Kansas State Wildcats

1959 Roster

NO.	NAME	POS	HEIGHT	WEIGHT	CLASS
60	Gene Bassetti G. Bassetti	OL	5'9"	217	JR
71	James Birkbeck J. Birkbeck	OL	6'1"	200	SO
14	Ron Blaylock R. Blaylock	QB	5'10"	170	SO
89	Tom Brettschneider T. Brettschneider	OL	6'2"	220	SO
69	Ron Carbone R. Carbone	OL	5'11"	195	JR
79	Buddy Cataldo B. Cataldo	OL	5'11"	208	JR
62	Larry Cooney L. Cooney	OL	6'1"	195	SO
78	Richard Corrigan R. Corrigan	OL	6'4"	225	SO
82	Don Darter D. Darter	OL	6'0"	218	JR
52	Al Demos A. Demos	OL	6'1"	210	SO
64	Ernie English E. English	OL	6'3"	230	JR
12	Dale Evans D. Evans	RB	6'3"	200	JR
23	Max Falk M. Falk	RB	6'1"	180	SR
87	John French J. French	TE	6'4"	195	SR
21	Bill Gallagher B. Gallagher	RB	5'11"	190	JR
33	Don Goodpasture D. Goodpasture	FB	5'10"	187	SO
67	Donn Gresso D. Gresso	TE	6'0"	188	SO
75	Art Grob A. Grob	OL	6'3"	228	SO
20	Harold Haun H. Haun	RB	5'11"	175	SO
77	Jack Hazlett J. Hazlett	OL	5'10"	200	SO
22	Larry Janssen L. Janssen	FB	5'11"	180	JR
85	Paul Johnson P. Johnson	TE	6'1"	195	SO
11	Gary Kershner G. Kershner	QB	6'0"	175	SO
51	Alfred Kouneski A. Kouneski	OL	6'0"	195	SO
30	Ray kovar R. kovar	OL	6'0"	200	JR
53	Ron Kruse R. Kruse	OL	6'0"	194	JR
86	Gary Lafferty G. Lafferty	TE	6'2"	196	JR
72	Ralph Lambing R. Lambing	OL	6'2"	210	SR
84	Lou Leuszler L. Leuszler	OL	6'0"	200	JR
25	J.B. Littlejohn	FB	6'1"	190	SR
	Jack Marcoline J. Marcoline	RB
41	John Marcoline J. Marcoline	RB	5'9"	168	SR
10	Kent McConnell K. McConnell	QB	6'1"	180	SR
34	Jim Mechling J. Mechling	OL	6'0"	195	SR
74	Richard Melbye R. Melbye	OL	6'3"	235	SO
36	Jim Murray J. Murray	RB	6'0"	174	SO
68	Dave Noblitt D. Noblitt	OL	5'8"	205	JR
83	Vern Osborne V. Osborne	TE	6'2"	190	SR
70	Ralph Peluso R. Peluso	OL	5'11"	209	SR
80	Cedric Price C. Price	TE	6'6"	206	JR
45	John Rader J. Rader	RB	5'8"	165	SO
24	Billy Rich B. Rich	RB	6'1"	185	JR
43	Jack Richardson J. Richardson	RB	5'11"	170	SO
88	Robert Robbins R. Robbins	FB	6'0"	195	SO
35	Fred Scott F. Scott	TE	6'0"	190	SO
44	Chuck Shepard C. Shepard	QB	5'10"	175	SR
15	John Solmos J. Solmos	QB	6'2"	183	JR
61	Neal Spence N. Spence	OL	6'1"	195	SO
73	John Stolte J. Stolte	OL	6'3"	235	SR
32	Eddie Taylor E. Taylor	RB	5'11"	185	SO
76	John Thanos J. Thanos	OL	6'0"	210	SO
42	Tony Tiro T. Tiro	FB	5'10"	190	SR
81	Joe Vader J. Vader	TE	6'3"	205	SR
40	George Whitney G. Whitney	RB	5'7"	170	SR
31	John Winchester J. Winchester	FB	6'1"	195	JR
54	Steve Wohlert S. Wohlert	TE	6'1"	200	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