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Pittsburgh Panthers

1953 Roster

NO.NAMEPOSHEIGHTWEIGHTCLASSBIRTHPLACE
87
Bill Adams
B. Adams
TE
6'2"
190
SR
74
Don Agafon
D. Agafon
OL
6'2"
210
SO
54
Bob Ballock
B. Ballock
OL
6'0"
190
JR
42
Paul Blanda
P. Blanda
LB
6'0"
190
JR
60
Al Bolkovac
A. Bolkovac
OL
6'0"
195
SO
51
Ed Bose
E. Bose
OL
6'0"
210
SO
35
Joe Capp
J. Capp
FB
5'11"
195
SR
67
John Cenci
J. Cenci
OL
6'0"
210
SO
78
William Cessar
W. Cessar
OL
6'2"
205
SO
79
Phil DeArment
P. DeArment
OL
5'11"
220
SO
89
Dick Deitrick
D. Deitrick
TE
6'3"
215
SR
34
Glen Dillon
G. Dillon
RB
6'0"
185
JR
31
Ray DiPasquale
R. DiPasquale
RB
5'10"
165
SO
45
Bobby Epps
B. Epps
FB
5'8"
195
SR
21
Ray Ferguson
R. Ferguson
FB
5'10"
185
SR
12
Henry Ford
H. Ford
QB
5'10"
180
JR
63
Dick Gatz
D. Gatz
OL
6'0"
190
SR
80
Fred Glatz
F. Glatz
TE
6'0"
190
SO
38
Bobby Grier
B. Grier
FB
6'1"
185
SO
64
Rudy Grunder
R. Grunder
OL
5'9"
200
SO
37
Bill Hoffman
B. Hoffman
RB
5'10"
190
JR
68
Harold Hunter
H. Hunter
OL
6'0"
210
JR
26
John Jacobs
J. Jacobs
RB
5'11"
195
JR
53
Ed Johnson
E. Johnson
OL
6'0"
200
SO
19
Robert Johnson
R. Johnson
QB
6'1"
185
JR
92
Paul Kacik
P. Kacik
TE
6'0"
175
SO
61
Bob Kennedy
B. Kennedy
OL
5'10"
185
JR
47
Bob Kiesel
B. Kiesel
FB
5'11"
195
SO
70
Eldred Kraemer
E. Kraemer
OL
6'3"
210
JR
59
Gary LeDonne
G. LeDonne
OL
6'2"
185
SO
71
Howard Linn
H. Linn
OL
5'11"
200
SO
46
Joe Los
J. Los
FB
6'0"
195
SO
96
Ray Macedonia
R. Macedonia
TE
6'0"
190
JR
25
Dick Manson
D. Manson
RB
5'10"
180
SO
16
Rudy Mattioli
R. Mattioli
QB
6'1"
190
JR
22
Richie McCabe
R. McCabe
RB
6'0"
170
JR
86
Bob McQuaide
B. McQuaide
TE
6'0"
190
JR
27
Don Michaels
D. Michaels
RB
6'0"
190
SO
18
Pete Neft
P. Neft
QB
6'1"
180
SO
44
Mike Omatick
M. Omatick
LB
5'10"
185
SR
98
Lou Palatella
L. Palatella
OL
6'1"
225
JR
83
John Paluck
J. Paluck
TE
6'1"
210
SO
76
Bill Priatko
B. Priatko
OL
6'1"
210
SR
24
Chester Rice
C. Rice
RB
5'10"
175
JR
56
Don Schlick
D. Schlick
OL
6'0"
195
JR
73
William Schmitt
W. Schmitt
OL
6'1"
215
SO
30
Gene Steratore
G. Steratore
RB
6'0"
185
SO
66
Ed Stowe
E. Stowe
OL
5'10"
210
SO
65
Glen Tunning
G. Tunning
OL
5'11"
225
SO
77
Bob Verna
B. Verna
OL
6'0"
210
SO
62
Walt Vonau
W. Vonau
OL
5'9"
195
SO
72
Ken Voytell
K. Voytell
TE
6'1"
200
SR
11
Bob Wrabley
B. Wrabley
RB
5'10"
170
JR
85
Joe Zombek
J. Zombek
TE
6'0"
185
SR

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Maiava

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1,453

Jennings

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1,423

Atkinson

Braden Atkinson
Rush Yards Leaders

644

Sheppard

Nate Sheppard

600

Baugh

Jadan Baugh

592

Riley

Dylan Riley
Rec Yards Leaders

617

Smith

Jeremiah Smith

585

Legree

Jesse Legree

564

Toney

Malachi Toney
Pass TD Leaders

14

Taylor

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14

Mensah

Darian Mensah

14

Maiava

Jayden Maiava
Rush TD Leaders

11

Baugh

Jadan Baugh

9

Hawkins

Michael Hawkins Jr.

9

Knight

Wayne Knight
Rec TD Leaders

7

Duff

KJ Duff

7

Dixon

Collin Dixon

7

Smith

Jeremiah Smith
QB Rating Leaders

228.2

Mensah

Darian Mensah

209.1

Stockton

Gunner Stockton

204.6

Hoover

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Sack Leaders

7.5

Simmons

Colin Simmons

7.0

Umanmielen

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6.5

Hopkins

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CFB 2026 Rankings

PPG Rankings
Georgia

54.8

Florida

53.5

Miami

51.8

Alabama

48.0

Oregon

47.5

Ohio State

45.0
Opp PPG Rankings
Iowa

8.0

Notre Dame

8.3

Pittsburgh

8.5

Miami

9.0

Indiana

9.8

Utah

10.3
Total Yards Rankings
Miami

588.8

SMU

550.8

Oklahoma State

548.3

Mississippi State

533.3

Florida

532.8

Pittsburgh

523.8
Rush Yards Rankings
Army

355.7

Air Force

333.7

Navy

332.3

West Virginia

294.8

UCLA

281.5

Texas State

281.3
Pass Yards Rankings
SMU

392.5

Ohio State

365.3

Oregon State

365.0

Miami

361.3

Pittsburgh

347.3

Oregon

346.5
Sack Leaders
Tennessee

18.0

LSU

18.0

Virginia Tech

17.0

Delaware

15.0

Texas

15.0

Nebraska

15.0

CFB 2026 Standings

SoutheasternWLPCT
1
Alabama Alabama
4
0
1.000
2
Florida Florida
4
0
1.000
3
Georgia Georgia
4
0
1.000
4
Mississippi State Mississippi State
4
0
1.000
5
Texas Texas
4
0
1.000
6
Ole Miss Ole Miss
3
1
.750
7
Auburn Auburn
3
1
.750
8
Kentucky Kentucky
3
1
.750
9
LSU LSU
3
1
.750
10
Missouri Missouri
3
1
.750
11
Tennessee Tennessee
3
1
.750
12
Vanderbilt Vanderbilt
3
1
.750
13
Arkansas Arkansas
2
2
.500
14
Oklahoma Oklahoma
2
2
.500
15
South Carolina South Carolina
2
2
.500
16
Texas A&M Texas A&M
2
2
.500
Pac-12WLPCT
1
Boise State Boise State
3
1
.750
2
Fresno State Fresno State
3
1
.750
3
Colorado State Colorado State
2
2
.500
4
Oregon State Oregon State
2
2
.500
5
Texas State Texas State
2
2
.500
6
San Diego State San Diego State
1
3
.250
7
Utah State Utah State
1
3
.250
8
Washington State Washington State
1
3
.250
Big 10WLPCT
1
UCLA UCLA
4
0
1.000
2
Indiana Indiana
4
0
1.000
3
Iowa Iowa
4
0
1.000
4
Nebraska Nebraska
4
0
1.000
5
Minnesota Minnesota
3
1
.750
6
Ohio State Ohio State
3
1
.750
7
Oregon Oregon
3
1
.750
8
Wisconsin Wisconsin
3
1
.750
9
USC USC
4
1
.800
10
Michigan Michigan
3
1
.750
11
Penn State Penn State
3
1
.750
12
Washington Washington
3
1
.750
13
Northwestern Northwestern
2
1
.667
14
Illinois Illinois
2
2
.500
15
Maryland Maryland
2
2
.500
16
Michigan State Michigan State
2
2
.500
17
Purdue Purdue
1
3
.250
18
Rutgers Rutgers
1
3
.250
Big 12WLPCT
1
Cincinnati Cincinnati
4
0
1.000
2
Texas Tech Texas Tech
4
0
1.000
3
Utah Utah
4
0
1.000
4
BYU BYU
3
0
1.000
5
Baylor Baylor
3
1
.750
6
Oklahoma State Oklahoma State
3
1
.750
7
UCF UCF
3
1
.750
8
Arizona State Arizona State
2
1
.667
9
Arizona Arizona
3
1
.750
10
Houston Houston
3
1
.750
11
Kansas State Kansas State
3
1
.750
12
West Virginia West Virginia
3
1
.750
13
Colorado Colorado
2
2
.500
14
Iowa State Iowa State
2
2
.500
15
TCU TCU
2
2
.500
16
Kansas Kansas
1
2
.333
Mid-AmericanWLPCT
1
UMass UMass
4
0
1.000
2
Kent State Kent State
2
2
.500
3
Eastern Michigan Eastern Michigan
2
3
.400
4
Toledo Toledo
3
1
.750
5
Buffalo Buffalo
2
2
.500
6
Central Michigan Central Michigan
2
2
.500
7
Miami (OH) Miami (OH)
2
2
.500
8
Ohio Ohio
2
2
.500
9
Western Michigan Western Michigan
2
2
.500
10
Akron Akron
1
3
.250
11
Bowling Green Bowling Green
0
4
.000
12
Ball State Ball State
1
3
.250
13
Sacramento State Sacramento State
1
4
.200
Atlantic CoastWLPCT
1
Miami Miami
4
0
1.000
2
Clemson Clemson
3
1
.750
3
Duke Duke
4
0
1.000
4
Pittsburgh Pittsburgh
4
0
1.000
5
Virginia Tech Virginia Tech
4
0
1.000
6
Virginia Virginia
3
1
.750
7
Wake Forest Wake Forest
3
1
.750
8
Louisville Louisville
2
2
.500
9
SMU SMU
3
1
.750
10
California California
2
2
.500
11
Stanford Stanford
2
2
.500
12
North Carolina North Carolina
2
1
.667
13
Boston College Boston College
2
2
.500
14
Florida State Florida State
2
2
.500
15
NC State NC State
2
2
.500
16
Georgia Tech Georgia Tech
1
3
.250
17
Syracuse Syracuse
1
2
.333
IndependentWLPCT
1
Notre Dame Notre Dame
4
0
1.000
2
UConn UConn
2
2
.500
American AthleticWLPCT
1
South Florida South Florida
4
0
1.000
2
Florida Atlantic Florida Atlantic
3
1
.750
3
UAB UAB
2
2
.500
4
Army Army
2
1
.667
5
Memphis Memphis
3
1
.750
6
Tulsa Tulsa
3
1
.750
7
UTSA UTSA
3
1
.750
8
East Carolina East Carolina
2
2
.500
9
North Texas North Texas
2
2
.500
10
Tulane Tulane
2
2
.500
11
Rice Rice
1
3
.250
12
Charlotte Charlotte
0
4
.000
13
Temple Temple
1
3
.250
14
Navy Navy
1
2
.333
Conference USAWLPCT
1
Jacksonville State Jacksonville State
3
2
.600
2
Liberty Liberty
3
1
.750
3
Delaware Delaware
2
2
.500
4
Florida International Florida International
2
2
.500
5
Kennesaw State Kennesaw State
1
3
.250
6
Missouri State Missouri State
1
3
.250
7
New Mexico State New Mexico State
1
3
.250
8
Sam Houston Sam Houston
1
3
.250
9
Western Kentucky Western Kentucky
1
3
.250
10
Middle Tennessee Middle Tennessee
2
2
.500
Sun BeltWLPCT
1
James Madison James Madison
4
0
1.000
2
Louisiana Louisiana
3
1
.750
3
Appalachian State Appalachian State
3
1
.750
4
South Alabama South Alabama
2
2
.500
5
Georgia State Georgia State
3
1
.750
6
Marshall Marshall
3
1
.750
7
Arkansas State Arkansas State
2
2
.500
8
Troy Troy
2
2
.500
9
Georgia Southern Georgia Southern
1
3
.250
10
Louisiana Tech Louisiana Tech
1
2
.333
11
Southern Miss Southern Miss
1
3
.250
12
Coastal Carolina Coastal Carolina
1
3
.250
13
Old Dominion Old Dominion
1
3
.250
14
Louisiana-Monroe Louisiana-Monroe
0
4
.000
Mountain WestWLPCT
1
North Dakota State North Dakota State
4
0
1.000
2
UNLV UNLV
2
2
.500
3
Wyoming Wyoming
2
2
.500
4
Air Force Air Force
2
1
.667
5
New Mexico New Mexico
3
1
.750
6
San Jose State San Jose State
2
2
.500
7
UTEP UTEP
1
3
.250
8
Northern Illinois Northern Illinois
0
4
.000
9
Nevada Nevada
1
3
.250
10
Hawai'i Hawai'i
1
3
.250

CFB 2026 Scores & Schedule

Scores

DATEMATCHUPSCORE
Sat
9/12
ODU ODU
@
VT VT
21-44
Sat
9/12
PSU PSU
@
TEM TEM
27-9
Sat
9/12
ETSU ETSU
@
UNC UNC
3-35
Sat
9/12
ORE ORE
@
OKST OKST
31-39
Sat
9/12
WOF WOF
@
KENT KENT
15-36

Schedule

DATEMATCHUPTIME (ET)
Thu
10/1
WKU WKU
@
NMSU NMSU
8:00 PM
Thu
10/1
UNT UNT
@
TLSA TLSA
9:00 PM
Fri
10/2
LIB LIB
@
DEL DEL
7:00 PM
Fri
10/2
PITT PITT
@
VT VT
7:00 PM
Fri
10/2
PSU PSU
@
NW NW
8:00 PM