Illinois Fighting Illini

1971 Roster

NO.	NAME	POS	HEIGHT	WEIGHT	CLASS
52	Larry Allen L. Allen	LB	6'2"	216	JR
47	Galen Avery G. Avery	RB	6'1"	182	JR
85	Bill Bassetto B. Bassetto	DL	6'2"	230	SO
25	Tom Baumgart T. Baumgart		5'11"	183	JR
87	John Bedalow J. Bedalow	TE	6'4"	214	JR
75	Tab Bennett T. Bennett	DL	6'2"	240	JR
48	Jim Bielenberg J. Bielenberg	FB	6'1"	196	JR
69	Don Blackwell D. Blackwell	OL	6'3"	222	JR
89	Mel Blair M. Blair	TE	6'2"	208	SR
34	Kent Braid K. Braid	LB	6'0"	202	JR
74	Duane Brantley D. Brantley	OL	6'5"	250	JR
84	Bob Bucklin B. Bucklin	DL	6'1"	233	SR
28	Carl Butler C. Butler	RB	6'0"	182	JR
15	Greg Colby G. Colby		6'1"	195	SO
72	Jerry Cole J. Cole	OL	6'4"	235	SR
92	Glenn Collier G. Collier	DL	6'2"	202	SR
78	Norm Cooper N. Cooper		6'1"	250	JR
53	Donn Damos D. Damos	OL	6'1"	229	JR
32	Dan Darlington D. Darlington		6'1"	190	SR
76	Mike Dobrzeniecki M. Dobrzeniecki	OL	6'4"	225	JR
73	Bruce Dobson B. Dobson	OL	6'5"	230	SO
79	Dennis Driscoll D. Driscoll	OL	6'3"	244	JR
86	Bob Dubrish B. Dubrish	TE	6'2"	195	SO
24	Jamie Dufelmeier J. Dufelmeier	DB	6'1"	183	SR
64	Bob Elledge B. Elledge	OL	6'3"	227	JR
56	John Gann J. Gann	OL	6'1"	225	SO
36	John Gener J. Gener	LB	5'10"	205	SO
46	John Graham J. Graham	DB	6'0"	177	JR
68	Walter Green W. Green	OL	5'10"	230	SO
82	Mick Heinrich M. Heinrich	DL	6'5"	195	SO
97	Mike Hinsberger M. Hinsberger	TE	6'2"	190	SO
49	Larry Huisinga L. Huisinga	DB	6'2"	189	JR
18	Virgus Jacques V. Jacques	DB	6'1"	185	SO
23	Eddie Jenkins E. Jenkins	RB	6'0"	182	SO
95	Tom Jeske T. Jeske	DL	6'5"	220	SR
57	Chuck Jesse C. Jesse	OL	6'4"	243	JR
45	Tom Jones T. Jones	DB	5'11"	172	SR
94	Pat Keefe P. Keefe	P	6'1"	175	SO
91	Alvin Keith A. Keith	DL	6'5"	189	JR
62	Moe Kelly M. Kelly	LB	6'2"	213	SR
50	Bud Kittler B. Kittler	OL	6'2"	210	SO
42	Chuck Kogut C. Kogut	LB	6'2"	205	SO
63	Allen Kustok A. Kustok	OL	6'2"	220	JR
70	Willie Lee W. Lee		6'4"	240	JR
61	John Levanti J. Levanti	OL	6'2"	215	SO
93	Mike Levanti M. Levanti		5'11"	240	JR
20	Joe Lewis J. Lewis	RB	6'2"	187	JR
19	Steve Livas S. Livas	QB	6'1"	190	SR
30	Terry Masar T. Masar	RB	5'10"	167	SR
20	Tim Massanari T. Massanari	LB	6'3"	215	SO
54	Larry McCarren L. McCarren	OL	6'3"	223	JR
11	Tom McCartney T. McCartney	QB	6'2"	188	SO
58	Mason Minnes M. Minnes	OL	6'0"	225	JR
96	Joe Mintefering J. Mintefering		6'1"	225	SO
	Chuck Morgan C. Morgan	OL	5'11"	195	SO
40	Octavus Morgan O. Morgan	LB	6'3"	210	SO
60	Jack Morscheiser J. Morscheiser	OL	6'3"	224	SR
80	Tom Mullin T. Mullin	TE	6'4"	197	JR
37	Mike Navarro M. Navarro	FB	6'0"	216	JR
43	Steve Nichols S. Nichols	RB	6'0"	175	SO
26	Willie Osley W. Osley	DB	6'1"	196	JR
10	Ken Panique K. Panique	DB	5'11"	180	SO
88	Mike Pickering M. Pickering	WR	6'2"	179	JR
33	Mark Puczynski M. Puczynski	K	6'0"	180	JR
14	Bob Quinn B. Quinn	QB	6'0"	193	SR
38	George Rembert G. Rembert	DB	6'1"	186	JR
81	Garvin Roberson G. Roberson	WR	6'4"	185	SO
44	Darrell Robinson D. Robinson	RB	5'10"	205	SR
66	Steve Ross S. Ross	DL	6'2"	206	JR
67	Dan Rotzoll D. Rotzoll		6'5"	232	SR
31	Jim Rucks J. Rucks	TE	6'3"	202	JR
71	George Samojedny G. Samojedny		6'2"	230	SR
98	Pat Sheahan P. Sheahan	DL	6'3"	220	SO
99	Ted Singleton T. Singleton	DL	6'2"	240	JR
	John Spiller J. Spiller	DB	5'11"	180	SR
16	Bob Standring B. Standring	LB	6'1"	190	SO
51	Gerry Sullivan G. Sullivan	OL	6'4"	210	SO
97	Pat Sullivan P. Sullivan	LB	5'11"	205	SO
	Jeff Susic J. Susic	DB	6'3"	180	SO
29	George Uremovich G. Uremovich	RB	6'1"	195	SO
27	Pete Vriner P. Vriner	DB	5'8"	150	SO
39	Mike Walker M. Walker	RB	6'0"	195	JR
17	Chris Warner C. Warner	DB	5'11"	153	JR
12	Mike Wells M. Wells	QB	6'5"	215	JR
90	Jim Welsh J. Welsh		6'1"	229	SR
35	John Wilson J. Wilson	FB	6'2"	200	SO
21	Gary Windy G. Windy	DB	5'10"	176	JR
55	John Wiza J. Wiza	LB	6'1"	215	JR
59	David Wright D. Wright		6'3"	215	JR
41	Rich Wright R. Wright	RB	5'9"	173	SR
83	Gary Zaur G. Zaur	TE	6'6"	208	SO
65	Dave Zochert D. Zochert	OL	6'5"	246	SR

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CFB 2026 Leaders

Pass Yards Leaders

2,604

Atkinson

2,045

Maiava

2,007

Sayin

Rush Yards Leaders

867

Roberts

838

Burgess

837

Bishop

Rec Yards Leaders

1,040

Legree

984

Smith

784

Hatcher

Pass TD Leaders

24

Atkinson

20

Weigman

19

Sayin

Rush TD Leaders

14

Hawkins

13

Baugh

13

Hellums

Rec TD Leaders

14

Legree

12

Smith

9

Duff

QB Rating Leaders

203.9

Mensah

185.9

Stockton

184.5

Sayin

Sack Leaders

10.5

Simmons

8.0

Umanmielen

7.5

Stevens

CFB 2026 Rankings

PPG Rankings

48.5

43.0

42.9

42.7

42.2

41.1

Opp PPG Rankings

10.5

11.3

12.2

12.9

13.4

Total Yards Rankings

562.3

559.5

533.8

527.0

517.7

512.6

Rush Yards Rankings

357.5

343.0

303.5

298.5

272.4

239.8

Pass Yards Rankings

384.9

347.0

333.0

329.5

325.2

323.1

Sack Leaders

29.0

27.0

26.0

24.0

22.0

CFB 2026 Standings

	Big 12	W	L	PCT
1	BYU	6	0	1.000
2	Texas Tech	6	0	1.000
3	Utah	6	0	1.000
4	Houston	6	1	.857
5	Arizona	5	1	.833
6	Baylor	4	2	.667
7	Oklahoma State	4	2	.667
8	Cincinnati	4	2	.667
9	UCF	3	3	.500
10	Kansas State	4	2	.667
11	Arizona State	3	3	.500
12	Iowa State	3	3	.500
13	TCU	3	3	.500
14	West Virginia	4	3	.571
15	Colorado	2	4	.333
16	Kansas	2	4	.333

	Big 10	W	L	PCT
1	UCLA	6	0	1.000
2	Ohio State	6	1	.857
3	Indiana	6	1	.857
4	USC	6	1	.857
5	Iowa	5	1	.833
6	Northwestern	5	1	.833
7	Minnesota	4	2	.667
8	Oregon	4	2	.667
9	Wisconsin	4	2	.667
10	Nebraska	5	2	.714
11	Purdue	3	4	.429
12	Michigan	4	2	.667
13	Illinois	3	3	.500
14	Rutgers	2	4	.333
15	Washington	4	3	.571
16	Penn State	3	4	.429
17	Maryland	2	5	.286
18	Michigan State	2	5	.286

	Southeastern	W	L	PCT
1	Georgia	6	1	.857
2	Kentucky	6	1	.857
3	Tennessee	6	1	.857
4	Ole Miss	5	1	.833
5	Alabama	5	2	.714
6	Florida	5	2	.714
7	LSU	5	2	.714
8	Mississippi State	4	2	.667
9	Missouri	5	2	.714
10	Auburn	4	2	.667
11	Oklahoma	3	3	.500
12	Texas	4	2	.667
13	Texas A&M	4	3	.571
14	South Carolina	3	3	.500
15	Arkansas	3	4	.429
16	Vanderbilt	3	4	.429

	Atlantic Coast	W	L	PCT
1	Miami	6	0	1.000
2	Wake Forest	6	1	.857
3	SMU	5	1	.833
4	Clemson	4	2	.667
5	North Carolina	4	2	.667
6	Louisville	4	3	.571
7	Pittsburgh	5	2	.714
8	California	3	4	.429
9	Virginia Tech	5	2	.714
10	Virginia	4	3	.571
11	Georgia Tech	2	4	.333
12	Duke	4	2	.667
13	Boston College	3	3	.500
14	NC State	3	3	.500
15	Florida State	3	4	.429
16	Stanford	3	4	.429
17	Syracuse	2	4	.333

	Mountain West	W	L	PCT
1	New Mexico	5	1	.833
2	North Dakota State	6	1	.857
3	Air Force	5	1	.833
4	Wyoming	4	3	.571
5	San Jose State	4	3	.571
6	UNLV	4	3	.571
7	Nevada	2	4	.333
8	Northern Illinois	0	6	.000
9	UTEP	1	6	.143
10	Hawai'i	1	6	.143

	Independent	W	L	PCT
1	Notre Dame	6	1	.857
2	UConn	3	3	.500

	Mid-American	W	L	PCT
1	Ohio	5	2	.714
2	Western Michigan	5	2	.714
3	Eastern Michigan	4	4	.500
4	Buffalo	4	3	.571
5	Bowling Green	2	5	.286
6	Toledo	5	2	.714
7	Miami (OH)	4	3	.571
8	Kent State	2	5	.286
9	Central Michigan	3	4	.429
10	Ball State	2	5	.286
11	UMass	4	3	.571
12	Akron	1	6	.143
13	Sacramento State	1	6	.143

	Pac-12	W	L	PCT
1	Oregon State	5	2	.714
2	Boise State	5	1	.833
3	San Diego State	3	4	.429
4	Texas State	3	3	.500
5	Utah State	2	4	.333
6	Fresno State	4	3	.571
7	Colorado State	2	4	.333
8	Washington State	1	6	.143

	American Athletic	W	L	PCT
1	UTSA	6	1	.857
2	North Texas	4	2	.667
3	Army	4	2	.667
4	Memphis	5	2	.714
5	UAB	4	3	.571
6	Florida Atlantic	4	2	.667
7	East Carolina	3	3	.500
8	Tulane	3	3	.500
9	Charlotte	1	6	.143
10	Temple	2	5	.286
11	South Florida	5	2	.714
12	Tulsa	4	3	.571
13	Navy	2	4	.333
14	Rice	1	6	.143

	Conference USA	W	L	PCT
1	Jacksonville State	5	2	.714
2	Liberty	5	1	.833
3	Western Kentucky	3	4	.429
4	Florida International	3	3	.500
5	Middle Tennessee	3	3	.500
6	Missouri State	2	4	.333
7	New Mexico State	2	4	.333
8	Delaware	2	4	.333
9	Kennesaw State	1	5	.167
10	Sam Houston	1	5	.167

	Sun Belt	W	L	PCT
1	James Madison	7	0	1.000
2	Louisiana Tech	4	2	.667
3	South Alabama	4	2	.667
4	Georgia Southern	3	4	.429
5	Louisiana	5	2	.714
6	Appalachian State	4	2	.667
7	Georgia State	4	2	.667
8	Troy	3	3	.500
9	Coastal Carolina	2	5	.286
10	Arkansas State	3	4	.429
11	Old Dominion	2	5	.286
12	Southern Miss	1	5	.167
13	Louisiana-Monroe	0	6	.000
14	Marshall	3	3	.500