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Penn State Nittany Lions

1947 Roster

NO.	NAME	POS	HEIGHT	WEIGHT	CLASS
51	Charles Beatty C. Beatty	OL	6'1"	215	SO
82	Fred Bell F. Bell	TE	6'1"	201	SR
40	John Chuckran J. Chuckran	RB	5'11"	185	JR
35	Joe Colone J. Colone	FB	5'11"	190	JR
43	Walter Cominsky W. Cominsky	RB	5'10"	165	SO
17	Larry Cooney L. Cooney	RB	5'11"	185	JR
81	Ed Czekaj E. Czekaj	TE	6'2"	190	SR
23	Chuck Drazenovich C. Drazenovich	QB	6'1"	215	SO
66	Joe Drazenovich J. Drazenovich	OL	5'11"	200	SO
14	Jeff Durkota J. Durkota	RB	6'0"	205	SR
67	Fred Felbaum F. Felbaum	OL	5'9"	186	SO
78	John Finley J. Finley	OL	6'2"	198	JR
34	Clarence Gorinski C. Gorinski	FB	5'10"	190	SO
32	Lee Henry L. Henry	FB	5'10"	185	JR
86	Bob Hicks B. Hicks	TE	6'0"	180	JR
89	Dennie Hoggard D. Hoggard	TE	6'0"	185	JR
31	Clarence Hummel C. Hummel	RB	6'0"	185	SO
84	Howard James H. James	TE	5'11"	188	JR
44	Larry Joe L. Joe	RB	5'9"	185	JR
64	Paul Kelly P. Kelly	OL	5'11"	210	SO
73	Bill Kyle B. Kyle	OL	6'3"	230	SR
22	Bill LaFleur B. LaFleur	QB	5'11"	200	SR
46	Bill Luther B. Luther	RB	5'11"	172	SO
53	John Misiewicz J. Misiewicz	OL	6'0"	195	SR
72	Don Murray D. Murray	OL	6'0"	215	SO
70	John Nolan J. Nolan	OL	6'3"	228	SR
71	Negley Norton N. Norton	OL	6'1"	215	SO
41	Elwood Petchel E. Petchel	RB	5'8"	155	SO
83	John Potsklan J. Potsklan	TE	5'11"	183	JR
33	Francis Rogel F. Rogel	FB	5'10"	180	SO
63	Robert Ross R. Ross	OL	6'0"	205	SO
65	Joe Sarabok J. Sarabok	OL	5'10"	193	SO
16	Bill Scherer B. Scherer	RB	5'11"	175	JR
61	John Simon J. Simon	OL	5'11"	190	JR
68	Tom Smith T. Smith	OL	6'0"	192	JR
62	Steve Suhey S. Suhey	OL	5'11"	205	JR
65	Sam Tamburo S. Tamburo	TE	6'2"	185	JR
12	Wallace Triplett W. Triplett	RB	5'10"	169	JR
25	Ray Ulinski R. Ulinski	QB	5'11"	207	JR
11	Bob Urion B. Urion	RB	5'11"	173	JR
36	Bob Weitzel B. Weitzel	FB	5'11"	185	JR
42	Bobby Williams B. Williams	RB	5'8"	165	JR
55	John Wolosky J. Wolosky	OL	5'11"	205	JR

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