Pittsburgh Panthers

1998 Roster

NO.	NAME	POS	HEIGHT	WEIGHT	CLASS
21	Chiffon Allen C. Allen	WR	5'10"	165	JR
77	Bryan Anderson B. Anderson	OL	6'5"	315	FR
43	Kevan Barlow K. Barlow	RB	6'1"	225	SO
15	Brian Beinecke B. Beinecke	DB	6'1"	210	FR
63	Larry Bell L. Bell	LB	5'11"	210	SO
	Brian Belnecke B. Belnecke	DB	6'1"	210
29	Creg Bethea C. Bethea	RB	5'10"	205	SO
23	Kevin Bevec K. Bevec	P	5'10"	185	SR
67	Mike Bosnic M. Bosnic	OL	6'6"	285	FR
4	Chuck Brown C. Brown	DB	5'11"	175	SR
73	Mark Browne M. Browne	OL	6'5"	280	JR
82	Matt Campbell M. Campbell	TE	6'3"	220	FR
95	Phil Clarke P. Clarke	LB	6'0"	230	SR
39	Nick Cole N. Cole	LB	6'2"	225	FR
98	Joe Conlin J. Conlin	DL	6'5"	255	FR
69	Dan Cornelius D. Cornelius	OL	6'4"	280	JR
	Daniel Cornelius D. Cornelius	OL	6'4"	280
7	Tray Crayton T. Crayton	DB	6'2"	180	SR
16	Greg DeBolt G. DeBolt	P	5'11"	180	JR
14	Aamir Dew A. Dew	RB	5'10"	190	FR
56	Brandon Dewey B. Dewey	DL	6'4"	245	FR
1	D.J. Dinkins	DB	6'4"	225	JR
6	Julius Dixon J. Dixon	WR	5'10"	175	JR
72	Khiawatha Downey K. Downey	OL	6'4"	330	FR
59	Jason Dugger J. Dugger	OL	6'4"	280	SR
19	R.J. English	WR	6'3"	200	SO
7	Keith Featsent K. Featsent	TE	6'2"	250	FR
38	Chris Feola C. Feola	FB	6'1"	220	JR
37	Chris Ferencik C. Ferencik	K	5'11"	180	SR
94	Demond Gibson D. Gibson	DL	6'4"	290	JR
	Jack Gillespie J. Gillespie	FB	5'10"	205	SO
24	Nick Goings N. Goings	RB	6'0"	205	SO
55	Ryan Gonsales R. Gonsales	LB	6'2"	220	FR
45	Julian Graham J. Graham	DL	6'3"	240	JR
83	Latef Grim L. Grim	WR	5'11"	180	JR
54	Andrew Grischow A. Grischow	OL	6'3"	280	SR
76	Ryan Hansen R. Hansen	OL	6'7"	290	JR
27	Kenny Harris K. Harris	DB	6'0"	185	FR
48	Joe Holland J. Holland	LB	6'2"	205	SR
26	Seth Hornack S. Hornack	DB	5'10"	195	JR
52	Bryan Jacobs B. Jacobs	LB	6'2"	230	SO
18	Jay Junko J. Junko	WR	6'3"	195	FR
	John Kanaly J. Kanaly	DB	6'1"	190	JR
53	Ken Kashubara K. Kashubara	LB	6'4"	225	JR
5	Kenney Ketchen K. Ketchen	WR	6'1"	200	JR
83	Bryan Knight B. Knight	LB	6'2"	225	FR
87	Mike Knox M. Knox	TE	6'3"	255	JR
93	Ben Kopp B. Kopp	TE	6'4"	290	JR
28	Lee Lightner L. Lightner	DB	6'2"	195	FR
35	Nick Lotz N. Lotz	K	6'2"	210	FR
8	Matt Lytle M. Lytle	QB	6'4"	225	SR
70	Joe Manganello J. Manganello	OL	6'4"	285	FR
47	Roland Mathiey R. Mathiey	DL	6'0"	235	JR
50	Trey McCray T. McCray	DL	6'2"	250	JR
90	Jeff McCurley J. McCurley	OL	6'5"	265	SO
88	Kirk McMullen K. McMullen	TE	6'4"	250	JR
44	Rickey Mendenhall R. Mendenhall	FB	6'0"	230	FR
2	Kody Miller K. Miller	DB	6'1"	210	JR
40	Mark Moothart M. Moothart	FB	6'0"	235	FR
81	Terry Murphy T. Murphy	WR	6'0"	180	SR
91	Nigel Neal N. Neal	DL	6'3"	290	JR
9	Matt O'Connor M. O'Connor	QB	6'3"	200	JR
	Anthony Oliva A. Oliva	DB	5'9"	170	SO
11	Dan Owen D. Owen	FB	5'11"	215	SO
46	John Parker J. Parker	LS	6'1"	210	JR
62	Kenny Pegram K. Pegram	DL	6'2"	275	SR
2	Brian Pirosko B. Pirosko	WR	6'0"	160	SO
15	Coret Plis C. Plis	K	5'9"	185	SR
11	Mark Ponko M. Ponko	DB	5'10"	190	FR
31	Hank Poteat H. Poteat	DB	5'11"	190	JR
19	Amir Purifoy A. Purifoy	LB	6'2"	220	FR
64	Chad Reed C. Reed	OL	6'2"	295	FR
17	Demetrious Rich D. Rich	DB	5'9"	160	FR
85	Timothy Robertson T. Robertson	TE	6'4"	260	SO
20	Shawn Robinson S. Robinson	DB	6'1"	175	FR
30	Alonzo Roebuck A. Roebuck	DB	5'11"	195	FR
16	Paul Ruzila P. Ruzila	K	5'10"	175	SO
32	Chris Schneider C. Schneider	FB	6'1"	260	SR
41	Pete Simonian P. Simonian	DL	6'2"	250	SR
58	Ryan Smith R. Smith	LB	6'4"	230	FR
49	Tim Stein T. Stein	WR	5'8"	165	JR
22	Karim Thompson K. Thompson	DB	5'11"	200	JR
36	Tony Thompson T. Thompson	FB	5'11"	235	SO
59	Sheldon Tucker S. Tucker	LB	5'11"	250	SO
10	John Turman J. Turman	QB	6'4"	220	JR
78	Justin Wade J. Wade	OL	6'4"	305	JR
25	Ramon Walker R. Walker	DB	5'11"	175	FR
61	Ethan Weidle E. Weidle	OL	6'6"	290	JR
97	Mike White M. White	DL	6'3"	285	SO
34	Brandon Williams B. Williams	RB	6'0"	205	FR
3	Ike Williams I. Williams	RB	5'11"	180	JR
	Isaac Williams I. Williams	RB
84	Juan Williams J. Williams	TE	6'1"	240	SR
80	Jackie Womack J. Womack	WR	5'11"	185	JR
92	Marlin Young M. Young	DL	6'2"	245	SR
12	Tony Zimmerman T. Zimmerman	QB	6'3"	210	SO

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

188.0

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

42.6

42.0

41.3

40.5

39.8

Opp PPG Rankings

9.3

11.1

11.8

13.3

14.0

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

47.0

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