Kansas State Wildcats

1978 Roster

NO.	NAME	POS	HEIGHT	WEIGHT	CLASS
81	Roman Bates R. Bates	WR	6'1"	160	SO
14	Brian Beatty B. Beatty	DB	6'1"	185	SO
60	Monte Bennett M. Bennett	DL	6'4"	228	SO
	Greg Best G. Best	DB
5	Don Birdsey D. Birdsey	K	5'11"	160	SO
43	Darryl Black D. Black	RB	5'9"	177	SO
68	Chuck Bowling C. Bowling	OL	6'2"	235	JR
21	Clyde Brinson C. Brinson	DB	6'2"	192	SR
	L.J. Brown	RB
34	Louis Brown L. Brown	RB	6'3"	190	JR
20	Tony Brown T. Brown	FB	5'11"	195	SR
90	Tim Buchanan T. Buchanan	LB	6'1"	196	JR
2	Brooks Burton B. Burton	QB	6'3"	205	SO
22	Ray Butler R. Butler	RB	6'0"	190	SR
76	Steve Clark S. Clark		6'5"	250	SO
28	Andre Cole A. Cole	RB	5'9"	175	SO
91	Tyrone Crews T. Crews	LB	6'3"	215	SR
48	Gary Cummings G. Cummings	LB	6'3"	225	SO
61	Jim Davidson J. Davidson		6'4"	240	SR
74	Duane Dirk D. Dirk		6'4"	240	SR
30	Roosevelt Duncan R. Duncan	FB	5'9"	200	JR
66	Malo Eteuini M. Eteuini	OL	6'2"	250	SR
44	Robert Evans R. Evans	DB	6'1"	194	SR
45	Tom Faerber T. Faerber	FB	6'0"	201	SO
31	William Fisher W. Fisher		6'3"	199	SR
	Jim Ginther J. Ginther	K
25	Eugene Goodlow E. Goodlow	WR	6'0"	185	SO
24	Charlie Green C. Green	WR	5'10"	173	SR
27	Mack Green M. Green	RB	5'8"	170	SR
50	John Halferty J. Halferty	OL	6'2"	235	SR
72	Ken Hitch K. Hitch		6'6"	230	JR
11	Paul Hobbs P. Hobbs	QB	6'0"	180	SO
	Doug Hoppock D. Hoppock	TE
12	Brad Horchem B. Horchem		6'1"	180	SR
78	Rob Houchin R. Houchin		6'5"	242	JR
33	Glen Hughes G. Hughes	FB	5'10"	190	SO
	Jim Jackson J. Jackson	K
69	Chester Jeffery C. Jeffery		6'4"	253	SR
32	Mark Jennings M. Jennings	DB	6'0"	181	SO
92	D.L. Johnson	LB	6'4"	226	SO
56	Dave Kuklenski D. Kuklenski	DL	6'1"	230	SR
7	Ron Lampkin R. Lampkin	QB	6'0"	170	SO
54	Ben Landry B. Landry	LB	6'2"	228	SO
89	Floyd LeBlanc F. LeBlanc	LB	6'2"	220	SO
95	Mike Lemon M. Lemon		6'2"	204	SO
18	John Liebe J. Liebe	WR	5'10"	170	JR
67	Mike Long M. Long		6'5"	236	SO
8	Harvey Love H. Love		5'10"	187	SR
57	A.J. Lutz	OL	6'2"	224	SO
10	Dan Manucci D. Manucci	QB	6'1"	190	SR
63	Jeff McHugh J. McHugh	OL	6'3"	254	JR
52	Kent McNorton K. McNorton	LB	6'2"	200	SO
40	Jeff Meyers J. Meyers	FB	6'0"	185	SO
36	J.J. Miller	DB	6'0"	165	JR
93	Jim Miller J. Miller	TE	6'5"	228	JR
42	Hoppy Milner H. Milner	FB	6'2"	230	SO
71	Ernie Navarro E. Navarro	OL	6'2"	241	SR
64	Morgan Olander M. Olander	OL	5'10"	214	JR
86	Jim Otto J. Otto	WR	5'11"	170	SR
37	Sam Owen S. Owen	DB	6'2"	190	JR
17	Sheldon Paris S. Paris	QB	6'3"	205	JR
4	Steve Parish S. Parish	QB	6'1"	180	JR
	Phil Pickard P. Pickard	WR
53	Dennis Pilkinton D. Pilkinton	OL	6'2"	240	JR
70	Rod Pray R. Pray	LB	6'1"	215	JR
46	Bud Rainsberger B. Rainsberger	DB	6'0"	182	SR
13	Dave Reynolds D. Reynolds	RB	5'9"	176	SR
47	Russell Riederer R. Riederer	LB	6'2"	210	JR
87	Jackie Robinson J. Robinson	WR	6'7"	225	SO
19	James Robinson J. Robinson	DB	5'11"	175	SO
41	Steve Schuster S. Schuster	DB	6'0"	176	SO
29	Leonard Scott L. Scott	RB	5'9"	170	SO
49	Ray Sprinkle R. Sprinkle	LB	6'0"	205	JR
83	Pat Sura P. Sura	LB	6'1"	200	SO
	Phil Switzer P. Switzer	DB
77	Bob Thompson B. Thompson	OL	6'7"	300	JR
1	Kris Thompson K. Thompson	K	5'8"	165	JR
62	Mike Wakefield M. Wakefield	OL	6'3"	235	JR
55	James Walker J. Walker	LB	6'1"	205	SO
26	Eddy Whitley E. Whitley	TE	6'3"	215	JR
75	Walt Wywadis W. Wywadis	OL	6'4"	265	JR
98	Mike Yates M. Yates	OL	6'8"	280	SO
58	Reggie Young R. Young	OL	6'3"	245	JR

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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