BYU Cougars

1961 Roster

NO.	NAME	POS	HEIGHT	WEIGHT	CLASS
12	Paul Allen P. Allen	RB	6'0"	183	SR
10	Rick Ashmore R. Ashmore	RB	6'0"	180	SO
65	Bob Barrow B. Barrow		5'8"	175	SO
31	Gary Beckstead G. Beckstead	FB	6'0"	190	JR
20	Gordon Blackham G. Blackham		5'11"	190	SO
54	Mike Brady M. Brady	OL	5'11"	175	JR
77	George Burrows G. Burrows		6'4"	258	SO
82	Dave Cass D. Cass	WR	6'2"	182	SO
63	Mike Conrad M. Conrad		5'7"	205	JR
59	Steve Dangerfield S. Dangerfield	OL	6'0"	189	SR
26	Dick Darling D. Darling		5'11"	198	JR
67	Roger DuPaix R. DuPaix		5'11"	178	JR
40	Eldon Fortie E. Fortie	RB	5'11"	158	JR
30	Bill Francis B. Francis	FB	5'11"	170	SO
81	Gene Frantz G. Frantz		6'3"	190	JR
11	Dion Frazier D. Frazier	RB	5'10"	185	JR
28	Larry Geisler L. Geisler		5'10"	170	SO
	Marshall Hall M. Hall	RB
64	Bruce Handley B. Handley		6'0"	194	SO
70	Max Hatfield M. Hatfield		6'1"	202	SO
85	Jim Hawkins J. Hawkins		6'1"	201	SO
74	Kent Horne K. Horne		6'2"	258	SR
69	Layne Hynek L. Hynek		6'0"	185	SO
43	Bill Jackson B. Jackson	RB	6'0"	176	SO
80	Jim Kimmel J. Kimmel	WR	6'0"	175	SO
72	Paul Knoblauch P. Knoblauch		6'0"	195	SO
62	Bruce Kochevar B. Kochevar		6'0"	183	SR
60	Bryon Lake B. Lake		6'0"	200	SO
	Jeff Livingston J. Livingston	WR
34	John Malarsie J. Malarsie	FB	5'11"	174	SO
44	Doran Merkley D. Merkley	RB	6'2"	195	SO
33	Bill Nelson B. Nelson	FB	5'10"	168	SO
73	Ron Nielson R. Nielson		6'2"	218	SR
89	Don Peterson D. Peterson		6'4"	205	SR
21	Glenn Pond G. Pond		6'1"	215	SO
14	Bruce Samples B. Samples	RB	5'8"	176	JR
61	Wayland Sheppard W. Sheppard		6'0"	193	SR
83	Lloyd Smith L. Smith		5'11"	178	SO
76	Devon Stone D. Stone		5'9"	200	SO
87	Clark Stringham C. Stringham		6'2"	194	JR
78	Steve Sullivan S. Sullivan		6'1"	192	SR
51	Dan Taylor D. Taylor	OL	6'2"	187	JR
36	Tillmann Turley T. Turley	FB	6'1"	201	JR
75	Scott Wartena S. Wartena		6'1"	212	SO
71	Val Weenig V. Weenig		6'2"	203	JR
84	Dick Wood D. Wood	WR	6'0"	183	SO
41	Bill Wright B. Wright	RB	6'0"	184	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	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	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