Louisville Cardinals

1959 Roster

NO.	NAME	POS	HEIGHT	WEIGHT
62	Bill Apke B. Apke	OL	6'2"	200
34	Pat Barbato P. Barbato	RB	5'11"	175
18	Bob Beardon B. Beardon	RB	6'2"	180
62	Lawrence Broaden L. Broaden	OL	6'0"	190
16	Pete Bryant P. Bryant	RB	5'7"	155
73	Larry Cadwell L. Cadwell	OL	6'2"	230
44	Lee Calland L. Calland	FB	5'10"	185
16	Rausel Chatfield R. Chatfield	RB	5'10"	165
65	Bob Cleveland B. Cleveland	OL	6'2"	205
28	Elmer Collina E. Collina	RB	5'10"	175
86	Mike Crane M. Crane	TE	6'0"	170
10	Bob Doyle B. Doyle	RB
	John Finn J. Finn	OL	6'6"	255
	Jerry Flener J. Flener	FB	6'0"	185
26	Jack Fowler J. Fowler	RB	6'0"	180
10	John Giles J. Giles	QB	6'0"	175
26	Ernie Green E. Green	RB	6'2"	195
64	Glenn Haas G. Haas	OL	5'10"	195
54	Dave Hamm D. Hamm	OL	5'10"	193
67	John Hartung J. Hartung	FB	6'1"	195
56	Chuck Havill C. Havill	OL
46	Joe Havill J. Havill	TE
18	Tom Hayden T. Hayden	TE
	Mike Hesselgrave M. Hesselgrave	TE	6'3"	200
77	Steve Hladio S. Hladio	OL	5'11"	217
87	Don Hockensmith D. Hockensmith	TE	6'3"	190
70	Bob Hudson B. Hudson	OL	6'5"	210
38	John Hunt J. Hunt	RB	5'10"	175
	Wayne Johnson W. Johnson	FB	5'10"	185
24	Derek Jones D. Jones	RB	5'9"	160
12	Carl Justice C. Justice	QB
	John Kirsch J. Kirsch	RB	5'9"	180
80	Mike Kletsky M. Kletsky	TE
36	Tom Lichtenberg T. Lichtenberg	RB	6'2"	185
24	Joe Martin J. Martin	TE
	Bob McConnell B. McConnell	OL	5'8"	190
75	Mike McMahon M. McMahon	OL	6'3"	205
44	Arnold Mitchell A. Mitchell	TE	6'1"	190
34	Gordon Morey G. Morey	RB	5'11"	185
74	Bob O'Neal B. O'Neal	OL	6'2"	218
14	Dale Orem D. Orem	QB	5'9"	170
52	Bill Owen B. Owen	OL	6'1"	195
	Bill Pearse B. Pearse	FB	5'11"	180
71	Ron Petty R. Petty	OL	6'1"	220
	Bob Pferdehirt B. Pferdehirt	TE	6'1"	200
58	F.L. Pool	OL	6'0"	185
46	Ken Porco K. Porco	FB	5'9"	212
	Ken Prage K. Prage	OL	5'10"	190
86	Jack Reid J. Reid	TE	6'1"	185
	Bob Richindollar B. Richindollar	OL	6'3"	220
61	Don Rossoll D. Rossoll	OL	5'10"	200
83	Bill Sammons B. Sammons	OL	6'0"	210
42	Bill Schad B. Schad	OL	6'1"	215
60	Jerry Smith J. Smith	OL	6'2"	190
22	Cliff Solberg C. Solberg	RB	6'2"	185
36	Bud Sossnin B. Sossnin	RB	5'7"	175
32	Bob Starnes B. Starnes	RB	6'1"	175
67	Charles Stitch C. Stitch	OL	6'1"	225
88	Lou Sutherland L. Sutherland	OL	6'3"	216
	Howard Turley H. Turley	TE	6'3"	217
48	Milan Varajon M. Varajon	FB	6'2"	218
12	Dan Walker D. Walker	QB	6'3"	190
76	Bill Wall B. Wall	OL
	Dan White D. White	OL	6'0"	216
84	Roger Wirth R. Wirth	FB
82	Bill Yahne B. Yahne	TE	6'3"	185

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CFB 2026 Leaders

Pass Yards Leaders

653

Mensah

635

Maiava

550

Weaver

Rush Yards Leaders

280

Carter

231

Kromah

227

Sheppard

Rec Yards Leaders

330

Toney

222

Mosley

196

Duff

Pass TD Leaders

8

Mensah

7

Heintschel

6

Boley

Rush TD Leaders

5

Carter

3

Robinson

3

Anderson

Rec TD Leaders

4

Williams

4

Toney

3

Mosley

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

702.5

681.0

671.0

660.0

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

427.0

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	2	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