Louisville Cardinals

1953 Roster

NO.	NAME	POS	HEIGHT	WEIGHT	CLASS
55	Bob Barbour B. Barbour	OL	6'3"	205	FR
80	John Becker J. Becker	TE	6'2"	175	FR
77	Bob Bender B. Bender	OL	6'3"	225	JR
61	Reggie Bethea R. Bethea	OL	5'9"	180	JR
76	Jim Blankenship J. Blankenship	OL	6'3"	215	FR
24	Don Boyd D. Boyd	RB	6'0"	180	FR
36	George Chrestensen G. Chrestensen	RB	6'0"	170	FR
34	Don Cooper D. Cooper	RB	5'10"	165	FR
26	Tom Currin T. Currin	RB	6'0"	160	FR
84	Jim Daniels J. Daniels	TE	6'1"	180	SO
35	John DeBlasi J. DeBlasi	RB	5'10"	175	FR
38	Bill Desenberg B. Desenberg	RB	5'8"	170	SO
63	Eugene Duesing E. Duesing	OL	5'11"	190	FR
82	Ray Farmer R. Farmer	TE	6'0"	185	SO
70	Curtis Firkins C. Firkins	OL	6'1"	185	FR
71	Jim Fults J. Fults	OL	6'3"	215	SR
60	Jim Hollowell J. Hollowell	OL	5'10"	170	SR
12	Jim Houser J. Houser	QB	5'11"	180	SO
58	Fred Hughes F. Hughes	OL	6'2"	225	JR
67	Gene Jaggers G. Jaggers	OL	6'0"	190	FR
73	John Kellam J. Kellam	OL	6'4"	215	FR
72	Dick Kovanda D. Kovanda	OL	6'0"	195	JR
54	Miles Kozubik M. Kozubik	OL	5'11"	200	JR
48	Hugh Kriever H. Kriever	FB	5'11"	190	FR
65	Bob Lichvar B. Lichvar	OL	6'0"	200	SR
74	Bill Lively B. Lively	OL	6'2"	220	SR
32	Mike McDonald M. McDonald	RB	5'11"	170	FR
64	Jack Meade J. Meade	OL	6'0"	190	SO
68	Herman Miles H. Miles	OL	5'8"	175	FR
14	Joe Nicoletti J. Nicoletti	QB	5'10"	180	SR
66	John Noon J. Noon	OL	6'1"	210	FR
75	Gil Nord G. Nord	OL	6'3"	205	FR
88	Jack O'Leary J. O'Leary	OL	5'9"	220	FR
	Don Oliver D. Oliver	OL	6'2"	180	FR
87	Jim Olmstead J. Olmstead	TE	6'0"	180	SR
81	Bill Olrich B. Olrich	TE	6'0"	175	FR
56	Frank Otte F. Otte	OL	6'0"	190	FR
83	Charles Phillips C. Phillips	TE	5'11"	180	FR
46	Don Purcell D. Purcell	FB	6'0"	180	JR
42	Ray Schaftlein R. Schaftlein	FB	5'10"	185	FR
40	Rex Slechter R. Slechter	FB	6'3"	190	FR
	Bill Smith B. Smith	RB	6'0"	180	FR
86	Clarence Smith C. Smith	TE	6'3"	185	SR
78	Don Smith D. Smith	TE	6'2"	185	FR
62	Nunzio Tisci N. Tisci	OL	5'11"	190	FR
16	Johnny Unitas J. Unitas	QB	6'1"	185	JR
44	Bill Vale B. Vale	RB	5'10"	180	FR
45	Jerry Wibbels J. Wibbels	FB	5'10"	180	FR

CFB 2025 Leaders

Pass Yards Leaders

4,379

Mestemaker

3,973

Mensah

3,937

Chambliss

Rush Yards Leaders

1,659

Cook

1,649

Hardy

1,567

Lacy

Rec Yards Leaders

1,291

Scudero

1,278

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

246.7

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