Northwestern Wildcats

1981 Roster

NO.	NAME	POS	HEIGHT	WEIGHT	CLASS
98	Peter Amenda P. Amenda	LB	5'1"	225	JR
15	Bobby Anderson B. Anderson	DB	6'11"	184	JR
90	Jay Anderson J. Anderson	K	6'3"	202	JR
10	Gary Angotti G. Angotti	DB	6'0"	177	SO
84	Dave Bahoric D. Bahoric	WR	5'10"	175	SR
69	Bill Balmer B. Balmer	OL	6'3"	245	FR
36	Ellery Bennett E. Bennett	LB	6'1"	200	FR
41	Jim Bobbitt J. Bobbitt	LB	5'11"	200	FR
82	Steve Bogan S. Bogan	WR	6'1"	185	SR
24	Alex Booker A. Booker	RB	6'0"	175	FR
73	Tim Bopp T. Bopp	OL	6'5"	230	SO
66	Kelby Brown K. Brown	OL	6'3"	250	SR
21	Kevin Brown K. Brown	DB	6'1"	175	FR
32	Jim Browne J. Browne	FB	6'2"	210	SO
6	Marco Burgos M. Burgos	DB	6'0"	185	JR
43	Steve Burton S. Burton	QB	6'3"	190	SO
40	Ben Butler B. Butler	DB	6'4"	213	SR
72	Mike Butler M. Butler	OL	5'10"	210	SR
44	Dave Callaway D. Callaway	FB	6'3"	225	JR
71	John Campbell J. Campbell	OL	6'5"	235	FR
11	Chris Capstran C. Capstran	LB	6'4"	230	SR
34	Craig Carpenter C. Carpenter	WR	6'2"	185	FR
30	Jeff Cohn J. Cohn	RB	5'10"	178	JR
67	Jim Crowder J. Crowder	OL	6'4"	227	SR
70	Keith Cruise K. Cruise		6'4"	240	FR
79	Walt Currie W. Currie	OL	6'6"	250	JR
57	Dave Dallstream D. Dallstream	OL	6'3"	250	FR
34	Keith Dennis K. Dennis	FB	6'2"	210	JR
60	George Ditchaman G. Ditchaman	OL	6'3"	240	SO
49	Dough Dorsey D. Dorsey	OL	6'3"	220	SR
20	Ricky Edwards R. Edwards	RB	5'10"	165	JR
74	David Emerson D. Emerson	OL	6'6"	225	FR
58	Tom Epich T. Epich	LB	6'2"	230	JR
63	Pat Erdman P. Erdman	OL	6'3"	230	JR
93	John Finn J. Finn	OL	6'6"	242	SR
26	Jankeith Gatewood J. Gatewood	DB	6'2"	165	FR
55	Bill Gerber B. Gerber		6'3"	225	SR
88	Bill Gildner B. Gildner		6'5"	245	SR
91	Kenny Gregory K. Gregory	LB	6'3"	200	SO
29	Roosevelt Groves R. Groves	DB	6'5"	185	JR
35	Mike Guendling M. Guendling	LB	6'4"	214	SO
83	Reggie Hammonds R. Hammonds	WR	6'2"	185	SO
86	Jim Harding J. Harding	TE	6'6"	210	FR
56	Terry Harrell T. Harrell		6'3"	250	JR
80	Chris Hinton C. Hinton	TE	6'4"	240	JR
5	Percy Holden P. Holden	DB	6'0"	190	SO
3	Marc Hujik M. Hujik	RB	5'8"	175	FR
9	Danny Hurwitz D. Hurwitz	QB	6'0"	184	JR
42	Mark Ignatowicz M. Ignatowicz	FB	6'0"	215	SO
87	Ralph Jackson R. Jackson	TE	6'5"	205	FR
22	Todd Jenkins T. Jenkins	WR	6'3"	195	SO
92	Steve Kaiser S. Kaiser	TE	6'6"	225	JR
77	Adrian Karsten A. Karsten		6'7"	258	SR
53	Jim Karsten J. Karsten	LB	6'5"	205	JR
7	Gray Keider G. Keider	QB	6'0"	180	JR
12	Mike Kerrigan M. Kerrigan	QB	6'3"	190	SR
4	John Kidd J. Kidd	QB	6'4"	202	SO
33	Mike Kidder M. Kidder	DB	6'2"	185	FR
19	Dean Koester D. Koester	QB	5'11"	180	FR
25	Bill Kornegay B. Kornegay	DB	6'4"	180	JR
28	Phil Koushanpour P. Koushanpour	DB	5'11"	180	SO
54	Jack Kreider J. Kreider	OL	6'4"	239	SR
51	Phil Leonard P. Leonard	OL	6'3"	245	FR
45	Michael Lewis M. Lewis	DL	5'11"	240	FR
8	Darryl Lyons D. Lyons	QB	6'2"	200	SR
81	Jeff Maher J. Maher	WR	5'11"	175	JR
39	Tom Maul T. Maul	DL	6'1"	224	JR
64	Steve McGill S. McGill	OL	6'4"	220	FR
96	Jack Mead J. Mead		6'7"	233	JR
48	Kurt Meissner K. Meissner		6'3"	225	FR
52	Richard Moore R. Moore		6'5"	236	JR
61	Darin Morgan D. Morgan	LB	6'2"	210	FR
89	Paul Mosby P. Mosby	TE	6'4"	222	SO
65	Alex Moyer A. Moyer	LB	6'2"	210	FR
68	Chris Natzke C. Natzke	LB	6'2"	219	FR
62	Tom Neustedter T. Neustedter	LB	6'4"	215	SO
94	Bart O'Shea B. O'Shea		6'4"	220	FR
37	Tracy Parsons T. Parsons	RB	6'0"	185	SO
27	Al Pearsall A. Pearsall	DB	5'10"	185	SR
23	Steve Phillips S. Phillips	DB	6'0"	180	FR
17	Mike Potts M. Potts	QB	6'0"	180	JR
78	Bob Pratt B. Pratt	OL	6'5"	263	JR
59	Bill Prince B. Prince	LB	6'4"	225	SO
47	Rich Raffin R. Raffin	LB	6'3"	210	JR
50	Leon Rallings L. Rallings	DL	6'2"	221	SO
2	Rick Salvino R. Salvino	K	6'3"	198	JR
31	Scott Sanderson S. Sanderson	DB	6'2"	185	FR
85	Randal Sconyers R. Sconyers	WR	6'4"	193	SO
18	David Shaw D. Shaw	DB	5'11"	193	JR
46	Fred Sobeck F. Sobeck	DB	6'2"	190	SR
38	Lenson Staples L. Staples	LB	6'4"	223	SO
75	Rob Taylor R. Taylor	OL	6'6"	281	SR
13	Lou Tiberi L. Tiberi	DB	6'1"	190	SR
99	Jack Vandenberghe J. Vandenberghe	OL	6'8"	230	FR
14	Kevin Villars K. Villars	QB	6'3"	180	FR
	Mike Wall M. Wall	QB
16	Greg Washington G. Washington	DB	6'0"	195	SR
1	Kenny Watkins K. Watkins	RB	5'11"	178	SO
97	Vince Williams V. Williams	WR	6'0"	160	SR
76	Jerald Wolf J. Wolf		6'5"	240	FR
45	Jerome Woods J. Woods	LB	6'3"	210	JR

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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