Notre Dame Fighting Irish

1961 Roster

NO.	NAME	POS	HEIGHT	WEIGHT	CLASS
40	Bill Ahern B. Ahern	FB	6'0"	195	JR
59	Wayne Allen W. Allen	OL	6'1"	202	SO
63	George Bednar G. Bednar	OL	6'3"	240	SO
71	Bob Bill B. Bill	OL	6'2"	228	SR
61	Mickey Bitsko M. Bitsko	OL	6'1"	200	SO
86	Brian Boulac B. Boulac	TE	6'4"	195	JR
2	Frank Budka F. Budka	QB	6'0"	185	SO
64	Nick Buoniconti N. Buoniconti	OL	5'11"	205	SR
51	Ed Burke E. Burke	OL	6'1"	240	JR
57	Bill Burns B. Burns	OL	6'1"	200	SO
	Don Costa D. Costa	RB
45	Paul Costa P. Costa	RB	6'4"	230	SO
70	Jack Cullen J. Cullen	OL	6'4"	220	SO
44	Angelo Dabiero A. Dabiero	RB	5'8"	165	SR
67	Nick Depola N. Depola	OL	6'2"	210	JR
69	Mike DiCarlo M. DiCarlo	OL	5'10"	205	SO
42	Joe Farrell J. Farrell	RB	6'0"	200	SO
88	Bill Ford B. Ford	TE	6'2"	200	SR
93	Tom Goberville T. Goberville	OL	6'3"	200	SO
58	Frank Grau F. Grau		6'2"	210	SR
37	Gerry Gray G. Gray	FB	6'2"	195	JR
53	Tom Hecomovich T. Hecomovich	OL	6'3"	210	SR
54	Ed Hoerster E. Hoerster	OL	6'1"	210	JR
75	David Humenik D. Humenik	OL	6'3"	225	SO
31	Joe Kantor J. Kantor	FB	6'1"	190	SO
89	Jim Kelly J. Kelly	TE	6'2"	190	SO
50	Patrick Keneally P. Keneally	OL	6'2"	215	SO
66	Phil Kienast P. Kienast	OL	6'0"	200	SO
77	Dan Kolasinski D. Kolasinski	OL	6'2"	220	JR
91	Steve Kolski S. Kolski	TE	6'3"	200	JR
55	Bill Kutzavitch B. Kutzavitch	OL	6'2"	205	JR
3	Daryle Lamonica D. Lamonica	QB	6'2"	200	JR
65	Bob Lehmann B. Lehmann	OL	6'0"	210	SO
48	Tom Liggio T. Liggio	RB	5'11"	185	SR
32	Mike Lind M. Lind	FB	6'1"	200	JR
62	Jim Loula J. Loula	OL	6'0"	205	SR
23	Tom MacDonald T. MacDonald	RB	5'11"	180	SO
41	Joe Maxwell J. Maxwell	FB	5'11"	185	JR
4	Torn Meagher T. Meagher	QB	6'0"	165	SO
68	Jim Mikacich J. Mikacich	OL	6'2"	205	SR
28	Frank Minik F. Minik	RB	5'7"	165	JR
83	Denny Murphy D. Murphy	TE	6'2"	200	JR
92	John Murray J. Murray	TE	6'1"	210	SO
36	Dick Naab D. Naab	FB	6'0"	190	SR
21	Charlie O'Hara C. O'Hara		6'0"	190	JR
74	Martin Oloiky M. Oloiky	OL	6'1"	220	SO
38	Joe Perkowski J. Perkowski	FB	6'0"	200	SR
11	Bill Pfeiffer B. Pfeiffer	QB	6'0"	190	SO
43	Denny Phillips D. Phillips	RB	6'0"	185	SO
46	Glen Pierson G. Pierson	RB	5'11"	185	SO
80	John Powers J. Powers	TE	6'2"	205	SR
6	Norb Rascher N. Rascher	QB	6'1"	180	JR
72	Dan Reardon D. Reardon	OL	6'4"	225	SO
60	Norb Roy N. Roy	OL	5'10"	215	SR
1	Ed Rutkowski E. Rutkowski	QB	6'1"	195	JR
9	Clay Schulz C. Schulz	QB	6'1"	190	SR
25	Bob Secret B. Secret	FB	6'0"	180	SO
22	George Sefcik G. Sefcik	RB	5'8"	170	SR
87	Jim Sherlock J. Sherlock	TE	6'0"	190	JR
	Jack Simon J. Simon	WR
94	John Simon J. Simon	TE	6'3"	215	SO
56	John Slafkosky J. Slafkosky	OL	6'4"	220	JR
33	Jim Snowden J. Snowden	FB	6'4"	235	SO
79	Bill Snyder B. Snyder	OL	6'4"	220	SR
84	Clay Stephens C. Stephens	TE	6'3"	200	SO
5	Denis Szot D. Szot	QB	6'0"	185	SO
81	Les Traver L. Traver	TE	6'2"	190	SR
52	GENE Viola G. Viola	OL	6'1"	220	SR
90	Harold Vogel H. Vogel	TE	6'2"	190	JR
78	ROGER Wilke R. Wilke	OL	6'1"	230	SR
76	GEORGE Williams G. Williams	OL	6'2"	225	SR
7	Wayne Zdanowicz W. Zdanowicz	QB	6'1"	180	SO

More CFB News

College football Week 5: No. 8 Florida, No. 14 Iowa, No. 16 Miss. St. wary of letdown after big wins

Sep 30, 2026

After a 51-point loss to start Big Ten play, Locksley's status as Maryland's coach appears tenuous

Sep 29, 2026

Ohio State's defense searching for answers ahead of trip to Iowa

Sep 29, 2026

Penn State looking for offensive improvement after loss to Wisconsin

Sep 29, 2026

Deion Sanders weighing QB switch as Colorado’s offense sputters into game against No. 12 Texas Tech

Sep 29, 2026

Former Auburn staffer faces felony charges for allegedly stealing and sharing trade secrets

Sep 29, 2026

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