Vanderbilt Commodores

1961 Roster

NO.	NAME	POS	HEIGHT	WEIGHT	CLASS
	Wayne Anthony W. Anthony	FB	5'10"	193	SO
20	Larry Banks L. Banks	RB	5'8"	167	JR
10	Buddy Barrett B. Barrett	QB	6'0"	172	SO
50	Cody Binkley C. Binkley	OL	6'2"	210	SR
82	Richard Bohner R. Bohner	TE	6'2"	206	SO
77	Dan Boone D. Boone	OL	6'3"	219	SR
87	Nat Bullock N. Bullock	TE	6'4"	211	SO
40	Jim Burroughs J. Burroughs	FB	5'1"	211	SO
83	Wade Butcher W. Butcher	TE	6'2"	210	SR
80	Ralph Cash R. Cash	TE	6'3"	178	SO
25	Tommy Clark T. Clark	RB	5'9"	180	SO
12	Jon Cleveland J. Cleveland	QB	6'1"	189	SO
73	Bill Corbin B. Corbin	OL	6'3"	209	SR
43	Billy Crawford B. Crawford	FB	5'1"	201	JR
24	Ed Creagh E. Creagh	RB	5'11"	182	SR
67	Jule Crocker J. Crocker	OL	6'0"	202	JR
60	John Cropp J. Cropp	OL	5'11"	202	SR
33	Terrell Dye T. Dye	RB	5'11"	178	JR
70	Stewart Elliott S. Elliott	OL	6'4"	207	SO
36	Roger Fish R. Fish	RB	6'0"	179	SO
53	Roy Frazier R. Frazier	OL	5'11"	197	SO
69	Wilford Fuqua W. Fuqua	OL	5'11"	190	SO
35	Thom Garden T. Garden	RB	6'0"	174	SR
	Dan Gerow D. Gerow	FB	6'1"	202	SO
30	Arthur Guepe A. Guepe	RB	5'9"	161	SO
74	Wayne Hall W. Hall	OL	6'4"	226	SR
84	Bruce Hammer B. Hammer	TE	6'1"	195	JR
14	Jim Hardy J. Hardy	QB	6'2"	204	SO
76	Don Herndon D. Herndon	OL	6'3"	206	JR
	Melvin Holland M. Holland	OL	6'0"	202	SO
22	Matt Howard M. Howard	RB	5'10"	168	JR
86	Gary Hudson G. Hudson	TE	6'1"	206	JR
42	Jim Johnson J. Johnson	FB	6'2"	220	SR
65	Tom Kenny T. Kenny	OL	6'1"	207	SO
13	Hank Lesesne H. Lesesne	QB	5'10"	184	JR
15	Dave Longley D. Longley	QB	6'3"	193	JR
88	Tommy Martin T. Martin	TE	6'4"	203	SO
66	George McGugin G. McGugin	OL	6'0"	184	JR
75	Mike Reese M. Reese	OL	5'10"	214	JR
23	Steve Shaw S. Shaw	RB	6'0"	190	SO
54	Gary Smith G. Smith	OL	6'1"	180	SO
85	George Smith G. Smith	TE	6'2"	200	SR
32	Jeff Starling J. Starling	RB	5'11"	182	JR
72	Sam Sullins S. Sullins	OL	6'3"	210	SO
89	Dick Teets D. Teets	TE	6'1"	208	JR
78	Bill Thomas B. Thomas	OL	6'1"	213	SR
63	Davison Thompson D. Thompson	OL	6'3"	211	JR
52	Paul Thurmond P. Thurmond	OL	5'9"	191	SO
	Ronald Voight R. Voight	OL	6'2"	222	SO
3	Grady Wade G. Wade	K/P	6'2"	214	JR
64	Bill Waldrup B. Waldrup	OL	6'1"	181	SO
68	Charley Wells C. Wells	OL	5'11"	193	JR
62	Clark Williams C. Williams	OL	6'3"	206	SO
44	Jack Yusk J. Yusk	FB	5'9"	190	SO

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CFB 2026 Leaders

Pass Yards Leaders

2,257

Atkinson

2,045

Maiava

1,868

Jackson

Rush Yards Leaders

835

Riley

828

Roberts

793

Cook

Rec Yards Leaders

932

Legree

916

Smith

720

Hernandez

Pass TD Leaders

21

Atkinson

18

Maiava

17

Taylor

Rush TD Leaders

12

Baugh

12

Hawkins

10

Daniels

Rec TD Leaders

12

Legree

11

Smith

9

Dixon

QB Rating Leaders

212.2

Mensah

200.5

Hoover

198.6

Stockton

Sack Leaders

9.5

Simmons

8.0

Umanmielen

7.0

Esqillion

CFB 2026 Rankings

PPG Rankings

49.6

46.2

44.2

44.0

43.4

42.8

Opp PPG Rankings

9.8

10.3

10.6

11.0

11.8

12.2

Total Yards Rankings

554.8

533.8

531.6

524.8

522.3

521.4

Rush Yards Rankings

333.2

325.6

299.4

295.5

263.6

253.2

Pass Yards Rankings

391.2

347.0

341.0

337.8

334.4

322.4

Sack Leaders

24.0

22.0

20.0

19.0

CFB 2026 Standings

	Pac-12	W	L	PCT
1	Boise State	5	1	.833
2	Oregon State	4	2	.667
3	Fresno State	4	2	.667
4	San Diego State	2	4	.333
5	Utah State	2	4	.333
6	Colorado State	2	3	.400
7	Texas State	2	3	.400
8	Washington State	1	5	.167

	Big 12	W	L	PCT
1	BYU	5	0	1.000
2	Texas Tech	5	0	1.000
3	Utah	5	0	1.000
4	Baylor	4	1	.800
5	Oklahoma State	4	1	.800
6	Arizona	5	1	.833
7	Houston	5	1	.833
8	Cincinnati	4	1	.800
9	Arizona State	3	2	.600
10	Iowa State	3	3	.500
11	UCF	3	3	.500
12	Kansas State	3	2	.600
13	Colorado	2	3	.400
14	Kansas	2	3	.400
15	TCU	2	3	.400
16	West Virginia	3	3	.500

	Mid-American	W	L	PCT
1	Eastern Michigan	4	3	.571
2	Ohio	4	2	.667
3	Western Michigan	4	2	.667
4	Bowling Green	2	4	.333
5	Buffalo	3	3	.500
6	Toledo	4	2	.667
7	Central Michigan	3	3	.500
8	Miami (OH)	3	3	.500
9	UMass	4	2	.667
10	Kent State	2	4	.333
11	Akron	1	5	.167
12	Ball State	1	5	.167
13	Sacramento State	1	5	.167

	Southeastern	W	L	PCT
1	Georgia	6	0	1.000
2	Alabama	5	1	.833
3	Kentucky	5	1	.833
4	Mississippi State	4	1	.800
5	Missouri	5	1	.833
6	Tennessee	5	1	.833
7	Ole Miss	4	1	.800
8	Oklahoma	3	2	.600
9	Florida	4	2	.667
10	Texas	4	1	.800
11	LSU	4	2	.667
12	Auburn	3	2	.600
13	South Carolina	3	3	.500
14	Texas A&M	3	3	.500
15	Vanderbilt	3	3	.500
16	Arkansas	2	4	.333

	Big 10	W	L	PCT
1	Indiana	6	0	1.000
2	UCLA	5	0	1.000
3	Ohio State	5	1	.833
4	Wisconsin	4	1	.800
5	USC	6	1	.857
6	Purdue	3	3	.500
7	Iowa	5	1	.833
8	Nebraska	5	1	.833
9	Minnesota	4	2	.667
10	Northwestern	4	1	.800
11	Oregon	3	2	.600
12	Illinois	3	3	.500
13	Michigan	3	2	.600
14	Rutgers	1	4	.200
15	Penn State	3	3	.500
16	Washington	3	3	.500
17	Maryland	2	4	.333
18	Michigan State	2	4	.333

	Conference USA	W	L	PCT
1	Liberty	5	1	.833
2	Jacksonville State	4	2	.667
3	Florida International	3	2	.600
4	New Mexico State	2	4	.333
5	Western Kentucky	2	4	.333
6	Delaware	2	3	.400
7	Middle Tennessee	2	3	.400
8	Kennesaw State	1	4	.200
9	Missouri State	1	4	.200
10	Sam Houston	1	4	.200

	American Athletic	W	L	PCT
1	Memphis	5	1	.833
2	UTSA	5	1	.833
3	North Texas	4	2	.667
4	Florida Atlantic	4	1	.800
5	East Carolina	3	2	.600
6	Army	3	2	.600
7	UAB	3	3	.500
8	Temple	2	4	.333
9	South Florida	4	2	.667
10	Navy	2	3	.400
11	Tulane	2	3	.400
12	Tulsa	3	3	.500
13	Rice	1	5	.167
14	Charlotte	0	6	.000

	Atlantic Coast	W	L	PCT
1	Miami	5	0	1.000
2	Wake Forest	5	1	.833
3	Clemson	3	2	.600
4	Pittsburgh	5	1	.833
5	SMU	4	1	.800
6	Virginia	4	2	.667
7	California	3	3	.500
8	Georgia Tech	2	3	.400
9	Louisville	3	3	.500
10	Duke	4	1	.800
11	North Carolina	3	2	.600
12	Virginia Tech	4	2	.667
13	Florida State	3	3	.500
14	NC State	3	3	.500
15	Stanford	2	4	.333
16	Boston College	2	3	.400
17	Syracuse	2	3	.400

	Mountain West	W	L	PCT
1	UNLV	4	2	.667
2	New Mexico	4	1	.800
3	North Dakota State	5	1	.833
4	Air Force	4	1	.800
5	Wyoming	3	3	.500
6	San Jose State	3	3	.500
7	Nevada	2	3	.400
8	Northern Illinois	0	5	.000
9	UTEP	1	5	.167
10	Hawai'i	1	5	.167

	Independent	W	L	PCT
1	Notre Dame	6	0	1.000
2	UConn	3	3	.500

	Sun Belt	W	L	PCT
1	James Madison	6	0	1.000
2	South Alabama	4	2	.667
3	Georgia State	4	1	.800
4	Louisiana Tech	3	2	.600
5	Troy	3	2	.600
6	Louisiana	4	2	.667
7	Georgia Southern	2	4	.333
8	Coastal Carolina	2	4	.333
9	Old Dominion	2	4	.333
10	Appalachian State	3	2	.600
11	Southern Miss	1	4	.200
12	Louisiana-Monroe	0	5	.000
13	Marshall	3	3	.500
14	Arkansas State	2	4	.333