South Carolina Gamecocks

1959 Roster

NO.	NAME	POS	HEIGHT	WEIGHT	CLASS
64	Dave Adam D. Adam	OL	6'1"	200	SO
67	Jack Ashton J. Ashton	OL	5'11"	220	SR
40	Ken Baity K. Baity	RB	5'11"	170	SO
	George Bauman G. Bauman	QB
30	Jackie Beason J. Beason	FB	6'0"	215	SO
14	Buddy Bennett B. Bennett	QB	5'10"	180	JR
61	Jake Bodkin J. Bodkin	OL	6'2"	215	JR
	Jim Bowman J. Bowman	RB
42	Gordon Cole G. Cole	RB	6'0"	175	JR
11	Jim Costen J. Costen	QB	5'11"	180	SO
27	Henry Crosby H. Crosby	RB	5'7"	150	SO
68	Ken Derriso K. Derriso	OL	6'0"	209	JR
83	Bob Drost B. Drost	TE	6'4"	214	SO
86	Jimmy Duncan J. Duncan	TE	6'2"	200	SR
32	Bob Farmer B. Farmer	FB	5'10"	191	JR
78	Sam Fewell S. Fewell	OL	6'1"	230	JR
85	Jerry Frye J. Frye	TE	6'0"	205	JR
23	Joe Gomes J. Gomes	RB	6'2"	197	SR
52	John Gordon J. Gordon	OL	6'2"	215	JR
73	Tom Hannah T. Hannah	OL	6'1"	220	JR
41	Melvin Harris M. Harris	RB	5'8"	175	JR
51	Doug Hatcher D. Hatcher	RB	6'1"	195	JR
22	Jimmy Hunter J. Hunter	RB	5'11"	155	SO
43	Bob Jama B. Jama	RB	5'11"	180	SO
75	Bill Jerry B. Jerry	OL	6'2"	225	SR
76	Harold Jones H. Jones	OL	6'1"	220	SO
	Steve Kopian S. Kopian	RB			SO
34	Phil Lavoie P. Lavoie	FB	6'0"	198	SR
63	Lane Lowder L. Lowder	OL	6'0"	210	SO
84	Bill Magan B. Magan	TE	6'2"	217	SO
50	Jim McGovern J. McGovern	OL	6'0"	215	JR
60	Don Miles D. Miles	OL	5'11"	195	JR
24	Jack Morris J. Morris	RB	5'10"	155	SO
55	Jim Nemeth J. Nemeth	OL	6'2"	222	JR
44	Ken Norton K. Norton	RB	5'9"	190	JR
79	Wayne Nutter W. Nutter	OL	6'0"	210	SO
65	Paul O'Cain P. O'Cain	OL	6'1"	195	JR
88	Neel Patrick N. Patrick	TE	6'1"	195	SO
77	Kirk Phares K. Phares	OL	6'2"	227	SR
87	Jack Pitt J. Pitt	TE	6'2"	215	JR
71	Ed Pitts E. Pitts	OL	6'2"	225	SR
56	Jerry Reddick J. Reddick	OL	6'0"	183	SO
15	Steve Satterfield S. Satterfield	QB	5'11"	155	SR
20	Bob Saunders B. Saunders	RB	5'9"	175	SO
33	Johnny Saunders J. Saunders	FB	6'1"	200	SR
12	Harvey Shiflet H. Shiflet	QB	5'9"	175	JR
	Wayne Shiflet W. Shiflet	OL
21	Jimmy Smith J. Smith	RB	5'11"	170	SO
80	Tom Snyder T. Snyder	TE
69	Dave Sohm D. Sohm	OL	6'3"	217	SO
10	Dave Sowell D. Sowell	QB	6'0"	180	SO
70	Frank Staley F. Staley	OL	6'3"	216	SO
35	W.L. Strickland	FB	6'1"	200	SR
81	Conley Taylor C. Taylor	TE	6'3"	210	SO
89	John Timmerman J. Timmerman	TE	6'0"	190	JR
82	Park Turner P. Turner	TE	6'0"	185	SR
	Clark Waring C. Waring	OL	6'1"	200	SO
74	Alva Whetsell A. Whetsell	OL	6'1"	214	SO
36	Jimmy Williams J. Williams	FB	5'11"	205	JR

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CFB 2026 Leaders

Pass Yards Leaders

3,169

Atkinson

2,962

Mestemaker

2,880

Jackson

Rush Yards Leaders

1,241

Riley

1,193

White

1,189

Sheppard

Rec Yards Leaders

1,209

Legree

1,200

Smith

1,027

Toney

Pass TD Leaders

29

Mestemaker

28

Stokes

28

Mensah

Rush TD Leaders

19

Hawkins

18

Gutierrez

18

Hellums

Rec TD Leaders

14

Legree

14

Smith

13

Toney

QB Rating Leaders

190.8

Mensah

184.5

Sayin

180.8

Jennings

Sack Leaders

14.0

Bradley

11.0

Zock

10.5

Simmons

CFB 2026 Rankings

PPG Rankings

45.0

44.7

43.9

43.3

41.1

40.8

Opp PPG Rankings

10.9

11.9

12.2

12.4

13.0

13.6

Total Yards Rankings

535.4

533.6

520.7

517.0

516.6

504.1

Rush Yards Rankings

332.0

324.7

298.1

270.2

265.8

263.6

Pass Yards Rankings

370.4

343.8

339.1

325.3

324.9

322.9

Sack Leaders

39.0

37.0

36.0

32.0

31.0

CFB 2026 Standings

	Pac-12	W	L	PCT
1	Boise State	8	1	.889
2	Texas State	5	4	.556
3	Oregon State	5	4	.556
4	San Diego State	4	5	.444
5	Utah State	4	5	.444
6	Fresno State	5	4	.556
7	Colorado State	3	6	.333
8	Washington State	1	8	.111

	Big 10	W	L	PCT
1	UCLA	10	0	1.000
2	Indiana	8	1	.889
3	Oregon	6	3	.667
4	Ohio State	6	3	.667
5	Iowa	7	2	.778
6	Wisconsin	6	3	.667
7	USC	7	2	.778
8	Illinois	6	4	.600
9	Northwestern	6	3	.667
10	Minnesota	5	4	.556
11	Penn State	5	4	.556
12	Washington	5	4	.556
13	Michigan	5	4	.556
14	Nebraska	5	4	.556
15	Purdue	3	6	.333
16	Rutgers	2	7	.222
17	Maryland	3	6	.333
18	Michigan State	3	6	.333

	Southeastern	W	L	PCT
1	Georgia	8	1	.889
2	Alabama	7	2	.778
3	Kentucky	7	2	.778
4	Texas	7	2	.778
5	Tennessee	7	2	.778
6	Ole Miss	6	3	.667
7	South Carolina	6	3	.667
8	LSU	6	3	.667
9	Missouri	6	3	.667
10	Oklahoma	5	4	.556
11	Florida	5	4	.556
12	Auburn	5	4	.556
13	Mississippi State	4	5	.444
14	Texas A&M	4	5	.444
15	Arkansas	3	6	.333
16	Vanderbilt	4	5	.444

	Conference USA	W	L	PCT
1	Liberty	8	1	.889
2	Jacksonville State	7	2	.778
3	Middle Tennessee	5	4	.556
4	Delaware	4	5	.444
5	Florida International	4	5	.444
6	New Mexico State	3	6	.333
7	Western Kentucky	3	6	.333
8	Missouri State	3	6	.333
9	Kennesaw State	3	6	.333
10	Sam Houston	1	8	.111

	Sun Belt	W	L	PCT
1	Louisiana Tech	7	2	.778
2	Georgia Southern	5	4	.556
3	Louisiana	7	3	.700
4	James Madison	8	2	.800
5	South Alabama	4	5	.444
6	Appalachian State	5	4	.556
7	Arkansas State	4	5	.444
8	Coastal Carolina	3	6	.333
9	Troy	4	5	.444
10	Marshall	5	4	.556
11	Southern Miss	3	6	.333
12	Georgia State	5	4	.556
13	Louisiana-Monroe	2	8	.200
14	Old Dominion	3	7	.300

	Atlantic Coast	W	L	PCT
1	Miami	8	1	.889
2	Wake Forest	8	1	.889
3	Louisville	6	3	.667
4	SMU	7	2	.778
5	Duke	7	2	.778
6	Clemson	6	3	.667
7	Pittsburgh	6	4	.600
8	Virginia Tech	6	3	.667
9	North Carolina	5	4	.556
10	Florida State	5	5	.500
11	Stanford	4	5	.444
12	Virginia	4	5	.444
13	NC State	4	5	.444
14	Boston College	4	5	.444
15	California	3	6	.333
16	Syracuse	4	5	.444
17	Georgia Tech	2	7	.222

	Mountain West	W	L	PCT
1	New Mexico	8	1	.889
2	Wyoming	6	3	.667
3	North Dakota State	7	2	.778
4	Air Force	7	2	.778
5	UNLV	5	4	.556
6	San Jose State	5	5	.500
7	Nevada	3	6	.333
8	Hawai'i	3	6	.333
9	UTEP	1	8	.111
10	Northern Illinois	0	9	.000

	American Athletic	W	L	PCT
1	North Texas	7	2	.778
2	Memphis	8	2	.800
3	UTSA	7	2	.778
4	Army	5	4	.556
5	UAB	5	4	.556
6	Florida Atlantic	6	3	.667
7	East Carolina	5	4	.556
8	Tulsa	5	4	.556
9	Tulane	4	5	.444
10	South Florida	6	4	.600
11	Navy	3	6	.333
12	Charlotte	1	8	.111
13	Temple	2	7	.222
14	Rice	1	8	.111

	Independent	W	L	PCT
1	Notre Dame	8	1	.889
2	UConn	4	5	.444

	Mid-American	W	L	PCT
1	Toledo	8	2	.800
2	Western Michigan	7	3	.700
3	Buffalo	7	3	.700
4	Ohio	7	3	.700
5	Miami (OH)	6	4	.600
6	Central Michigan	5	5	.500
7	Eastern Michigan	4	6	.400
8	Bowling Green	3	7	.300
9	UMass	5	5	.500
10	Kent State	3	7	.300
11	Ball State	3	7	.300
12	Sacramento State	2	9	.182
13	Akron	1	9	.100

	Big 12	W	L	PCT
1	Utah	9	0	1.000
2	Texas Tech	8	1	.889
3	BYU	7	2	.778
4	Houston	7	3	.700
5	Arizona	7	2	.778
6	Baylor	6	3	.667
7	Oklahoma State	6	3	.667
8	Arizona State	5	4	.556
9	UCF	5	4	.556
10	West Virginia	5	4	.556
11	Iowa State	4	5	.444
12	Cincinnati	5	4	.556
13	TCU	4	5	.444
14	Colorado	4	6	.400
15	Kansas State	4	5	.444
16	Kansas	3	6	.333