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

3,169

Atkinson

3,076

Mensah

2,973

Jennings

Rush Yards Leaders

1,335

Flora

1,320

Sheppard

1,241

Riley

Rec Yards Leaders

1,317

Smith

1,209

Legree

1,045

Hatcher

Pass TD Leaders

29

Mensah

29

Mestemaker

28

Stokes

Rush TD Leaders

19

Sheppard

19

Hawkins

18

Gutierrez

Rec TD Leaders

15

Smith

14

Legree

13

Toney

QB Rating Leaders

186.8

Mensah

184.5

Sayin

180.1

Stockton

Sack Leaders

14.0

Bradley

11.5

Dean

11.0

Zock

CFB 2026 Rankings

PPG Rankings

44.7

44.1

43.9

41.1

40.8

Opp PPG Rankings

10.9

11.9

12.2

12.4

13.6

14.0

Total Yards Rankings

535.4

533.6

520.7

518.1

517.0

504.1

Rush Yards Rankings

332.0

324.7

298.1

270.2

265.8

263.6

Pass Yards Rankings

370.4

343.8

339.1

331.0

324.9

322.9

Sack Leaders

39.0

37.0

36.0

32.0

31.0

CFB 2026 Standings

	Pac-12	W	L	PCT
1	Boise State	8	1	.889
2	Texas State	5	4	.556
3	Oregon State	5	4	.556
4	San Diego State	4	5	.444
5	Utah State	4	5	.444
6	Fresno State	5	4	.556
7	Colorado State	3	6	.333
8	Washington State	1	8	.111

	Big 10	W	L	PCT
1	UCLA	10	0	1.000
2	Indiana	8	1	.889
3	Oregon	6	3	.667
4	Iowa	7	2	.778
5	USC	7	2	.778
6	Ohio State	7	3	.700
7	Wisconsin	6	4	.600
8	Illinois	6	4	.600
9	Northwestern	6	4	.600
10	Minnesota	5	4	.556
11	Penn State	5	4	.556
12	Washington	5	4	.556
13	Michigan	5	4	.556
14	Nebraska	6	4	.600
15	Purdue	3	6	.333
16	Rutgers	2	8	.200
17	Maryland	4	6	.400
18	Michigan State	3	6	.333

	Southeastern	W	L	PCT
1	Georgia	8	1	.889
2	Alabama	7	2	.778
3	Kentucky	7	2	.778
4	Texas	7	2	.778
5	Tennessee	7	2	.778
6	Ole Miss	6	3	.667
7	South Carolina	6	3	.667
8	LSU	6	3	.667
9	Missouri	6	3	.667
10	Oklahoma	5	4	.556
11	Florida	5	4	.556
12	Auburn	5	4	.556
13	Mississippi State	4	5	.444
14	Texas A&M	4	5	.444
15	Arkansas	3	6	.333
16	Vanderbilt	4	5	.444

	Conference USA	W	L	PCT
1	Liberty	8	1	.889
2	Jacksonville State	7	2	.778
3	Middle Tennessee	5	4	.556
4	Delaware	4	5	.444
5	Florida International	4	5	.444
6	New Mexico State	3	6	.333
7	Western Kentucky	3	6	.333
8	Missouri State	3	6	.333
9	Kennesaw State	3	6	.333
10	Sam Houston	1	8	.111

	Sun Belt	W	L	PCT
1	Louisiana Tech	7	2	.778
2	Georgia Southern	5	4	.556
3	Louisiana	7	3	.700
4	James Madison	8	3	.727
5	South Alabama	4	5	.444
6	Appalachian State	5	4	.556
7	Arkansas State	4	5	.444
8	Coastal Carolina	3	6	.333
9	Troy	4	5	.444
10	Marshall	5	4	.556
11	Southern Miss	3	6	.333
12	Georgia State	5	4	.556
13	Louisiana-Monroe	2	8	.200
14	Old Dominion	3	7	.300

	Atlantic Coast	W	L	PCT
1	Miami	9	1	.900
2	Wake Forest	9	1	.900
3	Louisville	6	3	.667
4	SMU	7	3	.700
5	Duke	7	3	.700
6	Clemson	6	4	.600
7	Virginia Tech	6	3	.667
8	Florida State	5	5	.500
9	Pittsburgh	6	4	.600
10	North Carolina	5	4	.556
11	Stanford	4	5	.444
12	Virginia	4	5	.444
13	NC State	4	6	.400
14	Boston College	4	5	.444
15	California	3	6	.333
16	Syracuse	5	5	.500
17	Georgia Tech	3	7	.300

	Mountain West	W	L	PCT
1	New Mexico	8	1	.889
2	Wyoming	6	3	.667
3	North Dakota State	7	2	.778
4	Air Force	7	2	.778
5	UNLV	5	4	.556
6	San Jose State	5	5	.500
7	Nevada	3	6	.333
8	Hawai'i	3	6	.333
9	UTEP	1	8	.111
10	Northern Illinois	0	9	.000

	American Athletic	W	L	PCT
1	North Texas	7	2	.778
2	Memphis	8	2	.800
3	UTSA	7	2	.778
4	Army	5	4	.556
5	UAB	6	4	.600
6	Florida Atlantic	6	3	.667
7	East Carolina	5	4	.556
8	Tulsa	5	4	.556
9	Tulane	4	5	.444
10	South Florida	6	4	.600
11	Navy	3	6	.333
12	Charlotte	1	8	.111
13	Temple	2	8	.200
14	Rice	1	8	.111

	Independent	W	L	PCT
1	Notre Dame	8	1	.889
2	UConn	5	5	.500

	Mid-American	W	L	PCT
1	Toledo	8	2	.800
2	Western Michigan	7	3	.700
3	Buffalo	7	3	.700
4	Ohio	7	3	.700
5	Miami (OH)	6	4	.600
6	Central Michigan	5	5	.500
7	Eastern Michigan	4	6	.400
8	Bowling Green	3	7	.300
9	UMass	5	5	.500
10	Kent State	3	7	.300
11	Ball State	3	7	.300
12	Sacramento State	2	9	.182
13	Akron	1	9	.100

	Big 12	W	L	PCT
1	Utah	9	0	1.000
2	Texas Tech	8	1	.889
3	BYU	7	2	.778
4	Arizona	7	2	.778
5	Baylor	6	3	.667
6	Oklahoma State	6	3	.667
7	Houston	7	3	.700
8	Arizona State	5	4	.556
9	UCF	5	4	.556
10	West Virginia	5	4	.556
11	Iowa State	5	5	.500
12	Cincinnati	5	5	.500
13	TCU	4	5	.444
14	Colorado	4	6	.400
15	Kansas State	4	5	.444
16	Kansas	3	6	.333