#17 Penn State Nittany Lions

1961 Roster

NO.	NAME	POS	HEIGHT	WEIGHT	CLASS
85	Dick Anderson D. Anderson	TE	6'3"	205	SO
68	Ralph Baker R. Baker	OL	6'3"	200	SO
57	Carl Bendik C. Bendik	OL	6'0"	190	SO
62	Joe Blasenstein J. Blasenstein	OL	5'11"	200	JR
73	Sandy Buchan S. Buchan	OL	6'4"	215	SO
44	Don Campbell D. Campbell	RB	6'2"	190	SO
23	Don Caum D. Caum	QB	5'11"	166	SO
	John Cino J. Cino	RB
26	Ron Coates R. Coates	QB	6'0"	190	SO
84	Cliff Davis C. Davis	TE	6'2"	194	JR
89	John Deibert J. Deibert	OL	6'5"	215	SO
81	John Delegram J. Delegram	TE	6'1"	203	SO
75	Vince Eitler V. Eitler	OL	6'1"	210	SO
76	Gerry Farkas G. Farkas	OL	6'0"	220	JR
66	Joe Galardi J. Galardi	OL	6'0"	202	JR
55	Ted Gregor T. Gregor	OL	6'3"	203	SO
43	Al Gursky A. Gursky	RB	6'1"	200	JR
25	Galen Hall G. Hall	QB	5'9"	195	SR
61	Bob Hart B. Hart	OL	6'0"	215	JR
34	Dave Hayes D. Hayes	FB	6'1"	205	JR
51	Jay Huffman J. Huffman	OL	5'11"	205	SR
14	Don Jonas D. Jonas	RB	5'11"	195	SR
42	Bob Kline B. Kline	RB	6'0"	182	JR
46	Roger Kochman R. Kochman	RB	6'1"	195	JR
72	Al Koontz A. Koontz	OL	6'4"	220	SO
24	Pete Liske P. Liske	QB	6'1"	175	SO
58	John Lukaszewicz J. Lukaszewicz	OL	5'11"	174	SO
87	Ted Malewicz T. Malewicz	TE	6'3"	200	SO
86	Bob Mitinger B. Mitinger	TE	6'2"	215	SR
79	Terry Monaghan T. Monaghan	OL	6'3"	228	SO
83	Tom Paton T. Paton	TE	6'2"	210	SO
10	Steve Popp S. Popp	RB	5'7"	184	SO
40	Hal Powell H. Powell	RB	5'9"	162	SO
	Junior Powell J. Powell	RB
65	Charles Raisig C. Raisig	OL	6'1"	190	JR
64	Charles Ricevuto C. Ricevuto	OL	5'11"	212	SO
80	Dave Robinson D. Robinson	TE	6'3"	220	JR
67	Harrison Rosdahl H. Rosdahl	OL	6'3"	230	SO
33	Bernie Sabol B. Sabol	FB	5'9"	186	SO
52	Bill Saul B. Saul	OL	6'4"	215	SR
63	Russ Schleiden R. Schleiden	OL	6'0"	205	SO
88	Jim Schwab J. Schwab	TE	6'3"	200	SR
77	Charles Sieminski C. Sieminski	OL	6'5"	245	JR
15	Frank Sincek F. Sincek	RB	6'0"	170	SO
71	Bob Sink B. Sink	OL	6'1"	200	SO
69	Bill Skalyo B. Skalyo	OL	6'3"	192	SO
74	Jim Smith J. Smith	OL	6'2"	230	SR
82	Don Stepanausky D. Stepanausky	TE	6'5"	215	SO
35	Ed Stuckrath E. Stuckrath	FB	5'11"	190	SO
70	Ron Tietjens R. Tietjens	OL	6'0"	235	JR
32	Buddy Torris B. Torris	FB	5'11"	188	JR
36	Tom Urbanik T. Urbanik	FB	6'0"	204	SO
45	Tony Wayne T. Wayne	RB	5'7"	165	SR
17	Chris Weber C. Weber	RB	5'11"	190	SO
53	Jim Williams J. Williams	OL	5'11"	194	SO
60	Dick Wilson D. Wilson	OL	6'2"	210	SR
11	Gary Wydman G. Wydman	RB	6'1"	175	SO
78	Joe Zink J. Zink	OL	6'1"	218	SO

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CFB 2026 Leaders

Pass Yards Leaders

2,604

Atkinson

2,326

Mestemaker

2,303

Maiava

Rush Yards Leaders

963

Riley

957

Bishop

923

Cook

Rec Yards Leaders

1,040

Legree

984

Smith

952

Toney

Pass TD Leaders

24

Atkinson

22

Mensah

21

Stokes

Rush TD Leaders

16

Hawkins

16

Hellums

13

Baugh

Rec TD Leaders

14

Legree

12

Smith

11

Toney

QB Rating Leaders

204.6

Mensah

185.9

Stockton

184.5

Sayin

Sack Leaders

10.5

Simmons

9.0

Umanmielen

9.0

Osunsanmi

CFB 2026 Rankings

PPG Rankings

49.0

43.1

43.0

42.7

41.4

41.1

Opp PPG Rankings

11.3

12.0

12.5

13.4

13.9

Total Yards Rankings

551.9

529.1

527.0

525.7

517.7

510.0

Rush Yards Rankings

345.7

337.4

307.7

272.0

271.4

261.6

Pass Yards Rankings

384.9

341.0

340.7

323.1

317.9

Sack Leaders

34.0

29.0

28.0

27.0

26.0

CFB 2026 Standings

	Pac-12	W	L	PCT
1	Boise State	6	1	.857
2	Oregon State	5	2	.714
3	Texas State	4	3	.571
4	San Diego State	3	5	.375
5	Fresno State	4	3	.571
6	Colorado State	3	4	.429
7	Utah State	2	5	.286
8	Washington State	1	7	.125

	Big 10	W	L	PCT
1	UCLA	7	0	1.000
2	Ohio State	6	1	.857
3	Indiana	7	1	.875
4	Northwestern	6	1	.857
5	Minnesota	5	2	.714
6	Wisconsin	5	2	.714
7	USC	6	2	.750
8	Purdue	3	4	.429
9	Illinois	4	3	.571
10	Oregon	4	3	.571
11	Iowa	5	2	.714
12	Nebraska	5	2	.714
13	Michigan	4	3	.571
14	Washington	4	3	.571
15	Rutgers	2	5	.286
16	Penn State	3	4	.429
17	Maryland	2	5	.286
18	Michigan State	2	6	.250

	Southeastern	W	L	PCT
1	Kentucky	7	1	.875
2	Georgia	6	1	.857
3	Alabama	6	2	.750
4	Florida	5	2	.714
5	Ole Miss	5	2	.714
6	LSU	6	2	.750
7	Tennessee	6	2	.750
8	Oklahoma	4	3	.571
9	Missouri	5	2	.714
10	Texas	5	2	.714
11	Mississippi State	4	3	.571
12	Auburn	4	3	.571
13	South Carolina	4	3	.571
14	Arkansas	3	4	.429
15	Texas A&M	4	4	.500
16	Vanderbilt	3	5	.375

	Conference USA	W	L	PCT
1	Liberty	6	1	.857
2	Jacksonville State	5	2	.714
3	New Mexico State	3	4	.429
4	Middle Tennessee	4	3	.571
5	Western Kentucky	3	4	.429
6	Delaware	3	4	.429
7	Florida International	3	4	.429
8	Missouri State	2	5	.286
9	Kennesaw State	1	6	.143
10	Sam Houston	1	6	.143

	Sun Belt	W	L	PCT
1	Louisiana Tech	5	2	.714
2	James Madison	7	1	.875
3	Appalachian State	5	2	.714
4	Georgia Southern	3	4	.429
5	South Alabama	4	3	.571
6	Louisiana	5	3	.625
7	Arkansas State	4	4	.500
8	Georgia State	4	3	.571
9	Troy	3	4	.429
10	Coastal Carolina	2	5	.286
11	Southern Miss	2	5	.286
12	Louisiana-Monroe	1	6	.143
13	Marshall	4	3	.571
14	Old Dominion	2	6	.250

	Atlantic Coast	W	L	PCT
1	Miami	7	0	1.000
2	SMU	6	1	.857
3	Wake Forest	6	1	.857
4	Virginia Tech	6	2	.750
5	Louisville	4	3	.571
6	Clemson	4	3	.571
7	North Carolina	4	3	.571
8	Duke	5	2	.714
9	Boston College	4	3	.571
10	Pittsburgh	5	3	.625
11	Stanford	4	4	.500
12	Virginia	4	4	.500
13	California	3	5	.375
14	Florida State	3	4	.429
15	NC State	3	4	.429
16	Georgia Tech	2	5	.286
17	Syracuse	3	4	.429

	Mountain West	W	L	PCT
1	New Mexico	6	1	.857
2	Wyoming	5	3	.625
3	UNLV	4	3	.571
4	North Dakota State	6	2	.750
5	Air Force	5	2	.714
6	Nevada	3	4	.429
7	San Jose State	4	4	.500
8	Hawai'i	2	6	.250
9	UTEP	1	6	.143
10	Northern Illinois	0	7	.000

	Independent	W	L	PCT
1	Notre Dame	6	1	.857
2	UConn	4	3	.571

	Mid-American	W	L	PCT
1	Ohio	6	2	.750
2	Toledo	6	2	.750
3	Western Michigan	5	3	.625
4	Buffalo	5	3	.625
5	Miami (OH)	5	3	.625
6	Eastern Michigan	4	5	.444
7	Kent State	3	5	.375
8	Ball State	3	5	.375
9	Bowling Green	2	6	.250
10	UMass	4	4	.500
11	Central Michigan	3	5	.375
12	Akron	1	7	.125
13	Sacramento State	1	7	.125

	American Athletic	W	L	PCT
1	UTSA	7	1	.875
2	North Texas	5	2	.714
3	Army	5	2	.714
4	Memphis	6	2	.750
5	Florida Atlantic	5	2	.714
6	UAB	4	3	.571
7	Charlotte	1	6	.143
8	Temple	2	5	.286
9	South Florida	5	2	.714
10	East Carolina	3	4	.429
11	Tulane	3	4	.429
12	Tulsa	4	4	.500
13	Navy	2	5	.286
14	Rice	1	7	.125

	Big 12	W	L	PCT
1	Utah	7	0	1.000
2	BYU	6	1	.857
3	Arizona	6	1	.857
4	Texas Tech	6	1	.857
5	Oklahoma State	5	2	.714
6	Houston	6	2	.750
7	Baylor	4	3	.571
8	Cincinnati	5	2	.714
9	Arizona State	4	3	.571
10	UCF	4	3	.571
11	West Virginia	5	3	.625
12	Kansas State	4	3	.571
13	Iowa State	3	4	.429
14	Kansas	3	4	.429
15	TCU	3	4	.429
16	Colorado	2	5	.286