Mississippi State Bulldogs

1961 Roster

NO.	NAME	POS	HEIGHT	WEIGHT	CLASS
84	Johnny Baker J. Baker	DL	6'3"	195	JR
	Joe Balius J. Balius	QB	6'0"	174	SO
74	Howard Benton H. Benton	OL	6'1"	215	JR
41	Bob Bullock B. Bullock	RB	5'11"	161	SO
88	Arthur Causey A. Causey	DL	6'2"	192	SO
15	Laurin Collins L. Collins	QB	6'0"	181	SO
23	Billy Cook B. Cook	RB	5'11"	187	SO
55	Lew Cornelius L. Cornelius	OL	6'4"	215	JR
11	John Correro J. Correro	QB	5'11"	170	SR
31	Sammy Dantone S. Dantone	FB	6'0"	187	JR
76	Bob Dugan B. Dugan	OL	6'1"	212	SO
12	Sonny Fisher S. Fisher	QB	5'9"	150	SO
68	Bobby Fleming B. Fleming	OL	6'0"	205	SR
10	Charlie Furlow C. Furlow	QB	6'1"	176	JR
79	Bobby Garvin B. Garvin	OL	6'3"	230	JR
85	Gene Gibbs G. Gibbs	DL	6'0"	205	SO
45	Hal Green H. Green	RB	6'0"	183	JR
89	Jim Handley J. Handley	DL	6'2"	190	SO
22	Scott Hargrove S. Hargrove	RB	5'11"	180	JR
73	Kenny Herrington K. Herrington	OL	6'5"	218	SO
16	Billy Hill B. Hill	QB	5'11"	163	SR
81	Frank Hutson F. Hutson	DL	6'2"	199	SR
83	Randy Hutto R. Hutto	DL	6'4"	194	JR
42	Jeff Jeffreys J. Jeffreys	RB	5'10"	169	SO
43	Jimmy Jenkins J. Jenkins	RB	5'9"	179	JR
87	Bob Johnston B. Johnston	DL	6'1"	188	SO
34	Bobby Jones B. Jones	RB	5'11"	170	SO
80	David Kelley D. Kelley	DL	6'2"	192	SR
67	Ronnie Kirkland R. Kirkland	OL	5'9"	200	SO
69	Curtis Lloyd C. Lloyd	OL	6'2"	198	SR
50	Dan McAlpin D. McAlpin	OL	6'2"	200	SO
14	Jim McBride J. McBride	QB	6'2"	185	SO
33	Bill McGuire B. McGuire	FB	6'0"	180	SO
	Danny Mudge D. Mudge	OL	5'10"	194	SO
63	Bill Muffuletto B. Muffuletto	OL	6'0"	195	SO
78	Ray Osbourne R. Osbourne	OL	6'2"	210	SR
70	Fred Perkins F. Perkins	OL	6'4"	206	SR
82	Billy Priester B. Priester	DL	6'2"	190	SR
65	Tommy Ranager T. Ranager	OL	5'11"	201	JR
64	Wallace Rodriguez W. Rodriguez	OL	6'0"	198	JR
72	Carl Sanford C. Sanford	OL	6'2"	201	SO
60	Robert Shaw R. Shaw	OL	5'10"	205	SR
71	Bobby Smith B. Smith	OL	6'0"	209	SO
35	Charlie Smith C. Smith	FB	6'0"	193	SR
40	John Sparks J. Sparks	FB	6'1"	181	SO
61	Benny Stacy B. Stacy	OL	5'11"	185	SR
44	Bobby Stacy B. Stacy	RB	5'10"	161	SR
62	Bobby Tingle B. Tingle	OL	6'5"	186	SO
53	Brownie Walker B. Walker	OL	6'0"	194	JR
30	Mackie Weaver M. Weaver	FB	5'11"	174	JR
21	Lee Welch L. Welch	RB	6'2"	181	SR
66	John Wetzel J. Wetzel	OL	5'10"	195	SO
51	Jonny Windham J. Windham	OL	6'1"	193	SO

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CFB 2026 Leaders

Pass Yards Leaders

635

Maiava

550

Weaver

525

Hedden

Rush Yards Leaders

280

Carter

231

Kromah

227

Sheppard

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

430.0

428.0

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

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

	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	SMU	1	0	1.000
3	Virginia	1	0	1.000
4	Duke	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	Boston College	0	1	.000
11	California	0	1	.000
12	Clemson	0	1	.000
13	Georgia Tech	0	1	.000
14	Louisville	0	1	.000
15	Florida State	1	1	.500
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

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

	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	1	0	1.000
17	Rutgers	0	1	.000
18	Wisconsin	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