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Nebraska Cornhuskers

1961 Roster

NO.NAMEPOSHEIGHTWEIGHTCLASSBIRTHPLACE
63
Corwin Bishop
C. Bishop
OL
6'3"
205
SO
22
Ernie Bonistall
E. Bonistall
QB
6'2"
188
JR
70
Robert Brown
R. Brown
OL
6'4"
245
SO
64
Ulysses Brown
U. Brown
OL
5'9"
186
SO
80
Richard Callahan
R. Callahan
TE
5'11"
181
SO
62
Dwain Carlson
D. Carlson
OL
6'2"
189
JR
44
Patrick Clare
P. Clare
RB
6'0"
190
SR
24
Dennis Claridge
D. Claridge
QB
6'2"
196
SO
41
Bernie Clay
B. Clay
RB
190
JR
73
Archie Cobb
A. Cobb
OL
6'4"
244
JR
33
William Comstock
W. Comstock
FB
6'2"
189
JR
81
Charles Doepke
C. Doepke
TE
183
SO
87
Larry Donovan
L. Donovan
TE
6'0"
176
JR
53
Duncan Drum
D. Drum
OL
6'0"
202
SO
61
Dallas Dyer
D. Dyer
OL
5'9"
181
SR
21
John Faiman
J. Faiman
QB
6'2"
192
JR
76
Allen Richard Fischer
A. Richard Fischer
OL
6'0"
217
JR
86
Pat Fischer
P. Fischer
TE
6'2"
194
SO
55
Chuck Garner
C. Garner
OL
6'0"
181
SO
23
Ron Gilbreath
R. Gilbreath
QB
6'0"
176
SO
47
Ronald Griesse
R. Griesse
OL
5'11"
184
SO
50
George Haney
G. Haney
OL
226
SR
85
James Huge
J. Huge
TE
6'0"
184
JR
69
LaVane Johnson
L. Johnson
OL
5'10"
196
SO
12
Rudy Johnson
R. Johnson
RB
5'11"
184
SO
74
Robert Jones
R. Jones
OL
6'2"
206
JR
77
Monte Kiffin
M. Kiffin
OL
6'3"
217
SO
68
John Kirby
J. Kirby
OL
6'3"
221
SO
75
Larry Kramer
L. Kramer
OL
207
SO
10
Jim Little
J. Little
QB
5'10"
173
SO
32
Noel Martin
N. Martin
FB
5'11"
192
SR
89
Richard McDaniel
R. McDaniel
TE
6'2"
204
SR
20
Ron Meade
R. Meade
QB
6'0"
172
SR
54
Ron Michka
R. Michka
OL
6'0"
211
JR
72
Ed Mitchell
E. Mitchell
OL
6'4"
245
SO
35
Steve Olsen
S. Olsen
FB
5'7"
177
SO
78
Clarence Osentowski
C. Osentowski
OL
6'0"
234
SO
15
Warren Powers
W. Powers
RB
6'0"
181
JR
82
Donald Purcell
D. Purcell
TE
194
SR
65
Tyrone Robertson
T. Robertson
OL
5'11"
203
JR
66
Jed Rood
J. Rood
OL
6'0"
187
JR
17
Willie Ross
W. Ross
RB
5'11"
192
SO
88
Patrick Salerno
P. Salerno
TE
189
SR
52
Lyle Sittler
L. Sittler
OL
6'0"
206
SO
42
Maynard Smidt
M. Smidt
RB
6'0"
176
SO
79
Donald Stevenson
D. Stevenson
OL
6'3"
260
JR
16
Dennis Stuewe
D. Stuewe
RB
6'0"
179
JR
43
Cal Stukel
C. Stukel
RB
5'10"
176
SO
30
Bill Thornton
B. Thornton
RB
6'0"
191
JR
51
Mick Tingelhoff
M. Tingelhoff
OL
210
SR
83
Larry Tomlinson
L. Tomlinson
TE
195
JR
67
Gary Toogood
G. Toogood
OL
6'2"
206
SR
71
Lloyd Voss
L. Voss
OL
6'3"
214
SO
45
Gene Ward
G. Ward
FB
5'10"
183
SR
48
Pete Williams
P. Williams
OL
5'10"
191
SO
31
Gene Young
G. Young
FB
6'2"
208
SO

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594.3

LSU

586.0

South Carolina

573.5

Florida

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SMU

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Rush Yards Rankings
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Navy

376.0

South Carolina

341.5

Cincinnati

336.0

Air Force

319.0

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Oregon State

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LSU

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CFB 2026 Standings

SoutheasternWLPCT
1
Alabama Alabama
2
0
1.000
2
Auburn Auburn
2
0
1.000
3
Florida Florida
2
0
1.000
4
Georgia Georgia
3
0
1.000
5
LSU LSU
2
0
1.000
6
Mississippi State Mississippi State
2
0
1.000
7
Missouri Missouri
2
0
1.000
8
Ole Miss Ole Miss
2
0
1.000
9
South Carolina South Carolina
2
0
1.000
10
Tennessee Tennessee
2
0
1.000
11
Texas Texas
2
0
1.000
12
Texas A&M Texas A&M
2
0
1.000
13
Vanderbilt Vanderbilt
3
0
1.000
14
Arkansas Arkansas
1
2
.333
15
Oklahoma Oklahoma
1
1
.500
16
Kentucky Kentucky
1
1
.500
Sun BeltWLPCT
1
Appalachian State Appalachian State
2
0
1.000
2
Troy Troy
2
0
1.000
3
Georgia State Georgia State
2
0
1.000
4
James Madison James Madison
2
0
1.000
5
Arkansas State Arkansas State
1
1
.500
6
Coastal Carolina Coastal Carolina
1
2
.333
7
Georgia Southern Georgia Southern
1
1
.500
8
Louisiana Louisiana
1
1
.500
9
Louisiana Tech Louisiana Tech
1
1
.500
10
Marshall Marshall
1
1
.500
11
Old Dominion Old Dominion
1
1
.500
12
South Alabama South Alabama
1
1
.500
13
Southern Miss Southern Miss
1
1
.500
14
Louisiana-Monroe Louisiana-Monroe
0
2
.000
Pac-12WLPCT
1
Colorado State Colorado State
2
0
1.000
2
Boise State Boise State
1
1
.500
3
Fresno State Fresno State
1
1
.500
4
San Diego State San Diego State
1
1
.500
5
Oregon State Oregon State
0
2
.000
6
Texas State Texas State
1
2
.333
7
Utah State Utah State
0
2
.000
8
Washington State Washington State
0
2
.000
Mid-AmericanWLPCT
1
Eastern Michigan Eastern Michigan
1
3
.250
2
UMass UMass
2
0
1.000
3
Akron Akron
1
2
.333
4
Ball State Ball State
1
1
.500
5
Buffalo Buffalo
1
2
.333
6
Central Michigan Central Michigan
2
1
.667
7
Kent State Kent State
1
2
.333
8
Miami (OH) Miami (OH)
1
1
.500
9
Ohio Ohio
1
1
.500
10
Toledo Toledo
1
1
.500
11
Western Michigan Western Michigan
1
1
.500
12
Bowling Green Bowling Green
0
3
.000
13
Sacramento State Sacramento State
1
2
.333
Atlantic CoastWLPCT
1
Miami Miami
3
0
1.000
2
Pittsburgh Pittsburgh
3
0
1.000
3
SMU SMU
2
0
1.000
4
Virginia Virginia
2
0
1.000
5
California California
1
1
.500
6
Duke Duke
2
0
1.000
7
North Carolina North Carolina
2
0
1.000
8
Virginia Tech Virginia Tech
2
0
1.000
9
Boston College Boston College
2
1
.667
10
Clemson Clemson
1
1
.500
11
Louisville Louisville
1
1
.500
12
Georgia Tech Georgia Tech
1
2
.333
13
Wake Forest Wake Forest
2
1
.667
14
Florida State Florida State
1
1
.500
15
NC State NC State
1
2
.333
16
Stanford Stanford
1
1
.500
17
Syracuse Syracuse
1
2
.333
IndependentWLPCT
1
Notre Dame Notre Dame
2
0
1.000
2
UConn UConn
1
1
.500
American AthleticWLPCT
1
South Florida South Florida
2
0
1.000
2
Florida Atlantic Florida Atlantic
1
1
.500
3
Tulsa Tulsa
2
0
1.000
4
UTSA UTSA
2
0
1.000
5
Memphis Memphis
2
1
.667
6
North Texas North Texas
1
2
.333
7
Rice Rice
1
1
.500
8
Temple Temple
1
1
.500
9
Tulane Tulane
1
2
.333
10
UAB UAB
1
1
.500
11
Charlotte Charlotte
0
2
.000
12
East Carolina East Carolina
0
2
.000
13
Army Army
1
1
.500
14
Navy Navy
1
1
.500
Big 10WLPCT
1
USC USC
3
0
1.000
2
Indiana Indiana
2
0
1.000
3
Iowa Iowa
2
0
1.000
4
Maryland Maryland
2
0
1.000
5
Michigan Michigan
2
0
1.000
6
Michigan State Michigan State
2
0
1.000
7
Nebraska Nebraska
2
0
1.000
8
Penn State Penn State
3
0
1.000
9
UCLA UCLA
2
0
1.000
10
Washington Washington
2
0
1.000
11
Oregon Oregon
2
1
.667
12
Northwestern Northwestern
1
0
1.000
13
Illinois Illinois
2
1
.667
14
Minnesota Minnesota
2
1
.667
15
Ohio State Ohio State
2
1
.667
16
Purdue Purdue
1
1
.500
17
Wisconsin Wisconsin
2
1
.667
18
Rutgers Rutgers
0
2
.000
Big 12WLPCT
1
Texas Tech Texas Tech
3
0
1.000
2
BYU BYU
2
0
1.000
3
Cincinnati Cincinnati
2
0
1.000
4
Colorado Colorado
2
0
1.000
5
Kansas State Kansas State
3
0
1.000
6
Utah Utah
2
0
1.000
7
West Virginia West Virginia
2
0
1.000
8
Arizona State Arizona State
2
1
.667
9
Baylor Baylor
1
1
.500
10
Iowa State Iowa State
2
1
.667
11
Kansas Kansas
1
2
.333
12
Oklahoma State Oklahoma State
1
1
.500
13
TCU TCU
1
1
.500
14
UCF UCF
1
1
.500
15
Houston Houston
2
1
.667
16
Arizona Arizona
1
1
.500
Conference USAWLPCT
1
Delaware Delaware
2
1
.667
2
Florida International Florida International
1
1
.500
3
Kennesaw State Kennesaw State
1
1
.500
4
Liberty Liberty
1
1
.500
5
Middle Tennessee Middle Tennessee
1
1
.500
6
Missouri State Missouri State
1
1
.500
7
Jacksonville State Jacksonville State
1
2
.333
8
New Mexico State New Mexico State
1
2
.333
9
Sam Houston Sam Houston
0
2
.000
10
Western Kentucky Western Kentucky
0
2
.000
Mountain WestWLPCT
1
North Dakota State North Dakota State
3
0
1.000
2
UNLV UNLV
1
2
.333
3
New Mexico New Mexico
2
0
1.000
4
San Jose State San Jose State
2
1
.667
5
Nevada Nevada
1
1
.500
6
UTEP UTEP
1
1
.500
7
Wyoming Wyoming
1
2
.333
8
Northern Illinois Northern Illinois
0
2
.000
9
Air Force Air Force
1
1
.500
10
Hawai'i Hawai'i
1
2
.333

CFB 2026 Scores & Schedule

Scores

DATEMATCHUPSCORE
Sat
8/29
UNC UNC
@
TCU TCU
15-10
Sat
8/29
SJSU SJSU
@
USC USC
26-42
Sat
8/29
JVST JVST
@
NDSU NDSU
7-33
Sat
8/29
NMSU NMSU
@
FSU FSU
17-34
Thu
9/3
MASS MASS
@
RUTG RUTG
37-21

Schedule

DATEMATCHUPTIME (ET)
Sat
9/19
CHAR CHAR
@
APP APP
6:00 PM
Sat
9/19
FIU FIU
@
FAU FAU
6:00 PM
Sat
9/19
ECU ECU
@
ODU ODU
6:00 PM
Sat
9/19
MRSH MRSH
@
MOSU MOSU
6:30 PM
Sat
9/19
FLA FLA
@
AUB AUB
7:00 PM