480.0

435.0

434.0

432.0

430.0

428.0

Sack Leaders

9.0

6.0

CFB 2026 Standings

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

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

	Big 12	W	L	PCT
1	Arizona	1	0	1.000
2	Arizona State	1	0	1.000
3	BYU	1	0	1.000
4	Cincinnati	1	0	1.000
5	Colorado	1	0	1.000
6	Houston	1	0	1.000
7	Iowa State	1	0	1.000
8	Kansas	1	0	1.000
9	Kansas State	1	0	1.000
10	Texas Tech	1	0	1.000
11	UCF	1	0	1.000
12	Utah	1	0	1.000
13	West Virginia	1	0	1.000
14	Baylor	0	1	.000
15	Oklahoma State	0	1	.000
16	TCU	0	1	.000

	Pac-12	W	L	PCT
1	Colorado State	1	0	1.000
2	San Diego State	1	0	1.000
3	Boise State	0	1	.000
4	Fresno State	0	1	.000
5	Oregon State	0	1	.000
6	Texas State	0	1	.000
7	Utah State	0	1	.000
8	Washington State	0	1	.000

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

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

	Atlantic Coast	W	L	PCT
1	Miami	1	0	1.000
2	SMU	1	0	1.000
3	Virginia	1	0	1.000
4	Duke	1	0	1.000
5	North Carolina	1	0	1.000
6	Pittsburgh	1	0	1.000
7	Syracuse	1	0	1.000
8	Virginia Tech	1	0	1.000
9	Wake Forest	1	0	1.000
10	Boston College	0	1	.000
11	California	0	1	.000
12	Clemson	0	1	.000
13	Georgia Tech	0	1	.000
14	Louisville	0	1	.000
15	Florida State	1	1	.500
16	Stanford	1	1	.500
17	NC State	0	1	.000

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

	Independent	W	L	PCT
1	Notre Dame	1	0	1.000
2	UConn	1	0	1.000

	Big 10	W	L	PCT
1	USC	2	0	1.000
2	Illinois	1	0	1.000
3	Indiana	1	0	1.000
4	Iowa	1	0	1.000
5	Maryland	1	0	1.000
6	Michigan	1	0	1.000
7	Michigan State	1	0	1.000
8	Minnesota	1	0	1.000
9	Nebraska	1	0	1.000
10	Northwestern	1	0	1.000
11	Ohio State	1	0	1.000
12	Oregon	1	0	1.000
13	Penn State	1	0	1.000
14	Purdue	1	0	1.000
15	UCLA	1	0	1.000
16	Washington	1	0	1.000
17	Rutgers	0	1	.000
18	Wisconsin	0	1	.000

	Conference USA	W	L	PCT
1	Delaware	1	0	1.000
2	Kennesaw State	1	0	1.000
3	Middle Tennessee	1	0	1.000
4	Jacksonville State	1	1	.500
5	New Mexico State	1	1	.500
6	Florida International	0	1	.000
7	Liberty	0	1	.000
8	Missouri State	0	1	.000
9	Sam Houston	0	1	.000
10	Western Kentucky	0	1	.000