BYU Cougars

1961 Roster

NO.	NAME	POS	HEIGHT	WEIGHT	CLASS
12	Paul Allen P. Allen	RB	6'0"	183	SR
10	Rick Ashmore R. Ashmore	RB	6'0"	180	SO
65	Bob Barrow B. Barrow		5'8"	175	SO
31	Gary Beckstead G. Beckstead	FB	6'0"	190	JR
20	Gordon Blackham G. Blackham		5'11"	190	SO
54	Mike Brady M. Brady	OL	5'11"	175	JR
77	George Burrows G. Burrows		6'4"	258	SO
82	Dave Cass D. Cass	WR	6'2"	182	SO
63	Mike Conrad M. Conrad		5'7"	205	JR
59	Steve Dangerfield S. Dangerfield	OL	6'0"	189	SR
26	Dick Darling D. Darling		5'11"	198	JR
67	Roger DuPaix R. DuPaix		5'11"	178	JR
40	Eldon Fortie E. Fortie	RB	5'11"	158	JR
30	Bill Francis B. Francis	FB	5'11"	170	SO
81	Gene Frantz G. Frantz		6'3"	190	JR
11	Dion Frazier D. Frazier	RB	5'10"	185	JR
28	Larry Geisler L. Geisler		5'10"	170	SO
	Marshall Hall M. Hall	RB
64	Bruce Handley B. Handley		6'0"	194	SO
70	Max Hatfield M. Hatfield		6'1"	202	SO
85	Jim Hawkins J. Hawkins		6'1"	201	SO
74	Kent Horne K. Horne		6'2"	258	SR
69	Layne Hynek L. Hynek		6'0"	185	SO
43	Bill Jackson B. Jackson	RB	6'0"	176	SO
80	Jim Kimmel J. Kimmel	WR	6'0"	175	SO
72	Paul Knoblauch P. Knoblauch		6'0"	195	SO
62	Bruce Kochevar B. Kochevar		6'0"	183	SR
60	Bryon Lake B. Lake		6'0"	200	SO
	Jeff Livingston J. Livingston	WR
34	John Malarsie J. Malarsie	FB	5'11"	174	SO
44	Doran Merkley D. Merkley	RB	6'2"	195	SO
33	Bill Nelson B. Nelson	FB	5'10"	168	SO
73	Ron Nielson R. Nielson		6'2"	218	SR
89	Don Peterson D. Peterson		6'4"	205	SR
21	Glenn Pond G. Pond		6'1"	215	SO
14	Bruce Samples B. Samples	RB	5'8"	176	JR
61	Wayland Sheppard W. Sheppard		6'0"	193	SR
83	Lloyd Smith L. Smith		5'11"	178	SO
76	Devon Stone D. Stone		5'9"	200	SO
87	Clark Stringham C. Stringham		6'2"	194	JR
78	Steve Sullivan S. Sullivan		6'1"	192	SR
51	Dan Taylor D. Taylor	OL	6'2"	187	JR
36	Tillmann Turley T. Turley	FB	6'1"	201	JR
75	Scott Wartena S. Wartena		6'1"	212	SO
71	Val Weenig V. Weenig		6'2"	203	JR
84	Dick Wood D. Wood	WR	6'0"	183	SO
41	Bill Wright B. Wright	RB	6'0"	184	JR

CFB 2025 Leaders

Pass Yards Leaders

4,379

Mestemaker

3,973

Mensah

3,937

Chambliss

Rush Yards Leaders

1,661

Cook

1,649

Hardy

1,567

Lacy

Rec Yards Leaders

1,291

Scudero

1,276

Bell

1,264

Young

Pass TD Leaders

41

Mendoza

34

Mensah

34

Mestemaker

Rush TD Leaders

25

Hawkins

24

Lacy

18

Hellums

Rec TD Leaders

15

Sarratt

14

Brown

13

Cooper

QB Rating Leaders

188.0

Mendoza

177.5

Sayin

170.4

Pavia

Sack Leaders

14.5

Bailey

14.5

Tucker

12.5

Smith

CFB 2025 Rankings

PPG Rankings

45.1

42.6

42.0

41.3

40.5

39.8

Opp PPG Rankings

9.3

11.1

11.8

13.3

14.0

15.4

Total Yards Rankings

512.4

489.7

488.7

482.9

472.8

472.1

Rush Yards Rankings

285.6

266.3

261.4

254.9

246.9

241.5

Pass Yards Rankings

340.2

318.0

313.3

309.6

296.0

292.8

Sack Leaders

47.0

45.0

43.0

41.0

CFB 2025 Standings

	Atlantic Coast	W	L	PCT
1	Duke	9	5	.643
2	Virginia	11	3	.786
3	Miami	13	2	.867
4	Pittsburgh	8	5	.615
5	SMU	9	4	.692
6	Georgia Tech	9	4	.692
7	California	7	6	.538
8	Clemson	7	6	.538
9	NC State	8	5	.615
10	Louisville	9	4	.692
11	Wake Forest	9	4	.692
12	Stanford	4	8	.333
13	Florida State	5	7	.417
14	North Carolina	4	8	.333
15	Virginia Tech	3	9	.250
16	Boston College	2	10	.167
17	Syracuse	3	9	.250

	Southeastern	W	L	PCT
1	Georgia	12	2	.857
2	Alabama	11	4	.733
3	Ole Miss	13	2	.867
4	Texas A&M	11	2	.846
5	Texas	10	3	.769
6	Oklahoma	10	3	.769
7	Vanderbilt	10	3	.769
8	Missouri	8	5	.615
9	Tennessee	8	5	.615
10	LSU	7	6	.538
11	Kentucky	5	7	.417
12	Florida	4	8	.333
13	Auburn	5	7	.417
14	Mississippi State	5	8	.385
15	South Carolina	4	8	.333
16	Arkansas	2	10	.167

	Big 10	W	L	PCT
1	Indiana	15	0	1.000
2	Ohio State	12	2	.857
3	Oregon	13	2	.867
4	Michigan	9	4	.692
5	USC	9	4	.692
6	Iowa	9	4	.692
7	Illinois	9	4	.692
8	Minnesota	8	5	.615
9	Washington	9	4	.692
10	Nebraska	7	6	.538
11	Northwestern	7	6	.538
12	Penn State	7	6	.538
13	UCLA	3	9	.250
14	Rutgers	5	7	.417
15	Wisconsin	4	8	.333
16	Maryland	4	8	.333
17	Michigan State	4	8	.333
18	Purdue	2	10	.167

	Mountain West	W	L	PCT
1	UNLV	10	4	.714
2	New Mexico	9	4	.692
3	San Diego State	9	4	.692
4	Boise State	9	5	.643
5	Fresno State	9	4	.692
6	Hawaii	9	4	.692
7	Utah State	6	7	.462
8	Air Force	4	8	.333
9	Wyoming	4	8	.333
10	Nevada	3	9	.250
11	San José State	3	9	.250
12	Colorado State	2	10	.167

	American Athletic	W	L	PCT
1	North Texas	12	2	.857
2	Tulane	11	3	.786
3	Navy	11	2	.846
4	South Florida	9	4	.692
5	East Carolina	9	4	.692
6	Memphis	8	5	.615
7	Army	7	6	.538
8	UTSA	7	6	.538
9	Temple	5	7	.417
10	Florida Atlantic	4	8	.333
11	Rice	5	8	.385
12	UAB	4	8	.333
13	Tulsa	4	8	.333
14	Charlotte	1	11	.083

	Independent	W	L	PCT
1	Notre Dame	10	2	.833
2	UConn	9	4	.692

	Big 12	W	L	PCT
1	Texas Tech	12	2	.857
2	BYU	12	2	.857
3	Utah	11	2	.846
4	Houston	10	3	.769
5	Arizona	9	4	.692
6	Arizona State	8	5	.615
7	Iowa State	8	4	.667
8	Kansas State	6	6	.500
9	TCU	9	4	.692
10	Cincinnati	7	6	.538
11	Baylor	5	7	.417
12	Kansas	5	7	.417
13	UCF	5	7	.417
14	West Virginia	4	8	.333
15	Colorado	3	9	.250
16	Oklahoma State	1	11	.083

	Pac-12	W	L	PCT
1	Washington State	7	6	.538
2	Oregon State	2	10	.167

	Mid-American	W	L	PCT
1	Western Michigan	10	4	.714
2	Miami (OH)	7	7	.500
3	Ohio	9	4	.692
4	Toledo	8	5	.615
5	Central Michigan	7	6	.538
6	Akron	5	7	.417
7	Buffalo	5	7	.417
8	Kent State	5	7	.417
9	Eastern Michigan	4	8	.333
10	Ball State	4	8	.333
11	Bowling Green	4	8	.333
12	Northern Illinois	3	9	.250
13	UMass	0	12	.000

	Sun Belt	W	L	PCT
1	JMU	12	2	.857
2	Troy	8	6	.571
3	Old Dominion	10	3	.769
4	Southern Miss	7	6	.538
5	Coastal Carolina	6	7	.462
6	Louisiana	6	7	.462
7	Georgia Southern	7	6	.538
8	Arkansas State	7	6	.538
9	Marshall	5	7	.417
10	Texas State	7	6	.538
11	Appalachian State	5	8	.385
12	South Alabama	4	8	.333
13	Georgia State	1	11	.083
14	Louisiana-Monroe	3	9	.250

	Conference USA	W	L	PCT
1	Kennesaw State	10	4	.714
2	Jacksonville State	9	5	.643
3	Western Kentucky	9	4	.692
4	Louisiana Tech	8	5	.615
5	Missouri State	7	6	.538
6	FIU	7	6	.538
7	Delaware	7	6	.538
8	Liberty	4	8	.333
9	Middle Tennessee	3	9	.250
10	New Mexico State	4	8	.333
11	UTEP	2	10	.167
12	Sam Houston	2	10	.167