#18 Duke Blue Devils

1953 Roster

NO.	NAME	POS	HEIGHT	WEIGHT	CLASS
27	Bryant Aldridge B. Aldridge	FB	6'1"	185	SO
51	Everett Anderson E. Anderson	OL	6'0"	200	JR
36	Jerry Barger J. Barger	QB	5'10"	174	JR
75	Jesse Birchfield J. Birchfield	OL	6'1"	220	SO
10	Dale Boyd D. Boyd	RB	6'0"	168	SO
66	Bobby Burrows B. Burrows	OL	6'0"	202	SR
48	Fred Campbell F. Campbell	OL	6'2"	209	JR
37	Lloyd Caudle L. Caudle	RB	5'11"	183	SR
22	Bill Conner B. Conner	RB	5'8"	166	JR
88	Harry Conner H. Conner	OL	6'2"	192	SO
83	Sidney Deloatch S. Deloatch	OL	6'1"	208	SO
26	Bobby Dickens B. Dickens	RB	5'10"	175	SO
46	Sam Eberdt S. Eberdt	FB	6'2"	196	JR
80	Ben Eller B. Eller	TE	6'2"	181	JR
78	Ronnie Falls R. Falls	OL	6'0"	200	SO
50	W.D. Fesperman	OL	5'11"	225	SO
44	Hunter Hadley H. Hadley	FB	5'9"	180	SR
64	Joe Hands J. Hands	TE	6'1"	189	JR
63	Jimmy Hardin J. Hardin	TE	6'1"	190	SO
32	Norman Higgins N. Higgins	OL	6'2"	138	SO
76	James Holloman J. Holloman	OL	6'0"	203	SO
38	Dudley Humphrey D. Humphrey	OL	6'1"	205	JR
81	Bernie Jack B. Jack	TE	6'0"	183	SR
34	Jack Kistler J. Kistler	FB	6'2"	210	SR
60	Doug Knotts D. Knotts	OL	6'1"	190	SO
67	Jerry Kocourek J. Kocourek	TE	6'1"	197	SO
56	Milt Konicek M. Konicek	OL	6'5"	228	SO
72	Ed Labry E. Labry	OL	6'1"	195	SO
58	Bob Ladd B. Ladd	FB	5'11"	175	SO
73	Jim Logan J. Logan	OL	6'2"	194	SR
41	Byrd Looper B. Looper	FB	6'0"	190	SR
17	Worth Lutz W. Lutz	QB	6'0"	183	JR
16	Charles Mason C. Mason	QB	6'1"	180	SR
42	Nick McKeithan N. McKeithan	RB	6'1"	187	JR
18	W.D. McRoy	RB	5'10"	185	SR
70	Ed Meadows E. Meadows	OL	6'3"	217	SR
35	Tracy Moon T. Moon	TE	6'1"	166	JR
19	Bob H. Murray B. H. Murray	QB	5'11"	180	SO
71	Jim Nelson J. Nelson	OL	5'11"	210	SO
53	Johnny Palmer J. Palmer	OL	5'10"	188	JR
30	Bob Paschal B. Paschal	RB	5'11"	190	SO
82	Howard Pitt H. Pitt	TE	6'3"	195	SR
33	Mickey Riggs M. Riggs	RB	5'10"	175	SO
74	Martin Rose M. Rose	OL	6'0"	215	SO
77	Leon Siler L. Siler	OL	6'1"	220	SR
45	Jules Skodzinski J. Skodzinski	TE	6'2"	195	JR
49	James Smith J. Smith	RB	5'9"	198	SR
89	Walter Smith W. Smith	OL	6'0"	181	SR
14	Don Snowberger D. Snowberger	OL	6'0"	190	SO
20	Sonny Sorrell S. Sorrell	TE	6'0"	189	SO
15	Riley Stallings R. Stallings	RB	6'0"	180	SO
25	John Thomas J. Thomas	RB	5'9"	180	SR
11	Ralph Torrence R. Torrence	OL	5'11"	207	JR
59	Elbert Whitley E. Whitley	OL	6'2"	197	JR
85	Tom Wood T. Wood	OL	6'2"	198	SO
87	Gene Wyke G. Wyke	RB	5'9"	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