Southern Illinois Salukis

1979 Roster

NO.		NAME	POS	HEIGHT	WEIGHT	CLASS	BIRTHPLACE
		Mellus Carney M. Carney	RB
		Gerald Carr G. Carr	QB
		John Cernak J. Cernak	QB
		Michael Coleman M. Coleman	RB
		Oyd Craddock O. Craddock	DB
		Neal Furlong N. Furlong	DB
		Vic Harrison V. Harrison	RB
		Ty Henry T. Henry	DB
		Kevin House K. House	WR
		Larry Kavanagh L. Kavanagh	TE
		Raifield Lathan R. Lathan	WR
		Daryl Leake D. Leake	WR
		Glenn Marvin G. Marvin	RB
		Paul Molla P. Molla	K
		Walter Nuby W. Nuby	DB
		John Palermo J. Palermo	DB
		Les Petroff L. Petroff	K
		James Phillips J. Phillips	DL
		Walter Poole W. Poole	RB
		Bernell Quinn B. Quinn	RB
		Alvin Reed A. Reed	DB
		Clarence Robison C. Robison	RB
		Tom Striegel T. Striegel	P
		Bryan Vickers B. Vickers	RB
		Don Vinson D. Vinson	RB
		Jeff Ware J. Ware
		Arthur Williams A. Williams	QB

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CFB 2026 Leaders

Pass Yards Leaders

1,173

Maiava

1,122

Atkinson

1,053

Stokes

Rush Yards Leaders

528

Sheppard

458

Baugh

454

Riley

Rec Yards Leaders

476

Legree

444

Toney

419

Duff

Pass TD Leaders

12

Maiava

11

Taylor

11

Mensah

Rush TD Leaders

8

Baugh

8

Knight

6

Carter

Rec TD Leaders

7

Dixon

6

Duff

6

Becker

QB Rating Leaders

259.3

Stockton

244.1

Hoover

228.6

Mensah

Sack Leaders

6.0

Lewis

6.0

Umanmielen

4.0

Lester

CFB 2026 Rankings

PPG Rankings

59.3

54.0

51.7

50.7

49.7

48.3

Opp PPG Rankings

4.3

5.3

7.3

7.7

8.0

Total Yards Rankings

594.3

544.7

544.3

539.0

537.0

528.0

Rush Yards Rankings

394.0

376.0

319.0

298.7

286.7

281.3

Pass Yards Rankings

386.3

368.7

366.7

364.7

358.0

345.7

Sack Leaders

14.0

13.0

12.0

11.0

CFB 2026 Standings

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

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

	Pac-12	W	L	PCT
1	Colorado State	2	1	.667
2	Boise State	2	1	.667
3	Fresno State	2	1	.667
4	San Diego State	1	2	.333
5	Oregon State	1	2	.333
6	Texas State	1	2	.333
7	Utah State	0	3	.000
8	Washington State	1	2	.333

	Mid-American	W	L	PCT
1	Eastern Michigan	1	3	.250
2	UMass	3	0	1.000
3	Akron	1	2	.333
4	Ball State	1	2	.333
5	Buffalo	1	2	.333
6	Central Michigan	2	1	.667
7	Kent State	1	2	.333
8	Miami (OH)	1	2	.333
9	Ohio	1	2	.333
10	Toledo	2	1	.667
11	Western Michigan	2	1	.667
12	Bowling Green	0	3	.000
13	Sacramento State	1	3	.250

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

	Independent	W	L	PCT
1	Notre Dame	3	0	1.000
2	UConn	2	1	.667

	American Athletic	W	L	PCT
1	South Florida	3	0	1.000
2	Florida Atlantic	2	1	.667
3	Tulsa	3	0	1.000
4	UTSA	2	1	.667
5	Memphis	3	1	.750
6	North Texas	1	2	.333
7	Rice	1	2	.333
8	Temple	1	2	.333
9	Tulane	1	2	.333
10	UAB	1	2	.333
11	Charlotte	0	3	.000
12	East Carolina	1	2	.333
13	Army	1	1	.500
14	Navy	1	1	.500

	Big 10	W	L	PCT
1	USC	4	0	1.000
2	Indiana	3	0	1.000
3	Iowa	3	0	1.000
4	Maryland	2	1	.667
5	Michigan	3	0	1.000
6	Michigan State	2	1	.667
7	Nebraska	3	0	1.000
8	Penn State	3	0	1.000
9	UCLA	3	0	1.000
10	Washington	3	0	1.000
11	Oregon	2	1	.667
12	Northwestern	2	0	1.000
13	Illinois	2	1	.667
14	Minnesota	2	1	.667
15	Ohio State	2	1	.667
16	Purdue	1	2	.333
17	Wisconsin	2	1	.667
18	Rutgers	0	3	.000

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

	Conference USA	W	L	PCT
1	Delaware	2	1	.667
2	Florida International	1	2	.333
3	Kennesaw State	1	2	.333
4	Liberty	2	1	.667
5	Middle Tennessee	2	1	.667
6	Missouri State	1	2	.333
7	Jacksonville State	2	2	.500
8	New Mexico State	1	2	.333
9	Sam Houston	1	2	.333
10	Western Kentucky	0	3	.000

	Mountain West	W	L	PCT
1	North Dakota State	4	0	1.000
2	UNLV	1	2	.333
3	New Mexico	2	1	.667
4	San Jose State	2	2	.500
5	Nevada	1	2	.333
6	UTEP	1	2	.333
7	Wyoming	1	2	.333
8	Northern Illinois	0	3	.000
9	Air Force	1	1	.500
10	Hawai'i	1	2	.333