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BYU Cougars

1959 Roster

NO.NAMEPOSHEIGHTWEIGHTCLASSBIRTHPLACE
23
Paul Allen
P. Allen
RB
6'0"
175
SO
87
Gale Anderson
G. Anderson
DL
6'1"
200
SO
70
Dave Barrus
D. Barrus
OL
6'2"
213
JR
15
Bud Belnap
B. Belnap
QB
5'10"
178
JR
79
Roy Bennion
R. Bennion
OL
6'4"
228
SR
64
Art Brown
A. Brown
OL
6'0"
195
JR
71
Bill Brown
B. Brown
OL
6'2"
212
SO
20
Burt Bullock
B. Bullock
RB
5'9"
170
SR
63
Milan Christley
M. Christley
OL
6'1"
223
SR
80
Tom Cole
T. Cole
DL
6'2"
195
SR
59
Steve Dangerfield
S. Dangerfield
OL
6'0"
185
SO
66
Lonnie Dennis
L. Dennis
OL
6'1"
221
SR
10
Gary Dunn
G. Dunn
QB
6'1"
202
JR
65
Paul Eckel
P. Eckel
OL
6'1"
197
SR
86
Russ Felt
R. Felt
DL
6'3"
180
SO
73
Norris Fish
N. Fish
OL
6'2"
210
JR
45
Dion Frazier
D. Frazier
RB
5'10"
170
SO
26
Paul Garcia
P. Garcia
RB
5'9"
167
SO
24
Jack Gifford
J. Gifford
RB
5'11"
180
JR
43
Dale Grant
D. Grant
RB
6'0"
172
JR
52
Larry Harrison
L. Harrison
OL
6'4"
200
JR
Harold Hawkins
H. Hawkins
WR
61
Howard Homan
H. Homan
OL
6'1"
190
JR
75
Kent Horne
K. Horne
OL
6'1"
245
JR
46
Keith Hubbs
K. Hubbs
RB
6'1"
170
SR
33
Ron Jacobsen
R. Jacobsen
FB
6'1"
190
JR
83
Milt Johnson
M. Johnson
DL
6'3"
185
SO
17
Jackie Jordan
J. Jordan
QB
5'10"
160
JR
77
John Kapele
J. Kapele
OL
6'0"
230
SR
90
Fred Leavitt
F. Leavitt
DL
6'1"
195
SR
41
Hal Lewis
H. Lewis
RB
5'9"
154
JR
50
Dick Magoffin
D. Magoffin
OL
6'0"
201
JR
81
Lynn Mathie
L. Mathie
DL
6'2"
176
JR
Nyle McFarlane
N. McFarlane
RB
44
Joe McGinn
J. McGinn
RB
5'8"
151
SR
72
Ron Nielsen
R. Nielsen
OL
6'1"
215
JR
84
LeRoy Overstreet
L. Overstreet
DL
6'4"
190
JR
89
Don Peterson
D. Peterson
DL
6'4"
200
SO
68
Norm Putnam
N. Putnam
OL
6'2"
206
SR
22
Howard Ringwood
H. Ringwood
RB
6'0"
185
SR
60
Fautautau Salonoa
F. Salonoa
OL
5'11"
228
SO
28
Verl Shell
V. Shell
RB
6'0"
161
SR
51
Wayland Sheppard
W. Sheppard
OL
6'0"
198
SO
71
Jim Shumway
J. Shumway
OL
6'0"
241
JR
78
Merlin Smith
M. Smith
OL
6'3"
200
JR
14
Ron Startin
R. Startin
QB
6'1"
185
SR
30
Lynn Stewart
L. Stewart
FB
6'1"
180
SO
62
Steve Sullivan
S. Sullivan
OL
6'0"
197
SO
George Suttles
G. Suttles
RB
34
Roy Tidwell
R. Tidwell
FB
6'0"
195
JR
76
Wes Vorwaller
W. Vorwaller
OL
6'1"
209
JR
32
Eddie Young
E. Young
FB
6'0"
185
JR
36
LeGrand Young
L. Young
FB
6'0"
195
SR

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CFB 2026 Leaders

Pass Yards Leaders

1,499

Maiava

Jayden Maiava

1,453

Jennings

Kevin Jennings

1,423

Atkinson

Braden Atkinson
Rush Yards Leaders

644

Sheppard

Nate Sheppard

600

Baugh

Jadan Baugh

592

Riley

Dylan Riley
Rec Yards Leaders

617

Smith

Jeremiah Smith

585

Legree

Jesse Legree

564

Toney

Malachi Toney
Pass TD Leaders

14

Taylor

Kamario Taylor

14

Mensah

Darian Mensah

14

Maiava

Jayden Maiava
Rush TD Leaders

11

Baugh

Jadan Baugh

9

Hawkins

Michael Hawkins Jr.

9

Knight

Wayne Knight
Rec TD Leaders

7

Duff

KJ Duff

7

Dixon

Collin Dixon

7

Smith

Jeremiah Smith
QB Rating Leaders

228.2

Mensah

Darian Mensah

209.1

Stockton

Gunner Stockton

204.6

Hoover

Josh Hoover
Sack Leaders

7.5

Simmons

Colin Simmons

7.0

Umanmielen

Princewill Umanmielen

6.5

Hopkins

Daeden Hopkins

CFB 2026 Rankings

PPG Rankings
Georgia

54.8

Florida

53.5

Miami

51.8

Alabama

48.0

Oregon

47.5

Ohio State

45.0
Opp PPG Rankings
Iowa

8.0

Notre Dame

8.3

Pittsburgh

8.5

Miami

9.0

Indiana

9.8

Utah

10.3
Total Yards Rankings
Miami

588.8

SMU

550.8

Oklahoma State

548.3

Mississippi State

533.3

Florida

532.8

Pittsburgh

523.8
Rush Yards Rankings
Army

355.7

Air Force

333.7

Navy

332.3

West Virginia

294.8

UCLA

281.5

Texas State

281.3
Pass Yards Rankings
SMU

392.5

Ohio State

365.3

Oregon State

365.0

Miami

361.3

Pittsburgh

347.3

Oregon

346.5
Sack Leaders
Tennessee

18.0

LSU

18.0

Virginia Tech

17.0

Delaware

15.0

Texas

15.0

Nebraska

15.0

CFB 2026 Standings

SoutheasternWLPCT
1
Alabama Alabama
4
0
1.000
2
Florida Florida
4
0
1.000
3
Georgia Georgia
4
0
1.000
4
Mississippi State Mississippi State
4
0
1.000
5
Texas Texas
4
0
1.000
6
Ole Miss Ole Miss
3
1
.750
7
Auburn Auburn
3
1
.750
8
Kentucky Kentucky
3
1
.750
9
LSU LSU
3
1
.750
10
Missouri Missouri
3
1
.750
11
Tennessee Tennessee
3
1
.750
12
Vanderbilt Vanderbilt
3
1
.750
13
Arkansas Arkansas
2
2
.500
14
Oklahoma Oklahoma
2
2
.500
15
South Carolina South Carolina
2
2
.500
16
Texas A&M Texas A&M
2
2
.500
Pac-12WLPCT
1
Boise State Boise State
3
1
.750
2
Fresno State Fresno State
3
1
.750
3
Colorado State Colorado State
2
2
.500
4
Oregon State Oregon State
2
2
.500
5
Texas State Texas State
2
2
.500
6
San Diego State San Diego State
1
3
.250
7
Utah State Utah State
1
3
.250
8
Washington State Washington State
1
3
.250
Big 10WLPCT
1
UCLA UCLA
4
0
1.000
2
Indiana Indiana
4
0
1.000
3
Iowa Iowa
4
0
1.000
4
Nebraska Nebraska
4
0
1.000
5
Minnesota Minnesota
3
1
.750
6
Ohio State Ohio State
3
1
.750
7
Oregon Oregon
3
1
.750
8
Wisconsin Wisconsin
3
1
.750
9
USC USC
4
1
.800
10
Michigan Michigan
3
1
.750
11
Penn State Penn State
3
1
.750
12
Washington Washington
3
1
.750
13
Northwestern Northwestern
2
1
.667
14
Illinois Illinois
2
2
.500
15
Maryland Maryland
2
2
.500
16
Michigan State Michigan State
2
2
.500
17
Purdue Purdue
1
3
.250
18
Rutgers Rutgers
1
3
.250
Big 12WLPCT
1
Cincinnati Cincinnati
4
0
1.000
2
Texas Tech Texas Tech
4
0
1.000
3
Utah Utah
4
0
1.000
4
BYU BYU
3
0
1.000
5
Baylor Baylor
3
1
.750
6
Oklahoma State Oklahoma State
3
1
.750
7
UCF UCF
3
1
.750
8
Arizona State Arizona State
2
1
.667
9
Arizona Arizona
3
1
.750
10
Houston Houston
3
1
.750
11
Kansas State Kansas State
3
1
.750
12
West Virginia West Virginia
3
1
.750
13
Colorado Colorado
2
2
.500
14
Iowa State Iowa State
2
2
.500
15
TCU TCU
2
2
.500
16
Kansas Kansas
1
2
.333
Mid-AmericanWLPCT
1
UMass UMass
4
0
1.000
2
Kent State Kent State
2
2
.500
3
Eastern Michigan Eastern Michigan
2
3
.400
4
Toledo Toledo
3
1
.750
5
Buffalo Buffalo
2
2
.500
6
Central Michigan Central Michigan
2
2
.500
7
Miami (OH) Miami (OH)
2
2
.500
8
Ohio Ohio
2
2
.500
9
Western Michigan Western Michigan
2
2
.500
10
Akron Akron
1
3
.250
11
Bowling Green Bowling Green
0
4
.000
12
Ball State Ball State
1
3
.250
13
Sacramento State Sacramento State
1
4
.200
Atlantic CoastWLPCT
1
Miami Miami
4
0
1.000
2
Clemson Clemson
3
1
.750
3
Duke Duke
4
0
1.000
4
Pittsburgh Pittsburgh
4
0
1.000
5
Virginia Tech Virginia Tech
4
0
1.000
6
Virginia Virginia
3
1
.750
7
Wake Forest Wake Forest
3
1
.750
8
Louisville Louisville
2
2
.500
9
SMU SMU
3
1
.750
10
California California
2
2
.500
11
Stanford Stanford
2
2
.500
12
North Carolina North Carolina
2
1
.667
13
Boston College Boston College
2
2
.500
14
Florida State Florida State
2
2
.500
15
NC State NC State
2
2
.500
16
Georgia Tech Georgia Tech
1
3
.250
17
Syracuse Syracuse
1
2
.333
IndependentWLPCT
1
Notre Dame Notre Dame
4
0
1.000
2
UConn UConn
2
2
.500
American AthleticWLPCT
1
South Florida South Florida
4
0
1.000
2
Florida Atlantic Florida Atlantic
3
1
.750
3
UAB UAB
2
2
.500
4
Army Army
2
1
.667
5
Memphis Memphis
3
1
.750
6
Tulsa Tulsa
3
1
.750
7
UTSA UTSA
3
1
.750
8
East Carolina East Carolina
2
2
.500
9
North Texas North Texas
2
2
.500
10
Tulane Tulane
2
2
.500
11
Rice Rice
1
3
.250
12
Charlotte Charlotte
0
4
.000
13
Temple Temple
1
3
.250
14
Navy Navy
1
2
.333
Conference USAWLPCT
1
Jacksonville State Jacksonville State
3
2
.600
2
Liberty Liberty
3
1
.750
3
Delaware Delaware
2
2
.500
4
Florida International Florida International
2
2
.500
5
Kennesaw State Kennesaw State
1
3
.250
6
Missouri State Missouri State
1
3
.250
7
New Mexico State New Mexico State
1
3
.250
8
Sam Houston Sam Houston
1
3
.250
9
Western Kentucky Western Kentucky
1
3
.250
10
Middle Tennessee Middle Tennessee
2
2
.500
Sun BeltWLPCT
1
James Madison James Madison
4
0
1.000
2
Louisiana Louisiana
3
1
.750
3
Appalachian State Appalachian State
3
1
.750
4
South Alabama South Alabama
2
2
.500
5
Georgia State Georgia State
3
1
.750
6
Marshall Marshall
3
1
.750
7
Arkansas State Arkansas State
2
2
.500
8
Troy Troy
2
2
.500
9
Georgia Southern Georgia Southern
1
3
.250
10
Louisiana Tech Louisiana Tech
1
2
.333
11
Southern Miss Southern Miss
1
3
.250
12
Coastal Carolina Coastal Carolina
1
3
.250
13
Old Dominion Old Dominion
1
3
.250
14
Louisiana-Monroe Louisiana-Monroe
0
4
.000
Mountain WestWLPCT
1
North Dakota State North Dakota State
4
0
1.000
2
UNLV UNLV
2
2
.500
3
Wyoming Wyoming
2
2
.500
4
Air Force Air Force
2
1
.667
5
New Mexico New Mexico
3
1
.750
6
San Jose State San Jose State
2
2
.500
7
UTEP UTEP
1
3
.250
8
Northern Illinois Northern Illinois
0
4
.000
9
Nevada Nevada
1
3
.250
10
Hawai'i Hawai'i
1
3
.250

CFB 2026 Scores & Schedule

Scores

DATEMATCHUPSCORE
Sat
9/12
ODU ODU
@
VT VT
21-44
Sat
9/12
PSU PSU
@
TEM TEM
27-9
Sat
9/12
ETSU ETSU
@
UNC UNC
3-35
Sat
9/12
ORE ORE
@
OKST OKST
31-39
Sat
9/12
WOF WOF
@
KENT KENT
15-36

Schedule

DATEMATCHUPTIME (ET)
Thu
10/1
WKU WKU
@
NMSU NMSU
8:00 PM
Thu
10/1
UNT UNT
@
TLSA TLSA
9:00 PM
Fri
10/2
LIB LIB
@
DEL DEL
7:00 PM
Fri
10/2
PITT PITT
@
VT VT
7:00 PM
Fri
10/2
PSU PSU
@
NW NW
8:00 PM