Minnesota Golden Gophers

1959 Roster

NO.	NAME	POS	HEIGHT	WEIGHT	CLASS
55	Jerry Annis J. Annis	OL	6'1"	201	JR
21	Neil Bengtson N. Bengtson	RB	6'0"	185	SO
26	Arlie Bomstad A. Bomstad	RB	6'1"	185	SR
76	Francis Brixius F. Brixius	OL	6'4"	255	JR
69	Thomas E. Brown T. E. Brown	OL	6'0"	225	JR
	Bob Deegan B. Deegan	WR
89	Robert Deegan R. Deegan	TE	6'2"	208	SO
25	Judge Dickson J. Dickson	RB	6'2"	205	SO
46	Dick Enga D. Enga	RB	6'0"	180	SO
75	Daryl Foster D. Foster	OL	6'8"	210	SO
78	Jerry Friend J. Friend	OL	6'5"	214	SR
62	Robert Frisbee R. Frisbee	OL	6'3"	217	SO
65	Paul Gorgos P. Gorgos	OL	5'10"	200	JR
36	Roger Hagberg R. Hagberg	FB	6'2"	198	JR
86	Tom Hall T. Hall	TE	6'2"	200	SO
38	James Heid J. Heid	OL	5'10"	185	JR
63	William Herzog W. Herzog	OL	6'1"	220	SO
	Larry Johnson L. Johnson	QB
85	Richard Johnson R. Johnson	TE	6'4"	208	JR
14	Robert Johnson R. Johnson	QB	6'0"	196	JR
	Bill Kauth B. Kauth	RB
24	William Kauth W. Kauth	RB	5'10"	180	JR
83	John Kelly J. Kelly	TE	6'2"	198	SO
53	Steve Kereakos S. Kereakos	OL	5'11"	280	SO
44	Tom King T. King	RB	6'0"	185	SO
50	Gregory Larson G. Larson	OL	6'2"	215	JR
87	Richard C. Larson R. C. Larson	TE	6'1"	196	JR
72	Tom Loechler T. Loechler	OL	6'3"	225	SO
51	Gerald Macken G. Macken	OL	6'0"	220	SO
18	Terrance McLean T. McLean	QB	5'11"	186	SO
67	Robert McNeil R. McNeil	OL	5'10"	200	SO
88	George Meissner G. Meissner	TE	6'2"	180	JR
77	Richard Miller R. Miller	OL	6'4"	215	JR
80	Thomas Moe T. Moe	TE	6'2"	205	SR
40	Dave Mulholland D. Mulholland	RB	6'0"	185	SO
68	John Mulvena J. Mulvena	OL	6'1"	202	SO
60	Dean Odegard D. Odegard	OL	5'10"	202	JR
51	James Olsonoski J. Olsonoski	OL	6'1"	207	SO
70	Arnold Osmundson A. Osmundson	OL	6'2"	220	JR
81	Jack Park J. Park	TE	6'8"	200	SO
71	Maurice Paulsen M. Paulsen	OL	6'2"	208	SO
58	Jim Perault J. Perault	OL	6'1"	200	SO
66	Daniel Powers D. Powers	OL	5'10"	185	SO
35	Tom Robbins T. Robbins	FB	6'2"	198	JR
31	Jim Rogers J. Rogers	FB	5'11"	188	JR
82	Theodore Rude T. Rude	TE	6'2"	205	SO
11	Joe Salem J. Salem	QB	5'11"	185	JR
	Gerald Shetler G. Shetler	OL
56	Jerome Shetler J. Shetler	OL	5'11"	220	SR
41	Lyle Skandel L. Skandel	RB	5'10"	175	JR
79	Michael Skorich M. Skorich	OL	6'6"	205	SO
33	Bernard Smith B. Smith	FB	6'0"	185	SO
15	Sandy Stephens S. Stephens	QB	6'0"	203	SO
61	Robin Tellor R. Tellor	OL	6'0"	210	SO
64	Thomas Wagner T. Wagner	OL	6'0"	200	SO
84	James Jess Wheeler J. Jess Wheeler	TE	6'2"	201	SO
42	Richard Whinnery R. Whinnery	RB	5'9"	185	SO
74	Rollie Williams R. Williams	OL	6'4"	215	JR
30	Kenneth Wold K. Wold	FB	6'1"	190	SO
73	Michael Wright M. Wright	OL	6'3"	285	SR

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CFB 2026 Leaders

Pass Yards Leaders

635

Maiava

550

Weaver

525

Hedden

Rush Yards Leaders

280

Carter

227

Sheppard

200

Woodson

Rec Yards Leaders

234

Toney

222

Mosley

196

Duff

Pass TD Leaders

7

Heintschel

6

Boley

5

Weaver

Rush TD Leaders

5

Carter

3

Robinson

3

Anderson

Rec TD Leaders

4

Williams

3

Mosley

3

Toney

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

681.0

671.0

660.0

648.0

Rush Yards Rankings

569.0

506.0

465.0

431.0

365.0

364.0

Pass Yards Rankings

480.0

435.0

434.0

432.0

428.0

417.0

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	South Carolina	1	1.000
12	Tennessee	1	1.000
13	Texas	1	1.000
14	Texas A&M	1	1.000
15	Vanderbilt	1	1.000
16	Ole Miss	0

	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	Washington State	0	0
4	Boise State	0	1	.000
5	Fresno State	0	1	.000
6	Oregon State	0	1	.000
7	Texas State	0	1	.000
8	Utah State	0	1	.000

	Independent	W	L	PCT
1	UConn	1	0	1.000
2	Notre Dame	0	0

	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	1	0	1.000
2	Virginia	1	0	1.000
3	Duke	1	0	1.000
4	Florida State	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	Louisville	0	0
11	SMU	0	0
12	Boston College	0	1	.000
13	California	0	1	.000
14	Clemson	0	1	.000
15	Georgia Tech	0	1	.000
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

	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	0	0
17	Wisconsin	0	0
18	Rutgers	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