Houston Cougars

1961 Roster

NO.	NAME	POS	HEIGHT	WEIGHT	CLASS
84	Bob Barnett B. Barnett	DL	5'11"	185	SR
83	Dean Bass D. Bass	DL	6'3"	175	JR
86	Clem Beard C. Beard	DL	6'3"	195	SO
12	Byron Beaver B. Beaver	QB	6'1"	185	JR
53	Danny Birdwell D. Birdwell	OL	6'4"	220	SR
61	Ed Bleier E. Bleier	OL	6'1"	200	JR
24	Ken Bolin K. Bolin	RB	5'11"	165	SR
20	David Bradshaw D. Bradshaw	FB	5'10"	185	SR
	Arthur Brannan A. Brannan	OL	6'0"	200	SO
69	Johnny Branson J. Branson	OL	6'0"	200	SR
	Buzzy Brewer B. Brewer	FB	6'0"	185	SO
30	Frank Brewer F. Brewer	FB	6'0"	185	JR
87	Monroe Brewer M. Brewer	DL	6'0"	175	JR
34	Bobby Brezina B. Brezina	FB	6'0"	195	JR
33	Larry Broussard L. Broussard	FB	6'2"	195	JR
78	Bill Brown B. Brown	OL	6'2"	212	SR
	Bill Burch B. Burch	QB	5'9"	160	SO
	Bob Burrows B. Burrows	OL	6'6"	220	SO
40	Mike Carew M. Carew	RB	6'0"	175	JR
	Glenn Carr G. Carr	RB	5'11"	175	SO
54	Ken Chancelor K. Chancelor	OL	6'1"	218	JR
70	Gordon Collins G. Collins	OL	6'2"	220	SO
	Joe Bob Dalluge J. Bob Dalluge	OL	6'4"	210	SO
75	Gerald Deen G. Deen	OL	6'4"	220	JR
81	James Easterling J. Easterling	DL	6'4"	190	SO
68	Richard Elliott R. Elliott	OL	6'0"	193	JR
31	Rocky Hernandez R. Hernandez	FB	5'11"	190	SO
80	Buddy Hodges B. Hodges	DL	6'4"	195	JR
	Lynn Hoffman L. Hoffman	OL	6'2"	170	SO
74	Murdoch Hooper M. Hooper	OL	6'3"	225	SR
85	Ben Howe B. Howe	DL	6'0"	185	JR
60	Bill Howell B. Howell	OL	6'0"	196	SO
72	Joe Bob Isbell J. Bob Isbell	OL	6'1"	215	SR
	Tommy Jankowski T. Jankowski	OL	6'0"	200	SO
64	Ronnie Johnson R. Johnson	OL	6'0"	215	SO
65	Demaree Jones D. Jones	OL	6'2"	180	SO
	John Kelly J. Kelly	OL	5'9"	205	SO
62	Dick Kirtley D. Kirtley	OL	5'10"	200	SR
41	Jerry Kruse J. Kruse	RB	6'0"	183	SO
10	Larry Lindsey L. Lindsey	RB	6'1"	185	SR
	John Magee J. Magee	OL	6'3"	210	SO
15	Barry Marett B. Marett	QB	6'1"	175	SO
89	Sammy McCrary S. McCrary	DL	6'3"	185	SO
43	Bill McMillan B. McMillan	RB	5'10"	180	SO
42	Eddie Mitchamore E. Mitchamore	RB	5'10"	185	SR
79	Pete Nikirk P. Nikirk	OL	6'2"	225	SO
76	Jim Norris J. Norris	OL	6'4"	230	SR
	Marcel Nugent M. Nugent	OL	6'6"	225	SO
88	Horst Paul H. Paul	DL	6'1"	195	SO
82	Milt Perkins M. Perkins	DL	6'3"	190	SR
	Buzzy Poage B. Poage	RB	6'1"	190	SO
77	Fred Polser F. Polser	OL	6'5"	220	SO
	Paul Reinhardt P. Reinhardt	RB	5'11"	160	SO
71	Bobby Reynolds B. Reynolds	OL	6'2"	195	SO
32	Charlie Rieves C. Rieves	FB	5'11"	200	SR
22	Gene Ritch G. Ritch	RB	5'11"	165	JR
14	Billy Roland B. Roland	QB	5'9"	160	JR
11	Don Sessions D. Sessions	QB	6'0"	190	SR
	Don Shockey D. Shockey	RB	5'11"	170	SO
21	Billy Smith B. Smith	RB	6'1"	175	SO
	John Stafford J. Stafford	OL	6'4"	215	SO
23	Bill Van Osdel B. Van Osdel	RB	6'1"	190	JR
	Mike Walker M. Walker	QB	5'11"	165	SO
51	Jerry Winkler J. Winkler	OL	6'4"	200	SO
52	Red Wright R. Wright	OL	6'4"	217	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

7.0

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