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Penn State Nittany Lions

1959 Roster

NO.	NAME	POS	HEIGHT	WEIGHT	CLASS
81	David Alexander D. Alexander	TE	6'0"	194	JR
61	Ronald Alleman R. Alleman	OL	5'11"	190	JR
71	Stewart Barber S. Barber	OL	6'3"	222	JR
55	Wayne Berfield W. Berfield	OL	5'11"	190	JR
31	Pat Botula P. Botula	FB	6'0"	195	SR
87	John Bozick J. Bozick	TE	6'2"	198	SR
23	Allen Brewster A. Brewster	QB	5'9"	160	SO
65	Richard Butterfield R. Butterfield	OL	6'1"	196	JR
40	Nichola Capetola N. Capetola	RB	5'8"	160	SO
	Ed Caye E. Caye	RB
15	Edward Caye E. Caye	RB	5'11"	179	JR
66	Peter Cimino P. Cimino	OL	6'1"	189	SR
84	Clifford Davis C. Davis	TE	6'2"	187	SO
73	William Esterlund W. Esterlund	OL	6'3"	208	JR
76	Gerald Farkas G. Farkas	OL	6'3"	226	SO
17	Harry Finkelston H. Finkelston	QB	5'10"	178	SO
36	Bob Ghigiarelli B. Ghigiarelli	FB	5'11"	175	JR
72	Robert Gilmour R. Gilmour	OL	6'0"	210	JR
52	James Graham J. Graham	OL	6'2"	195	SR
32	Albert Gursky A. Gursky	FB	6'0"	208	SO
25	Galen Hall G. Hall	QB	5'9"	193	SO
34	Robert Hart R. Hart	FB	6'0"	198	SO
	Dick Hoak D. Hoak	RB
41	Richard Hoak R. Hoak	RB	5'11"	190	JR
51	Jay Huffman J. Huffman	OL	6'0"	192	SO
75	Charles Janerette C. Janerette	OL	6'3"	234	SR
14	James Kerr J. Kerr	RB	5'11"	180	JR
	Jim Kerr J. Kerr	RB
42	Robert Kline R. Kline	RB	6'0"	180	SO
46	Roger Kochman R. Kochman	RB	6'1"	190	SO
60	Earl Kohlhaas E. Kohlhaas	OL	6'0"	226	SR
68	Frank Korbini F. Korbini	OL	5'11"	196	SR
	Jon Lang J. Lang	QB
33	Richie Lucas R. Lucas	QB	6'1"	185	SR
63	Dan Maddigan D. Maddigan	OL	5'10"	195	SR
69	Alfred Maiello A. Maiello	OL	5'11"	185	SO
86	Bob Mitinger B. Mitinger	TE	6'2"	205	SO
79	Thomas Mulraney T. Mulraney	OL	6'2"	213	SR
83	Norman Neff N. Neff	TE	6'2"	204	SR
89	Henry Oppermann H. Oppermann	TE	6'2"	201	JR
	Dick Pae D. Pae	RB
11	Richard Pae R. Pae	RB	5'9"	172	JR
64	William Popp W. Popp	OL	5'11"	203	JR
85	Raymond Rakowski R. Rakowski	TE	6'3"	195	SO
80	William Saul W. Saul	TE	6'4"	208	SO
67	John Sava J. Sava	OL	6'0"	212	SR
35	Dennis Schaeffer D. Schaeffer	FB	6'3"	205	JR
88	James Schwab J. Schwab	TE	6'3"	205	JR
77	Charles Sieminski C. Sieminski	OL	6'5"	223	SO
74	James Smith J. Smith	OL	6'2"	223	SO
45	Sam Sobczak S. Sobczak	FB	5'10"	191	JR
62	Sam Stellatella S. Stellatella	OL	6'0"	190	SR
78	Andrew Stynchula A. Stynchula	OL	6'3"	227	SR
82	Dave Truitt D. Truitt	TE	6'3"	185	JR
10	Jack Urban J. Urban	RB	5'11"	165	SR
58	Charles Vogelsong C. Vogelsong	OL	6'1"	198	SO
12	Tony Wayne T. Wayne	RB	5'7"	150	SO
53	Richard Wilson R. Wilson	OL	6'2"	219	SO

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CFB 2025 Leaders

Pass Yards Leaders

4,379

Mestemaker

3,973

Mensah

3,937

Chambliss

Rush Yards Leaders

1,659

Cook

1,649

Hardy

1,567

Lacy

Rec Yards Leaders

1,291

Scudero

1,278

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

246.8

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