Colorado Buffaloes

1954 Roster

NO.	NAME	POS	HEIGHT	WEIGHT	CLASS
81	Matt Balich M. Balich	TE	6'1"	190	SR
30	John Bayuk J. Bayuk	FB	6'1"	215	SO
34	Jack Becker J. Becker	FB	6'0"	200	SO
11	Byron Bennett B. Bennett	RB	5'8"	165	JR
70	Jim Berger J. Berger	OL	6'0"	200	SO
18	Frank Bernardi F. Bernardi	RB	5'9"	175	SR
55	Dick Brakewood D. Brakewood	OL	6'0"	210	SR
69	Harlan Branby H. Branby	OL	5'11"	195	JR
21	Ron Campbell R. Campbell	RB	6'0"	195	JR
65	Manuel Corsi M. Corsi	OL	6'1"	210	SR
52	Dick Freund D. Freund	OL	6'0"	197	SO
53	Marshall Frink M. Frink	OL	5'11"	185	JR
68	Tom Giek T. Giek	OL	6'0"	205	SO
72	Gail Godby G. Godby	OL	6'1"	207	JR
71	Dick Golder D. Golder	OL	6'2"	200	SO
27	Carroll Hardy C. Hardy	RB	6'0"	185	SR
85	Bob Heap B. Heap	TE	6'0"	190	JR
54	Jon Holm J. Holm	OL	6'0"	190	JR
75	Harry Javernick H. Javernick	OL	6'3"	215	SO
10	Homer Jenkins H. Jenkins	RB	5'10"	170	JR
67	Dave Jones D. Jones	OL	5'9"	205	SO
61	Charles Joslin C. Joslin	OL	6'0"	222	SO
56	Don Karnoscak D. Karnoscak	OL	5'10"	200	JR
74	Bill Kucera B. Kucera	OL	6'0"	215	JR
41	Bill Lamont B. Lamont	QB	5'11"	175	JR
84	Gerald Leahy G. Leahy	TE	6'2"	190	JR
62	Greg Lefferdink G. Lefferdink	OL	5'10"	180	SO
47	Bill Leslie B. Leslie	QB	6'1"	190	SO
51	Rodger Lindwall R. Lindwall	OL	5'11"	192	JR
50	Dick Lott D. Lott	OL	6'2"	198	SO
80	Les Lotz L. Lotz	TE	6'2"	185	SO
89	Dick Lusk D. Lusk	TE	6'2"	203	JR
46	Clark Manwarren C. Manwarren	QB	6'0"	190	SO
44	Sam Maphis S. Maphis	QB	6'0"	185	JR
88	Wally Merz W. Merz	TE	6'3"	215	SO
58	Ralph Meyer R. Meyer	OL	6'1"	210	JR
25	Pete Middlemist P. Middlemist	RB	6'2"	178	JR
43	Bill Morehead B. Morehead	QB	6'0"	175	SO
59	John Mulligan J. Mulligan	OL	6'3"	195	SO
20	Don Neary D. Neary	RB	6'0"	175	SR
14	Bert Nordlie B. Nordlie	RB	6'0"	190	SO
32	Jim Parker J. Parker	FB	6'0"	180	SO
40	Don Piper D. Piper	QB	6'0"	180	JR
83	Ken Polsley K. Polsley	TE	6'3"	180	SO
45	Leubey Popoff L. Popoff	QB	5'10"	191	SR
73	Tom Prosch T. Prosch	OL	6'2"	200	SO
57	Bill Richmond B. Richmond	OL	6'0"	240	SO
42	Norman Ross N. Ross	QB	6'1"	185	JR
63	Sam Salerno S. Salerno	RB	6'2"	210	JR
82	Ken Schlagel K. Schlagel	TE	6'3"	205	SO
79	Walt Schneiter W. Schneiter	OL	6'3"	225	SO
17	Homer Scott H. Scott	RB	6'2"	195	SO
77	Henry Smith H. Smith	OL	6'3"	212	SO
78	Roy Smith R. Smith	OL	5'11"	209	SO
66	Dick Stapp D. Stapp	OL	6'0"	210	SO
38	Dave Syerdfeger D. Syerdfeger	TE	6'0"	175	SO
48	Ron Teubner R. Teubner	OL	5'9"	175	SO
64	Bob Thompson B. Thompson	OL	6'0"	195	JR
37	Charles Thompson C. Thompson	TE	6'4"	215	JR
60	Jim Uhlir J. Uhlir	OL	5'11"	200	SO
87	Howard Vest H. Vest	TE	6'1"	200	SO
36	Gerald Waller G. Waller	OL	6'1"	215	SO
31	Emerson Wilson E. Wilson	FB	6'0"	188	JR
86	Stan Wyatt S. Wyatt	TE	6'0"	190	JR

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CFB 2026 Leaders

Pass Yards Leaders

2,257

Atkinson

2,045

Maiava

1,868

Jackson

Rush Yards Leaders

838

Burgess

835

Riley

828

Roberts

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

562.3

554.8

533.8

524.8

522.3

521.4

Rush Yards Rankings

333.2

325.6

303.5

299.4

295.5

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	San Diego State	2	4	.333
4	Fresno State	4	2	.667
5	Texas State	3	3	.500
6	Utah State	2	4	.333
7	Colorado State	2	4	.333
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	Army	3	2	.600
6	UAB	4	3	.571
7	East Carolina	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	Georgia Southern	3	4	.429
7	Louisiana	4	2	.667
8	Coastal Carolina	2	4	.333
9	Old Dominion	2	5	.286
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