Minnesota Golden Gophers

1954 Roster

NO.	NAME	POS	HEIGHT	WEIGHT	CLASS
74	Robert Almer R. Almer	OL	6'0"	215	SR
70	Clinton Andrus C. Andrus	OL	6'3"	226	SR
35	Frank Bachman F. Bachman	FB	5'10"	182	SO
36	John Baumgartner J. Baumgartner	FB	6'1"	202	SR
53	John Buending J. Buending	OL	5'11"	198	SO
15	Geno Cappelletti G. Cappelletti	QB	5'11"	182	SR
14	Donald Cassidy D. Cassidy	FB	5'11"	187	SO
45	Darrell Cochran D. Cochran	RB	5'9"	167	JR
64	Edlen Dahl E. Dahl	OL	5'7"	192	SO
79	Harold Drescher H. Drescher	OL	5'11"	204	SO
12	Gerald Eisenberg G. Eisenberg	QB	6'2"	198	SO
68	Burnham Elton B. Elton	OL	5'10"	195	SR
69	Mike Falls M. Falls	OL	6'1"	229	JR
31	Kenneth Fischman K. Fischman	DL	6'0"	188	JR
51	Vernon Frye V. Frye	OL	6'2"	195	SR
25	William Garner W. Garner	RB	5'11"	166	SO
18	Ronald Gohde R. Gohde	QB	6'0"	176	SO
40	Ralph Goode R. Goode	RB	5'8"	169	SR
67	Robert Hagemeister R. Hagemeister	OL	6'0"	195	JR
66	Gordon Helgeson G. Helgeson	OL	6'0"	189	SO
76	Robert Hobert R. Hobert	OL	6'0"	236	SO
78	Gordon Holz G. Holz	OL	6'4"	229	SR
21	Duane Jennett D. Jennett	RB	5'9"	161	JR
42	Dawayn Johnson D. Johnson	RB	5'10"	158	SO
80	Thomas Juhl T. Juhl	DL	6'0"	183	SO
89	John Kapotas J. Kapotas	DL	6'2"	195	JR
85	Franz Koeneke F. Koeneke	OL	6'2"	220	JR
73	Charles Kubes C. Kubes	OL	6'1"	229	SR
34	Richard Kubes R. Kubes	FB	5'11"	199	SO
55	Dean Maas D. Maas	OL	6'3"	216	SO
16	Robert Manney R. Manney	QB	5'10"	176	SO
86	Philip McElroy P. McElroy	DL	6'3"	180	SR
41	Michael McMahon M. McMahon	RB	5'10"	165	SR
24	Pinky McNamara P. McNamara	RB	5'9"	160	SO
44	Robert McNamara R. McNamara	RB	6'0"	186	SR
84	James McNeely J. McNeely	DL	6'2"	187	SO
48	Joe Meighen J. Meighen	RB	6'1"	184	SR
90	Dave Mills D. Mills	DL	6'1"	191	SO
83	Dave Myers D. Myers	DL	5'11"	182	SO
56	Gerald Nelson G. Nelson	OL	6'2"	203	SO
71	Glen Nurkka G. Nurkka	OL	6'3"	120	SO
81	John Purmont J. Purmont	DL	5'11"	178	JR
13	Dale Quist D. Quist	QB	5'10"	172	SR
62	Jerry Rau J. Rau	OL	5'8"	198	SR
63	Ed Rossman E. Rossman	OL	5'11"	200	JR
26	Dave Sauer D. Sauer	RB	5'8"	162	JR
89	Ronald Smith R. Smith	DL	6'1"	182	SR
72	Loren Solberg L. Solberg	OL	6'4"	226	SO
88	James Soltau J. Soltau	DL	6'2"	190	SR
50	Charles Stamschror C. Stamschror	OL	6'0"	206	SR
17	Donald Swanson D. Swanson	QB	5'11"	182	JR
75	Erle Ukkelberg E. Ukkelberg	OL	5'11"	205	JR
38	Kenneth Yackel K. Yackel	FB	5'11"	191	SR

CFB 2025 Leaders

Pass Yards Leaders

4,379

Mestemaker

3,973

Mensah

3,937

Chambliss

Rush Yards Leaders

1,661

Cook

1,649

Hardy

1,567

Lacy

Rec Yards Leaders

1,291

Scudero

1,276

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

246.9

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

Minnesota Golden Gophers

1954 Roster

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