Illinois Fighting Illini

1957 Roster

NO.	NAME	POS	HEIGHT	WEIGHT	CLASS
72	Paul Adams P. Adams	OL	6'2"	214	SR
65	Bob Allen B. Allen	OL	5'11"	205	JR
62	David Ash D. Ash	OL	6'2"	185	JR
83	Bruce Beckmann B. Beckmann	DL	6'4"	200	JR
64	Joe Bellephant J. Bellephant	OL	6'1"	215	SR
41	L.T. Bonner	RB	5'11"	179	JR
85	Kent Brennecke K. Brennecke	DL	6'2"	200	JR
52	George Brokemond G. Brokemond	OL	6'1"	221	SR
17	Bob Bronson B. Bronson	QB	6'3"	170	JR
48	Don Brown D. Brown	RB	5'8"	174	SO
37	Jim Brown J. Brown	FB	6'3"	205	SO
68	Bill Burrell B. Burrell	OL	6'0"	196	SO
86	Dave Cadwallader D. Cadwallader	DL	6'3"	210	SO
42	Gene Carr G. Carr	RB	5'10"	175	JR
53	Gene Cherney G. Cherney	OL	6'0"	194	JR
45	Dejustice Coleman D. Coleman	RB	6'1"	176	SO
63	Tony Danosky T. Danosky	OL	6'1"	199	JR
38	Bob Davis B. Davis	FB	6'2"	205	SO
88	Bob Delaney B. Delaney	DL	5'11"	173	SR
35	Jack Delveaux J. Delveaux	FB	6'1"	205	JR
47	Jim DiGirolamo J. DiGirolamo	RB	5'10"	175	SO
99	Bruce Dollahan B. Dollahan	OL	6'3"	209	JR
89	Jim Entwistle J. Entwistle	DL	6'3"	195	SO
16	Jim Franz J. Franz	QB	6'0"	185	SO
97	Ken Gehler K. Gehler	OL	6'0"	195	SO
31	Ray Gibson R. Gibson	FB	5'11"	190	SO
43	Don Grothe D. Grothe	RB	5'10"	180	JR
11	Tom Haller T. Haller	QB	6'3"	180	JR
87	Rod Hanson R. Hanson	DL	6'3"	198	SR
58	Bob Henderson B. Henderson	OL	6'1"	199	JR
36	Dick Hendrickson D. Hendrickson	FB	6'2"	195	SR
12	Bob Hickey B. Hickey	QB	6'1"	188	SO
82	Ron Hill R. Hill	DL	6'3"	205	JR
40	Harold Hussung H. Hussung	RB	6'2"	195	SO
33	Bill Jaslowski B. Jaslowski	FB	5'11"	187	SO
92	Ed Jerzak E. Jerzak	DL	6'1"	195	SO
90	Carl Johnson C. Johnson	OL	6'3"	219	SR
67	Ken Kraml K. Kraml	OL	6'0"	208	SO
80	Rich Kreitling R. Kreitling	DL	6'2"	197	SO
79	Art Krumrei A. Krumrei	OL	6'1"	220	JR
61	Bob Lanzotti B. Lanzotti	OL	5'11"	195	JR
98	Bob Lewis B. Lewis	OL	5'9"	185	JR
60	Lindell Lovellette L. Lovellette	OL	6'3"	221	SO
10	Russ Martin R. Martin	QB	6'0"	178	SO
71	Ernie McMillan E. McMillan	OL	6'5"	221	SO
22	Bobby Mitchell B. Mitchell	RB	6'0"	180	SR
70	Ron Nietupski R. Nietupski	OL	6'2"	211	JR
32	Ray Nitschke R. Nitschke	FB	6'2"	201	SR
73	Dick Nordmeyer D. Nordmeyer	OL	6'2"	212	SR
30	Mel Nuss M. Nuss	RB	5'10"	185	SR
14	Bill Offenbecher B. Offenbecher	QB	6'0"	180	SR
94	Gerry Patrick G. Patrick	OL	6'1"	195	SO
69	Dick Perez D. Perez	OL	6'3"	209	SR
59	Curtis Plautz C. Plautz	OL	6'2"	220	JR
21	George Rantis G. Rantis	RB	5'10"	178	SO
25	Ed Reed E. Reed	RB	5'8"	160	SO
91	Dave Rewerts D. Rewerts	DL	6'2"	200	SR
15	Charles Schrader C. Schrader	QB	6'0"	190	SR
	Chuck Schrader C. Schrader	QB
95	John Schwiete J. Schwiete	OL	6'3"	220	JR
	Dale Smith D. Smith	RB
81	Larry Stewart L. Stewart	DL	6'3"	208	JR
51	Ken Sutter K. Sutter	OL	6'0"	209	SR
76	George Utz G. Utz	OL	6'5"	227	JR
56	Jim Wadlington J. Wadlington	OL	5'10"	190	SO
20	Doug Wallace D. Wallace	RB	6'1"	180	SO
54	Joe Wendryhoski J. Wendryhoski	OL	6'2"	205	SO
23	Dan Wile D. Wile	RB	6'0"	182	JR
78	Don Yeazel D. Yeazel	OL	6'2"	205	SO

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

182.9

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

42.0

41.6

41.3

40.5

39.8

Opp PPG Rankings

9.3

11.7

11.8

13.3

14.8

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

50.0

46.0

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

Illinois Fighting Illini

1957 Roster

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