#18 Louisville Cardinals

1972 Roster

NO.	NAME	POS	HEIGHT	WEIGHT	CLASS
83	Dave Alacorn D. Alacorn		6'0"	170	SO
	Andy Arnold A. Arnold	DB	6'0"	160	SR
82	Gary Barnes G. Barnes	TE	6'1"	190	SR
64	Jerome Berry J. Berry	LB	5'11"	215	SO
78	Richard Bishop R. Bishop		6'3"	275	JR
	Tom Bishop T. Bishop	WR	6'0"	170	SR
58	Dave Boling D. Boling	OL	6'3"	200	SR
	Greg Bowen G. Bowen	OL	6'2"	210	JR
77	Reggie Browning R. Browning	DL	6'4"	225	JR
68	Dennis Brundula D. Brundula		6'3"	270	SO
84	Tony Burdock T. Burdock		6'3"	191	SR
	Tim Burroughs T. Burroughs	DL	6'2"	220	SO
	Marty Carraro M. Carraro	OL	6'0"	215	FR
74	John Clabaugh J. Clabaugh		6'5"	230	JR
60	Raymond Coffey R. Coffey	OL	6'1"	190	SO
	Steve Davis S. Davis		6'4"	230	JR
14	Len DePaola L. DePaola	QB	6'3"	191	SO
34	Bernard Derricoatte B. Derricoatte		6'1"	201	SO
	Don Dobina D. Dobina	WR	6'0"	185	SO
	Richard Downing R. Downing	OL	6'1"	200	JR
88	Joe Duganich J. Duganich		6'5"	215	JR
85	Stephen Duley S. Duley	WR	6'2"	200	SO
	Mark Ellis M. Ellis	OL	6'4"	225	SO
27	Bill Florence B. Florence	RB	6'2"	185	JR
	Van Gabbard V. Gabbard	OL	6'1"	235	SO
54	Frank Gitschier F. Gitschier	OL	6'3"	230	JR
81	John Gorman J. Gorman	WR	6'4"	190	JR
21	Larry Griffin L. Griffin	FB	5'11"	190	SR
76	Bob Haydock B. Haydock	OL	6'4"	250	JR
44	Tom Hickey T. Hickey	LB	6'4"	215	SO
33	Rick Hornsby R. Hornsby	FB	6'0"	190	JR
46	Rick Howard R. Howard	LB	5'10"	189	SR
48	Larry Hrovat L. Hrovat	LB	6'1"	225	JR
50	Tom Jackson T. Jackson	LB	6'0"	220	SR
64	Steve Jelinek S. Jelinek	OL	6'1"	240	JR
26	Steve Jewell S. Jewell	RB	5'11"	180	SO
28	James Johnson J. Johnson	FB	5'10"	175	SO
56	Kirk Jones K. Jones	OL	6'2"	195	JR
24	Mel Jones M. Jones	FB	6'0"	198	JR
	Bob Kacvinsky B. Kacvinsky	RB	6'0"	180	SO
7	Dale Kaminski D. Kaminski	WR	6'2"	190	JR
20	Bill Kozman B. Kozman	DB	6'0"	165	SR
	Dan Krut D. Krut	OL	6'2"	235	SO
36	Ed Long E. Long	DB	6'0"	185	SR
9	John Madeya J. Madeya	QB	6'4"	210	SR
2	Scott Marcus S. Marcus		6'2"	220	SR
61	Tom Martin T. Martin	LB	6'1"	190	SR
	Paul Mascenik P. Mascenik	DL	6'3"	200	JR
79	Tom McMillan T. McMillan	OL	6'5"	250	SO
32	Frank Mudd F. Mudd	WR	5'10"	175	JR
18	Charles Myhand C. Myhand	QB	6'1"	175	SO
69	Bruce Nickerson B. Nickerson	OL	6'3"	225	SO
65	Cardell Nunery C. Nunery	LB	6'4"	225	SO
	Walter Peacock W. Peacock	RB
72	Rick Petersen R. Petersen	OL	6'3"	240	JR
40	Joe Lee Phillips J. Lee Phillips	FB	6'2"	195	SO
63	Jim Ranftl J. Ranftl	DL	6'2"	205	SO
52	Steve Reese S. Reese	OL	6'2"	224	JR
	Israel Roman I. Roman	DB	6'0"	180	SO
62	Ron Russell R. Russell	LB	6'2"	190	JR
	Rick Santho R. Santho	DB	5'11"	170	SO
30	Lonnie Schuler L. Schuler	DB	6'2"	185	JR
73	John Simpson J. Simpson	OL	6'2"	245	JR
	Reneau Simpson R. Simpson	RB	6'1"	215	SO
71	Marty Smith M. Smith	OL	6'2"	270	SO
75	Ben Spillman B. Spillman	OL	6'6"	268	SR
1	Howard Stevens H. Stevens	RB	5'5"	165	SR
42	Jim Theiss J. Theiss	DB	6'0"	180	SR
19	Harry Trimble H. Trimble	WR	6'2"	195	FR
	Dale Vittitoe D. Vittitoe	OL	6'3"	275	SR
16	Jim Wagoner J. Wagoner	QB	6'2"	185	FR
89	Sanford Walker S. Walker	DL	6'2"	196	SO
22	Joe Welch J. Welch	DB	5'11"	185	SR
70	Roy Wiljanen R. Wiljanen	OL	6'3"	220	SR
87	Steve Young S. Young	DL	6'2"	195	SR

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CFB 2026 Leaders

Pass Yards Leaders

2,604

Atkinson

2,326

Mestemaker

2,302

Maiava

Rush Yards Leaders

963

Riley

957

Bishop

923

Cook

Rec Yards Leaders

1,040

Legree

984

Smith

952

Toney

Pass TD Leaders

24

Atkinson

22

Mensah

21

Stokes

Rush TD Leaders

16

Hawkins

16

Hellums

13

Baugh

Rec TD Leaders

14

Legree

12

Smith

11

Toney

QB Rating Leaders

204.6

Mensah

185.9

Stockton

184.5

Sayin

Sack Leaders

10.5

Simmons

9.0

Umanmielen

9.0

Osunsanmi

CFB 2026 Rankings

PPG Rankings

49.0

43.1

43.0

42.7

41.4

41.1

Opp PPG Rankings

11.3

12.0

12.5

13.4

13.9

Total Yards Rankings

551.9

529.1

527.0

525.7

517.7

510.0

Rush Yards Rankings

345.7

337.4

307.7

272.0

271.4

261.6

Pass Yards Rankings

384.9

341.0

340.7

323.1

318.0

Sack Leaders

34.0

29.0

28.0

27.0

26.0

CFB 2026 Standings

	Pac-12	W	L	PCT
1	Boise State	6	1	.857
2	Oregon State	5	2	.714
3	Texas State	4	3	.571
4	San Diego State	3	5	.375
5	Fresno State	4	3	.571
6	Colorado State	3	4	.429
7	Utah State	2	5	.286
8	Washington State	1	7	.125

	Big 10	W	L	PCT
1	UCLA	7	0	1.000
2	Ohio State	6	1	.857
3	Indiana	7	1	.875
4	Northwestern	6	1	.857
5	Minnesota	5	2	.714
6	Wisconsin	5	2	.714
7	USC	6	2	.750
8	Purdue	3	4	.429
9	Illinois	4	3	.571
10	Oregon	4	3	.571
11	Iowa	5	2	.714
12	Nebraska	5	2	.714
13	Michigan	4	3	.571
14	Washington	4	3	.571
15	Rutgers	2	5	.286
16	Penn State	3	4	.429
17	Maryland	2	5	.286
18	Michigan State	2	6	.250

	Southeastern	W	L	PCT
1	Kentucky	7	1	.875
2	Georgia	6	1	.857
3	Alabama	6	2	.750
4	Florida	5	2	.714
5	Ole Miss	5	2	.714
6	LSU	6	2	.750
7	Tennessee	6	2	.750
8	Oklahoma	4	3	.571
9	Missouri	5	2	.714
10	Texas	5	2	.714
11	Mississippi State	4	3	.571
12	Auburn	4	3	.571
13	South Carolina	4	3	.571
14	Arkansas	3	4	.429
15	Texas A&M	4	4	.500
16	Vanderbilt	3	5	.375

	Conference USA	W	L	PCT
1	Liberty	6	1	.857
2	Jacksonville State	5	2	.714
3	New Mexico State	3	4	.429
4	Middle Tennessee	4	3	.571
5	Western Kentucky	3	4	.429
6	Delaware	3	4	.429
7	Florida International	3	4	.429
8	Missouri State	2	5	.286
9	Kennesaw State	1	6	.143
10	Sam Houston	1	6	.143

	Sun Belt	W	L	PCT
1	Louisiana Tech	5	2	.714
2	James Madison	7	1	.875
3	Appalachian State	5	2	.714
4	Georgia Southern	3	4	.429
5	South Alabama	4	3	.571
6	Louisiana	5	3	.625
7	Arkansas State	4	4	.500
8	Georgia State	4	3	.571
9	Troy	3	4	.429
10	Coastal Carolina	2	5	.286
11	Southern Miss	2	5	.286
12	Louisiana-Monroe	1	6	.143
13	Marshall	4	3	.571
14	Old Dominion	2	6	.250

	Atlantic Coast	W	L	PCT
1	Miami	7	0	1.000
2	SMU	6	1	.857
3	Wake Forest	6	1	.857
4	Virginia Tech	6	2	.750
5	Louisville	4	3	.571
6	Clemson	4	3	.571
7	North Carolina	4	3	.571
8	Duke	5	2	.714
9	Boston College	4	3	.571
10	Pittsburgh	5	3	.625
11	Stanford	4	4	.500
12	Virginia	4	4	.500
13	California	3	5	.375
14	Florida State	3	4	.429
15	NC State	3	4	.429
16	Georgia Tech	2	5	.286
17	Syracuse	3	4	.429

	Mountain West	W	L	PCT
1	New Mexico	6	1	.857
2	Wyoming	5	3	.625
3	UNLV	4	3	.571
4	North Dakota State	6	2	.750
5	Air Force	5	2	.714
6	Nevada	3	4	.429
7	San Jose State	4	4	.500
8	Hawai'i	2	6	.250
9	UTEP	1	6	.143
10	Northern Illinois	0	7	.000

	Independent	W	L	PCT
1	Notre Dame	6	1	.857
2	UConn	4	3	.571

	Mid-American	W	L	PCT
1	Ohio	6	2	.750
2	Toledo	6	2	.750
3	Western Michigan	5	3	.625
4	Buffalo	5	3	.625
5	Miami (OH)	5	3	.625
6	Eastern Michigan	4	5	.444
7	Kent State	3	5	.375
8	Ball State	3	5	.375
9	Bowling Green	2	6	.250
10	UMass	4	4	.500
11	Central Michigan	3	5	.375
12	Akron	1	7	.125
13	Sacramento State	1	7	.125

	American Athletic	W	L	PCT
1	UTSA	7	1	.875
2	North Texas	5	2	.714
3	Army	5	2	.714
4	Memphis	6	2	.750
5	Florida Atlantic	5	2	.714
6	UAB	4	3	.571
7	Charlotte	1	6	.143
8	Temple	2	5	.286
9	South Florida	5	2	.714
10	East Carolina	3	4	.429
11	Tulane	3	4	.429
12	Tulsa	4	4	.500
13	Navy	2	5	.286
14	Rice	1	7	.125

	Big 12	W	L	PCT
1	Utah	7	0	1.000
2	BYU	6	1	.857
3	Arizona	6	1	.857
4	Texas Tech	6	1	.857
5	Oklahoma State	5	2	.714
6	Houston	6	2	.750
7	Baylor	4	3	.571
8	Cincinnati	5	2	.714
9	Arizona State	4	3	.571
10	UCF	4	3	.571
11	West Virginia	5	3	.625
12	Kansas State	4	3	.571
13	Iowa State	3	4	.429
14	Kansas	3	4	.429
15	TCU	3	4	.429
16	Colorado	2	5	.286