Kentucky Wildcats

1959 Roster

NO.	NAME	POS	HEIGHT	WEIGHT	CLASS
19	Leeman Bennett L. Bennett	QB	6'0"	182	JR
50	Pascal Benson P. Benson	OL	6'1"	210	SR
20	Buzzy Best B. Best	RB	6'0"	190	SO
21	Calvin Bird C. Bird	RB	6'0"	190	JR
71	George Boone G. Boone	OL	6'0"	205	SR
36	Joe Brandel J. Brandel	OL	6'2"	210	SO
72	Jerry Bristo J. Bristo	OL	6'3"	235	JR
12	Joe Brueck J. Brueck	QB	6'1"	175	JR
84	Bob Butler B. Butler	TE	6'1"	215	SO
80	Ronnie Cain R. Cain	TE	6'0"	210	SR
23	Don Carson D. Carson	RB	5'11"	180	SO
60	Mel Chandler M. Chandler	OL	6'1"	200	SO
24	Dave Chapman D. Chapman	RB	5'11"	180	SO
41	Gary Cochran G. Cochran	FB	5'11"	200	SO
37	Mike Coyle M. Coyle	OL	6'0"	200	SO
68	Bruce Crockett B. Crockett	OL	6'1"	200	SO
62	Jerry Dickerson J. Dickerson	OL	6'0"	195	SO
38	Wayne Dixon W. Dixon	OL	6'0"	220	SO
14	Jerry Eisaman J. Eisaman	QB	6'1"	195	JR
42	Bill Elkins B. Elkins	FB	6'1"	200	SO
55	Bob Farrell B. Farrell	OL	6'4"	205	SO
40	Jim Fisher J. Fisher	FB	6'0"	205	JR
87	David Gash D. Gash	TE	6'2"	195	SO
31	Frank Goetz F. Goetz	TE	6'1"	190	JR
51	Irvin Goode I. Goode	OL	6'5"	220	SO
47	Dan Haley D. Haley	OL	6'1"	195	SO
63	Junior Hawthorne J. Hawthorne	OL	6'1"	220	SO
27	James Hill J. Hill	RB	6'1"	190	SO
52	Lloyd Hodge L. Hodge	OL	5'10"	200	JR
85	Ledger Howard L. Howard	TE	6'1"	195	SR
17	Lowell Hughes L. Hughes	QB	6'2"	180	SR
22	Tom Hundley T. Hundley	RB	5'11"	170	JR
70	Bob Hunt B. Hunt	OL	6'2"	220	JR
64	Art Janes A. Janes	OL	5'11"	195	JR
65	Jimmy Johns J. Johns	OL	5'11"	200	SR
34	Harry Johnson H. Johnson	OL	6'2"	210	SO
66	Jon Jurgens J. Jurgens	OL	6'4"	205	SO
78	John Martin J. Martin	OL	6'3"	215	JR
76	Joseph Moraja J. Moraja	OL	6'1"	215	SO
82	Dickie Mueller D. Mueller	TE	6'3"	215	JR
29	Nick Norcia N. Norcia	RB	5'7"	175	SO
86	Don Nuerge D. Nuerge	TE	6'0"	195	JR
39	Doug O'Brien D. O'Brien	OL	6'2"	215	SO
43	Jimmy Poynter J. Poynter	FB	5'11"	185	JR
16	John Rampulla J. Rampulla	QB	6'0"	185	SO
28	Bill Ransdell B. Ransdell	RB	6'1"	180	SO
32	Jim Reader J. Reader	RB	6'1"	195	JR
83	Tom Rodgers T. Rodgers	TE	6'1"	195	JR
54	Frank Scholett F. Scholett	OL	6'4"	215	SR
73	Ray Schrecker R. Schrecker	OL	6'2"	220	JR
77	Bill Scott B. Scott	OL	6'4"	220	JR
35	Dennis Sexton D. Sexton	TE	6'0"	185	SO
44	Glenn Shaw G. Shaw	FB	6'1"	215	SR
88	Tommy Simpson T. Simpson	TE	6'0"	200	SO
67	Don Sinor D. Sinor	OL	6'1"	215	JR
53	John Slack J. Slack	OL	6'2"	200	JR
30	Bill Smith B. Smith	RB	6'0"	175	SO
45	Fred Stidham F. Stidham	OL	6'3"	205	SO
74	Russ Still R. Still	OL	6'3"	220	JR
18	Bill Straub B. Straub	QB	5'10"	170	SO
25	Charles Sturgeon C. Sturgeon	RB	5'11"	192	JR
61	Bob Talamini B. Talamini	OL	5'11"	215	SR
56	Mark Thompson M. Thompson	OL	6'2"	205	SO
81	Charley Vaughn C. Vaughn	TE	6'1"	190	JR
89	Max Walton M. Walton	TE	6'4"	205	SO
75	Cullen Wilson C. Wilson	OL	6'2"	210	SR
33	Rich Wright R. Wright	RB	6'0"	200	SR
69	Jim Yarbrough J. Yarbrough	OL	5'11"	195	JR

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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