Mississippi State Bulldogs

1970 Roster

NO.	NAME	POS	HEIGHT	WEIGHT	CLASS
49	Joe Alderman J. Alderman	DL	5'10"	204	JR
83	Bob Anger B. Anger	WR	5'11"	175	SO
61	Ray Archer R. Archer	OL	6'0"	196	SO
93	Robbie Armstrong R. Armstrong	DL	6'1"	210	SO
10	Billy Baker B. Baker	QB	6'1"	170	SO
75	Robert Bell R. Bell		5'10"	245	SO
21	Buster Boatner B. Boatner	RB	6'2"	170	SO
70	Joe Brabham J. Brabham	OL	6'1"	210	SO
63	Andy Brislin A. Brislin	OL	5'10"	205	SO
79	Mike Chapman M. Chapman	OL	6'3"	206	SR
72	Jerry Conrad J. Conrad		6'0"	222	JR
32	Bill Crick B. Crick	DB	5'10"	184	JR
60	Bob Culver B. Culver	OL	5'10"	204	SR
53	Chuck Dees C. Dees	LB	6'1"	211	JR
25	Danny Dorsey D. Dorsey	RB	5'11"	182	SR
40	Frank Dowsing F. Dowsing	RB	5'10"	186	SO
30	Don Dudley D. Dudley	FB	6'2"	190	SR
86	Mike Eaton M. Eaton		6'2"	218	JR
71	Joe Edwards J. Edwards	OL	6'4"	244	JR
85	Glenn Ellis G. Ellis	WR	6'0"	189	SO
67	Bill Enis B. Enis	OL	6'0"	199	SO
78	Greg Fountain G. Fountain	OL	6'4"	217	SO
41	Lewis Grubbs L. Grubbs	RB	5'10"	175	SO
66	Jan Lee Gwin J. Lee Gwin	OL	5'11"	211	SR
84	Jack Hall J. Hall	DL	6'2"	196	SO
18	Jerry Harris J. Harris	QB	6'1"	177	SO
62	Joe Hart J. Hart	OL	5'11"	206	SR
89	Eric Hoggatt E. Hoggatt	WR	6'2"	188	JR
48	Joel Holliman J. Holliman		6'0"	186	JR
14	Jay Hughes J. Hughes	DB	5'10"	176	JR
76	Jerry Johnston J. Johnston		6'6"	203	SO
	Ronnie Jones R. Jones	RB
73	Chuck Jordan C. Jordan		5'11"	211	JR
20	Buzz Joy B. Joy	RB	5'10"	178	JR
90	Bob Kimbrough B. Kimbrough	DL	6'1"	190	SO
68	Chick King C. King	LB	6'1"	203	JR
37	Bill Lancaster B. Lancaster	RB	6'3"	180	JR
64	Mickey Lehner M. Lehner	LB	5'10"	210	JR
45	Don Magee D. Magee	LB	5'11"	170	SO
51	Tate Marsh T. Marsh	OL	6'3"	219	SR
81	Jim McAlpin J. McAlpin	DL	6'2"	236	JR
13	Randy McCoy R. McCoy	RB	6'0"	180	JR
	Dick McElroy D. McElroy	RB
23	Tom McElroy T. McElroy	RB	5'10"	170	JR
88	Sammy Milner S. Milner	WR	6'1"	205	SR
82	Ronnie Moore R. Moore	WR	6'2"	205	SR
12	Steve Natale S. Natale	TE	5'10"	170	SO
55	Jim Nelson J. Nelson	LB	5'10"	188	JR
34	Buddy Newsom B. Newsom	RB	5'10"	160	SR
28	Jimmy Patridge J. Patridge	RB	5'10"	180	JR
77	Preston Payne P. Payne	OL	6'2"	254	JR
31	Emile Petro E. Petro	DB	6'0"	167	SO
36	Ken Phares K. Phares	RB	6'0"	180	SO
57	Watson Pillow W. Pillow	LB	5'11"	193	SO
19	Joe Reed J. Reed	QB	6'1"	196	SR
59	Rube Rhea R. Rhea	OL	5'11"	211	SO
54	Alex Romanoff A. Romanoff	OL	5'11"	206	SR
22	Dennis Rushing D. Rushing		6'1"	177	JR
11	David Smith D. Smith	WR	6'0"	165	SR
43	Bill Southward B. Southward	LB	6'1"	186	SO
33	Steve Stoots S. Stoots	FB	5'10"	212	SO
87	Tommy Strahan T. Strahan	WR	5'11"	170	SO
74	Mack Thornton M. Thornton		5'11"	211	JR
29	Anthony Walker A. Walker	WR	5'9"	169	SO
69	Gene Wardlaw G. Wardlaw	OL	6'2"	223	SO
44	Steve Whaley S. Whaley	LB	5'11"	201	JR
65	Butch Yarbrough B. Yarbrough	OL	6'0"	195	JR
80	Bob Young B. Young	WR	6'2"	190	SR

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CFB 2025 Leaders

Pass Yards Leaders

4,379

Mestemaker

3,973

Mensah

3,937

Chambliss

Rush Yards Leaders

1,659

Cook

1,649

Hardy

1,567

Lacy

Rec Yards Leaders

1,291

Scudero

1,278

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

246.7

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