Iowa State Cyclones

1961 Roster

NO.	NAME	POS	HEIGHT	WEIGHT	CLASS
77	Don Andersen D. Andersen	OL	6'5"	245	JR
64	Gary Astleford G. Astleford	OL	6'1"	193	SR
52	Jim Barr J. Barr	OL	6'0"	190	SR
46	Dan Bernard D. Bernard		6'1"	199	SO
67	Tim Brown T. Brown	OL	5'9"	180	SO
32	J.W. Burden	RB	5'9"	161	SR
61	Dan Celoni D. Celoni	OL	6'0"	203	SR
34	Terry Chandler T. Chandler	RB	5'10"	168	JR
45	Jim Clapper J. Clapper		6'0"	181	JR
17	Ozzie Clay O. Clay	RB	6'0"	173	SO
23	Dave Clayberg D. Clayberg	FB	5'11"	171	JR
18	John Cooper J. Cooper	RB	6'0"	173	SR
15	Gary Ellis G. Ellis	RB	5'7"	148	JR
70	Tom Graham T. Graham	OL	6'2"	214	SR
74	Bruce Grasser B. Grasser	OL	6'0"	196	SO
81	Larry Hannahs L. Hannahs	TE	6'2"	188	SO
19	Dave Hoover D. Hoover	RB	5'10"	172	SO
16	Dave Hoppmann D. Hoppmann	RB	6'1"	176	JR
86	Ray Horky R. Horky	TE	6'2"	180	JR
35	Don Hyer D. Hyer	RB	5'11"	180	SO
88	Randy Kidd R. Kidd	TE	6'0"	173	SO
33	Dick Limerick D. Limerick	RB	6'0"	189	SO
85	Duane Marcellus D. Marcellus	TE	6'0"	180	SR
71	Bill Merridth B. Merridth	OL	6'4"	197	SR
87	Larry Montre L. Montre	TE	6'4"	212	JR
44	Ron Onopa R. Onopa		6'1"	182	SO
54	Tom Parrish T. Parrish	OL	6'1"	186	SO
76	LeRoy Pindars L. Pindars	OL	6'1"	215	SO
66	Carl Proto C. Proto	OL	6'2"	190	JR
65	Dick Scesniak D. Scesniak	OL	5'10"	183	SR
89	Larry Schreiber L. Schreiber	TE	6'2"	180	JR
25	Bill Smith B. Smith	FB	6'2"	201	JR
79	Terry Snyder T. Snyder	OL	6'5"	247	SO
53	Jon Spelman J. Spelman	OL	6'1"	192	SR
55	Ray Steffy R. Steffy	OL	6'0"	187	JR
63	Chuck Steimle C. Steimle	OL	5'11"	207	SO
84	Steve Sturek S. Sturek	TE	5'9"	156	SR
42	Paul Sullivan P. Sullivan		5'9"	172	SR
83	Scott Tieke S. Tieke	TE	6'2"	199	SO
72	Dick Walton D. Walton	OL	6'2"	219	JR
68	Jeff Warner J. Warner	OL	6'1"	192	SO
24	Jim Watsabaugh J. Watsabaugh	FB	6'0"	185	JR

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CFB 2026 Leaders

Pass Yards Leaders

635

Maiava

550

Weaver

525

Hedden

Rush Yards Leaders

280

Carter

231

Kromah

227

Sheppard

Rec Yards Leaders

234

Toney

222

Mosley

196

Duff

Pass TD Leaders

7

Heintschel

6

Boley

5

Weaver

Rush TD Leaders

5

Carter

3

Robinson

3

Anderson

Rec TD Leaders

4

Williams

3

Mosley

3

Toney

QB Rating Leaders

285.0

Hoover

281.3

Baker

272.0

Becht

Sack Leaders

3.5

Kinsler

3.0

Gilliam

3.0

Lester

CFB 2026 Rankings

PPG Rankings

80.0

73.0

71.0

70.0

66.0

Opp PPG Rankings

0.0

Total Yards Rankings

762.0

681.0

671.0

660.0

648.0

Rush Yards Rankings

569.0

506.0

458.0

431.0

365.0

364.0

Pass Yards Rankings

480.0

435.0

434.0

432.0

430.0

428.0

Sack Leaders

9.0

6.0

CFB 2026 Standings

	Southeastern	W	PCT
1	Alabama	1	1.000
2	Arkansas	1	1.000
3	Auburn	1	1.000
4	Florida	1	1.000
5	Georgia	1	1.000
6	Kentucky	1	1.000
7	LSU	1	1.000
8	Mississippi State	1	1.000
9	Missouri	1	1.000
10	Oklahoma	1	1.000
11	Ole Miss	1	1.000
12	South Carolina	1	1.000
13	Tennessee	1	1.000
14	Texas	1	1.000
15	Texas A&M	1	1.000
16	Vanderbilt	1	1.000

	Sun Belt	W	L	PCT
1	Appalachian State	1	0	1.000
2	Louisiana	1	0	1.000
3	Georgia Southern	1	0	1.000
4	Louisiana Tech	1	0	1.000
5	Georgia State	1	0	1.000
6	South Alabama	1	0	1.000
7	James Madison	1	0	1.000
8	Southern Miss	1	0	1.000
9	Old Dominion	1	0	1.000
10	Troy	1	0	1.000
11	Coastal Carolina	0	1	.000
12	Arkansas State	0	1	.000
13	Marshall	0	1	.000
14	Louisiana-Monroe	0	1	.000

	Big 12	W	L	PCT
1	Arizona	1	0	1.000
2	Arizona State	1	0	1.000
3	BYU	1	0	1.000
4	Cincinnati	1	0	1.000
5	Colorado	1	0	1.000
6	Houston	1	0	1.000
7	Iowa State	1	0	1.000
8	Kansas	1	0	1.000
9	Kansas State	1	0	1.000
10	Texas Tech	1	0	1.000
11	UCF	1	0	1.000
12	Utah	1	0	1.000
13	West Virginia	1	0	1.000
14	Baylor	0	1	.000
15	Oklahoma State	0	1	.000
16	TCU	0	1	.000

	Pac-12	W	L	PCT
1	Colorado State	1	0	1.000
2	San Diego State	1	0	1.000
3	Boise State	0	1	.000
4	Fresno State	0	1	.000
5	Oregon State	0	1	.000
6	Texas State	0	1	.000
7	Utah State	0	1	.000
8	Washington State	0	1	.000

	Mid-American	W	L	PCT
1	Eastern Michigan	1	1	.500
2	Buffalo	1	0	1.000
3	UMass	1	0	1.000
4	Akron	0	1	.000
5	Ball State	0	1	.000
6	Bowling Green	0	1	.000
7	Central Michigan	0	1	.000
8	Kent State	0	1	.000
9	Miami (OH)	0	1	.000
10	Ohio	0	1	.000
11	Toledo	0	1	.000
12	Western Michigan	0	1	.000
13	Sacramento State	1	1	.500

	American Athletic	W	L	PCT
1	Memphis	2	0	1.000
2	Army	1	0	1.000
3	Navy	1	0	1.000
4	Rice	1	0	1.000
5	South Florida	1	0	1.000
6	Temple	1	0	1.000
7	Tulane	0	1	.000
8	UTSA	1	0	1.000
9	Charlotte	0	1	.000
10	East Carolina	0	1	.000
11	Florida Atlantic	0	1	.000
12	North Texas	0	1	.000
13	Tulsa	1	0	1.000
14	UAB	0	1	.000

	Atlantic Coast	W	L	PCT
1	Miami	1	0	1.000
2	SMU	1	0	1.000
3	Virginia	1	0	1.000
4	Duke	1	0	1.000
5	North Carolina	1	0	1.000
6	Pittsburgh	1	0	1.000
7	Syracuse	1	0	1.000
8	Virginia Tech	1	0	1.000
9	Wake Forest	1	0	1.000
10	Boston College	0	1	.000
11	California	0	1	.000
12	Clemson	0	1	.000
13	Georgia Tech	0	1	.000
14	Louisville	0	1	.000
15	Florida State	1	1	.500
16	Stanford	1	1	.500
17	NC State	0	1	.000

	Mountain West	W	L	PCT
1	UNLV	1	1	.500
2	North Dakota State	2	0	1.000
3	Air Force	1	0	1.000
4	Nevada	1	0	1.000
5	San Jose State	1	1	.500
6	Northern Illinois	0	1	.000
7	New Mexico	1	0	1.000
8	UTEP	0	1	.000
9	Wyoming	0	1	.000
10	Hawai'i	0	2	.000

	Independent	W	L	PCT
1	Notre Dame	1	0	1.000
2	UConn	1	0	1.000

	Big 10	W	L	PCT
1	USC	2	0	1.000
2	Illinois	1	0	1.000
3	Indiana	1	0	1.000
4	Iowa	1	0	1.000
5	Maryland	1	0	1.000
6	Michigan	1	0	1.000
7	Michigan State	1	0	1.000
8	Minnesota	1	0	1.000
9	Nebraska	1	0	1.000
10	Northwestern	1	0	1.000
11	Ohio State	1	0	1.000
12	Oregon	1	0	1.000
13	Penn State	1	0	1.000
14	Purdue	1	0	1.000
15	UCLA	1	0	1.000
16	Washington	1	0	1.000
17	Rutgers	0	1	.000
18	Wisconsin	0	1	.000

	Conference USA	W	L	PCT
1	Delaware	1	0	1.000
2	Kennesaw State	1	0	1.000
3	Middle Tennessee	1	0	1.000
4	Jacksonville State	1	1	.500
5	New Mexico State	1	1	.500
6	Florida International	0	1	.000
7	Liberty	0	1	.000
8	Missouri State	0	1	.000
9	Sam Houston	0	1	.000
10	Western Kentucky	0	1	.000