Penn State Nittany Lions

1945 Roster

NO.	NAME	POS	HEIGHT	WEIGHT
82	Fred Bell F. Bell	TE	6'1"	205
33	Al Bellas A. Bellas		5'10"	185
74	Howard Caskey H. Caskey	OL	5'10"	235
88	Bill Clark B. Clark	TE	6'0"	170
15	Larry Cooney L. Cooney		5'11"	182
63	Carl Dimmerling C. Dimmerling	OL	5'11"	183
58	Charles Drazenovich C. Drazenovich	OL	6'1"	210
66	Jim Emanuel J. Emanuel	OL	5'9"	175
78	John Finley J. Finley	OL	6'1"	190
76	Ralph Flamminio R. Flamminio	OL	5'10"	192
72	Fred France F. France	OL	6'1"	215
14	Everett Fretz E. Fretz		6'1"	173
30	Joe Fulcoly J. Fulcoly		5'8"	165
87	Bob Gernand B. Gernand	TE	6'2"	205
67	Al Guba A. Guba	OL	5'7"	175
80	Ross Herron R. Herron	TE	6'1"	187
73	Earl Hower E. Hower	OL	6'0"	180
55	Grant Karsner G. Karsner	OL	5'10"	184
57	Bronco Kosanovich B. Kosanovich	OL	6'2"	195
46	Bob kritzer B. kritzer		5'9"	168
38	Floyd Lang F. Lang		6'0"	205
50	Merle Long M. Long	OL	6'0"	198
75	Marino Marchi M. Marchi	OL	6'0"	220
65	Jim Matthews J. Matthews	OL	5'10"	180
51	Bob McCoy B. McCoy	OL	5'9"	189
81	Don Miltenberger D. Miltenberger	TE	6'4"	215
22	Charles Murray C. Murray		5'11"	183
70	Johnny Nolan J. Nolan	OL	6'3"	210
71	Dave Platt D. Platt	OL	6'0"	180
23	Nick Ranieri N. Ranieri		6'0"	185
61	Bill Rogers B. Rogers	OL	5'10"	180
89	Bob Russell B. Russell	TE	5'9"	160
64	Bob Rutkowski B. Rutkowski	OL	6'1"	200
84	Bill Scherer B. Scherer	TE	5'11"	170
62	John Simon J. Simon	OL	5'11"	185
85	John Slusarezyk J. Slusarezyk	TE	6'0"	170
11	Larry Spencer L. Spencer		5'10"	170
83	Al Spinner A. Spinner	TE	5'11"	165
27	Dino Taccalozzi D. Taccalozzi		5'10"	190
86	Sam Tamburo S. Tamburo	TE	6'2"	182
45	Joe Tepsic J. Tepsic		5'9"	170
68	Joe Torsello J. Torsello	OL	5'7"	180
43	Wallace Triplett W. Triplett		5'9"	160
25	Martin Veater M. Veater		5'10"	195
35	Ralph Ventresco R. Ventresco		5'6"	195
18	Charles Willing C. Willing		5'9"	168
44	Jim Wolf J. Wolf		5'6"	160

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CFB 2026 Leaders

Pass Yards Leaders

635

Maiava

550

Weaver

525

Hedden

Rush Yards Leaders

280

Carter

227

Sheppard

200

Woodson

Rec Yards Leaders

234

Toney

222

Mosley

196

Duff

Pass TD Leaders

7

Heintschel

6

Boley

5

Weaver

Rush TD Leaders

5

Carter

3

Robinson

3

Anderson

Rec TD Leaders

4

Williams

3

Mosley

3

Toney

QB Rating Leaders

285.0

Hoover

281.3

Baker

272.0

Becht

Sack Leaders

3.5

Kinsler

3.0

Gilliam

3.0

Lester

CFB 2026 Rankings

PPG Rankings

80.0

73.0

71.0

70.0

66.0

Opp PPG Rankings

0.0

Total Yards Rankings

762.0

681.0

671.0

660.0

648.0

Rush Yards Rankings

569.0

506.0

465.0

431.0

365.0

364.0

Pass Yards Rankings

480.0

435.0

434.0

432.0

428.0

417.0

Sack Leaders

9.0

6.0

CFB 2026 Standings

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

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

	Big 12	W	L	PCT
1	Arizona	1	0	1.000
2	Arizona State	1	0	1.000
3	BYU	1	0	1.000
4	Cincinnati	1	0	1.000
5	Colorado	1	0	1.000
6	Houston	1	0	1.000
7	Iowa State	1	0	1.000
8	Kansas	1	0	1.000
9	Kansas State	1	0	1.000
10	Texas Tech	1	0	1.000
11	UCF	1	0	1.000
12	Utah	1	0	1.000
13	West Virginia	1	0	1.000
14	Baylor	0	1	.000
15	Oklahoma State	0	1	.000
16	TCU	0	1	.000

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

	Conference USA	W	L	PCT
1	Delaware	1	0	1.000
2	Kennesaw State	1	0	1.000
3	Middle Tennessee	1	0	1.000
4	Jacksonville State	1	1	.500
5	New Mexico State	1	1	.500
6	Florida International	0	1	.000
7	Liberty	0	1	.000
8	Missouri State	0	1	.000
9	Sam Houston	0	1	.000
10	Western Kentucky	0	1	.000