North Carolina Tar Heels

1961 Roster

NO.	NAME	POS	HEIGHT	WEIGHT	CLASS
20	Jim Addison J. Addison	OL	5'8"	180	JR
65	Jim Alderman J. Alderman	OL	5'11"	210	SO
30	Lenny Beck L. Beck	RB	6'1"	194	SR
15	George Boutselis G. Boutselis	QB	5'11"	190	SO
24	Tom Brooks T. Brooks	RB	5'10"	165	SO
68	Jerry Cabe J. Cabe	OL	5'10"	198	SO
53	Rowland Carey R. Carey	OL	6'1"	198	SO
29	Gib Carson G. Carson	RB	5'11"	192	SR
83	Bob Cowles B. Cowles	TE	6'2"	192	SO
44	Buddy Cozart B. Cozart	FB	6'0"	195	SO
52	Joe Craver J. Craver	OL	6'1"	218	JR
43	Joe Davies J. Davies	FB	6'0"	205	SR
14	Junior Edge J. Edge	QB	6'0"	205	SO
42	Bob Elliott B. Elliott	FB	6'1"	210	SR
73	Vic Esposito V. Esposito	OL	6'1"	218	SO
12	Ray Farris R. Farris	QB	5'11"	185	SR
10	John Flournoy J. Flournoy	QB	5'9"	175	JR
69	Bruce Greene B. Greene	OL	6'0"	201	SO
66	Duff Greene D. Greene	OL	5'11"	201	JR
81	John Hammett J. Hammett	TE	5'10"	200	SO
71	John Hegarty J. Hegarty	OL	6'3"	225	SR
76	Tony Hennessey T. Hennessey	OL	6'3"	255	JR
82	George Knox G. Knox	TE	6'0"	192	SR
85	Bob Lacey B. Lacey	TE	6'3"	205	SO
63	Jim LeCompte J. LeCompte	OL	6'2"	222	SR
62	Sam Loflin S. Loflin	OL	5'8"	212	SR
17	Ward Marslender W. Marslender	RB	5'11"	182	JR
21	Joe McLamb J. McLamb	OL	5'10"	191	SO
61	Benton McMillan B. McMillan	OL	6'1"	213	JR
77	Jim Naughton J. Naughton	OL	6'2"	225	SO
87	Jim Ray J. Ray	TE	6'0"	192	SO
80	John Runco J. Runco	TE	5'11"	195	JR
33	Milt Saffelle M. Saffelle	RB	5'10"	181	SR
75	Steve Serenko S. Serenko	OL	6'0"	200	SO
34	Gene Shuford G. Shuford	RB	5'11"	183	JR
72	Jim Shumate J. Shumate	OL	6'2"	226	SR
70	Gene Sigmon G. Sigmon	OL	6'2"	210	SO
84	Conrad Sloop C. Sloop	TE	5'11"	207	SR
35	Roger Smith R. Smith	RB	5'10"	191	SO
74	Henry Taylor H. Taylor	OL	5'11"	197	SR
67	Jack Tillery J. Tillery	OL	5'10"	185	JR
51	Gary Truver G. Truver	OL	5'11"	188	SR
88	Dana Wellman D. Wellman	TE	6'1"	187	SO
86	Steve Yates S. Yates	TE	5'11"	191	JR
54	Bob Zaback B. Zaback	OL	6'1"	212	JR

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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