South Carolina Gamecocks

1959 Roster

NO.	NAME	POS	HEIGHT	WEIGHT	CLASS
64	Dave Adam D. Adam	OL	6'1"	200	SO
67	Jack Ashton J. Ashton	OL	5'11"	220	SR
40	Ken Baity K. Baity	RB	5'11"	170	SO
	George Bauman G. Bauman	QB
30	Jackie Beason J. Beason	FB	6'0"	215	SO
14	Buddy Bennett B. Bennett	QB	5'10"	180	JR
61	Jake Bodkin J. Bodkin	OL	6'2"	215	JR
	Jim Bowman J. Bowman	RB
42	Gordon Cole G. Cole	RB	6'0"	175	JR
11	Jim Costen J. Costen	QB	5'11"	180	SO
27	Henry Crosby H. Crosby	RB	5'7"	150	SO
68	Ken Derriso K. Derriso	OL	6'0"	209	JR
83	Bob Drost B. Drost	TE	6'4"	214	SO
86	Jimmy Duncan J. Duncan	TE	6'2"	200	SR
32	Bob Farmer B. Farmer	FB	5'10"	191	JR
78	Sam Fewell S. Fewell	OL	6'1"	230	JR
85	Jerry Frye J. Frye	TE	6'0"	205	JR
23	Joe Gomes J. Gomes	RB	6'2"	197	SR
52	John Gordon J. Gordon	OL	6'2"	215	JR
73	Tom Hannah T. Hannah	OL	6'1"	220	JR
41	Melvin Harris M. Harris	RB	5'8"	175	JR
51	Doug Hatcher D. Hatcher	RB	6'1"	195	JR
22	Jimmy Hunter J. Hunter	RB	5'11"	155	SO
43	Bob Jama B. Jama	RB	5'11"	180	SO
75	Bill Jerry B. Jerry	OL	6'2"	225	SR
76	Harold Jones H. Jones	OL	6'1"	220	SO
	Steve Kopian S. Kopian	RB			SO
34	Phil Lavoie P. Lavoie	FB	6'0"	198	SR
63	Lane Lowder L. Lowder	OL	6'0"	210	SO
84	Bill Magan B. Magan	TE	6'2"	217	SO
50	Jim McGovern J. McGovern	OL	6'0"	215	JR
60	Don Miles D. Miles	OL	5'11"	195	JR
24	Jack Morris J. Morris	RB	5'10"	155	SO
55	Jim Nemeth J. Nemeth	OL	6'2"	222	JR
44	Ken Norton K. Norton	RB	5'9"	190	JR
79	Wayne Nutter W. Nutter	OL	6'0"	210	SO
65	Paul O'Cain P. O'Cain	OL	6'1"	195	JR
88	Neel Patrick N. Patrick	TE	6'1"	195	SO
77	Kirk Phares K. Phares	OL	6'2"	227	SR
87	Jack Pitt J. Pitt	TE	6'2"	215	JR
71	Ed Pitts E. Pitts	OL	6'2"	225	SR
56	Jerry Reddick J. Reddick	OL	6'0"	183	SO
15	Steve Satterfield S. Satterfield	QB	5'11"	155	SR
20	Bob Saunders B. Saunders	RB	5'9"	175	SO
33	Johnny Saunders J. Saunders	FB	6'1"	200	SR
12	Harvey Shiflet H. Shiflet	QB	5'9"	175	JR
	Wayne Shiflet W. Shiflet	OL
21	Jimmy Smith J. Smith	RB	5'11"	170	SO
80	Tom Snyder T. Snyder	TE
69	Dave Sohm D. Sohm	OL	6'3"	217	SO
10	Dave Sowell D. Sowell	QB	6'0"	180	SO
70	Frank Staley F. Staley	OL	6'3"	216	SO
35	W.L. Strickland	FB	6'1"	200	SR
81	Conley Taylor C. Taylor	TE	6'3"	210	SO
89	John Timmerman J. Timmerman	TE	6'0"	190	JR
82	Park Turner P. Turner	TE	6'0"	185	SR
	Clark Waring C. Waring	OL	6'1"	200	SO
74	Alva Whetsell A. Whetsell	OL	6'1"	214	SO
36	Jimmy Williams J. Williams	FB	5'11"	205	JR

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CFB 2026 Leaders

Pass Yards Leaders

1,499

Maiava

1,453

Jennings

1,423

Atkinson

Rush Yards Leaders

644

Sheppard

600

Baugh

592

Riley

Rec Yards Leaders

617

Smith

585

Legree

564

Toney

Pass TD Leaders

14

Taylor

14

Mensah

14

Maiava

Rush TD Leaders

11

Baugh

9

Hawkins

9

Knight

Rec TD Leaders

7

Duff

7

Dixon

7

Smith

QB Rating Leaders

228.2

Mensah

209.1

Stockton

204.6

Hoover

Sack Leaders

7.0

Simmons

7.0

Umanmielen

6.5

Hopkins

CFB 2026 Rankings

PPG Rankings

54.8

53.5

51.8

48.0

47.5

45.0

Opp PPG Rankings

8.0

8.3

8.5

9.0

9.8

10.3

Total Yards Rankings

588.8

550.8

548.3

533.3

532.8

523.8

Rush Yards Rankings

355.7

333.7

332.3

294.8

281.5

281.3

Pass Yards Rankings

392.5

365.3

365.0

361.3

347.3

346.5

Sack Leaders

18.0

17.0

15.0

CFB 2026 Standings

	Southeastern	W	L	PCT
1	Alabama	4	0	1.000
2	Florida	4	0	1.000
3	Georgia	4	0	1.000
4	Mississippi State	4	0	1.000
5	Texas	4	0	1.000
6	Ole Miss	3	1	.750
7	Auburn	3	1	.750
8	Kentucky	3	1	.750
9	LSU	3	1	.750
10	Missouri	3	1	.750
11	Tennessee	3	1	.750
12	Vanderbilt	3	1	.750
13	Arkansas	2	2	.500
14	Oklahoma	2	2	.500
15	South Carolina	2	2	.500
16	Texas A&M	2	2	.500

	Pac-12	W	L	PCT
1	Boise State	3	1	.750
2	Fresno State	3	1	.750
3	Colorado State	2	2	.500
4	Oregon State	2	2	.500
5	Texas State	2	2	.500
6	San Diego State	1	3	.250
7	Utah State	1	3	.250
8	Washington State	1	3	.250

	Big 10	W	L	PCT
1	UCLA	4	0	1.000
2	Indiana	4	0	1.000
3	Iowa	4	0	1.000
4	Nebraska	4	0	1.000
5	Minnesota	3	1	.750
6	Ohio State	3	1	.750
7	Oregon	3	1	.750
8	Wisconsin	3	1	.750
9	USC	4	1	.800
10	Michigan	3	1	.750
11	Penn State	3	1	.750
12	Washington	3	1	.750
13	Northwestern	2	1	.667
14	Illinois	2	2	.500
15	Maryland	2	2	.500
16	Michigan State	2	2	.500
17	Purdue	1	3	.250
18	Rutgers	1	3	.250

	Big 12	W	L	PCT
1	Cincinnati	4	0	1.000
2	Texas Tech	4	0	1.000
3	Utah	4	0	1.000
4	BYU	3	0	1.000
5	Baylor	3	1	.750
6	Oklahoma State	3	1	.750
7	UCF	3	1	.750
8	Arizona State	2	1	.667
9	Arizona	3	1	.750
10	Houston	3	1	.750
11	Kansas State	3	1	.750
12	West Virginia	3	1	.750
13	Colorado	2	2	.500
14	Iowa State	2	2	.500
15	TCU	2	2	.500
16	Kansas	1	2	.333

	Mid-American	W	L	PCT
1	UMass	4	0	1.000
2	Kent State	2	2	.500
3	Eastern Michigan	2	3	.400
4	Toledo	3	1	.750
5	Buffalo	2	2	.500
6	Central Michigan	2	2	.500
7	Miami (OH)	2	2	.500
8	Ohio	2	2	.500
9	Western Michigan	2	2	.500
10	Akron	1	3	.250
11	Bowling Green	0	4	.000
12	Ball State	1	3	.250
13	Sacramento State	1	4	.200

	Atlantic Coast	W	L	PCT
1	Miami	4	0	1.000
2	Clemson	3	1	.750
3	Duke	4	0	1.000
4	Pittsburgh	4	0	1.000
5	Virginia Tech	4	0	1.000
6	Virginia	3	1	.750
7	Wake Forest	3	1	.750
8	Louisville	2	2	.500
9	SMU	3	1	.750
10	California	2	2	.500
11	Stanford	2	2	.500
12	North Carolina	2	1	.667
13	Boston College	2	2	.500
14	Florida State	2	2	.500
15	NC State	2	2	.500
16	Georgia Tech	1	3	.250
17	Syracuse	1	2	.333

	Independent	W	L	PCT
1	Notre Dame	4	0	1.000
2	UConn	2	2	.500

	American Athletic	W	L	PCT
1	South Florida	4	0	1.000
2	Florida Atlantic	3	1	.750
3	UAB	2	2	.500
4	Army	2	1	.667
5	Memphis	3	1	.750
6	Tulsa	3	1	.750
7	UTSA	3	1	.750
8	East Carolina	2	2	.500
9	North Texas	2	2	.500
10	Tulane	2	2	.500
11	Rice	1	3	.250
12	Charlotte	0	4	.000
13	Temple	1	3	.250
14	Navy	1	2	.333

	Conference USA	W	L	PCT
1	Jacksonville State	3	2	.600
2	Liberty	3	1	.750
3	Delaware	2	2	.500
4	Florida International	2	2	.500
5	Kennesaw State	1	3	.250
6	Missouri State	1	3	.250
7	New Mexico State	1	3	.250
8	Sam Houston	1	3	.250
9	Western Kentucky	1	3	.250
10	Middle Tennessee	2	2	.500

	Sun Belt	W	L	PCT
1	James Madison	4	0	1.000
2	Louisiana	3	1	.750
3	Appalachian State	3	1	.750
4	South Alabama	2	2	.500
5	Georgia State	3	1	.750
6	Marshall	3	1	.750
7	Arkansas State	2	2	.500
8	Troy	2	2	.500
9	Georgia Southern	1	3	.250
10	Louisiana Tech	1	2	.333
11	Southern Miss	1	3	.250
12	Coastal Carolina	1	3	.250
13	Old Dominion	1	3	.250
14	Louisiana-Monroe	0	4	.000

	Mountain West	W	L	PCT
1	North Dakota State	4	0	1.000
2	UNLV	2	2	.500
3	Wyoming	2	2	.500
4	Air Force	2	1	.667
5	New Mexico	3	1	.750
6	San Jose State	2	2	.500
7	UTEP	1	3	.250
8	Northern Illinois	0	4	.000
9	Nevada	1	3	.250
10	Hawai'i	1	3	.250