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

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CFB 2026 Leaders

Pass Yards Leaders

1,499

Maiava

1,453

Jennings

1,423

Atkinson

Rush Yards Leaders

644

Sheppard

600

Baugh

592

Riley

Rec Yards Leaders

617

Smith

585

Legree

564

Toney

Pass TD Leaders

14

Taylor

14

Mensah

14

Maiava

Rush TD Leaders

11

Baugh

9

Hawkins

9

Knight

Rec TD Leaders

7

Duff

7

Dixon

7

Smith

QB Rating Leaders

228.2

Mensah

209.1

Stockton

204.6

Hoover

Sack Leaders

7.0

Simmons

7.0

Umanmielen

6.5

Hopkins

CFB 2026 Rankings

PPG Rankings

54.8

53.5

51.8

48.0

47.5

45.0

Opp PPG Rankings

8.0

8.3

8.5

9.0

9.8

10.3

Total Yards Rankings

588.8

550.8

548.3

533.3

532.8

523.8

Rush Yards Rankings

355.7

333.7

294.8

281.5

281.3

Pass Yards Rankings

392.5

365.3

365.0

361.3

347.3

347.0

Sack Leaders

18.0

17.0

15.0

CFB 2026 Standings

	Southeastern	W	L	PCT
1	Alabama	4	0	1.000
2	Florida	4	0	1.000
3	Georgia	4	0	1.000
4	Mississippi State	4	0	1.000
5	Texas	4	0	1.000
6	Ole Miss	3	1	.750
7	Auburn	3	1	.750
8	Kentucky	3	1	.750
9	LSU	3	1	.750
10	Missouri	3	1	.750
11	Tennessee	3	1	.750
12	Vanderbilt	3	1	.750
13	Arkansas	2	2	.500
14	Oklahoma	2	2	.500
15	South Carolina	2	2	.500
16	Texas A&M	2	2	.500

	Pac-12	W	L	PCT
1	Boise State	3	1	.750
2	Fresno State	3	1	.750
3	Colorado State	2	2	.500
4	Oregon State	2	2	.500
5	Texas State	2	2	.500
6	San Diego State	1	3	.250
7	Utah State	1	3	.250
8	Washington State	1	3	.250

	Big 10	W	L	PCT
1	UCLA	4	0	1.000
2	Indiana	4	0	1.000
3	Iowa	4	0	1.000
4	Nebraska	4	0	1.000
5	Minnesota	3	1	.750
6	Ohio State	3	1	.750
7	Oregon	3	1	.750
8	Wisconsin	3	1	.750
9	USC	4	1	.800
10	Michigan	3	1	.750
11	Penn State	3	1	.750
12	Washington	3	1	.750
13	Northwestern	2	1	.667
14	Illinois	2	2	.500
15	Maryland	2	2	.500
16	Michigan State	2	2	.500
17	Purdue	1	3	.250
18	Rutgers	1	3	.250

	Big 12	W	L	PCT
1	Cincinnati	4	0	1.000
2	Texas Tech	4	0	1.000
3	Utah	4	0	1.000
4	BYU	3	0	1.000
5	Baylor	3	1	.750
6	Oklahoma State	3	1	.750
7	UCF	3	1	.750
8	Arizona State	2	1	.667
9	Arizona	3	1	.750
10	Houston	3	1	.750
11	Kansas State	3	1	.750
12	West Virginia	3	1	.750
13	Colorado	2	2	.500
14	Iowa State	2	2	.500
15	TCU	2	2	.500
16	Kansas	1	2	.333

	Mid-American	W	L	PCT
1	UMass	4	0	1.000
2	Kent State	2	2	.500
3	Eastern Michigan	2	3	.400
4	Toledo	3	1	.750
5	Buffalo	2	2	.500
6	Central Michigan	2	2	.500
7	Miami (OH)	2	2	.500
8	Ohio	2	2	.500
9	Western Michigan	2	2	.500
10	Akron	1	3	.250
11	Bowling Green	0	4	.000
12	Ball State	1	3	.250
13	Sacramento State	1	4	.200

	Atlantic Coast	W	L	PCT
1	Miami	4	0	1.000
2	Clemson	3	1	.750
3	Duke	4	0	1.000
4	Pittsburgh	4	0	1.000
5	Virginia Tech	4	0	1.000
6	Virginia	3	1	.750
7	Wake Forest	3	1	.750
8	Louisville	2	2	.500
9	SMU	3	1	.750
10	California	2	2	.500
11	Stanford	2	2	.500
12	North Carolina	2	1	.667
13	Boston College	2	2	.500
14	Florida State	2	2	.500
15	NC State	2	2	.500
16	Georgia Tech	1	3	.250
17	Syracuse	1	2	.333

	Independent	W	L	PCT
1	Notre Dame	4	0	1.000
2	UConn	2	2	.500

	American Athletic	W	L	PCT
1	South Florida	4	0	1.000
2	Florida Atlantic	3	1	.750
3	UAB	2	2	.500
4	Army	2	1	.667
5	Memphis	3	1	.750
6	Tulsa	3	1	.750
7	UTSA	3	1	.750
8	East Carolina	2	2	.500
9	North Texas	2	2	.500
10	Tulane	2	2	.500
11	Rice	1	3	.250
12	Charlotte	0	4	.000
13	Temple	1	3	.250
14	Navy	1	2	.333

	Conference USA	W	L	PCT
1	Jacksonville State	3	2	.600
2	Liberty	3	1	.750
3	Delaware	2	2	.500
4	Florida International	2	2	.500
5	Kennesaw State	1	3	.250
6	Missouri State	1	3	.250
7	New Mexico State	1	3	.250
8	Sam Houston	1	3	.250
9	Western Kentucky	1	3	.250
10	Middle Tennessee	2	2	.500

	Sun Belt	W	L	PCT
1	James Madison	4	0	1.000
2	Louisiana	3	1	.750
3	Appalachian State	3	1	.750
4	South Alabama	2	2	.500
5	Georgia State	3	1	.750
6	Marshall	3	1	.750
7	Arkansas State	2	2	.500
8	Troy	2	2	.500
9	Georgia Southern	1	3	.250
10	Louisiana Tech	1	2	.333
11	Southern Miss	1	3	.250
12	Coastal Carolina	1	3	.250
13	Old Dominion	1	3	.250
14	Louisiana-Monroe	0	4	.000

	Mountain West	W	L	PCT
1	North Dakota State	4	0	1.000
2	UNLV	2	2	.500
3	Wyoming	2	2	.500
4	Air Force	2	1	.667
5	New Mexico	3	1	.750
6	San Jose State	2	2	.500
7	UTEP	1	3	.250
8	Northern Illinois	0	4	.000
9	Nevada	1	3	.250
10	Hawai'i	1	3	.250