Colorado Buffaloes

1951 Roster

NO.	NAME	POS	HEIGHT	WEIGHT	CLASS
75	Bill Allen B. Allen	OL	6'0"	195	JR
22	Delwin Blackwill D. Blackwill	FB	6'0"	195	FR
52	Dick Brakewood D. Brakewood	OL	6'0"	230	SO
74	Don Bronby D. Bronby	TE	6'2"	195	JR
53	Bill Brooks B. Brooks	OL	5'11"	184	FR
23	Tom Brookshier T. Brookshier	RB	5'11"	175	JR
37	Bob Brymer B. Brymer	FB	6'2"	190	SO
60	Tom Cain T. Cain	OL	5'10"	215	SO
21	Ralph Curtis R. Curtis	FB	6'0"	185	JR
56	Leroy Dahm L. Dahm	OL	5'11"	180	JR
55	Jim Dalthorp J. Dalthorp	OL	6'0"	185	JR
20	Hugh Davidson H. Davidson	FB	5'10"	164	SR
78	Dick Deitrich D. Deitrich	OL	6'2"	205	JR
67	Bernelle Demo B. Demo	OL	6'1"	193	SO
57	George Elliott G. Elliott	OL	5'11"	195	FR
82	Tom Evans T. Evans	TE	6'2"	192	JR
69	Bill Fifer B. Fifer	OL	6'2"	205	SO
25	George Figner G. Figner	RB	6'0"	180	SO
68	Bill Fischer B. Fischer	OL	5'10"	212	SO
87	Carl Fisher C. Fisher	TE	6'2"	190	JR
80	Alabama Glass A. Glass	TE	6'1"	180	SO
17	Ron Gray R. Gray	RB	5'8"	165	SO
61	Don Greenwood D. Greenwood	OL	5'10"	205	FR
27	Carroll Hardy C. Hardy	RB	6'0"	180	FR
86	Bob Heap B. Heap	TE	6'0"	185	SO
50	Dave Hill D. Hill	OL	6'2"	195	SO
15	Merwin Hodel M. Hodel	FB	6'2"	205	SR
28	Larry Horine L. Horine	RB	6'0"	180	JR
34	Bill Horton B. Horton	RB	5'11"	185	SO
88	Ken Huffer K. Huffer	TE	6'0"	195	SO
64	Roger Hunt R. Hunt	OL	6'0"	190	SO
81	Hilary Johnson H. Johnson	TE	6'0"	190	SR
26	Ron Johnson R. Johnson	RB	6'1"	180	SO
11	Zack Jordan Z. Jordan	RB	5'11"	180	JR
77	Jack Jorgenson J. Jorgenson	OL	6'4"	235	SR
72	Bob Klamann B. Klamann	OL	6'3"	208	JR
83	Garry Knafelc G. Knafelc	TE	6'4"	195	SO
63	Dick Knowlton D. Knowlton	OL	6'2"	195	SO
38	Lee Marshall L. Marshall	FB	6'1"	193	SO
89	Bob McCandless B. McCandless	OL	6'2"	215	SO
73	Charles McCarthy C. McCarthy	OL	6'4"	215	SO
70	Bill Mitchell B. Mitchell	OL	6'4"	220	SO
76	Bob Morton B. Morton	OL	6'4"	210	SO
84	Chuck Mosher C. Mosher	TE	6'3"	200	SR
19	Don Neary D. Neary	RB	6'0"	175	FR
35	Jim Parker J. Parker	RB	6'1"	190	FR
36	Luebey Popoff L. Popoff	QB	5'10"	190	FR
18	Rod Poppe R. Poppe	RB	5'10"	175	SO
85	Jerry Raveling J. Raveling	TE	6'2"	190	SO
79	LaVerne Rickels L. Rickels	OL	6'3"	180	SR
33	Bill Ryder B. Ryder	RB	5'10"	167	JR
16	Harold Scharff H. Scharff	RB	6'2"	163	FR
12	Woody Shelton W. Shelton	RB	5'6"	150	JR
51	Royal Shepherd R. Shepherd	OL	6'0"	180	JR
71	Jim Stander J. Stander	OL	6'4"	225	SO
66	Dick Stapp D. Stapp	OL	5'11"	203	FR
62	Jack Swigert J. Swigert	OL	6'0"	185	JR
30	Lyle Van Horne L. Van Horne	RB	5'11"	185	SO
10	Cliff Vandeventer C. Vandeventer	RB	6'1"	175	JR
14	Lee Venzke L. Venzke	QB	6'0"	180	JR
65	Jack Waggoner J. Waggoner	OL	5'11"	208	SO
54	Jim Wagner J. Wagner	OL	5'8"	185	SO
32	Roger Williams R. Williams	QB	5'11"	190	JR
31	Bob Wilson B. Wilson	RB	5'11"	175	SR

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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