Vanderbilt Commodores

1959 Roster

NO.	NAME	POS	HEIGHT	WEIGHT	CLASS
80	Rooster Akin R. Akin	TE	6'4"	215	SR
54	Tommy Archbold T. Archbold	OL	6'1"	196	JR
63	Joe Bates J. Bates	OL	5'10"	200	SR
50	Cody Binkley C. Binkley	OL	6'2"	201	SO
13	Terry Black T. Black	QB	5'10"	154	JR
74	Dan Boone D. Boone	OL	6'4"	209	JR
64	Don Brothers D. Brothers	OL	5'10"	190	JR
43	Dick Bulkeley D. Bulkeley	FB	6'0"	190	JR
84	Bill Burnham B. Burnham	TE	6'4"	190	SR
40	Jim Burton J. Burton	FB	6'1"	235	SO
83	Wade Butcher W. Butcher	TE	6'2"	202	SO
	John Carpenter J. Carpenter	OL	6'1"	198	SO
73	Mickey Cobb M. Cobb	OL	6'2"	215	JR
69	Bill Corbin B. Corbin	OL	6'2"	210	SO
24	Ed Creagh E. Creagh	RB	5'11"	179	SO
60	John Cropp J. Cropp	OL	5'11"	200	SO
68	Ed Dudley E. Dudley	OL	6'1"	206	SR
10	David Evans D. Evans	QB	5'10"	164	SO
25	Charley Funk C. Funk	RB	6'0"	188	SO
35	Thom Garden T. Garden	RB	6'0"	162	SO
23	Jack Hagewood J. Hagewood	RB	6'0"	176	JR
79	Wayne Hall W. Hall	OL	6'4"	225	SO
	Dave Hallman D. Hallman	FB	5'11"	170	JR
	Don Herndon D. Herndon	OL	6'3"	218	SO
86	Rayford Hilley R. Hilley	TE	6'2"	208	SR
82	Gary Hudson G. Hudson	TE	6'2"	200	SO
66	Travis Hughes T. Hughes	OL	5'11"	193	SR
65	Dunlap Hurst D. Hurst	OL	5'11"	225	JR
42	Jim Johnson J. Johnson	FB	6'2"	196	SO
32	Dillon Johnston D. Johnston	RB	5'8"	163	JR
	Johnny Jones J. Jones	OL	5'11"	185	SO
	Vic Karabasz V. Karabasz	OL	6'2"	195	SO
55	Mike Knighton M. Knighton	OL	5'11"	187	SO
89	Pat Mahoney P. Mahoney	TE	6'0"	175	SO
	George McGugin G. McGugin	OL	6'0"	180	SO
15	Jim McKee J. McKee	QB	5'11"	173	SR
85	Ron Miller R. Miller	TE	6'3"	203	SR
34	Tom Moore T. Moore	RB	6'1"	211	SR
12	Russ Morris R. Morris	QB	5'11"	180	JR
88	Bob Mullen B. Mullen	TE	6'0"	186	JR
14	Tommy Murphree T. Murphree	QB	5'11"	160	SO
72	Jerry Murray J. Murray	OL	6'4"	216	SO
44	Bobby Nay B. Nay	FB	5'11"	194	JR
	Dave Phillips D. Phillips	OL	6'0"	215	JR
87	Fred Riggs F. Riggs	TE	6'1"	186	JR
22	Mack Rolfe M. Rolfe	RB	5'11"	160	SR
52	Bob Simmons B. Simmons	OL	6'2"	195	SR
	Gene Smith G. Smith	OL	5'11"	219	SO
70	George Smith G. Smith	OL	6'2"	200	JR
30	Guy Tallent G. Tallent	RB	5'11"	170	SO
	Dick Teets D. Teets	OL	6'2"	205	SO
78	Bill Thomas B. Thomas	OL	6'1"	212	SO
53	Davison Thompson D. Thompson	OL	6'3"	200	SO
67	Dick Thompson D. Thompson	OL	5'11"	203	SR
77	Scott Trundle S. Trundle	OL	6'4"	229	SO
76	Larry Wagner L. Wagner	OL	6'1"	209	SR
62	Charley Wells C. Wells	OL	5'10"	190	SO
33	David White D. White	RB	5'11"	176	JR
75	Joe Wildman J. Wildman	OL	6'0"	200	JR

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CFB 2026 Leaders

Pass Yards Leaders

2,257

Atkinson

2,045

Maiava

2,007

Sayin

Rush Yards Leaders

838

Burgess

835

Riley

833

Cook

Rec Yards Leaders

984

Smith

932

Legree

741

Duff

Pass TD Leaders

21

Atkinson

19

Sayin

18

Stokes

Rush TD Leaders

14

Hawkins

13

Baugh

13

Hellums

Rec TD Leaders

12

Legree

12

Smith

9

Duff

QB Rating Leaders

212.2

Mensah

198.6

Stockton

186.5

Carr

Sack Leaders

10.5

Simmons

8.0

Umanmielen

7.0

Esqillion

CFB 2026 Rankings

PPG Rankings

49.6

46.2

44.2

44.0

43.4

42.9

Opp PPG Rankings

9.8

10.3

10.6

11.0

12.9

13.0

Total Yards Rankings

562.3

554.8

533.8

522.3

521.4

512.6

Rush Yards Rankings

357.5

325.6

303.5

299.4

272.4

253.2

Pass Yards Rankings

391.2

347.0

334.4

325.2

323.1

322.4

Sack Leaders

25.0

24.0

22.0

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	2	.667
9	Arizona State	3	2	.600
10	Iowa State	3	3	.500
11	UCF	3	3	.500
12	Kansas State	4	2	.667
13	Colorado	2	3	.400
14	Kansas	2	4	.333
15	TCU	2	3	.400
16	West Virginia	4	3	.571

	Mid-American	W	L	PCT
1	Eastern Michigan	4	3	.571
2	Ohio	4	2	.667
3	Western Michigan	5	2	.714
4	Bowling Green	2	5	.286
5	Buffalo	4	3	.571
6	Toledo	4	2	.667
7	Central Michigan	3	4	.429
8	Miami (OH)	3	3	.500
9	UMass	4	3	.571
10	Kent State	2	4	.333
11	Akron	1	5	.167
12	Ball State	2	5	.286
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	2	.667
5	Missouri	5	1	.833
6	Tennessee	5	1	.833
7	Ole Miss	4	1	.800
8	Oklahoma	3	2	.600
9	Florida	5	2	.714
10	Texas	4	2	.667
11	LSU	5	2	.714
12	Auburn	3	2	.600
13	South Carolina	3	3	.500
14	Texas A&M	4	3	.571
15	Vanderbilt	3	3	.500
16	Arkansas	2	4	.333

	Big 10	W	L	PCT
1	Indiana	6	1	.857
2	UCLA	5	0	1.000
3	Ohio State	6	1	.857
4	Wisconsin	4	1	.800
5	USC	6	1	.857
6	Iowa	5	1	.833
7	Nebraska	5	1	.833
8	Minnesota	4	2	.667
9	Purdue	3	4	.429
10	Northwestern	5	1	.833
11	Oregon	3	2	.600
12	Illinois	3	3	.500
13	Washington	4	3	.571
14	Michigan	3	2	.600
15	Rutgers	2	4	.333
16	Penn State	3	3	.500
17	Maryland	2	5	.286
18	Michigan State	2	5	.286

	Atlantic Coast	W	L	PCT
1	Miami	5	0	1.000
2	Wake Forest	5	1	.833
3	Clemson	4	2	.667
4	Pittsburgh	5	2	.714
5	SMU	5	1	.833
6	Virginia	4	3	.571
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	3	3	.500
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

	American Athletic	W	L	PCT
1	UTSA	5	1	.833
2	North Texas	4	2	.667
3	Florida Atlantic	4	2	.667
4	Memphis	5	2	.714
5	Army	4	2	.667
6	UAB	4	3	.571
7	East Carolina	3	3	.500
8	Tulane	3	3	.500
9	Temple	2	5	.286
10	South Florida	4	2	.667
11	Navy	2	3	.400
12	Tulsa	3	3	.500
13	Rice	1	5	.167
14	Charlotte	1	6	.143

	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	7	0	1.000
2	South Alabama	4	2	.667
3	Georgia State	4	2	.667
4	Louisiana Tech	3	2	.600
5	Troy	3	2	.600
6	Georgia Southern	3	4	.429
7	Louisiana	4	2	.667
8	Appalachian State	4	2	.667
9	Coastal Carolina	2	5	.286
10	Old Dominion	2	5	.286
11	Southern Miss	1	4	.200
12	Louisiana-Monroe	0	5	.000
13	Marshall	3	3	.500
14	Arkansas State	2	4	.333