North Carolina Tar Heels

1953 Roster

NO.	NAME	POS	HEIGHT	WEIGHT	CLASS
64	Tom Adler T. Adler	TE	6'1"	205	SR
79	Will Alexander W. Alexander	OL	5'11"	170	JR
68	Harry Anderson H. Anderson	TE	6'2"	180	JR
31	Carmen Annillo C. Annillo	RB	5'9"	180	SR
66	Bill Baker B. Baker	TE	6'3"	205	SR
85	Ralph Beaver R. Beaver	OL	6'3"	220	JR
24	Louis Britt L. Britt	QB	6'1"	164	JR
95	Doug Bruton D. Bruton	OL	6'2"	190	SR
34	Leonard Bullock L. Bullock	RB	6'1"	175	SO
88	Chris Carpenter C. Carpenter	OL	6'0"	180	JR
41	Harold Davidson H. Davidson	FB	6'1"	198	JR
72	Thad Eure T. Eure	OL	6'3"	218	SR
78	George Foti G. Foti	OL	6'0"	195	JR
73	Francis Fredere F. Fredere	OL	6'4"	226	SR
62	Will Frye W. Frye	TE	6'0"	190	SO
39	Connie Gravitte C. Gravitte	RB	6'0"	195	JR
75	Miles Gregory M. Gregory	OL	5'10"	180	SR
36	Billy Hawks B. Hawks	RB	5'10"	180	SR
45	Billy Joe Johnson B. Joe Johnson	FB	5'11"	175	SO
35	ken Keller k. Keller	RB	5'10"	180	SO
51	Bill Kirkman B. Kirkman	OL	6'0"	190	JR
61	Dick Kocornik D. Kocornik	TE	6'4"	207	SR
55	Bill Koman B. Koman	OL	6'2"	190	SO
30	Dick Lackey D. Lackey	FB	6'0"	185	SR
87	John Lambert J. Lambert	OL	6'2"	195	SO
60	Norman Lane N. Lane	TE	6'2"	190	SO
29	Albert Long A. Long	QB	6'0"	180	SO
26	Ed Loughlin E. Loughlin	QB	6'1"	175	SO
67	Dan Mainer D. Mainer	TE	5'11"	185	JR
83	Steve Marcinko S. Marcinko	OL	6'0"	195	JR
44	Nick Marcopulos N. Marcopulos	FB	5'11"	190	SO
86	Tom Maultsby T. Maultsby	OL	6'0"	195	SO
81	James McCreedy J. McCreedy	OL	6'3"	200	SO
23	Charlie Motta C. Motta	QB	5'11"	175	SR
54	Dave Mullens D. Mullens	OL	6'3"	200	SR
32	Vince Murray V. Murray	RB	6'0"	175	SO
74	Jimmy Neville J. Neville	OL	5'9"	185	JR
27	Marshall Newman M. Newman	QB	6'0"	185	SO
65	Jeff Newton J. Newton	TE	6'2"	170	SR
82	Steve Opitz S. Opitz	OL	6'2"	195	JR
33	Larry Parker L. Parker	RB	6'0"	185	JR
70	Ed Patterson E. Patterson	OL	5'10"	195	JR
71	Roland Perdue R. Perdue	OL	6'1"	195	SO
40	Charlie Poindexter C. Poindexter	RB	5'10"	175	JR
21	Fred Porginski F. Porginski	RB	5'9"	165	SO
93	Barry Pruss B. Pruss	OL	6'0"	210	SR
48	Sonny Ridenhour S. Ridenhour	RB	5'10"	170	JR
63	Julian Rogers J. Rogers	TE	6'2"	195	SO
52	Junior Seawell J. Seawell	OL	6'1"	200	SR
58	Hudson Shoulars H. Shoulars	TE	6'0"	195	SO
25	E.C. Smith	RB	5'11"	185	SO
69	Dick Starner D. Starner	TE	6'2"	190	JR
43	George Wallin G. Wallin	FB	6'0"	190	JR
56	Van Weatherspoon V. Weatherspoon	TE	5'11"	175	SR
47	Bob White B. White	FB	5'9"	180	JR
20	Billy Williams B. Williams	RB	5'10"	180	SR
37	Flo Worrell F. Worrell	RB	6'0"	185	SO
76	Ken Yarborough K. Yarborough	OL	6'3"	216	SR

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CFB 2026 Leaders

Pass Yards Leaders

2,604

Atkinson

2,326

Mestemaker

2,302

Maiava

Rush Yards Leaders

963

Riley

957

Bishop

923

Cook

Rec Yards Leaders

1,040

Legree

984

Smith

952

Toney

Pass TD Leaders

24

Atkinson

22

Mensah

21

Stokes

Rush TD Leaders

16

Hawkins

16

Hellums

13

Baugh

Rec TD Leaders

14

Legree

12

Smith

11

Toney

QB Rating Leaders

204.6

Mensah

185.9

Stockton

184.5

Sayin

Sack Leaders

10.5

Simmons

9.0

Umanmielen

9.0

Osunsanmi

CFB 2026 Rankings

PPG Rankings

49.0

43.1

43.0

42.7

41.4

41.1

Opp PPG Rankings

11.3

12.0

12.5

13.4

13.9

Total Yards Rankings

551.9

529.1

527.0

525.7

517.7

510.0

Rush Yards Rankings

345.7

337.4

307.7

272.0

271.4

261.6

Pass Yards Rankings

384.9

341.0

340.7

323.1

317.9

Sack Leaders

34.0

29.0

28.0

27.0

26.0

CFB 2026 Standings

	Pac-12	W	L	PCT
1	Boise State	6	1	.857
2	Oregon State	5	2	.714
3	Texas State	4	3	.571
4	San Diego State	3	5	.375
5	Fresno State	4	3	.571
6	Colorado State	3	4	.429
7	Utah State	2	5	.286
8	Washington State	1	7	.125

	Big 10	W	L	PCT
1	UCLA	7	0	1.000
2	Ohio State	6	1	.857
3	Indiana	7	1	.875
4	Northwestern	6	1	.857
5	Minnesota	5	2	.714
6	Wisconsin	5	2	.714
7	USC	6	2	.750
8	Purdue	3	4	.429
9	Illinois	4	3	.571
10	Oregon	4	3	.571
11	Iowa	5	2	.714
12	Nebraska	5	2	.714
13	Michigan	4	3	.571
14	Washington	4	3	.571
15	Rutgers	2	5	.286
16	Penn State	3	4	.429
17	Maryland	2	5	.286
18	Michigan State	2	6	.250

	Southeastern	W	L	PCT
1	Kentucky	7	1	.875
2	Georgia	6	1	.857
3	Alabama	6	2	.750
4	Florida	5	2	.714
5	Ole Miss	5	2	.714
6	LSU	6	2	.750
7	Tennessee	6	2	.750
8	Oklahoma	4	3	.571
9	Missouri	5	2	.714
10	Texas	5	2	.714
11	Mississippi State	4	3	.571
12	Auburn	4	3	.571
13	South Carolina	4	3	.571
14	Arkansas	3	4	.429
15	Texas A&M	4	4	.500
16	Vanderbilt	3	5	.375

	Conference USA	W	L	PCT
1	Liberty	6	1	.857
2	Jacksonville State	5	2	.714
3	New Mexico State	3	4	.429
4	Middle Tennessee	4	3	.571
5	Western Kentucky	3	4	.429
6	Delaware	3	4	.429
7	Florida International	3	4	.429
8	Missouri State	2	5	.286
9	Kennesaw State	1	6	.143
10	Sam Houston	1	6	.143

	Sun Belt	W	L	PCT
1	Louisiana Tech	5	2	.714
2	James Madison	7	1	.875
3	Appalachian State	5	2	.714
4	Georgia Southern	3	4	.429
5	South Alabama	4	3	.571
6	Louisiana	5	3	.625
7	Arkansas State	4	4	.500
8	Georgia State	4	3	.571
9	Troy	3	4	.429
10	Coastal Carolina	2	5	.286
11	Southern Miss	2	5	.286
12	Louisiana-Monroe	1	6	.143
13	Marshall	4	3	.571
14	Old Dominion	2	6	.250

	Atlantic Coast	W	L	PCT
1	Miami	7	0	1.000
2	SMU	6	1	.857
3	Wake Forest	6	1	.857
4	Virginia Tech	6	2	.750
5	Louisville	4	3	.571
6	Clemson	4	3	.571
7	North Carolina	4	3	.571
8	Duke	5	2	.714
9	Boston College	4	3	.571
10	Pittsburgh	5	3	.625
11	Stanford	4	4	.500
12	Virginia	4	4	.500
13	California	3	5	.375
14	Florida State	3	4	.429
15	NC State	3	4	.429
16	Georgia Tech	2	5	.286
17	Syracuse	3	4	.429

	Mountain West	W	L	PCT
1	New Mexico	6	1	.857
2	Wyoming	5	3	.625
3	UNLV	4	3	.571
4	North Dakota State	6	2	.750
5	Air Force	5	2	.714
6	Nevada	3	4	.429
7	San Jose State	4	4	.500
8	Hawai'i	2	6	.250
9	UTEP	1	6	.143
10	Northern Illinois	0	7	.000

	Independent	W	L	PCT
1	Notre Dame	6	1	.857
2	UConn	4	3	.571

	Mid-American	W	L	PCT
1	Ohio	6	2	.750
2	Toledo	6	2	.750
3	Western Michigan	5	3	.625
4	Buffalo	5	3	.625
5	Miami (OH)	5	3	.625
6	Eastern Michigan	4	5	.444
7	Kent State	3	5	.375
8	Ball State	3	5	.375
9	Bowling Green	2	6	.250
10	UMass	4	4	.500
11	Central Michigan	3	5	.375
12	Akron	1	7	.125
13	Sacramento State	1	7	.125

	American Athletic	W	L	PCT
1	UTSA	7	1	.875
2	North Texas	5	2	.714
3	Army	5	2	.714
4	Memphis	6	2	.750
5	Florida Atlantic	5	2	.714
6	UAB	4	3	.571
7	Charlotte	1	6	.143
8	Temple	2	5	.286
9	South Florida	5	2	.714
10	East Carolina	3	4	.429
11	Tulane	3	4	.429
12	Tulsa	4	4	.500
13	Navy	2	5	.286
14	Rice	1	7	.125

	Big 12	W	L	PCT
1	Utah	7	0	1.000
2	BYU	6	1	.857
3	Arizona	6	1	.857
4	Texas Tech	6	1	.857
5	Oklahoma State	5	2	.714
6	Houston	6	2	.750
7	Baylor	4	3	.571
8	Cincinnati	5	2	.714
9	Arizona State	4	3	.571
10	UCF	4	3	.571
11	West Virginia	5	3	.625
12	Kansas State	4	3	.571
13	Iowa State	3	4	.429
14	Kansas	3	4	.429
15	TCU	3	4	.429
16	Colorado	2	5	.286