Mississippi State Bulldogs

1951 Roster

NO.	NAME	POS	HEIGHT	WEIGHT	CLASS
77	William Adams W. Adams	OL	6'1"	205	SO
66	Loren Ashley L. Ashley	OL	5'10"	185	JR
12	Bobby Baker B. Baker	QB	6'1"	150	FR
21	Wally Beach W. Beach	RB	5'9"	168	SR
74	Jack Blount J. Blount	OL	6'3"	240	SR
0	Frank Branch F. Branch	QB	5'10"	126	SR
69	Arthur Broome A. Broome	OL	6'0"	187	JR
68	Sam Cavallaro S. Cavallaro	OL	5'11"	212	SR
60	Joe Cimini J. Cimini	OL	6'1"	210	JR
83	Steve Clark S. Clark	DL	6'0"	185	JR
10	Bobby Collins B. Collins	QB	5'11"	155	FR
82	Dean Corbell D. Corbell	DL	6'1"	190	SR
52	Stan Dahoda S. Dahoda	OL	6'0"	191	SO
50	Ken DeLoe K. DeLoe	OL	6'1"	212	JR
42	Norman Duplain N. Duplain	RB	5'11"	165	JR
85	Ed Evans E. Evans	DL	6'0"	192	SR
32	Ollie Fairchild O. Fairchild	FB	5'11"	208	SO
31	Joe Fortunato J. Fortunato	FB	6'0"	219	JR
87	Tom Fulton T. Fulton	DL	6'0"	182	SO
33	Rupe Howard R. Howard	FB	6'2"	208	SO
23	Bucket Joseph B. Joseph	RB	5'9"	168	SO
86	John Katusa J. Katusa	DL	6'1"	190	SO
84	Tony Kotowski T. Kotowski	DL	6'0"	184	SR
88	James Kumpf J. Kumpf	DL	6'3"	191	SO
51	Jack Manley J. Manley	OL	6'3"	190	SO
34	Mike Mask M. Mask	RB	5'8"	161	SO
14	Pete McCulley P. McCulley	QB	5'11"	170	FR
35	Don Morris D. Morris	RB	5'11"	170	FR
43	Don Myerchick D. Myerchick	RB	6'0"	165	SO
70	Frank Newsom F. Newsom	OL	6'1"	205	SO
71	John Pace J. Pace	OL	6'5"	225	SR
65	Charles Pittman C. Pittman	OL	6'1"	215	SR
22	Pete Polovina P. Polovina	RB	5'10"	172	JR
73	Bill Pyron B. Pyron	OL	6'1"	221	SR
53	Bo Reid B. Reid	OL	6'3"	188	JR
62	Murphy Roberson M. Roberson	OL	5'10"	175	SO
20	Willis Robertson W. Robertson	RB	6'1"	184	JR
11	Dick Rosenberg D. Rosenberg	RB	6'0"	165	FR
40	Tom Rushing T. Rushing	RB	5'11"	190	JR
81	John Santillo J. Santillo	DL	6'0"	186	SO
	Dwanton Seals D. Seals	OL	6'0"	197	SO
75	Billy Shepherd B. Shepherd	OL	6'2"	211	SO
89	Lew Spalla L. Spalla	OL	6'0"	193	FR
30	Bill Stewart B. Stewart	FB	5'9"	170	SR
67	Basil Stricklin B. Stricklin	OL	6'0"	185	SR
41	Dick Stuver D. Stuver	QB	5'11"	184	JR
25	Paul Thompson P. Thompson	FB	6'1"	178	SO
76	Bill Tilton B. Tilton	OL	6'3"	217	SO
64	John Tulloh J. Tulloh	OL	6'1"	187	SR
61	P.W. Underwood	OL	5'10"	215	SO
15	Gil Verderber G. Verderber	QB	6'0"	186	JR
44	Zerk Wilson Z. Wilson	RB	5'9"	158	SO
63	Ronald Yarnick R. Yarnick	OL	5'10"	185	SO
72	Paul Younger P. Younger	OL	6'2"	218	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

Osunsanmi

8.5

Umanmielen

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