#8 Minnesota Golden Gophers

1949 Roster

NO.	NAME	POS	HEIGHT	WEIGHT	CLASS
21	John Ahlquist J. Ahlquist	RB	5'11"	180	SO
6	Dick Anonsen D. Anonsen	QB	6'0"	185	SR
19	Ken Beiersdorf K. Beiersdorf	FB	6'0"	190	SR
74	Doug Bostrum D. Bostrum	OL	6'0"	205	SO
18	Howard Brennan H. Brennan	OL	5'11"	185	SR
7	Bill Bye B. Bye	RB	5'9"	180	SR
79	Stavros Canakes S. Canakes	OL	6'1"	210	SO
78	John P. Carlson J. P. Carlson	OL	6'3"	215	SO
3	Ted Christensen T. Christensen	QB	5'8"	178	JR
44	Chet Durda C. Durda	TE	6'1"	194	SO
52	Art Edling A. Edling	DL	6'2"	190	JR
75	David Ekberg D. Ekberg	OL	6'5"	216	JR
25	Bill Elliott B. Elliott	FB	5'10"	185	SR
48	Ron Engel R. Engel	FB	6'0"	200	SO
71	Gene Fritz G. Fritz	OL	6'2"	225	SR
13	Harry Grant H. Grant	DL	6'2"	198	SR
14	Dick Gregory D. Gregory	RB	5'10"	173	SO
33	Bob Hammel B. Hammel	OL	5'11"	195	JR
2	Walter Hausken W. Hausken	RB	5'9"	174	SR
55	Harry Hendrickson H. Hendrickson	OL	5'10"	205	SR
30	Lloyd Hendrickson L. Hendrickson	TE	6'1"	178	SO
32	Dwaine Hoberg D. Hoberg	OL	6'1"	198	SR
76	George Holm G. Holm	OL	6'0"	183	SO
72	John Holm J. Holm	OL	6'0"	197	SO
5	George Hudak G. Hudak	RB	5'10"	185	SO
50	Floyd Jaszewski F. Jaszewski	OL	6'3"	214	SR
12	Don Jobe D. Jobe	RB	5'11"	170	SO
80	Don Johansen D. Johansen	DL	6'5"	230	JR
22	Carl Kroening C. Kroening	OL	6'2"	215	SO
87	Tom Krueger T. Krueger	OL	6'0"	215	SO
61	Frank Kuzma F. Kuzma	FB	6'0"	200	SR
3	Arvin Langum A. Langum	RB	5'8"	166	JR
17	Dick Lawrence D. Lawrence	RB	6'1"	160	JR
37	John Lundin J. Lundin	OL	6'0"	195	JR
10	Jim Malosky J. Malosky	QB	5'11"	196	SR
98	Al Markert A. Markert	OL	6'1"	240	JR
9	Dick May D. May	RB	5'11"	190	SO
27	Ralph McAlister R. McAlister	RB	6'1"	192	SR
11	Bill McMoore B. McMoore	RB	6'0"	180	JR
67	Bob Mealey B. Mealey	OL	6'2"	215	SR
51	Bill Merrill B. Merrill	QB	6'0"	195	JR
57	Jerry Mitchell J. Mitchell	DL	6'3"	195	JR
90	Dick Mundinger D. Mundinger	DL	6'5"	235	SO
73	leo Nomellini l. Nomellini	OL	6'2"	250	SR
45	Don Olson D. Olson	OL	6'0"	205	SR
77	Ron Raveling R. Raveling	OL	6'0"	240	SO
24	Wayne Robinson W. Robinson	OL	6'1"	200	SO
66	Bob Roetman B. Roetman	OL	6'3"	215	SR
63	Bill Ryan B. Ryan	OL	6'4"	225	SO
43	Dave Skrien D. Skrien	FB	6'1"	195	JR
36	Gordon Soltau G. Soltau	DL	6'2"	190	SR
16	Keith Stolen K. Stolen	OL	6'2"	190	JR
59	Cal Stoll C. Stoll	DL	6'0"	190	SR
60	Bob Sundin B. Sundin	OL	6'3"	215	SO
41	Stan Thiele S. Thiele	QB	6'0"	190	SR
8	Bob Thompson B. Thompson	RB	6'0"	170	SO
15	Clayton Tonnemaker C. Tonnemaker	OL	6'3"	240	SR
56	Dale Warner D. Warner	RB	5'11"	190	SR
64	David Wells D. Wells	OL	6'1"	195	JR
26	Dick Wheaton D. Wheaton	QB	6'0"	180	SO
58	John Zupetz J. Zupetz	RB	5'11"	195	SR

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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

13.0

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

	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

	Conference USA	W	L	PCT
1	Jacksonville State	5	2	.714
2	Liberty	5	1	.833
3	Florida International	3	3	.500
4	Middle Tennessee	3	3	.500
5	New Mexico State	2	4	.333
6	Western Kentucky	2	4	.333
7	Kennesaw State	1	4	.200
8	Missouri State	1	4	.200
9	Sam Houston	1	4	.200
10	Delaware	2	4	.333

	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