Colorado Buffaloes

1953 Roster

NO.	NAME	POS	HEIGHT	WEIGHT	CLASS
81	Matt Balich M. Balich	TE	6'1"	190	JR
11	Byron Benett B. Benett	RB	5'7"	160	SO
18	Frank Bernardi F. Bernardi	RB	5'9"	173	JR
32	Delwin Blackwill D. Blackwill	FB	6'1"	200	JR
61	Dick Blasongame D. Blasongame	OL	6'2"	215	JR
84	Harlan Branby H. Branby	TE	5'11"	190	SO
21	Ron Campbell R. Campbell	RB	6'0"	185	SO
65	Manuel Corsi M. Corsi	OL	6'1"	210	JR
78	Bernelle Demo B. Demo	OL	6'0"	195	SR
60	Ted Elam T. Elam	OL	6'0"	195	SO
72	Alan Ferriss A. Ferriss	OL	6'0"	207	SO
68	Bill Fisher B. Fisher	OL	5'10"	212	SR
87	Carl Fisher C. Fisher	TE	6'3"	195	SR
52	Dick Freund D. Freund	OL	6'0"	195	SO
80	Alabama Glass A. Glass	TE	6'0"	185	SR
62	Gail Godby G. Godby	OL	6'0"	205	SO
17	Ron Gray R. Gray	RB	5'7"	165	SR
27	Carroll Hardy C. Hardy	RB	6'0"	180	JR
50	Dave Hill D. Hill	OL	6'2"	195	SR
34	Bill Horton B. Horton	FB	5'11"	185	SR
55	Ken Huffer K. Huffer	OL	6'0"	200	SR
44	Roger Hunt R. Hunt	QB	6'0"	195	SR
10	Homer Jenkins H. Jenkins	RB	5'10"	172	SO
12	John Johnson J. Johnson	RB	5'5"	152	SO
26	Ron Johnson R. Johnson	RB	6'1"	185	SR
67	Dave Jones D. Jones	OL	5'9"	205	SO
56	Don Karnoscak D. Karnoscak	OL	5'10"	195	SO
53	Gary Knafelc G. Knafelc	TE	6'4"	210	SR
63	Dick Knowlton D. Knowlton	OL	6'2"	195	SR
74	Bill Kucera B. Kucera	OL	6'0"	205	SO
41	Bill Lamont B. Lamont	QB	5'11"	170	SO
88	Mark Lawson M. Lawson	TE	6'2"	200	SO
51	Rodger Lindwall R. Lindwall	OL	5'11"	193	SO
89	Dick Lusk D. Lusk	TE	6'2"	198	SO
14	Sam Maphis S. Maphis	FB	6'0"	185	SO
75	Lee Marshall L. Marshall	OL	6'1"	195	SR
25	Pete Middlemist P. Middlemist	RB	6'2"	175	SO
70	Bill Mitchell B. Mitchell	OL	6'4"	212	SR
76	Bob Morton B. Morton		6'2"	210	SR
20	Don Neary D. Neary	RB	6'2"	175	JR
40	Don Piper D. Piper	QB	6'0"	180	SO
45	Leubey Popoff L. Popoff	QB	5'10"	191	JR
85	Jerry Raveling J. Raveling	TE	6'2"	190	SR
79	Jerry Rosenthal J. Rosenthal	OL	6'1"	190	SR
82	Norman Ross N. Ross	TE	6'1"	180	SO
73	Sam Salerno S. Salerno	OL	6'2"	210	SO
69	Ken Schlagel K. Schlagel	TE	6'3"	195	SO
30	Don Shelley D. Shelley	FB	5'11"	185	JR
57	Carl Snook C. Snook	OL	6'0"	215	JR
71	Jim Stander J. Stander	OL	6'4"	225	SR
77	Bob Thompson B. Thompson	OL	6'0"	195	SO
29	Charles Toms C. Toms	RB	6'0"	170	JR
42	Dave Wilson D. Wilson	QB	5'11"	185	SR
31	Emerson Wilson E. Wilson	FB	5'11"	183	SO
86	Stan Wyatt S. Wyatt	TE	6'0"	190	SO

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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

7.5

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

332.3

294.8

281.5

281.3

Pass Yards Rankings

392.5

365.3

365.0

361.3

347.3

346.5

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