Purdue Boilermakers

1955 Roster

NO.	NAME	POS	HEIGHT	WEIGHT	CLASS
22	Tom Aykroid T. Aykroid	TE	5'10"	166	SO
44	Erich Barnes E. Barnes	RB	6'3"	189	SO
38	Randell Barrett R. Barrett	RB	6'0"	200	SO
89	Robert Bergmann R. Bergmann	TE	6'3"	197	SR
61	Ron Biletnikoff R. Biletnikoff	OL	6'1"	231	SO
27	John Brideweser J. Brideweser	QB	5'9"	161	JR
76	James Cahoon J. Cahoon	OL	6'0"	236	SR
83	Steve Chernicky S. Chernicky	TE	6'1"	193	JR
50	Robert Clasey R. Clasey	OL	5'11"	201	JR
36	Tom Crowl T. Crowl	FB	6'2"	219	JR
16	Len Dawson L. Dawson	QB	6'0"	180	JR
35	Melvin Dillard M. Dillard	FB	6'2"	186	SO
12	Stan Eaton S. Eaton	QB	5'11"	173	JR
34	Alfred Espinda A. Espinda	TE	6'1"	201	SO
59	Don Fife D. Fife	OL	6'4"	219	JR
21	Tom Fletcher T. Fletcher	RB	5'10"	172	SO
58	Neil Habig N. Habig	OL	6'0"	204	SO
78	Frank Hoffman F. Hoffman	OL	6'1"	219	SO
64	John Jardine J. Jardine	OL	5'11"	182	SO
45	Bill Jennings B. Jennings	RB	6'0"	198	JR
82	Robert Khoenle R. Khoenle	TE	6'1"	207	JR
79	Joe Krupa J. Krupa	OL	6'0"	244	SR
18	Ted Krzeczowski T. Krzeczowski	QB	5'11"	184	JR
33	David Kurtz D. Kurtz	FB	5'11"	190	SO
53	Bob Leonard B. Leonard	OL	6'2"	207	JR
81	Lamar Lundy L. Lundy	TE	6'6"	225	JR
25	Kenneth Mikes K. Mikes	RB	6'0"	174	SO
63	Fred Miller F. Miller	OL	5'10"	196	SR
40	Bill Murakowski B. Murakowski	FB	6'1"	207	SR
70	Dick Murley D. Murley	OL	6'0"	229	SR
10	Edwin Neves E. Neves	RB	5'5"	174	SR
75	Kenneth Panfil K. Panfil	OL	6'5"	248	SR
74	Frank Paparazzo F. Paparazzo	OL	6'1"	210	SR
28	Jim Peters J. Peters	RB	5'7"	180	SR
71	Dominic Picco D. Picco	OL	5'10"	228	SR
73	Terry Rose T. Rose	OL	6'2"	238	JR
65	Ron Sabal R. Sabal	OL	6'2"	214	SO
66	Gene Selawski G. Selawski	OL	6'4"	247	SO
62	James Shea J. Shea	OL	5'10"	216	JR
85	Gene Sheehy G. Sheehy	OL	6'1"	196	JR
56	John Simerson J. Simerson	OL	6'3"	237	JR
67	Dick Skibinski D. Skibinski	OL	5'9"	218	SR
52	Dale Snelling D. Snelling	OL	6'1"	194	JR
72	Bill Spillane B. Spillane	OL	6'2"	214	SO
80	Robert Springer R. Springer	TE	6'1"	192	SR
60	Joseph Stepanek J. Stepanek	OL	5'10"	206	JR
86	Mercer Vicens M. Vicens	TE	5'10"	192	SO
77	Edward Voytek E. Voytek	OL	6'2"	233	JR
84	Donn Whitmer D. Whitmer	TE	6'0"	183	SR
29	Jim Whitmer J. Whitmer	RB	6'1"	180	SR
88	Leonard Zyzda L. Zyzda	TE	6'4"	205	SR

CFB 2025 Leaders

Pass Yards Leaders

4,379

Mestemaker

3,973

Mensah

3,711

Maiava

Rush Yards Leaders

1,661

Cook

1,649

Hardy

1,464

Lacy

Rec Yards Leaders

1,291

Scudero

1,276

Bell

1,264

Young

Pass TD Leaders

36

Mendoza

34

Mensah

34

Mestemaker

Rush TD Leaders

25

Hawkins

23

Lacy

18

Hellums

Rec TD Leaders

14

Brown

13

Sarratt

13

Allen

QB Rating Leaders

184.7

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

10.3

11.8

13.1

13.3

15.1

Total Yards Rankings

512.4

496.2

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

315.9

309.6

296.0

292.8

Sack Leaders

46.0

45.0

43.0

42.0

41.0

CFB 2025 Standings

	Atlantic Coast	W	L	PCT
1	Duke	9	5	.643
2	Virginia	11	3	.786
3	Miami	12	2	.857
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	1	.929
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	14	0	1.000
2	Ohio State	12	2	.857
3	Oregon	13	1	.929
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