Northwestern Wildcats

1947 Roster

NO.	NAME	POS	HEIGHT	WEIGHT	CLASS
22	Frank Aschenbernner F. Aschenbernner	RB	5'10"	189	JR
78	Paul Barkal P. Barkal	OL	6'2"	225	JR
21	Donald Burson D. Burson	QB	5'11"	165	SO
69	Jerry Carle J. Carle	OL	5'11"	195	SR
88	Litt Clark L. Clark	TE	5'11"	190	SO
60	Lawrence Day L. Day	OL	6'2"	215	SO
11	Loran Day L. Day	RB	6'1"	190	SO
61	Francis DePauw F. DePauw	OL	5'11"	194	JR
62	Vincent DiFrancesca V. DiFrancesca	OL	5'11"	210	SR
79	Richard Eggers R. Eggers	OL	6'0"	190	JR
30	Ralph Everist R. Everist	FB	6'0"	193	SR
26	James Farrar J. Farrar	QB	6'0"	180	SO
80	Donald Farrell D. Farrell	TE	6'2"	200	JR
73	Wiilliam Ford W. Ford	OL	5'11"	215	SO
71	Wiilliam Forman W. Forman	OL	6'1"	195	SO
82	Stanley Gorski S. Gorski	TE	6'2"	180	SR
32	Richey Graham R. Graham	FB	5'9"	185	JR
20	Lloyd Hawkinson L. Hawkinson	QB	6'0"	165	SO
76	Charles Hogmann C. Hogmann	OL	6'0"	185	SO
12	James Holland J. Holland	RB	5'11"	180	SO
58	David Kanyer D. Kanyer	OL	6'3"	210	JR
23	Pat Keefe P. Keefe	QB	6'0"	180	SO
68	Bernie Knauer B. Knauer	OL	6'1"	195	JR
40	Don Laser D. Laser	RB	5'9"	167	JR
63	Earl Lecture E. Lecture	OL	5'11"	217	SR
77	George Maddock G. Maddock	OL	6'5"	230	JR
24	John Malloy J. Malloy	QB	6'0"	182	SO
14	Jack Marley J. Marley	RB	6'0"	185	SO
64	Robert McAdams R. McAdams	OL	6'0"	180	SO
47	Jack McCartney J. McCartney	RB	5'10"	173	SO
52	David Mill D. Mill	OL	6'1"	185	SO
55	Ray Miller R. Miller	OL	6'0"	190	SR
10	Arthur Murakowski A. Murakowski	FB	6'0"	195	SO
67	Eddie Nemeth E. Nemeth	OL	5'9"	195	SO
90	Ray Oldach R. Oldach	OL	5'9"	195	JR
18	Ed Parsegian E. Parsegian	RB	5'8"	182	JR
92	James Parsegian J. Parsegian	OL	5'11"	180	SO
34	Gasper Perricone G. Perricone	FB	5'11"	200	SO
57	Richard Price R. Price	OL	6'0"	185	SO
33	Ralph Rossi R. Rossi	FB	5'11"	190	JR
54	Alex Sarkisian A. Sarkisian	OL	6'1"	215	JR
74	Steve Sawle S. Sawle	OL	6'2"	200	SO
70	Joe Sewell J. Sewell	OL	6'4"	210	SO
46	Jules Siegle J. Siegle	RB	6'2"	200	SR
95	Herman Stegen H. Stegen	OL	5'11"	190	SR
66	Lloyd Stoik L. Stoik	OL	5'10"	185	SO
83	Don Stonesifer D. Stonesifer	TE	5'11"	175	SO
99	Al Thomas A. Thomas	TE	6'1"	188	SO
15	Ed Tunnicliff E. Tunnicliff	RB	5'11"	165	SO
81	Alan Wierman A. Wierman	TE	6'2"	200	JR
86	Ed Wiltgen E. Wiltgen	TE	6'1"	180	SR
16	Tom Worthington T. Worthington	RB	6'0"	190	JR
25	John Yungwirth J. Yungwirth	QB	5'6"	175	JR
65	Nick Zelenick N. Zelenick	OL	6'0"	190	JR
85	Joe Zuravleff J. Zuravleff	TE	6'2"	190	SO

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CFB 2026 Leaders

Pass Yards Leaders

3,169

Atkinson

2,962

Mestemaker

2,880

Jackson

Rush Yards Leaders

1,241

Riley

1,193

White

1,189

Sheppard

Rec Yards Leaders

1,209

Legree

1,200

Smith

1,027

Toney

Pass TD Leaders

29

Mestemaker

28

Mensah

27

Veltkamp

Rush TD Leaders

19

Hawkins

18

Gutierrez

18

Hellums

Rec TD Leaders

14

Legree

14

Smith

13

Toney

QB Rating Leaders

190.8

Mensah

184.5

Sayin

180.8

Jennings

Sack Leaders

14.0

Bradley

11.0

Zock

10.5

Simmons

CFB 2026 Rankings

PPG Rankings

45.0

44.7

43.9

43.3

41.1

40.8

Opp PPG Rankings

10.9

11.9

12.2

12.4

13.0

13.6

Total Yards Rankings

535.4

533.6

517.0

516.6

514.0

504.1

Rush Yards Rankings

332.0

324.7

298.1

270.2

265.8

263.6

Pass Yards Rankings

370.4

343.8

339.1

325.3

324.9

322.9

Sack Leaders

39.0

37.0

36.0

32.0

31.0

CFB 2026 Standings

	Pac-12	W	L	PCT
1	Boise State	8	1	.889
2	Texas State	5	4	.556
3	Oregon State	5	4	.556
4	San Diego State	4	5	.444
5	Utah State	4	5	.444
6	Fresno State	5	4	.556
7	Colorado State	3	6	.333
8	Washington State	1	8	.111

	Big 10	W	L	PCT
1	UCLA	9	0	1.000
2	Indiana	8	1	.889
3	Oregon	6	3	.667
4	Ohio State	6	3	.667
5	Iowa	7	2	.778
6	Wisconsin	6	3	.667
7	USC	7	2	.778
8	Illinois	6	3	.667
9	Northwestern	6	3	.667
10	Minnesota	5	4	.556
11	Penn State	5	4	.556
12	Washington	5	4	.556
13	Michigan	5	4	.556
14	Nebraska	5	4	.556
15	Purdue	3	6	.333
16	Rutgers	2	7	.222
17	Maryland	3	6	.333
18	Michigan State	3	6	.333

	Southeastern	W	L	PCT
1	Georgia	8	1	.889
2	Alabama	7	2	.778
3	Kentucky	7	2	.778
4	Texas	7	2	.778
5	Tennessee	7	2	.778
6	Ole Miss	6	3	.667
7	South Carolina	6	3	.667
8	LSU	6	3	.667
9	Missouri	6	3	.667
10	Oklahoma	5	4	.556
11	Florida	5	4	.556
12	Auburn	5	4	.556
13	Mississippi State	4	5	.444
14	Texas A&M	4	5	.444
15	Arkansas	3	6	.333
16	Vanderbilt	4	5	.444

	Conference USA	W	L	PCT
1	Liberty	8	1	.889
2	Jacksonville State	7	2	.778
3	Middle Tennessee	5	4	.556
4	Delaware	4	5	.444
5	Florida International	4	5	.444
6	New Mexico State	3	6	.333
7	Western Kentucky	3	6	.333
8	Missouri State	3	6	.333
9	Kennesaw State	3	6	.333
10	Sam Houston	1	8	.111

	Sun Belt	W	L	PCT
1	Louisiana Tech	7	2	.778
2	Georgia Southern	5	4	.556
3	Louisiana	6	3	.667
4	James Madison	8	2	.800
5	South Alabama	4	5	.444
6	Appalachian State	5	4	.556
7	Arkansas State	4	5	.444
8	Coastal Carolina	3	6	.333
9	Troy	4	5	.444
10	Marshall	5	4	.556
11	Southern Miss	3	6	.333
12	Georgia State	5	4	.556
13	Louisiana-Monroe	2	7	.222
14	Old Dominion	3	7	.300

	Atlantic Coast	W	L	PCT
1	Miami	8	1	.889
2	Wake Forest	8	1	.889
3	Louisville	6	3	.667
4	SMU	7	2	.778
5	Duke	7	2	.778
6	Clemson	6	3	.667
7	Pittsburgh	6	3	.667
8	Virginia Tech	6	3	.667
9	North Carolina	5	4	.556
10	Florida State	4	5	.444
11	Stanford	4	5	.444
12	Virginia	4	5	.444
13	NC State	4	5	.444
14	Boston College	4	5	.444
15	California	3	6	.333
16	Syracuse	4	5	.444
17	Georgia Tech	2	7	.222

	Mountain West	W	L	PCT
1	New Mexico	8	1	.889
2	Wyoming	6	3	.667
3	North Dakota State	7	2	.778
4	Air Force	7	2	.778
5	UNLV	5	4	.556
6	San Jose State	5	5	.500
7	Nevada	3	6	.333
8	Hawai'i	3	6	.333
9	UTEP	1	8	.111
10	Northern Illinois	0	9	.000

	American Athletic	W	L	PCT
1	North Texas	7	2	.778
2	Memphis	7	2	.778
3	UTSA	7	2	.778
4	Army	5	4	.556
5	UAB	5	4	.556
6	Florida Atlantic	6	3	.667
7	East Carolina	5	4	.556
8	Tulsa	5	4	.556
9	South Florida	6	3	.667
10	Tulane	4	5	.444
11	Navy	3	6	.333
12	Charlotte	1	8	.111
13	Temple	2	7	.222
14	Rice	1	8	.111

	Independent	W	L	PCT
1	Notre Dame	8	1	.889
2	UConn	4	5	.444

	Mid-American	W	L	PCT
1	Toledo	8	2	.800
2	Western Michigan	7	3	.700
3	Buffalo	7	3	.700
4	Ohio	7	3	.700
5	Miami (OH)	6	4	.600
6	Central Michigan	5	5	.500
7	Eastern Michigan	4	6	.400
8	Bowling Green	3	7	.300
9	UMass	5	5	.500
10	Kent State	3	7	.300
11	Ball State	3	7	.300
12	Sacramento State	2	9	.182
13	Akron	1	9	.100

	Big 12	W	L	PCT
1	Utah	9	0	1.000
2	Texas Tech	8	1	.889
3	BYU	7	2	.778
4	Houston	7	2	.778
5	Arizona	7	2	.778
6	Baylor	6	3	.667
7	Oklahoma State	6	3	.667
8	Arizona State	5	4	.556
9	UCF	5	4	.556
10	West Virginia	5	4	.556
11	Iowa State	4	5	.444
12	Cincinnati	5	4	.556
13	TCU	4	5	.444
14	Colorado	3	6	.333
15	Kansas State	4	5	.444
16	Kansas	3	6	.333