SMU Mustangs

1954 Roster

NO.	NAME	POS	HEIGHT	WEIGHT	CLASS
54	Burleigh Arnecke B. Arnecke	OL	6'2"	205	JR
70	Herbert Asel H. Asel	OL	6'1"	208	SO
67	Tommy Beal T. Beal	OL	6'0"	196	JR
89	Ed Bernet E. Bernet	DL	6'2"	198	SR
87	Raymond Berry R. Berry	DL	6'2"	192	SR
78	Bob Blakely B. Blakely	OL	6'2"	214	SO
56	Loren Blevins L. Blevins	OL	5'10"	215	SO
84	Mike Brady M. Brady	DL	6'0"	180	SO
88	Robert Brooks R. Brooks	DL	6'2"	182	SO
68	Louis Canant L. Canant	OL	5'10"	215	SO
64	Willie Castleman W. Castleman	OL	5'11"	196	JR
75	Stanley Coker S. Coker	OL	5'10"	222	JR
	Bobby Copeland B. Copeland	RB	5'11"	165	JR
69	Jack Crutcher J. Crutcher	OL	5'10"	198	JR
74	Bruce Dunmore B. Dunmore	OL	6'1"	223	JR
40	Frank Eidom F. Eidom	RB	5'11"	190	SR
36	Jack Espenshied J. Espenshied	RB	5'11"	170	JR
71	David Gary D. Gary	OL	6'0"	215	SO
51	Roger Gary R. Gary	OL	5'11"	190	JR
82	Tommy Gentry T. Gentry	DL	6'2"	181	SO
59	John Gibbs J. Gibbs	OL	6'1"	208	SO
17	Hayes Gilliam H. Gilliam	QB	6'1"	181	JR
73	Forrest Gregg F. Gregg	OL	6'3"	217	JR
60	Rusty Gunn R. Gunn	FB	5'11"	200	JR
	Bob Hailey B. Hailey	OL	6'3"	207	SR
72	Tommy Hairston T. Hairston	OL	6'2"	207	SR
57	Dan Hastings D. Hastings	FB	6'0"	185	SO
61	David Hawk D. Hawk	OL	5'10"	187	JR
14	Jimmie Haynie J. Haynie	QB	6'0"	174	SO
63	Sherwood Hensley S. Hensley	OL	5'10"	168	JR
19	Glen Holliday G. Holliday	QB	6'0"	178	SO
	Tommy Hughes T. Hughes	OL	6'1"	195	SO
80	Lamar Hunt L. Hunt	DL	5'10"	181	JR
85	Earl Johnson E. Johnson	DL	6'3"	205	JR
62	Smitty Keller S. Keller	OL	6'0"	192	SO
26	Buzz Kemble B. Kemble	RB	6'0"	175	SO
18	Bert Keyes B. Keyes	QB	6'0"	173	SO
79	Eric Knebel E. Knebel	OL	6'6"	227	JR
76	Charles Leyendecker C. Leyendecker	OL	6'2"	205	SO
52	Bill Livingstone B. Livingstone	OL	6'3"	198	SO
35	Ross Love R. Love	FB	5'11"	185	SO
55	Early Lucas E. Lucas	OL	5'11"	190	JR
66	Fred Lucas F. Lucas	OL	5'11"	190	JR
22	John Marshall J. Marshall	RB	5'11"	195	JR
37	Don McIIhenny D. McIIhenny	RB	6'1"	195	JR
41	Merlyn Murphey M. Murphey	RB	5'10"	185	JR
81	Doyle Nix D. Nix	DL	6'1"	183	SR
15	Duane Nutt D. Nutt	QB	5'11"	185	SR
20	Hal O'Brien H. O'Brien	FB	6'0"	195	JR
83	Dick Parsons D. Parsons	DL	6'1"	185	JR
42	Jim Perry J. Perry	RB	5'11"	172	SO
58	Louis Reed L. Reed	OL	6'1"	195	JR
	Travis Rider T. Rider	OL	5'11"	176	SO
16	John Roach J. Roach	QB	6'4"	178	JR
38	Ken Roberts K. Roberts	FB	6'2"	195	SO
47	Jim Robertson J. Robertson	FB	6'2"	195	SR
65	Carl Shannon C. Shannon	OL	6'0"	197	JR
50	Jimmy Smith J. Smith	OL	5'10"	185	JR
86	Leighton Steward L. Steward	DL	6'3"	190	SO
	Wilson Thompson W. Thompson	RB	5'11"	165	JR
34	Blake Tucker B. Tucker	RB	5'9"	183	JR
33	Lyle Walker L. Walker	RB	5'10"	172	SO
	L.M. Watson	RB	6'0"	186	JR

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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	Florida International	3	3	.500
4	Middle Tennessee	3	3	.500
5	New Mexico State	2	4	.333
6	Western Kentucky	2	4	.333
7	Kennesaw State	1	4	.200
8	Missouri State	1	4	.200
9	Sam Houston	1	4	.200
10	Delaware	2	4	.333

	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