Northwestern Wildcats

1953 Roster

NO.	NAME	POS	HEIGHT	WEIGHT	CLASS
68	Roy Anderson R. Anderson	OL	5'11"	194	SO
80	John Biever J. Biever	TE	6'3"	185	SR
54	Thomas Callaway T. Callaway	OL	6'0"	228	JR
32	Nick Chandler N. Chandler	RB	5'6"	175	SR
88	Joe Collier J. Collier	TE	6'2"	190	SR
56	John Damore J. Damore	OL	6'0"	210	JR
50	Stephen Delaney S. Delaney	OL	6'3"	205	SO
90	Edward Demyan E. Demyan	TE	6'3"	200	SR
73	Art Fuller A. Fuller	OL	6'3"	198	JR
33	Wayne Glassman W. Glassman	FB	5'10"	194	SO
57	Donald Haffner D. Haffner	OL	6'2"	205	SR
35	Frank Hansen F. Hansen	OL	5'10"	185	JR
82	Warren Haskin W. Haskin	TE	6'3"	195	JR
62	Robert Higley R. Higley	OL	6'0"	200	JR
49	Frank Hren F. Hren	OL	5'10"	190	JR
61	Robert Ingolia R. Ingolia	OL	5'11"	185	SO
45	Lloyd Israels L. Israels	RB	6'0"	190	SR
63	Dan Kachaturoff D. Kachaturoff	OL	5'11"	225	JR
47	Robert King R. King	RB	6'0"	185	SO
71	Kurt Krueger K. Krueger	OL	6'2"	205	SO
15	Bob Lauter B. Lauter	FB	5'9"	185	JR
23	Froncis Lentvorsky F. Lentvorsky	QB	5'9"	160	SO
76	Bernie Lyons B. Lyons	OL	6'5"	225	JR
89	Joe McCormick J. McCormick	TE	6'2"	190	SO
46	Bob McKeiver B. McKeiver	RB	5'7"	160	SO
17	Dick Meyer D. Meyer	RB	6'1"	165	JR
31	Robert Morman R. Morman	TE	6'1"	180	SO
85	George Moyers G. Moyers	RB	6'0"	190	SO
27	Ziggie Neipokoj Z. Neipokoj	TE	6'2"	195	JR
43	Richard Nimrod R. Nimrod	OL	5'11"	180	JR
87	Fred Nosal F. Nosal	OL	6'2"	208	SO
39	Gerald Otto G. Otto	FB	6'0"	200	JR
86	Dick Peterson D. Peterson	TE	6'1"	190	JR
30	Dick Ranicke D. Ranicke	RB	6'0"	190	JR
25	John Rearden J. Rearden	QB	6'0"	175	SO
65	Jerry Remien J. Remien	OL	6'0"	190	SO
53	Ron Riba R. Riba	OL	6'0"	200	JR
78	John Roche J. Roche	OL	6'3"	225	JR
24	Don Rondou D. Rondou	QB	6'0"	193	SR
55	Sanford Sacks S. Sacks	OL	6'3"	220	SO
51	Merl Searcy M. Searcy	OL	6'0"	200	JR
52	John Smith J. Smith	OL	6'4"	245	SO
14	Paul Smith P. Smith	RB	5'8"	155	JR
83	William Swatos W. Swatos	OL	6'4"	200	SR
22	Dick Thomas D. Thomas	QB	5'11"	177	SR
18	James Troglio J. Troglio	RB	5'9"	170	SO
59	Jerry Van Horn J. Van Horn	OL	6'1"	200	SO
28	Jerry Weber J. Weber	FB	5'10"	185	JR
79	John Young J. Young	OL	6'1"	215	JR
74	Ed Zagol E. Zagol	OL	6'0"	210	SO

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CFB 2026 Leaders

Pass Yards Leaders

3,239

Mestemaker

3,169

Atkinson

3,150

Fifita

Rush Yards Leaders

1,335

Flora

1,320

Sheppard

1,291

Riley

Rec Yards Leaders

1,349

Legree

1,317

Smith

1,045

Hatcher

Pass TD Leaders

30

Mestemaker

29

Mensah

29

Veltkamp

Rush TD Leaders

20

Hawkins

19

Sheppard

18

Gutierrez

Rec TD Leaders

15

Legree

15

Smith

13

Toney

QB Rating Leaders

186.8

Mensah

184.5

Sayin

179.8

Stockton

Sack Leaders

14.0

Bradley

11.5

Dean

11.0

Zock

CFB 2026 Rankings

PPG Rankings

44.1

43.9

42.2

41.8

39.7

Opp PPG Rankings

11.7

11.9

12.0

12.5

13.8

14.1

Total Yards Rankings

526.7

520.7

520.1

518.1

512.3

499.2

Rush Yards Rankings

344.0

324.7

298.1

265.6

258.7

240.7

Pass Yards Rankings

373.0

334.9

331.0

328.9

326.2

320.8

Sack Leaders

40.0

39.0

38.0

37.0

32.0

31.0

CFB 2026 Standings

	Pac-12	W	L	PCT
1	Boise State	9	1	.900
2	San Diego State	5	5	.500
3	Texas State	6	4	.600
4	Oregon State	5	5	.500
5	Utah State	4	6	.400
6	Fresno State	5	5	.500
7	Washington State	2	8	.200
8	Colorado State	3	7	.300

	Big 10	W	L	PCT
1	UCLA	10	0	1.000
2	Indiana	9	1	.900
3	Oregon	7	3	.700
4	Ohio State	7	3	.700
5	Iowa	8	2	.800
6	Wisconsin	6	4	.600
7	USC	7	3	.700
8	Illinois	6	4	.600
9	Penn State	6	4	.600
10	Minnesota	5	5	.500
11	Northwestern	6	4	.600
12	Washington	6	4	.600
13	Nebraska	6	4	.600
14	Maryland	4	6	.400
15	Michigan	5	5	.500
16	Purdue	3	7	.300
17	Michigan State	3	7	.300
18	Rutgers	2	8	.200

	Southeastern	W	L	PCT
1	Georgia	9	1	.900
2	Alabama	8	2	.800
3	Texas	8	2	.800
4	Tennessee	8	2	.800
5	Kentucky	7	3	.700
6	Ole Miss	6	4	.600
7	South Carolina	6	4	.600
8	Oklahoma	6	4	.600
9	Florida	6	4	.600
10	Auburn	6	4	.600
11	LSU	6	4	.600
12	Missouri	6	4	.600
13	Arkansas	4	6	.400
14	Mississippi State	4	6	.400
15	Texas A&M	4	6	.400
16	Vanderbilt	4	6	.400

	Conference USA	W	L	PCT
1	Liberty	9	1	.900
2	Jacksonville State	7	3	.700
3	Kennesaw State	4	6	.400
4	Middle Tennessee	5	5	.500
5	Delaware	5	5	.500
6	Western Kentucky	4	6	.400
7	Missouri State	4	6	.400
8	Florida International	4	6	.400
9	New Mexico State	3	7	.300
10	Sam Houston	1	9	.100

	Sun Belt	W	L	PCT
1	Louisiana Tech	8	2	.800
2	Georgia Southern	6	4	.600
3	Louisiana	7	3	.700
4	James Madison	8	3	.727
5	South Alabama	5	5	.500
6	Appalachian State	6	4	.600
7	Louisiana-Monroe	2	8	.200
8	Coastal Carolina	4	6	.400
9	Arkansas State	4	6	.400
10	Georgia State	5	5	.500
11	Troy	4	6	.400
12	Marshall	5	5	.500
13	Southern Miss	3	7	.300
14	Old Dominion	3	7	.300

	Atlantic Coast	W	L	PCT
1	Miami	9	1	.900
2	Wake Forest	9	1	.900
3	Louisville	7	3	.700
4	SMU	7	3	.700
5	Duke	7	3	.700
6	Clemson	6	4	.600
7	Florida State	5	5	.500
8	Pittsburgh	6	4	.600
9	Stanford	5	5	.500
10	Virginia Tech	6	4	.600
11	Virginia	5	5	.500
12	Syracuse	5	5	.500
13	North Carolina	5	5	.500
14	Boston College	4	6	.400
15	NC State	4	6	.400
16	California	3	7	.300
17	Georgia Tech	3	7	.300

	Independent	W	L	PCT
1	Notre Dame	9	1	.900
2	UConn	5	5	.500

	American Athletic	W	L	PCT
1	UTSA	8	2	.800
2	Memphis	8	2	.800
3	North Texas	7	3	.700
4	UAB	6	4	.600
5	East Carolina	6	4	.600
6	Army	5	4	.556
7	Tulsa	6	4	.600
8	Florida Atlantic	6	4	.600
9	Tulane	5	5	.500
10	South Florida	6	4	.600
11	Navy	3	6	.333
12	Charlotte	1	9	.100
13	Temple	2	8	.200
14	Rice	1	9	.100

	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	10	0	1.000
2	Texas Tech	9	1	.900
3	BYU	8	2	.800
4	Houston	7	3	.700
5	Baylor	6	4	.600
6	Arizona	7	3	.700
7	Arizona State	6	4	.600
8	Oklahoma State	6	4	.600
9	UCF	5	5	.500
10	Iowa State	5	5	.500
11	TCU	5	5	.500
12	Kansas	4	6	.400
13	West Virginia	5	5	.500
14	Cincinnati	5	5	.500
15	Colorado	4	6	.400
16	Kansas State	4	6	.400

	Mountain West	W	L	PCT
1	Wyoming	7	3	.700
2	New Mexico	8	2	.800
3	North Dakota State	8	2	.800
4	Air Force	8	2	.800
5	UNLV	6	4	.600
6	Nevada	4	6	.400
7	San Jose State	5	6	.455
8	Hawai'i	3	7	.300
9	UTEP	1	9	.100
10	Northern Illinois	0	10	.000