Pittsburgh Panthers

1961 Roster

NO.	NAME	POS	HEIGHT	WEIGHT	CLASS
79	Ed Adamchik E. Adamchik	OL	6'2"	226	SO
51	Charles Ahlborn C. Ahlborn	OL	6'2"	200	SO
29	Peter Billey P. Billey	RB	5'9"	170	SO
21	Ed Billy E. Billy	RB	5'11"	175	SO
72	Ernest Borghetti E. Borghetti	OL	6'4"	235	SO
66	Jon Botula J. Botula	OL	6'0"	196	SO
60	Tom Brown T. Brown	OL	6'0"	203	JR
54	Paul Cercel P. Cercel	OL	6'1"	210	SO
73	Gerald Cherry G. Cherry	OL	6'0"	225	SO
26	Dennis Chillinsky D. Chillinsky	RB	6'0"	190	SO
40	John Chisdak J. Chisdak	FB	6'0"	185	JR
94	Robert Chisdak R. Chisdak	TE	6'0"	185	SO
25	Ed Clark E. Clark	RB	5'11"	170	JR
32	Bob Clemens B. Clemens	RB	6'1"	200	SR
18	Sam Colella S. Colella	QB	5'10"	178	JR
61	Ralph Conrad R. Conrad	OL	5'11"	210	JR
27	Ray Conway R. Conway	RB	6'0"	180	SO
68	Regis Coustillac R. Coustillac	OL	6'2"	219	SR
28	Fred Cox F. Cox	RB	5'11"	196	SR
96	John Cullen J. Cullen	OL	6'0"	205	SO
98	Dick Dobrowolski D. Dobrowolski	OL	6'0"	215	SO
97	Ronald Dodson R. Dodson	TE	6'0"	195	SO
63	John Draksler J. Draksler	OL	6'1"	215	JR
30	Ed Ferdinand E. Ferdinand	RB	5'10"	185	JR
42	Marshall Goldberg M. Goldberg	RB	5'11"	193	SO
20	John Gregg J. Gregg	RB	6'2"	175	SO
85	Al Grigaliunas A. Grigaliunas	TE	5'1"	190	SO
89	Joe Gudenburr J. Gudenburr	TE	6'1"	185	SO
75	Bob Guzik B. Guzik	OL	6'2"	222	SR
86	Woody Haser W. Haser	TE	6'1"	205	SR
53	John Holzbach J. Holzbach	OL	6'3"	215	JR
59	John Hunter J. Hunter	OL	6'1"	208	SO
64	James Irwin J. Irwin	OL	5'11"	205	SO
87	Steve Jastrzembski S. Jastrzembski	TE	6'3"	203	SR
80	John Jenkins J. Jenkins	TE	6'4"	205	SO
78	Gary Kaltenbach G. Kaltenbach	OL	6'2"	233	JR
88	John Kuprok J. Kuprok	TE	6'1"	199	SR
50	Andy Kuzneski A. Kuzneski	OL	6'2"	211	SR
83	Joe Kuzneski J. Kuzneski	TE	6'3"	180	SO
46	Rick Leeson R. Leeson	FB	6'1"	194	SO
15	Glenn Lehner G. Lehner	QB	5'10"	190	SO
31	Marvin Lippincott M. Lippincott	RB	6'0"	193	SO
84	Robert Long R. Long	TE	6'3"	190	SO
74	John Maczuzak J. Maczuzak	OL	6'5"	220	SO
55	Ronald Marini R. Marini	OL	6'1"	200	SO
10	Paul Martha P. Martha	QB	6'0"	180	SO
95	Dave Mastro D. Mastro	OL	6'5"	218	JR
70	Elmer Merkovsky E. Merkovsky	OL	6'2"	220	SR
76	Robert Ostrosky R. Ostrosky	TE	6'1"	222	SO
24	John Ozimek J. Ozimek	RB	5'10"	185	SO
82	Dan Picciano D. Picciano	TE	6'1"	185	SO
65	Ray Pop R. Pop	OL	6'1"	205	SO
77	John Price J. Price	OL	5'11"	210	SO
11	Phil Pulsineili P. Pulsineili	QB	6'2"	195	SO
	Bob Roeder B. Roeder	RB
22	Robert Roeder R. Roeder	RB	5'11"	185	SO
36	Carmen Ronca C. Ronca	FB	6'0"	190	JR
16	Dick Sanker D. Sanker	QB	6'0"	175	JR
41	Frank Scrip F. Scrip	FB	6'0"	192	JR
44	Lou Slaby L. Slaby	FB	6'3"	225	JR
81	Gene Sobolewski G. Sobolewski	TE	6'2"	190	SO
56	Tom Sopkovich T. Sopkovich	OL	6'3"	194	SO
19	Jerry Straub J. Straub	QB	6'0"	175	SO
45	John Telesky J. Telesky	FB	5'10"	201	SO
14	Jim Traficant J. Traficant	QB	6'0"	190	JR
62	Larry Vignali L. Vignali	OL	5'11"	218	SR
92	Frank Walton F. Walton	TE	5'11"	210	SO
71	Jeff Ware J. Ware	OL	6'1"	215	SO
23	John Yaccino J. Yaccino	RB	5'11"	190	SR
67	John Zabkar J. Zabkar	OL	5'11"	210	SO

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CFB 2026 Leaders

Pass Yards Leaders

2,257

Atkinson

2,045

Maiava

1,868

Jackson

Rush Yards Leaders

835

Riley

828

Roberts

793

Cook

Rec Yards Leaders

932

Legree

916

Smith

720

Hernandez

Pass TD Leaders

21

Atkinson

18

Maiava

17

Taylor

Rush TD Leaders

12

Baugh

12

Hawkins

10

Daniels

Rec TD Leaders

12

Legree

11

Smith

9

Dixon

QB Rating Leaders

212.2

Mensah

200.5

Hoover

198.6

Stockton

Sack Leaders

9.5

Simmons

8.0

Umanmielen

7.0

Esqillion

CFB 2026 Rankings

PPG Rankings

49.6

46.2

44.2

44.0

43.4

42.8

Opp PPG Rankings

9.8

10.3

10.6

11.0

11.8

13.0

Total Yards Rankings

554.8

533.8

531.6

524.8

522.3

521.4

Rush Yards Rankings

333.2

325.6

299.4

295.5

263.6

253.2

Pass Yards Rankings

391.2

347.0

341.0

337.8

334.4

322.4

Sack Leaders

24.0

22.0

20.0

19.0

CFB 2026 Standings

	Pac-12	W	L	PCT
1	Boise State	5	1	.833
2	Oregon State	4	2	.667
3	Fresno State	4	2	.667
4	San Diego State	2	4	.333
5	Utah State	2	4	.333
6	Colorado State	2	3	.400
7	Texas State	2	3	.400
8	Washington State	1	5	.167

	Big 12	W	L	PCT
1	BYU	5	0	1.000
2	Texas Tech	5	0	1.000
3	Utah	5	0	1.000
4	Baylor	4	1	.800
5	Oklahoma State	4	1	.800
6	Arizona	5	1	.833
7	Houston	5	1	.833
8	Cincinnati	4	1	.800
9	Arizona State	3	2	.600
10	Iowa State	3	3	.500
11	UCF	3	3	.500
12	Kansas State	3	2	.600
13	Colorado	2	3	.400
14	Kansas	2	3	.400
15	TCU	2	3	.400
16	West Virginia	3	3	.500

	Mid-American	W	L	PCT
1	Eastern Michigan	4	3	.571
2	Ohio	4	2	.667
3	Western Michigan	4	2	.667
4	Bowling Green	2	4	.333
5	Buffalo	3	3	.500
6	Toledo	4	2	.667
7	Central Michigan	3	3	.500
8	Miami (OH)	3	3	.500
9	UMass	4	2	.667
10	Kent State	2	4	.333
11	Akron	1	5	.167
12	Ball State	1	5	.167
13	Sacramento State	1	5	.167

	Southeastern	W	L	PCT
1	Georgia	6	0	1.000
2	Alabama	5	1	.833
3	Kentucky	5	1	.833
4	Mississippi State	4	1	.800
5	Missouri	5	1	.833
6	Tennessee	5	1	.833
7	Ole Miss	4	1	.800
8	Oklahoma	3	2	.600
9	Florida	4	2	.667
10	Texas	4	1	.800
11	LSU	4	2	.667
12	Auburn	3	2	.600
13	South Carolina	3	3	.500
14	Texas A&M	3	3	.500
15	Vanderbilt	3	3	.500
16	Arkansas	2	4	.333

	Big 10	W	L	PCT
1	Indiana	6	0	1.000
2	UCLA	5	0	1.000
3	Ohio State	5	1	.833
4	Wisconsin	4	1	.800
5	USC	6	1	.857
6	Purdue	3	3	.500
7	Iowa	5	1	.833
8	Nebraska	5	1	.833
9	Minnesota	4	2	.667
10	Northwestern	4	1	.800
11	Oregon	3	2	.600
12	Illinois	3	3	.500
13	Michigan	3	2	.600
14	Rutgers	1	4	.200
15	Penn State	3	3	.500
16	Washington	3	3	.500
17	Maryland	2	4	.333
18	Michigan State	2	4	.333

	American Athletic	W	L	PCT
1	Memphis	5	1	.833
2	UTSA	5	1	.833
3	North Texas	4	2	.667
4	Florida Atlantic	4	1	.800
5	East Carolina	3	2	.600
6	Army	3	2	.600
7	UAB	3	3	.500
8	Temple	2	4	.333
9	South Florida	4	2	.667
10	Navy	2	3	.400
11	Tulane	2	3	.400
12	Tulsa	3	3	.500
13	Rice	1	5	.167
14	Charlotte	0	6	.000

	Atlantic Coast	W	L	PCT
1	Miami	5	0	1.000
2	Wake Forest	5	1	.833
3	Clemson	3	2	.600
4	Pittsburgh	5	1	.833
5	SMU	4	1	.800
6	Virginia	4	2	.667
7	California	3	3	.500
8	Georgia Tech	2	3	.400
9	Louisville	3	3	.500
10	Duke	4	1	.800
11	North Carolina	3	2	.600
12	Virginia Tech	4	2	.667
13	Florida State	3	3	.500
14	NC State	3	3	.500
15	Stanford	2	4	.333
16	Boston College	2	3	.400
17	Syracuse	2	3	.400

	Mountain West	W	L	PCT
1	UNLV	4	2	.667
2	New Mexico	4	1	.800
3	North Dakota State	5	1	.833
4	Air Force	4	1	.800
5	Wyoming	3	3	.500
6	San Jose State	3	3	.500
7	Nevada	2	3	.400
8	Northern Illinois	0	5	.000
9	UTEP	1	5	.167
10	Hawai'i	1	5	.167

	Independent	W	L	PCT
1	Notre Dame	6	0	1.000
2	UConn	3	3	.500

	Conference USA	W	L	PCT
1	Jacksonville State	5	2	.714
2	Liberty	5	1	.833
3	Florida International	3	3	.500
4	Middle Tennessee	3	3	.500
5	New Mexico State	2	4	.333
6	Western Kentucky	2	4	.333
7	Kennesaw State	1	4	.200
8	Missouri State	1	4	.200
9	Sam Houston	1	4	.200
10	Delaware	2	4	.333

	Sun Belt	W	L	PCT
1	James Madison	6	0	1.000
2	South Alabama	4	2	.667
3	Georgia State	4	1	.800
4	Louisiana Tech	3	2	.600
5	Troy	3	2	.600
6	Louisiana	4	2	.667
7	Georgia Southern	2	4	.333
8	Coastal Carolina	2	4	.333
9	Old Dominion	2	4	.333
10	Appalachian State	3	2	.600
11	Southern Miss	1	4	.200
12	Louisiana-Monroe	0	5	.000
13	Marshall	3	3	.500
14	Arkansas State	2	4	.333