#5 Ole Miss Rebels

1961 Roster

NAME	POS	HEIGHT	WEIGHT	CLASS
Billy Ray Adams B. Ray Adams	RB
Billy Ray Adams B. Ray Adams	FB	6'2"	210	SR
Walter Aldridge W. Aldridge	OL	6'4"	215	SO
Bill Basham B. Basham	OL	6'2"	215	SR
Bookie Bolin B. Bolin	OL	6'3"	222	JR
Bobby Boyd B. Boyd	QB	6'2"	185	SO
Thomas Brister T. Brister	WR
Tommy Brister T. Brister	DL	6'1"	184	JR
Jerry Brown J. Brown	OL	6'1"	226	SR
Billy Champion B. Champion	DL	6'3"	205	JR
Buddy Crosby B. Crosby	RB
Buddy Crosby B. Crosby	RB	5'11"	185	JR
Willis Dabbs W. Dabbs	WR
Woody Dabbs W. Dabbs	DL	6'2"	200	JR
Reed Davis R. Davis	WR
Reed Davis R. Davis	DL	6'1"	197	SO
Donald Dickson D. Dickson	OL	5'11"	205	JR
Kenny Dill K. Dill	OL	6'4"	206	SO
Art Doty A. Doty	RB
Art Doty A. Doty	RB	6'0"	185	SR
Jim Dunaway J. Dunaway	OL	6'4"	240	JR
Perry Lee Dunn P. Lee Dunn	QB
Perry Lee Dunn P. Lee Dunn	QB	6'2"	200	SO
Doug Elmore D. Elmore	QB
Doug Elmore D. Elmore	QB	6'0"	187	SR
Cecil Ford C. Ford	OL	6'1"	215	SO
Glynn Griffing G. Griffing	QB
Glynn Griffing G. Griffing	QB	6'1"	195	JR
Lou Guy L. Guy	RB
Louis Guy L. Guy	RB	6'0"	181	JR
Frank Halbert F. Halbert	RB
Frank Halbert F. Halbert	RB	5'9"	180	SR
Whaley Hall W. Hall	OL	6'3"	220	SO
A.J. Holloway	RB
A.J. Holloway	RB	5'9"	170	JR
Bill Hurst B. Hurst	OL	6'1"	220	SO
Larry Johnson L. Johnson	RB
Larry Johnson L. Johnson	RB	6'0"	190	SO
Billy Ray Jones B. Ray Jones	OL	6'1"	212	SR
Frank Kinard F. Kinard	RB	6'0"	195	SO
Walter Kinnebrew W. Kinnebrew	RB
Walter Kinnebrew W. Kinnebrew	RB	5'10"	180	SO
Lewis Lanter L. Lanter	WR
Lewis Lanter L. Lanter	DL	6'2"	195	SO
Fred Lentjes F. Lentjes	OL	6'0"	212	SR
Tommy Lucas T. Lucas	OL	6'2"	210	SO
Rodney Mattina R. Mattina	OL	5'11"	215	SO
Rush McKay R. McKay	OL	6'1"	230	SR
Johnny Mitchell J. Mitchell	OL	6'2"	205	SR
Chuck Morris C. Morris	RB
Chuck Morris C. Morris	RB	6'1"	183	JR
Sam Owen S. Owen	OL	5'11"	195	SO
Clarence Pegram C. Pegram	DL	6'1"	200	SO
Buck Randall B. Randall	RB
Buck Randall B. Randall	FB	5'10"	195	SO
Fred Roberts F. Roberts	RB
Fred Roberts F. Roberts	FB	6'0"	198	SO
Jim Roberts J. Roberts	OL	6'1"	245	JR
Bobby Robinson B. Robinson	OL	6'1"	215	SO
Richard Ross R. Ross	OL	6'3"	210	JR
Catfish Smith C. Smith	WR
Larry Smith L. Smith	RB
Larry Smith L. Smith	RB	6'4"	205	SO
Ralph Smith R. Smith	DL	6'2"	200	SR
Wes Sullivan W. Sullivan	DL	6'1"	196	JR
Wesley Sullivan W. Sullivan	WR
Chico Taylor C. Taylor	RB	6'2"	192	SR
Chuck Tempfer C. Tempfer	K
Chuck Tempfer C. Tempfer	FB	6'3"	210	SO
Robert Upchurch R. Upchurch	OL	6'1"	202	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