Mississippi State Bulldogs

1972 Roster

NO.	NAME	POS	HEIGHT	WEIGHT	CLASS
22	Leon Alexander L. Alexander	RB	6'2"	185	FR
10	Billy Baker B. Baker	RB	6'1"	167	SR
14	Melvin Barkum M. Barkum	QB	6'0"	181	SO
75	Robert Bell R. Bell		5'10"	254	SR
21	Buster Boatner B. Boatner	RB	6'1"	172	JR
85	Bob Bozeman B. Bozeman	TE	6'6"	210	SO
52	Joe Brabham J. Brabham	OL	6'1"	230	SR
89	Allen Brantley A. Brantley	DL	6'1"	207	SO
83	Sandy Braswell S. Braswell	WR	6'1"	184	SO
63	Andy Brislin A. Brislin	OL	5'11"	209	JR
30	Johhny Bruce J. Bruce	LB	6'0"	208	JR
24	Bill Buckley B. Buckley	RB	6'0"	173	JR
50	John David Calhoun J. David Calhoun	LB	6'1"	189	JR
77	Jackie Chapman J. Chapman	OL	6'6"	251	SO
16	Hal Chealander H. Chealander	TE	6'4"	221	SR
72	James Cobb J. Cobb		6'3"	217	SO
79	Roger Cook R. Cook	OL	6'1"	235	JR
20	Fred Davis F. Davis	RB	5'10"	173	SR
40	Frank Dowsing F. Dowsing	RB	5'10"	185	SR
86	Glenn Ellis G. Ellis	TE	6'1"	232	SR
67	Bill Enis B. Enis	OL	6'1"	210	SR
12	Ronnie Everett R. Everett	RB	6'0"	183	JR
18	Rockey Felker R. Felker	QB	6'0"	182	SO
92	Larry Fike L. Fike	DL	6'1"	191	SO
78	Greg Fountain G. Fountain	OL	6'3"	225	JR
35	Steve Freeman S. Freeman	RB	6'0"	175	SO
49	Wade Garvin W. Garvin	LB	6'0"	201	SO
54	Tommy Gatlin T. Gatlin	LB	6'1"	221	SO
48	Robert Gilbert R. Gilbert		5'9"	186	SO
44	Jerry Grantham J. Grantham	RB	5'11"	175	SO
60	Larry Greenlee L. Greenlee		5'11"	235	JR
64	Leroy Gregg L. Gregg	DL	6'4"	231	SO
41	Lewis Grubbs L. Grubbs	RB	5'11"	181	SR
84	Jack Hall J. Hall	DL	6'2"	201	SR
93	James Harris J. Harris		6'2"	230	SO
39	David Hine D. Hine	FB	6'1"	192	SR
90	Barry Holder B. Holder	DL	6'0"	225	SO
46	Keith Holley K. Holley		6'1"	197	SO
96	Gram Hopkins G. Hopkins		6'1"	235	SO
68	Cliff Inman C. Inman	OL	6'1"	232	SO
94	Buster Jennings B. Jennings	LB	5'11"	219	SO
76	Jery Johnston J. Johnston	OL	6'6"	215	JR
42	Ronny Jones R. Jones	RB	6'1"	182	SR
32	Wayne Jones W. Jones	FB	5'11"	208	JR
81	David Josey D. Josey	TE	6'1"	199	SO
95	Howard Lewis H. Lewis	LB	6'3"	196	SO
26	Bubba Lott B. Lott	RB	6'2"	173	SO
45	Don Magee D. Magee		5'11"	189	SR
98	Larry McCollough L. McCollough	DL	6'0"	210	SO
38	Dick McElroy D. McElroy	FB	6'0"	204	SR
74	Larry Mcknight L. Mcknight	OL	6'3"	249	JR
25	Chris Michael C. Michael	RB	6'1"	185	SO
80	Harold Miller H. Miller	WR	6'2"	168	SO
19	Mike Monaghan M. Monaghan	QB	6'0"	179	SO
47	Stan Murray S. Murray	RB	6'0"	172	SO
11	Bob Parks B. Parks	QB	5'10"	165	SO
59	Mike Patrick M. Patrick	LB	6'0"	211	SO
31	Emile Petro E. Petro	DB	6'0"	171	SR
28	Bob Phares B. Phares	FB	5'11"	201	SR
36	Ken Phares K. Phares	RB	6'1"	183	SR
88	Jack Rickman J. Rickman	TE	6'1"	217	SO
57	Louis Saab L. Saab	OL	5'9"	185	SO
55	Barry Scott B. Scott	OL	6'4"	245	SO
6	Lanny Sheffield L. Sheffield	DB	6'2"	187	JR
23	James Smith J. Smith	FB	5'8"	188	SO
43	Billy Southward B. Southward		6'1"	208	SR
87	Tommy Strahan T. Strahan	WR	5'11"	172	JR
17	David Straus D. Straus	QB	5'11"	200	SR
33	Keith Temple K. Temple	LB	6'1"	235	SO
66	Larry Thompson L. Thompson	OL	6'2"	224	SO
65	Jim Touchet J. Touchet	OL	6'3"	231	SO
73	Bobby Walden B. Walden		6'4"	243	SO
5	Anthony Walker A. Walker	RB	5'9"	165	SR
91	Ricky Walker R. Walker		6'0"	214	SO
51	Gene Wardlaw G. Wardlaw	OL	6'3"	228	SR
70	Jimmy Rogers Webb J. Rogers Webb		6'5"	226	SO
62	Danny West D. West	OL	6'1"	231	JR
56	Mike West M. West	OL	5'10"	215	SO
58	Bill Wilkerson B. Wilkerson	LB	6'0"	195	SO
53	Charles Wright C. Wright	LB	6'2"	201	SO
61	Mike Younger M. Younger		6'3"	223	SO

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CFB 2026 Leaders

Pass Yards Leaders

2,604

Atkinson

2,326

Mestemaker

2,303

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

Umanmielen

9.0

Osunsanmi

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

317.9

Sack Leaders

34.0

33.0

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