Kansas State Wildcats

1953 Roster

NO.	NAME	POS	HEIGHT	WEIGHT	CLASS
32	Bob Balderston B. Balderston	FB	5'11"	180	SR
	Joel Berry J. Berry	TE	6'2"	200	SR
40	Gerald Cashman G. Cashman	RB	5'10"	165	SR
10	Jack Chilton J. Chilton	QB	5'11"	170	SR
31	LeRoy Ciboski L. Ciboski	FB	5'11"	193	SO
76	Ron Clair R. Clair	OL	6'2"	200	SR
61	Kerry Clifford K. Clifford	OL	6'1"	180	JR
	Duane Cousins D. Cousins	RB	5'10"	170	SO
	William Craig W. Craig	OL	6'0"	190	SO
80	Paul Crandell P. Crandell	TE	6'1"	180	JR
14	Bob Dahnke B. Dahnke	QB	5'10"	170	JR
41	Bernie Dudley B. Dudley	RB	5'9"	160	JR
62	Ed Dunn E. Dunn	OL	6'2"	185	JR
	Bill Engelhardt B. Engelhardt	RB	5'9"	175	SO
85	Douglas Foreman D. Foreman	TE	6'0"	195	SO
42	Arlan Frerking A. Frerking	TE	6'3"	205	JR
52	James Furey J. Furey	OL	6'0"	210	SO
44	Darrel Gale D. Gale	RB	5'8"	150	SO
65	Price Gentry P. Gentry	OL	6'1"	192	SR
50	Ken Gowdy K. Gowdy	OL	6'2"	195	SR
	Paul Grandell P. Grandell	TE	6'1"	180	JR
75	Larry Hartshorn L. Hartshorn	OL	5'11"	195	JR
	Ted Heath T. Heath	OL	5'11"	185	SO
89	Don Hedges D. Hedges	OL	6'2"	200	JR
60	Bob Hilliard B. Hilliard	OL	6'1"	188	SO
79	Al Karetski A. Karetski	OL	6'1"	193	SR
	Cecil Keith C. Keith	TE	6'0"	180	SO
68	John Klbecka J. Klbecka	OL	6'6"	220	SO
84	Ed Linta E. Linta	TE	6'2"	180	JR
13	Jim Logsdon J. Logsdon	QB	5'10"	175	SO
20	Kenny Long K. Long	RB	5'10"	160	JR
70	Ron Marciniak R. Marciniak	OL	6'0"	195	JR
	Jim Mayo J. Mayo	TE	5'11"	160	SO
74	Earl Meyer E. Meyer	OL	6'0"	195	SR
	Bob Moore B. Moore	RB	5'9"	175	SO
72	Ron Nery R. Nery	OL	6'4"	195	SO
63	Tom O'Boyle T. O'Boyle	OL	5'10"	185	SR
15	Jon O'Connor J. O'Connor	QB	6'1"	190	SR
69	Roger Orban R. Orban	OL	6'1"	180	SO
43	Donnie Parsons D. Parsons	FB	5'11"	180	SO
	Dean Peck D. Peck	OL	5'11"	180	SR
81	Ed Pence E. Pence	TE	6'4"	192	SR
	Bob Pernu B. Pernu	TE	6'3"	215	JR
33	Jim Rhoades J. Rhoades	FB	5'10"	190	SO
71	Frank Rodman F. Rodman	OL	6'1"	210	SO
30	Doug Roether D. Roether	FB	5'11"	185	SO
88	Jim Rusher J. Rusher	TE	6'1"	200	JR
67	Burt Schmidt B. Schmidt	OL	5'11"	190	SO
86	Clare Simpson C. Simpson	TE	5'11"	185	JR
78	Bob Smith B. Smith	OL	6'2"	195	JR
73	Tom Smith T. Smith	OL	6'2"	195	JR
83	Wilbur Stocks W. Stocks	TE	6'0"	185	SO
77	Dick Swengel D. Swengel	OL	6'3"	205	SO
24	Veryl Switzer V. Switzer	RB	5'10"	180	SR
23	Corky Taylor C. Taylor	RB	5'10"	175	JR
	Bill Wall B. Wall	RB	5'11"	180	SR
12	Bob Whitehead B. Whitehead	QB	5'9"	155	SO
	Bob Willibey B. Willibey	QB	5'11"	175	SR
66	Cletis Wilson C. Wilson	OL	5'11"	190	JR
25	Eldon Zeller E. Zeller	RB	5'11"	175	SO
51	Charles Zickefoose C. Zickefoose	OL	6'2"	210	SO

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CFB 2026 Leaders

Pass Yards Leaders

2,257

Atkinson

2,045

Maiava

1,868

Jackson

Rush Yards Leaders

835

Riley

828

Roberts

793

Cook

Rec Yards Leaders

932

Legree

916

Smith

720

Hernandez

Pass TD Leaders

21

Atkinson

18

Maiava

17

Taylor

Rush TD Leaders

12

Baugh

12

Hawkins

10

Daniels

Rec TD Leaders

12

Legree

11

Smith

9

Dixon

QB Rating Leaders

212.2

Mensah

200.5

Hoover

198.6

Stockton

Sack Leaders

9.5

Simmons

8.0

Umanmielen

7.0

Esqillion

CFB 2026 Rankings

PPG Rankings

49.6

46.2

44.2

44.0

43.4

42.8

Opp PPG Rankings

9.8

10.3

10.6

11.0

11.8

12.2

Total Yards Rankings

554.8

533.8

531.6

524.8

522.3

521.4

Rush Yards Rankings

333.2

325.6

299.4

295.5

263.6

253.2

Pass Yards Rankings

391.2

347.0

341.0

337.8

334.4

322.4

Sack Leaders

24.0

22.0

20.0

19.0

CFB 2026 Standings

	Pac-12	W	L	PCT
1	Boise State	5	1	.833
2	Oregon State	4	2	.667
3	Fresno State	4	2	.667
4	San Diego State	2	4	.333
5	Utah State	2	4	.333
6	Colorado State	2	3	.400
7	Texas State	2	3	.400
8	Washington State	1	5	.167

	Big 12	W	L	PCT
1	BYU	5	0	1.000
2	Texas Tech	5	0	1.000
3	Utah	5	0	1.000
4	Baylor	4	1	.800
5	Oklahoma State	4	1	.800
6	Arizona	5	1	.833
7	Houston	5	1	.833
8	Cincinnati	4	1	.800
9	Arizona State	3	2	.600
10	Iowa State	3	3	.500
11	UCF	3	3	.500
12	Kansas State	3	2	.600
13	Colorado	2	3	.400
14	Kansas	2	3	.400
15	TCU	2	3	.400
16	West Virginia	3	3	.500

	Mid-American	W	L	PCT
1	Eastern Michigan	4	3	.571
2	Ohio	4	2	.667
3	Western Michigan	4	2	.667
4	Bowling Green	2	4	.333
5	Buffalo	3	3	.500
6	Toledo	4	2	.667
7	Central Michigan	3	3	.500
8	Miami (OH)	3	3	.500
9	UMass	4	2	.667
10	Kent State	2	4	.333
11	Akron	1	5	.167
12	Ball State	1	5	.167
13	Sacramento State	1	5	.167

	Southeastern	W	L	PCT
1	Georgia	6	0	1.000
2	Alabama	5	1	.833
3	Kentucky	5	1	.833
4	Mississippi State	4	1	.800
5	Missouri	5	1	.833
6	Tennessee	5	1	.833
7	Ole Miss	4	1	.800
8	Oklahoma	3	2	.600
9	Florida	4	2	.667
10	Texas	4	1	.800
11	LSU	4	2	.667
12	Auburn	3	2	.600
13	South Carolina	3	3	.500
14	Texas A&M	3	3	.500
15	Vanderbilt	3	3	.500
16	Arkansas	2	4	.333

	Big 10	W	L	PCT
1	Indiana	6	0	1.000
2	UCLA	5	0	1.000
3	Ohio State	5	1	.833
4	Wisconsin	4	1	.800
5	USC	6	1	.857
6	Purdue	3	3	.500
7	Iowa	5	1	.833
8	Nebraska	5	1	.833
9	Minnesota	4	2	.667
10	Northwestern	4	1	.800
11	Oregon	3	2	.600
12	Illinois	3	3	.500
13	Michigan	3	2	.600
14	Rutgers	1	4	.200
15	Penn State	3	3	.500
16	Washington	3	3	.500
17	Maryland	2	4	.333
18	Michigan State	2	4	.333

	Conference USA	W	L	PCT
1	Liberty	5	1	.833
2	Jacksonville State	4	2	.667
3	Florida International	3	2	.600
4	New Mexico State	2	4	.333
5	Western Kentucky	2	4	.333
6	Delaware	2	3	.400
7	Middle Tennessee	2	3	.400
8	Kennesaw State	1	4	.200
9	Missouri State	1	4	.200
10	Sam Houston	1	4	.200

	American Athletic	W	L	PCT
1	Memphis	5	1	.833
2	UTSA	5	1	.833
3	North Texas	4	2	.667
4	Florida Atlantic	4	1	.800
5	East Carolina	3	2	.600
6	Army	3	2	.600
7	UAB	3	3	.500
8	Temple	2	4	.333
9	South Florida	4	2	.667
10	Navy	2	3	.400
11	Tulane	2	3	.400
12	Tulsa	3	3	.500
13	Rice	1	5	.167
14	Charlotte	0	6	.000

	Atlantic Coast	W	L	PCT
1	Miami	5	0	1.000
2	Wake Forest	5	1	.833
3	Clemson	3	2	.600
4	Pittsburgh	5	1	.833
5	SMU	4	1	.800
6	Virginia	4	2	.667
7	California	3	3	.500
8	Georgia Tech	2	3	.400
9	Louisville	3	3	.500
10	Duke	4	1	.800
11	North Carolina	3	2	.600
12	Virginia Tech	4	2	.667
13	Florida State	3	3	.500
14	NC State	3	3	.500
15	Stanford	2	4	.333
16	Boston College	2	3	.400
17	Syracuse	2	3	.400

	Mountain West	W	L	PCT
1	UNLV	4	2	.667
2	New Mexico	4	1	.800
3	North Dakota State	5	1	.833
4	Air Force	4	1	.800
5	Wyoming	3	3	.500
6	San Jose State	3	3	.500
7	Nevada	2	3	.400
8	Northern Illinois	0	5	.000
9	UTEP	1	5	.167
10	Hawai'i	1	5	.167

	Independent	W	L	PCT
1	Notre Dame	6	0	1.000
2	UConn	3	3	.500

	Sun Belt	W	L	PCT
1	James Madison	6	0	1.000
2	South Alabama	4	2	.667
3	Georgia State	4	1	.800
4	Louisiana Tech	3	2	.600
5	Troy	3	2	.600
6	Louisiana	4	2	.667
7	Georgia Southern	2	4	.333
8	Coastal Carolina	2	4	.333
9	Old Dominion	2	4	.333
10	Appalachian State	3	2	.600
11	Southern Miss	1	4	.200
12	Louisiana-Monroe	0	5	.000
13	Marshall	3	3	.500
14	Arkansas State	2	4	.333