Northwestern Wildcats

1952 Roster

NO.	NAME	POS	HEIGHT	WEIGHT	CLASS
20	Hayes Barclay H. Barclay	RB	6'1"	185	JR
65	John Belejack J. Belejack	OL	6'0"	190	SR
47	Charles Bennett C. Bennett	RB	5'11"	185	SR
66	Dale Berman D. Berman	OL	6'0"	235	SO
81	Earl Burrows E. Burrows	TE	6'2"	190	SR
21	Bob Burson B. Burson	QB	6'0"	180	SR
54	Thomas Callaway T. Callaway	OL	6'0"	228	SO
32	Nick Chandler N. Chandler	RB	5'7"	165	JR
88	Joe Collier J. Collier	TE	6'2"	190	JR
23	Herb Cresens H. Cresens	QB	5'11"	160	JR
56	John Damore J. Damore	OL	6'0"	202	SO
90	Edward Demyan E. Demyan	TE	6'3"	200	JR
73	Jack Duffill J. Duffill	OL	6'4"	235	SR
36	Dick Elrod D. Elrod	OL	5'11"	210	SO
41	Jim Golliday J. Golliday	RB	5'8"	165	JR
57	Donald Haffner D. Haffner	OL	6'2"	230	JR
35	Frank Hansen F. Hansen	RB	5'10"	180	SO
62	Robert Higley R. Higley	OL	6'0"	200	SO
42	John Hill J. Hill	RB	5'8"	175	JR
33	Charles Hren C. Hren	FB	5'10"	185	SR
49	Frank Hren F. Hren	OL	5'10"	197	SO
74	Ray Huizinga R. Huizinga	OL	6'5"	230	SR
45	Lloyd Israels L. Israels	RB	6'0"	176	JR
69	Ralph Jecha R. Jecha	OL	6'2"	250	SR
11	Clarence Johnson C. Johnson	FB	6'0"	205	JR
12	Wally Jones W. Jones	RB	5'11"	185	SR
63	Dan Kachaturoff D. Kachaturoff	OL	5'11"	225	JR
87	Norman Kragseth N. Kragseth	TE	6'0"	195	SR
85	Bill Kuehl B. Kuehl	TE	6'2"	210	SR
15	Bob Lauter B. Lauter	RB	5'9"	180	SO
77	Mike McAuliffe M. McAuliffe	OL	6'1"	205	SO
67	Tom McCormick T. McCormick	OL	5'10"	185	SR
68	Bob McKay B. McKay	OL	5'9"	190	SR
17	Dick Meyer D. Meyer	RB	6'0"	165	SO
27	Ziggie Neipokoj Z. Neipokoj	TE	6'2"	190	SO
16	Pat O'Brien P. O'Brien	RB	6'1"	185	SR
39	Gerald Otto G. Otto	FB	6'0"	195	SO
86	Dick Peterson D. Peterson	TE	6'1"	190	SO
30	Dick Ranicke D. Ranicke	RB	6'0"	190	SO
89	Ciney Rich C. Rich	TE	6'2"	190	SR
50	Harry Riley H. Riley	OL	6'2"	195	SR
78	John Roche J. Roche	OL	6'3"	225	SO
72	Tom Roche T. Roche	OL	6'2"	225	SR
24	Don Rondou D. Rondou	QB	6'1"	195	JR
55	Sanford Sacks S. Sacks	OL	6'3"	220	FR
51	Merl Searcy M. Searcy	OL	6'0"	190	SO
52	John Smith J. Smith	OL	6'4"	235	FR
14	Paul Smith P. Smith	RB	5'9"	165	JR
71	Fred Soldwedel F. Soldwedel	OL	6'5"	215	SR
22	Dick Thomas D. Thomas	QB	5'11"	165	JR
29	Edward Vanek E. Vanek	QB	6'0"	185	JR
28	Jerry Weber J. Weber	RB	5'11"	185	SO
79	John Young J. Young	OL	6'0"	210	SO

CFB 2025 Leaders

Pass Yards Leaders

4,379

Mestemaker

3,973

Mensah

3,937

Chambliss

Rush Yards Leaders

1,661

Cook

1,649

Hardy

1,567

Lacy

Rec Yards Leaders

1,291

Scudero

1,276

Bell

1,264

Young

Pass TD Leaders

41

Mendoza

34

Mensah

34

Mestemaker

Rush TD Leaders

25

Hawkins

24

Lacy

18

Hellums

Rec TD Leaders

15

Sarratt

14

Brown

13

Cooper

QB Rating Leaders

182.9

Mendoza

177.5

Sayin

170.4

Pavia

Sack Leaders

14.5

Bailey

14.5

Tucker

12.5

Smith

CFB 2025 Rankings

PPG Rankings

45.1

42.0

41.6

41.3

40.5

39.8

Opp PPG Rankings

9.3

11.7

11.8

13.3

14.8

15.4

Total Yards Rankings

512.4

489.7

488.7

482.9

472.8

472.1

Rush Yards Rankings

285.6

266.3

261.4

254.9

246.9

241.5

Pass Yards Rankings

340.2

318.0

313.3

309.6

296.0

292.8

Sack Leaders

50.0

46.0

45.0

43.0

41.0

CFB 2025 Standings

	Atlantic Coast	W	L	PCT
1	Duke	9	5	.643
2	Virginia	11	3	.786
3	Miami	13	2	.867
4	Pittsburgh	8	5	.615
5	SMU	9	4	.692
6	Georgia Tech	9	4	.692
7	California	7	6	.538
8	Clemson	7	6	.538
9	NC State	8	5	.615
10	Louisville	9	4	.692
11	Wake Forest	9	4	.692
12	Stanford	4	8	.333
13	Florida State	5	7	.417
14	North Carolina	4	8	.333
15	Virginia Tech	3	9	.250
16	Boston College	2	10	.167
17	Syracuse	3	9	.250

	Southeastern	W	L	PCT
1	Georgia	12	2	.857
2	Alabama	11	4	.733
3	Ole Miss	13	2	.867
4	Texas A&M	11	2	.846
5	Texas	10	3	.769
6	Oklahoma	10	3	.769
7	Vanderbilt	10	3	.769
8	Missouri	8	5	.615
9	Tennessee	8	5	.615
10	LSU	7	6	.538
11	Kentucky	5	7	.417
12	Florida	4	8	.333
13	Auburn	5	7	.417
14	Mississippi State	5	8	.385
15	South Carolina	4	8	.333
16	Arkansas	2	10	.167

	Big 10	W	L	PCT
1	Indiana	15	0	1.000
2	Ohio State	12	2	.857
3	Oregon	13	2	.867
4	Michigan	9	4	.692
5	USC	9	4	.692
6	Iowa	9	4	.692
7	Illinois	9	4	.692
8	Minnesota	8	5	.615
9	Washington	9	4	.692
10	Nebraska	7	6	.538
11	Northwestern	7	6	.538
12	Penn State	7	6	.538
13	UCLA	3	9	.250
14	Rutgers	5	7	.417
15	Wisconsin	4	8	.333
16	Maryland	4	8	.333
17	Michigan State	4	8	.333
18	Purdue	2	10	.167

	Mountain West	W	L	PCT
1	UNLV	10	4	.714
2	New Mexico	9	4	.692
3	San Diego State	9	4	.692
4	Boise State	9	5	.643
5	Fresno State	9	4	.692
6	Hawaii	9	4	.692
7	Utah State	6	7	.462
8	Air Force	4	8	.333
9	Wyoming	4	8	.333
10	Nevada	3	9	.250
11	San José State	3	9	.250
12	Colorado State	2	10	.167

	American Athletic	W	L	PCT
1	North Texas	12	2	.857
2	Tulane	11	3	.786
3	Navy	11	2	.846
4	South Florida	9	4	.692
5	East Carolina	9	4	.692
6	Memphis	8	5	.615
7	Army	7	6	.538
8	UTSA	7	6	.538
9	Temple	5	7	.417
10	Florida Atlantic	4	8	.333
11	Rice	5	8	.385
12	UAB	4	8	.333
13	Tulsa	4	8	.333
14	Charlotte	1	11	.083

	Independent	W	L	PCT
1	Notre Dame	10	2	.833
2	UConn	9	4	.692

	Big 12	W	L	PCT
1	Texas Tech	12	2	.857
2	BYU	12	2	.857
3	Utah	11	2	.846
4	Houston	10	3	.769
5	Arizona	9	4	.692
6	Arizona State	8	5	.615
7	Iowa State	8	4	.667
8	Kansas State	6	6	.500
9	TCU	9	4	.692
10	Cincinnati	7	6	.538
11	Baylor	5	7	.417
12	Kansas	5	7	.417
13	UCF	5	7	.417
14	West Virginia	4	8	.333
15	Colorado	3	9	.250
16	Oklahoma State	1	11	.083

	Pac-12	W	L	PCT
1	Washington State	7	6	.538
2	Oregon State	2	10	.167

	Mid-American	W	L	PCT
1	Western Michigan	10	4	.714
2	Miami (OH)	7	7	.500
3	Ohio	9	4	.692
4	Toledo	8	5	.615
5	Central Michigan	7	6	.538
6	Akron	5	7	.417
7	Buffalo	5	7	.417
8	Kent State	5	7	.417
9	Eastern Michigan	4	8	.333
10	Ball State	4	8	.333
11	Bowling Green	4	8	.333
12	Northern Illinois	3	9	.250
13	UMass	0	12	.000

	Sun Belt	W	L	PCT
1	JMU	12	2	.857
2	Troy	8	6	.571
3	Old Dominion	10	3	.769
4	Southern Miss	7	6	.538
5	Coastal Carolina	6	7	.462
6	Louisiana	6	7	.462
7	Georgia Southern	7	6	.538
8	Arkansas State	7	6	.538
9	Marshall	5	7	.417
10	Texas State	7	6	.538
11	Appalachian State	5	8	.385
12	South Alabama	4	8	.333
13	Georgia State	1	11	.083
14	Louisiana-Monroe	3	9	.250

	Conference USA	W	L	PCT
1	Kennesaw State	10	4	.714
2	Jacksonville State	9	5	.643
3	Western Kentucky	9	4	.692
4	Louisiana Tech	8	5	.615
5	Missouri State	7	6	.538
6	FIU	7	6	.538
7	Delaware	7	6	.538
8	Liberty	4	8	.333
9	Middle Tennessee	3	9	.250
10	New Mexico State	4	8	.333
11	UTEP	2	10	.167
12	Sam Houston	2	10	.167

Northwestern Wildcats

1952 Roster

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4,379

3,973

3,937

1,661

1,649

1,567

1,291

1,276

1,264

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24

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15

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177.5

170.4

14.5

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12.5

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