Minnesota Golden Gophers

1972 Roster

NO.	NAME	POS	HEIGHT	WEIGHT	CLASS
91	Dan Adams D. Adams		6'1"	239	JR
20	Tim Alderson T. Alderson	DB	6'1"	205	SR
59	Bob Bailey B. Bailey	DL	6'1"	224	SR
50	Ollie Bakken O. Bakken	LB	6'2"	221	SO
22	Doug Beaudoin D. Beaudoin	RB	6'0"	195	FR
7	Kim Becker K. Becker	QB	6'1"	190	SO
66	Darrel Bunge D. Bunge	OL	6'1"	234	JR
92	Mike Byrne M. Byrne	DL	6'3"	216	SO
23	Steve Caiazzo S. Caiazzo	WR	6'2"	215	JR
86	Dan Christensen D. Christensen	DL	6'2"	216	JR
32	Lou Clare L. Clare	FB	6'1"	220	SR
51	Steve Craine S. Craine	LB	6'1"	200	FR
43	Dennis Cummings D. Cummings	DB	6'0"	185	FR
40	Mike Derickson M. Derickson	FB	6'0"	190	SO
47	Greg Engebos G. Engebos	DB	5'11"	186	SO
89	Keith Fahnhorst K. Fahnhorst	TE	6'6"	235	JR
18	Gil Fash G. Fash	QB	6'3"	199	JR
81	Scott Finley S. Finley	TE	6'5"	215	JR
17	Vince Fuller V. Fuller	WR	6'1"	157	FR
39	Greg Gerths G. Gerths	LB	6'1"	221	SO
90	Paul Glanton P. Glanton	LB	6'1"	218	SO
58	Steve Goldberg S. Goldberg	LB	6'1"	224	JR
56	Dale Hegland D. Hegland	OL	6'2"	241	JR
44	Dale Henrickson D. Henrickson	WR	6'3"	213	SO
48	Jim Henry J. Henry	RB	6'0"	195	SR
72	Matt Herkenhoff M. Herkenhoff	OL	6'4"	247	SR
14	Jim Herman J. Herman	DB	6'0"	178	SR
45	George Honza G. Honza	WR	6'0"	185	SR
70	Scott Irwin S. Irwin		6'2"	234	JR
42	Kevin Keller K. Keller	RB	5'9"	195	SO
84	Ken Kephart K. Kephart	TE	6'2"	212	JR
37	John King J. King	FB	6'0"	210	JR
83	Doug Kingsriter D. Kingsriter	TE	6'2"	220	SR
77	John Krol J. Krol	OL	6'3"	227	JR
12	John Lawing J. Lawing	QB	6'2"	196	FR
33	Tom MacLeod T. MacLeod	LB	6'4"	217	SR
75	Dennis Maloney D. Maloney	OL	6'4"	255	SR
88	Art Meadowcroft A. Meadowcroft	TE	6'3"	228	FR
30	Brad Moen B. Moen	FB	6'1"	215	SO
8	Bob Morgan B. Morgan	QB	5'11"	191	SR
97	Steve Neils S. Neils	DL	6'2"	210	JR
24	Steve Politano S. Politano	DB	6'0"	173	SR
29	Tom Pribyl T. Pribyl	DB	6'2"	197	JR
85	Scott Puchtel S. Puchtel	TE	6'3"	212	SO
38	Mike Ramerth M. Ramerth	LB	6'1"	215	JR
27	Todd Randall T. Randall	DB	6'0"	195	JR
35	Paul Rudolph P. Rudolph	FB	6'2"	216	JR
69	Clayton Scheuer C. Scheuer		5'11"	252	SR
55	Jeff Selleck J. Selleck	OL	6'0"	225	SO
41	Farrell Sheridan F. Sheridan	DB	6'0"	195	SR
63	Greg Shoff G. Shoff	OL	6'4"	232	FR
79	Keith Simons K. Simons		6'4"	232	FR
71	Dave Simonson D. Simonson	OL	6'6"	232	JR
36	Mike Steidl M. Steidl	LB	5'10"	209	JR
62	Paul Tollefson P. Tollefson	OL	6'1"	236	SR
53	Bob Veldman B. Veldman	OL	6'4"	231	SR
46	Tom Waltower T. Waltower	RB	5'10"	195	SR
28	Mike White M. White	DB	6'0"	192	SR
93	Gregg Wilson G. Wilson	DL	6'4"	202	SO
68	Larry Wood L. Wood	OL	6'1"	233	JR
26	Paul Wright P. Wright	DB	5'11"	195	SR
87	Ron Wrobel R. Wrobel	DL	6'2"	213	FR

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CFB 2026 Leaders

Pass Yards Leaders

3,169

Atkinson

2,962

Mestemaker

2,880

Jackson

Rush Yards Leaders

1,241

Riley

1,193

White

1,189

Sheppard

Rec Yards Leaders

1,209

Legree

1,200

Smith

1,027

Toney

Pass TD Leaders

29

Mestemaker

28

Mensah

27

Veltkamp

Rush TD Leaders

19

Hawkins

18

Gutierrez

18

Hellums

Rec TD Leaders

14

Legree

14

Smith

13

Toney

QB Rating Leaders

190.8

Mensah

184.5

Sayin

180.8

Jennings

Sack Leaders

14.0

Bradley

11.0

Zock

10.5

Simmons

CFB 2026 Rankings

PPG Rankings

45.0

44.7

43.9

43.3

41.1

40.8

Opp PPG Rankings

10.9

11.9

12.2

12.4

13.0

13.6

Total Yards Rankings

535.4

533.6

517.0

516.6

514.0

504.1

Rush Yards Rankings

332.0

324.7

298.1

270.2

265.8

263.6

Pass Yards Rankings

370.4

343.8

339.1

325.3

324.9

322.9

Sack Leaders

39.0

37.0

36.0

32.0

31.0

CFB 2026 Standings

	Pac-12	W	L	PCT
1	Boise State	8	1	.889
2	Texas State	5	4	.556
3	Oregon State	5	4	.556
4	San Diego State	4	5	.444
5	Utah State	4	5	.444
6	Fresno State	5	4	.556
7	Colorado State	3	6	.333
8	Washington State	1	8	.111

	Big 10	W	L	PCT
1	UCLA	9	0	1.000
2	Indiana	8	1	.889
3	Oregon	6	3	.667
4	Ohio State	6	3	.667
5	Iowa	7	2	.778
6	Wisconsin	6	3	.667
7	USC	7	2	.778
8	Illinois	6	3	.667
9	Northwestern	6	3	.667
10	Minnesota	5	4	.556
11	Penn State	5	4	.556
12	Washington	5	4	.556
13	Michigan	5	4	.556
14	Nebraska	5	4	.556
15	Purdue	3	6	.333
16	Rutgers	2	7	.222
17	Maryland	3	6	.333
18	Michigan State	3	6	.333

	Southeastern	W	L	PCT
1	Georgia	8	1	.889
2	Alabama	7	2	.778
3	Kentucky	7	2	.778
4	Texas	7	2	.778
5	Tennessee	7	2	.778
6	Ole Miss	6	3	.667
7	South Carolina	6	3	.667
8	LSU	6	3	.667
9	Missouri	6	3	.667
10	Oklahoma	5	4	.556
11	Florida	5	4	.556
12	Auburn	5	4	.556
13	Mississippi State	4	5	.444
14	Texas A&M	4	5	.444
15	Arkansas	3	6	.333
16	Vanderbilt	4	5	.444

	Conference USA	W	L	PCT
1	Liberty	8	1	.889
2	Jacksonville State	7	2	.778
3	Middle Tennessee	5	4	.556
4	Delaware	4	5	.444
5	Florida International	4	5	.444
6	New Mexico State	3	6	.333
7	Western Kentucky	3	6	.333
8	Missouri State	3	6	.333
9	Kennesaw State	3	6	.333
10	Sam Houston	1	8	.111

	Sun Belt	W	L	PCT
1	Louisiana Tech	7	2	.778
2	Georgia Southern	5	4	.556
3	Louisiana	6	3	.667
4	James Madison	8	2	.800
5	South Alabama	4	5	.444
6	Appalachian State	5	4	.556
7	Arkansas State	4	5	.444
8	Coastal Carolina	3	6	.333
9	Troy	4	5	.444
10	Marshall	5	4	.556
11	Southern Miss	3	6	.333
12	Georgia State	5	4	.556
13	Louisiana-Monroe	2	7	.222
14	Old Dominion	3	7	.300

	Atlantic Coast	W	L	PCT
1	Miami	8	1	.889
2	Wake Forest	8	1	.889
3	Louisville	6	3	.667
4	SMU	7	2	.778
5	Duke	7	2	.778
6	Clemson	6	3	.667
7	Pittsburgh	6	3	.667
8	Virginia Tech	6	3	.667
9	North Carolina	5	4	.556
10	Florida State	4	5	.444
11	Stanford	4	5	.444
12	Virginia	4	5	.444
13	NC State	4	5	.444
14	Boston College	4	5	.444
15	California	3	6	.333
16	Syracuse	4	5	.444
17	Georgia Tech	2	7	.222

	Mountain West	W	L	PCT
1	New Mexico	8	1	.889
2	Wyoming	6	3	.667
3	North Dakota State	7	2	.778
4	Air Force	7	2	.778
5	UNLV	5	4	.556
6	San Jose State	5	5	.500
7	Nevada	3	6	.333
8	Hawai'i	3	6	.333
9	UTEP	1	8	.111
10	Northern Illinois	0	9	.000

	American Athletic	W	L	PCT
1	North Texas	7	2	.778
2	Memphis	7	2	.778
3	UTSA	7	2	.778
4	Army	5	4	.556
5	UAB	5	4	.556
6	Florida Atlantic	6	3	.667
7	East Carolina	5	4	.556
8	Tulsa	5	4	.556
9	South Florida	6	3	.667
10	Tulane	4	5	.444
11	Navy	3	6	.333
12	Charlotte	1	8	.111
13	Temple	2	7	.222
14	Rice	1	8	.111

	Independent	W	L	PCT
1	Notre Dame	8	1	.889
2	UConn	4	5	.444

	Mid-American	W	L	PCT
1	Toledo	8	2	.800
2	Western Michigan	7	3	.700
3	Buffalo	7	3	.700
4	Ohio	7	3	.700
5	Miami (OH)	6	4	.600
6	Central Michigan	5	5	.500
7	Eastern Michigan	4	6	.400
8	Bowling Green	3	7	.300
9	UMass	5	5	.500
10	Kent State	3	7	.300
11	Ball State	3	7	.300
12	Sacramento State	2	9	.182
13	Akron	1	9	.100

	Big 12	W	L	PCT
1	Utah	9	0	1.000
2	Texas Tech	8	1	.889
3	BYU	7	2	.778
4	Houston	7	2	.778
5	Arizona	7	2	.778
6	Baylor	6	3	.667
7	Oklahoma State	6	3	.667
8	Arizona State	5	4	.556
9	UCF	5	4	.556
10	West Virginia	5	4	.556
11	Iowa State	4	5	.444
12	Cincinnati	5	4	.556
13	TCU	4	5	.444
14	Colorado	3	6	.333
15	Kansas State	4	5	.444
16	Kansas	3	6	.333