Nebraska Cornhuskers

1953 Roster

NO.	NAME	POS	HEIGHT	WEIGHT	CLASS
	Nick Adduci N. Adduci	FB
77	Quinlyn Anderson Q. Anderson	OL	6'3"	200	SO
14	John Bordogna J. Bordogna	RB	5'9"	180	SR
81	Jack Braley J. Braley	TE	6'2"	180	SO
62	Don Brandt D. Brandt	OL		180	SO
54	Ted Britt T. Britt	OL		195	SR
20	Dan Brown D. Brown	QB		185	JR
64	Charles Bryant C. Bryant	OL	6'0"	185	JR
18	Jim Cederdahl J. Cederdahl	RB	5'10"	180	JR
44	George Cifra G. Cifra	FB	6'0"	205	JR
	Ron Clark R. Clark	RB
15	Ladd Cochrane L. Cochrane	RB		190	SO
70	Ted Connor T. Connor	OL	6'4"	220	SR
16	John Edwards J. Edwards	FB	5'11"	195	SO
73	Pev Evans P. Evans	OL		215	JR
13	Rex Fischer R. Fischer	RB	5'8"	160	SO
75	Larry Gallion L. Gallion	OL	6'3"	200	SO
79	Don Glantz D. Glantz	OL		215	JR
23	George Gohde G. Gohde	QB	6'0"	180	SR
71	Harvey Goth H. Goth	OL		190	SR
69	Demas Griess D. Griess	OL	6'0"	200	JR
22	Sylvester Harris S. Harris	FB		195	SO
80	William Hawkins W. Hawkins	TE	6'2"	190	SO
84	Don Hewitt D. Hewitt	TE	6'2"	195	JR
72	William Holloran W. Holloran	OL	6'0"	215	JR
11	Max Kennedy M. Kennedy	RB	5'9"	160	SR
74	Max Kitzelman M. Kitzelman	OL	6'4"	230	JR
30	Dennis Korinek D. Korinek	RB	5'9"	172	JR
67	Jerry Korisko J. Korisko	OL	5'10"	180	SO
68	Tom Kripal T. Kripal	OL	5'10"	200	JR
27	Gale Lair G. Lair	OL	6'0"	190	SO
89	Andy Loehr A. Loehr	TE	5'10"	180	JR
86	Dean Lux D. Lux	TE	6'4"	190	SO
61	John Machisic J. Machisic	OL	6'0"	200	SR
21	Jon McWilliams J. McWilliams	RB	6'0"	185	SO
76	Jerry Minnick J. Minnick	OL	6'4"	220	SR
24	Kenneth Moore K. Moore	QB		200	JR
78	Richard Moore R. Moore	OL	6'3"	190	SO
51	Richard Neal R. Neal	OL	6'2"	215	SO
82	LaVerne Neumann L. Neumann	TE	6'2"	195	SO
17	Ray Novak R. Novak	FB	6'3"	215	SR
53	Bob Oberlin B. Oberlin	OL		200	JR
50	Jim Oliver J. Oliver	OL	6'0"	200	SR
63	Jerry Paulson J. Paulson	OL	6'0"	194	SR
55	Doran Post D. Post	OL	6'0"	170	SO
52	Ron Ramsey R. Ramsey	OL	6'2"	190	SO
25	Duane Rankin D. Rankin	QB		185	JR
19	Franklin Reeves F. Reeves	RB	6'0"	175	SO
83	Ken Reiners K. Reiners	TE	6'2"	193	JR
10	Dirkes Rolston D. Rolston	RB	5'6"	170	JR
43	Leonard Rosen L. Rosen	OL	6'0"	215	SO
85	Bill Schabacker B. Schabacker	TE		180	SR
	Bob Smith B. Smith	RB
41	Robert Smith R. Smith	RB	5'10"	190	JR
66	Harold Sorenson H. Sorenson	OL	5'10"	180	SO
12	Bill Thayer B. Thayer	RB	5'11"	170	JR
26	Don Trauthen D. Trauthen	QB	6'0"	180	SO
65	Bob Wagner B. Wagner	OL	6'0"	195	JR
88	Ralph Weddle R. Weddle	TE	6'3"	205	SO
87	Jerry Yeager J. Yeager	TE	5'10"	175	SR
33	Jim Yeisley J. Yeisley	FB		185	JR

CFB 2025 Leaders

Pass Yards Leaders

4,379

Mestemaker

3,973

Mensah

3,937

Chambliss

Rush Yards Leaders

1,661

Cook

1,649

Hardy

1,567

Lacy

Rec Yards Leaders

1,291

Scudero

1,276

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

246.9

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

Nebraska Cornhuskers

1953 Roster

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1,649

1,567

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