Pittsburgh Panthers

1961 Roster

NO.	NAME	POS	HEIGHT	WEIGHT	CLASS
79	Ed Adamchik E. Adamchik	OL	6'2"	226	SO
51	Charles Ahlborn C. Ahlborn	OL	6'2"	200	SO
29	Peter Billey P. Billey	RB	5'9"	170	SO
21	Ed Billy E. Billy	RB	5'11"	175	SO
72	Ernest Borghetti E. Borghetti	OL	6'4"	235	SO
66	Jon Botula J. Botula	OL	6'0"	196	SO
60	Tom Brown T. Brown	OL	6'0"	203	JR
54	Paul Cercel P. Cercel	OL	6'1"	210	SO
73	Gerald Cherry G. Cherry	OL	6'0"	225	SO
26	Dennis Chillinsky D. Chillinsky	RB	6'0"	190	SO
40	John Chisdak J. Chisdak	FB	6'0"	185	JR
94	Robert Chisdak R. Chisdak	TE	6'0"	185	SO
25	Ed Clark E. Clark	RB	5'11"	170	JR
32	Bob Clemens B. Clemens	RB	6'1"	200	SR
18	Sam Colella S. Colella	QB	5'10"	178	JR
61	Ralph Conrad R. Conrad	OL	5'11"	210	JR
27	Ray Conway R. Conway	RB	6'0"	180	SO
68	Regis Coustillac R. Coustillac	OL	6'2"	219	SR
28	Fred Cox F. Cox	RB	5'11"	196	SR
96	John Cullen J. Cullen	OL	6'0"	205	SO
98	Dick Dobrowolski D. Dobrowolski	OL	6'0"	215	SO
97	Ronald Dodson R. Dodson	TE	6'0"	195	SO
63	John Draksler J. Draksler	OL	6'1"	215	JR
30	Ed Ferdinand E. Ferdinand	RB	5'10"	185	JR
42	Marshall Goldberg M. Goldberg	RB	5'11"	193	SO
20	John Gregg J. Gregg	RB	6'2"	175	SO
85	Al Grigaliunas A. Grigaliunas	TE	5'1"	190	SO
89	Joe Gudenburr J. Gudenburr	TE	6'1"	185	SO
75	Bob Guzik B. Guzik	OL	6'2"	222	SR
86	Woody Haser W. Haser	TE	6'1"	205	SR
53	John Holzbach J. Holzbach	OL	6'3"	215	JR
59	John Hunter J. Hunter	OL	6'1"	208	SO
64	James Irwin J. Irwin	OL	5'11"	205	SO
87	Steve Jastrzembski S. Jastrzembski	TE	6'3"	203	SR
80	John Jenkins J. Jenkins	TE	6'4"	205	SO
78	Gary Kaltenbach G. Kaltenbach	OL	6'2"	233	JR
88	John Kuprok J. Kuprok	TE	6'1"	199	SR
50	Andy Kuzneski A. Kuzneski	OL	6'2"	211	SR
83	Joe Kuzneski J. Kuzneski	TE	6'3"	180	SO
46	Rick Leeson R. Leeson	FB	6'1"	194	SO
15	Glenn Lehner G. Lehner	QB	5'10"	190	SO
31	Marvin Lippincott M. Lippincott	RB	6'0"	193	SO
84	Robert Long R. Long	TE	6'3"	190	SO
74	John Maczuzak J. Maczuzak	OL	6'5"	220	SO
55	Ronald Marini R. Marini	OL	6'1"	200	SO
10	Paul Martha P. Martha	QB	6'0"	180	SO
95	Dave Mastro D. Mastro	OL	6'5"	218	JR
70	Elmer Merkovsky E. Merkovsky	OL	6'2"	220	SR
76	Robert Ostrosky R. Ostrosky	TE	6'1"	222	SO
24	John Ozimek J. Ozimek	RB	5'10"	185	SO
82	Dan Picciano D. Picciano	TE	6'1"	185	SO
65	Ray Pop R. Pop	OL	6'1"	205	SO
77	John Price J. Price	OL	5'11"	210	SO
11	Phil Pulsineili P. Pulsineili	QB	6'2"	195	SO
	Bob Roeder B. Roeder	RB
22	Robert Roeder R. Roeder	RB	5'11"	185	SO
36	Carmen Ronca C. Ronca	FB	6'0"	190	JR
16	Dick Sanker D. Sanker	QB	6'0"	175	JR
41	Frank Scrip F. Scrip	FB	6'0"	192	JR
44	Lou Slaby L. Slaby	FB	6'3"	225	JR
81	Gene Sobolewski G. Sobolewski	TE	6'2"	190	SO
56	Tom Sopkovich T. Sopkovich	OL	6'3"	194	SO
19	Jerry Straub J. Straub	QB	6'0"	175	SO
45	John Telesky J. Telesky	FB	5'10"	201	SO
14	Jim Traficant J. Traficant	QB	6'0"	190	JR
62	Larry Vignali L. Vignali	OL	5'11"	218	SR
92	Frank Walton F. Walton	TE	5'11"	210	SO
71	Jeff Ware J. Ware	OL	6'1"	215	SO
23	John Yaccino J. Yaccino	RB	5'11"	190	SR
67	John Zabkar J. Zabkar	OL	5'11"	210	SO

CFB 2025 Leaders

Pass Yards Leaders

4,379

Mestemaker

3,711

Maiava

3,683

Minicucci

Rush Yards Leaders

1,661

Cook

1,649

Hardy

1,451

Johnson

Rec Yards Leaders

1,291

Scudero

1,276

Bell

1,264

Young

Pass TD Leaders

34

Mestemaker

33

Mendoza

31

Sayin

Rush TD Leaders

25

Hawkins

21

Lacy

18

Hellums

Rec TD Leaders

14

Brown

13

Bell

12

Harris

QB Rating Leaders

182.1

Sayin

181.4

Mendoza

171.5

Pavia

Sack Leaders

14.5

Tucker

13.5

Bailey

12.5

Smith

CFB 2025 Rankings

PPG Rankings

45.1

42.5

42.0

41.9

41.1

40.5

Opp PPG Rankings

8.2

10.8

10.9

13.0

13.3

15.2

Total Yards Rankings

512.4

498.0

488.7

480.3

478.6

475.8

Rush Yards Rankings

289.3

269.8

261.4

254.9

246.9

241.5

Pass Yards Rankings

340.2

318.0

312.4

309.6

296.0

292.8

Sack Leaders

45.0

43.0

41.0

39.0

CFB 2025 Standings

	Atlantic Coast	W	L	PCT
1	Duke	8	5	.615
2	Virginia	11	3	.786
3	Miami	11	2	.846
4	Pittsburgh	8	5	.615
5	SMU	8	4	.667
6	Georgia Tech	9	4	.692
7	California	7	6	.538
8	Clemson	7	6	.538
9	NC State	8	5	.615
10	Louisville	9	4	.692
11	Wake Forest	8	4	.667
12	Stanford	4	8	.333
13	Florida State	5	7	.417
14	North Carolina	4	8	.333
15	Virginia Tech	3	9	.250
16	Boston College	2	10	.167
17	Syracuse	3	9	.250

	Southeastern	W	L	PCT
1	Georgia	12	1	.923
2	Alabama	11	3	.786
3	Ole Miss	12	1	.923
4	Texas A&M	11	2	.846
5	Texas	9	3	.750
6	Oklahoma	10	3	.769
7	Vanderbilt	10	2	.833
8	Missouri	8	5	.615
9	Tennessee	8	5	.615
10	LSU	7	6	.538
11	Kentucky	5	7	.417
12	Florida	4	8	.333
13	Auburn	5	7	.417
14	Mississippi State	5	7	.417
15	South Carolina	4	8	.333
16	Arkansas	2	10	.167

	Big 10	W	L	PCT
1	Indiana	13	0	1.000
2	Ohio State	12	1	.923
3	Oregon	12	1	.923
4	Michigan	9	3	.750
5	USC	9	4	.692
6	Iowa	8	4	.667
7	Illinois	9	4	.692
8	Minnesota	8	5	.615
9	Washington	9	4	.692
10	Nebraska	7	5	.583
11	Northwestern	7	6	.538
12	Penn State	7	6	.538
13	UCLA	3	9	.250
14	Rutgers	5	7	.417
15	Wisconsin	4	8	.333
16	Maryland	4	8	.333
17	Michigan State	4	8	.333
18	Purdue	2	10	.167

	Mountain West	W	L	PCT
1	UNLV	10	4	.714
2	New Mexico	9	4	.692
3	San Diego State	9	4	.692
4	Boise State	9	5	.643
5	Fresno State	9	4	.692
6	Hawaii	9	4	.692
7	Utah State	6	7	.462
8	Air Force	4	8	.333
9	Wyoming	4	8	.333
10	Nevada	3	9	.250
11	San José State	3	9	.250
12	Colorado State	2	10	.167

	American Athletic	W	L	PCT
1	North Texas	12	2	.857
2	Tulane	11	3	.786
3	Navy	10	2	.833
4	South Florida	9	4	.692
5	East Carolina	9	4	.692
6	Memphis	8	5	.615
7	Army	7	6	.538
8	UTSA	7	6	.538
9	Temple	5	7	.417
10	Florida Atlantic	4	8	.333
11	Rice	5	7	.417
12	UAB	4	8	.333
13	Tulsa	4	8	.333
14	Charlotte	1	11	.083

	Independent	W	L	PCT
1	Notre Dame	10	2	.833
2	UConn	9	4	.692

	Big 12	W	L	PCT
1	Texas Tech	12	1	.923
2	BYU	12	2	.857
3	Utah	10	2	.833
4	Houston	10	3	.769
5	Arizona	9	3	.750
6	Arizona State	8	4	.667
7	Iowa State	8	4	.667
8	Kansas State	6	6	.500
9	TCU	9	4	.692
10	Cincinnati	7	5	.583
11	Baylor	5	7	.417
12	Kansas	5	7	.417
13	UCF	5	7	.417
14	West Virginia	4	8	.333
15	Colorado	3	9	.250
16	Oklahoma State	1	11	.083

	Pac-12	W	L	PCT
1	Washington State	7	6	.538
2	Oregon State	2	10	.167

	Mid-American	W	L	PCT
1	Western Michigan	10	4	.714
2	Miami (OH)	7	7	.500
3	Ohio	9	4	.692
4	Toledo	8	5	.615
5	Central Michigan	7	6	.538
6	Akron	5	7	.417
7	Buffalo	5	7	.417
8	Kent State	5	7	.417
9	Eastern Michigan	4	8	.333
10	Ball State	4	8	.333
11	Bowling Green	4	8	.333
12	Northern Illinois	3	9	.250
13	UMass	0	12	.000

	Sun Belt	W	L	PCT
1	JMU	12	2	.857
2	Troy	8	6	.571
3	Old Dominion	10	3	.769
4	Southern Miss	7	6	.538
5	Coastal Carolina	6	7	.462
6	Louisiana	6	7	.462
7	Georgia Southern	7	6	.538
8	Arkansas State	7	6	.538
9	Marshall	5	7	.417
10	Texas State	6	6	.500
11	Appalachian State	5	8	.385
12	South Alabama	4	8	.333
13	Georgia State	1	11	.083
14	Louisiana-Monroe	3	9	.250

	Conference USA	W	L	PCT
1	Kennesaw State	10	4	.714
2	Jacksonville State	9	5	.643
3	Western Kentucky	9	4	.692
4	Louisiana Tech	8	5	.615
5	Missouri State	7	6	.538
6	FIU	7	6	.538
7	Delaware	7	6	.538
8	Liberty	4	8	.333
9	Middle Tennessee	3	9	.250
10	New Mexico State	4	8	.333
11	UTEP	2	10	.167
12	Sam Houston	2	10	.167