Northwestern Wildcats

1961 Roster

NO.	NAME	POS	HEIGHT	WEIGHT	CLASS
68	Bob Barkman B. Barkman	OL	6'1"	202	SO
82	James Benda J. Benda	TE	6'0"	190	SO
24	Larry Benz L. Benz	RB	5'11"	175	JR
	Charles Brainerd C. Brainerd	DB
16	Chuck Brainerd C. Brainerd	RB	5'10"	161	JR
10	George Bunda G. Bunda	RB	5'11"	180	SO
74	George Burman G. Burman	OL	6'3"	225	SO
90	John Campbell J. Campbell	OL	6'3"	207	SR
77	Kenneth Clayton K. Clayton	OL	6'3"	236	SO
85	Ed Coplinger E. Coplinger	TE	6'1"	205	JR
87	Dave Cox D. Cox	TE	6'2"	201	JR
71	Jack Cvercko J. Cvercko	OL	6'0"	220	JR
76	David Damm D. Damm	OL	6'2"	218	SR
31	John Dickey J. Dickey	FB	6'0"	191	JR
49	Tom Dickson T. Dickson	QB	5'9"	165	SO
86	Ray Dillon R. Dillon	TE	6'0"	188	SR
73	Lou Dineff L. Dineff	OL	6'2"	225	SO
51	Darral Doblow D. Doblow	OL	6'1"	208	SO
75	Fate Echols F. Echols	OL	6'1"	251	SR
	Bobby Eickhoff B. Eickhoff	QB
48	Robert Eickhoff R. Eickhoff	QB	5'10"	158	SR
91	Frank Feist F. Feist	OL	6'2"	215	SO
17	Paul Flatley P. Flatley	FB	6'1"	191	JR
59	Jerry Goshgarian J. Goshgarian	OL	5'8"	182	SR
92	Gerald Greco G. Greco	OL	6'0"	207	SO
64	Charles Hensen C. Hensen	OL	6'2"	210	SR
26	Pete Hitler P. Hitler	RB	6'0"	180	SO
57	William Irwin W. Irwin	OL	6'0"	190	SO
42	Frank Johnson F. Johnson	RB	5'10"	180	SR
12	Albert Kimbrough A. Kimbrough	RB	5'10"	185	SR
40	Ken Kimbrough K. Kimbrough	RB	5'9"	168	SO
63	Richard Lawton R. Lawton	OL	5'11"	211	SO
88	Chuck Logan C. Logan	TE	6'4"	196	SO
83	Dick Machalski D. Machalski	TE	5'10"	191	JR
15	Bob Mackall B. Mackall	QB	5'10"	166	SO
78	Boyd Melvin B. Melvin	OL	6'2"	227	SR
67	Rich Neeley R. Neeley	OL	5'11"	210	SR
22	Merlin Norenberg M. Norenberg	RB	5'9"	185	SO
23	Tom O'Grady T. O'Grady	QB	6'3"	197	SO
66	Richard Olson R. Olson	OL	5'11"	202	SO
50	Larry Onesti L. Onesti	OL	6'0"	192	SR
46	Dell Pendergrast D. Pendergrast	OL	6'0"	182	JR
69	Burt Petkus B. Petkus	OL	6'2"	214	JR
70	Kent Pike K. Pike	OL	6'2"	220	SO
58	Tim Powell T. Powell	OL	6'2"	210	SO
	Bob Puette B. Puette	DB
30	Robert Puette R. Puette	FB	6'0"	200	SO
25	Fred Quinn F. Quinn	QB	6'0"	185	JR
89	Pat Riley P. Riley	TE	6'2"	192	SO
53	Jay Robertson J. Robertson	OL	6'0"	194	SR
52	Greg Royer G. Royer	OL	6'2"	200	SO
61	Tom Schulz T. Schulz	OL	6'0"	200	SO
79	Ike Smith I. Smith	OL	6'4"	271	SR
14	Bob Snider B. Snider	RB	5'11"	171	JR
32	Pete Stamison P. Stamison	FB	5'11"	195	SO
27	Willie Stinson W. Stinson	RB	5'9"	170	SO
36	Bill Swingle B. Swingle	FB	6'0"	195	SO
62	George Thomas G. Thomas	OL	6'0"	228	JR
84	Thomas Titus T. Titus	TE	6'0"	202	SO
54	Edward Tuerk E. Tuerk	OL	6'0"	206	SO
65	Fred Tuerk F. Tuerk	OL	6'0"	205	SO
	Dick Uhlir D. Uhlir	RB
33	Richard Uhlir R. Uhlir	FB	5'11"	195	SO
60	Chuck Urbanic C. Urbanic	OL	5'11"	212	JR
39	Roland Wahl R. Wahl	RB	5'10"	170	SO
19	Elliott Williams E. Williams	RB	5'11"	171	JR
56	Larry Zeno L. Zeno	OL	6'0"	205	SO
81	Thomas Ziemke T. Ziemke	TE	6'3"	210	SO

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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

7.5

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