Northwestern Wildcats

1945 Roster

NO.	NAME	POS	HEIGHT	WEIGHT
74	Bob Acheson B. Acheson	OL	6'4"	190
44	Bruce Bairstow B. Bairstow	RB	5'8"	160
26	John Barron J. Barron	QB	6'0"	185
19	Dick Conners D. Conners	RB	5'9"	175
64	Lawrence Cullin L. Cullin	OL	5'10"	195
57	James Curtis J. Curtis	OL	6'0"	175
61	Francis DePauw F. DePauw	OL	5'10"	185
67	Archie Eddy A. Eddy	OL	5'10"	225
27	James Farrar J. Farrar	QB	6'0"	180
16	Roger Geier R. Geier	RB	6'0"	160
78	Jack Gilmore J. Gilmore	OL	6'0"	200
82	Stanley Gorski S. Gorski	TE	6'1"	185
75	Charles Hagmann C. Hagmann	OL	6'0"	178
79	Westi Hansen W. Hansen	OL	6'3"	218
66	Robert Holmes R. Holmes	OL	5'11"	187
41	Ted Kemp T. Kemp	RB	5'8"	155
48	Arthur Korte A. Korte	RB	6'0"	170
22	Don Laser D. Laser	QB	5'7"	167
72	James Lecture J. Lecture	OL	5'11"	216
83	John Mazarek J. Mazarek	TE	6'2"	195
43	Robert McKinley R. McKinley	RB	6'0"	170
52	Ray Miller R. Miller	OL	6'0"	190
85	Max Morris M. Morris	TE	6'2"	195
40	Hap Murphey H. Murphey	RB	5'11"	170
69	Roland Neils R. Neils	OL	6'0"	190
18	Ed Parsegian E. Parsegian	RB	5'10"	185
55	Duane Peterson D. Peterson	OL	6'1"	185
50	Robert Piros R. Piros	OL	5'11"	182
80	Frank Reynolds F. Reynolds	TE	6'2"	182
81	Robert Roper R. Roper	TE	6'7"	200
71	James Ryan J. Ryan	OL	6'1"	210
84	Robert Schmidt R. Schmidt	TE	6'0"	180
68	Paul Schuetz P. Schuetz	OL	5'10"	190
62	Emil Steeke E. Steeke	OL	5'7"	180
31	William Steele W. Steele	FB	5'11"	165
65	Herman Stegen H. Stegen	OL	5'10"	190
37	William Travers W. Travers	FB	6'0"	185
89	Gerald Vick G. Vick	TE	6'4"	210
76	Albert Weller A. Weller	OL	6'3"	205
45	Donald Whan D. Whan	RB	5'11"	175
12	Dick Wilinski D. Wilinski	RB	5'9"	165
86	Ken Wiltgen K. Wiltgen	TE	6'1"	175

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CFB 2026 Leaders

Pass Yards Leaders

896

Maiava

795

Stokes

794

Alejado

Rush Yards Leaders

375

Carter

374

Sheppard

319

Bates

Rec Yards Leaders

376

Legree

333

Duff

330

Toney

Pass TD Leaders

10

Maiava

9

Hejny

8

Weaver

Rush TD Leaders

6

Carter

6

Knight

5

Baugh

Rec TD Leaders

5

Duff

5

Dixon

5

Becker

QB Rating Leaders

284.5

Stockton

271.7

Mensah

243.9

Jennings

Sack Leaders

5.0

Umanmielen

4.0

Lewis

4.0

Lester

CFB 2026 Rankings

PPG Rankings

66.5

61.0

59.0

58.5

55.0

54.5

Opp PPG Rankings

4.5

5.0

5.5

6.5

Total Yards Rankings

702.5

620.5

586.0

576.5

573.5

569.0

Rush Yards Rankings

394.0

376.0

341.5

336.0

319.0

314.0

Pass Yards Rankings

442.0

427.0

396.5

358.0

356.0

346.0

Sack Leaders

12.0

11.0

10.0

9.0

CFB 2026 Standings

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

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

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

	Pac-12	W	L	PCT
1	Colorado State	2	0	1.000
2	Boise State	1	1	.500
3	Fresno State	1	1	.500
4	San Diego State	1	1	.500
5	Oregon State	0	2	.000
6	Texas State	0	2	.000
7	Utah State	0	2	.000
8	Washington State	0	2	.000

	Mid-American	W	L	PCT
1	Eastern Michigan	1	2	.333
2	UMass	2	0	1.000
3	Akron	1	1	.500
4	Ball State	1	1	.500
5	Buffalo	1	1	.500
6	Central Michigan	1	1	.500
7	Kent State	1	1	.500
8	Miami (OH)	1	1	.500
9	Ohio	1	1	.500
10	Toledo	1	1	.500
11	Western Michigan	1	1	.500
12	Bowling Green	0	2	.000
13	Sacramento State	1	2	.333

	Atlantic Coast	W	L	PCT
1	Miami	2	0	1.000
2	SMU	2	0	1.000
3	Virginia	2	0	1.000
4	California	1	1	.500
5	Duke	2	0	1.000
6	North Carolina	2	0	1.000
7	Pittsburgh	2	0	1.000
8	Virginia Tech	2	0	1.000
9	Wake Forest	2	0	1.000
10	Boston College	1	1	.500
11	Clemson	1	1	.500
12	Louisville	1	1	.500
13	Georgia Tech	0	2	.000
14	Florida State	1	1	.500
15	NC State	1	1	.500
16	Stanford	1	1	.500
17	Syracuse	1	1	.500

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

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

	Big 10	W	L	PCT
1	USC	3	0	1.000
2	Indiana	2	0	1.000
3	Iowa	2	0	1.000
4	Maryland	2	0	1.000
5	Michigan	2	0	1.000
6	Michigan State	2	0	1.000
7	Nebraska	2	0	1.000
8	Penn State	2	0	1.000
9	UCLA	2	0	1.000
10	Washington	2	0	1.000
11	Northwestern	1	0	1.000
12	Illinois	1	1	.500
13	Minnesota	1	1	.500
14	Ohio State	1	1	.500
15	Oregon	1	1	.500
16	Purdue	1	1	.500
17	Wisconsin	1	1	.500
18	Rutgers	0	2	.000

	Conference USA	W	L	PCT
1	Delaware	1	1	.500
2	Florida International	1	1	.500
3	Kennesaw State	1	1	.500
4	Liberty	1	1	.500
5	Middle Tennessee	1	1	.500
6	Missouri State	1	1	.500
7	Jacksonville State	1	2	.333
8	New Mexico State	1	2	.333
9	Sam Houston	0	2	.000
10	Western Kentucky	0	2	.000

	Mountain West	W	L	PCT
1	North Dakota State	3	0	1.000
2	UNLV	1	2	.333
3	New Mexico	2	0	1.000
4	San Jose State	2	1	.667
5	Nevada	1	1	.500
6	UTEP	1	1	.500
7	Wyoming	1	1	.500
8	Northern Illinois	0	2	.000
9	Air Force	1	1	.500
10	Hawai'i	1	2	.333