Temple Owls

1997 Roster

NO.	NAME	POS	HEIGHT	WEIGHT	CLASS
31	Lamond Adams L. Adams	DB	5'9"	180	JR
52	Jason Alisauckas J. Alisauckas	LS	6'0"	240	JR
5	Charles Andrews C. Andrews	QB	6'3"	212	SO
28	Gregg Ascolese G. Ascolese	LB	6'0"	223	JR
55	Mario Ayala M. Ayala		6'2"	287	JR
91	Michael Barretto M. Barretto		6'4"	294	FR
81	Kyle Benzio K. Benzio	DL	6'6"	250	SR
40	Jason Blissett J. Blissett	LB	6'3"	241	JR
18	Josh Boies J. Boies	P	6'4"	220	SR
9	Pat Bonner P. Bonner	QB	6'2"	197	JR
51	Decara Burgess D. Burgess	LB	6'0"	245	SR
	Jerry Butler J. Butler	WR
12	Lou Cammisa L. Cammisa	WR	6'0"	181	JR
71	J.J. Cardona	OL	6'5"	305	SR
80	Kenyatta Carter K. Carter	WR	5'9"	171	JR
69	Roger Chanoine R. Chanoine	OL	6'5"	275	SR
95	Larry Chester L. Chester		6'2"	310	SR
84	Justin Collins J. Collins	TE	6'5"	251	JR
8	Marcus Counts M. Counts	DB	6'0"	204	SR
97	Rodney Darius R. Darius	DL	6'1"	240	SO
88	Wendell Davis W. Davis	TE	6'3"	244	SR
34	Victor Ford V. Ford	FB	5'10"	252	JR
42	Fulton Fryar F. Fryar	DB	5'11"	170	SO
21	Juan Gaddy J. Gaddy	RB	5'9"	200	SR
10	Kareem Gilliard K. Gilliard	WR	5'11"	170	SR
87	Fenton Graham F. Graham	LB	6'3"	240	JR
58	Damien Grant D. Grant	OL	6'4"	265	SR
39	Salih Grice S. Grice	DB	5'7"	175	FR
3	Kevin Harvey K. Harvey	QB	5'10"	195	SO
36	Greg Hollman G. Hollman	WR	5'11"	170	SO
29	Tom Indio T. Indio	DB	5'8"	168	JR
33	Elmarko Jackson E. Jackson	RB	5'11"	192	FR
65	John James J. James	LB	6'3"	235	JR
46	Brent Johnstone B. Johnstone	FB	6'1"	252	FR
44	Damian Jones D. Jones	LB	5'11"	191	FR
93	Robert Kelly R. Kelly		6'3"	254	SR
49	Keith Kerrin K. Kerrin	LB	6'1"	240	SR
11	Troy Kersey T. Kersey	WR	5'11"	187	SR
74	Tim Leach T. Leach	OL	6'7"	322	SO
32	Ramod Lee R. Lee	RB	6'2"	234	SR
7	Excel Lucas E. Lucas	DB	5'11"	185	JR
1	Stacey Mack S. Mack	RB	6'1"	220	JR
54	Terrence Matthews T. Matthews	DL	6'4"	245	JR
4	Franklin McBride F. McBride	RB	5'10"	197	JR
47	Willis McCallum W. McCallum	LB	6'3"	215	FR
41	Rahmel Meade R. Meade	DB	6'0"	170	SO
24	Zane Michalski Z. Michalski	K	5'11"	216	SR
61	Charlie Morris C. Morris	OL	6'2"	285	JR
15	Clinton Nelson C. Nelson	WR	6'0"	194	JR
13	Dave Nicholl D. Nicholl	K/P	6'2"	193	JR
90	Mathias Nkwenti M. Nkwenti		6'4"	278	FR
63	Scott Oster S. Oster	OL	6'3"	330	JR
85	Shawn Overocker S. Overocker	TE	6'4"	236	SR
23	Aaron Patterson A. Patterson	DB	5'10"	172	SR
89	Peppi Pichette P. Pichette	DL	6'4"	260	JR
22	Kevin Pugh K. Pugh	WR	6'3"	195	JR
59	Theo Ross T. Ross	OL	6'4"	287	SO
50	Kevin Rowe K. Rowe	DL	6'3"	230	FR
86	Jamelle Steele J. Steele	TE	6'4"	225	FR
19	Lansana Sylla L. Sylla	DB	6'0"	200	SO
6	Levar Talley L. Talley	LB	5'11"	225	FR
56	Michael Tripp M. Tripp	DL	6'3"	253	JR
20	Kevin Walker K. Walker	WR	5'11"	170	SR
17	Eric White E. White	QB	6'2"	205	FR
62	Nishi-Naka White N. White	OL	6'5"	316	SO
48	Kedrick Whitehead K. Whitehead	FB	6'3"	260	SR
45	Calvin Wilkinson C. Wilkinson	FB	6'3"	230	SO
77	Rick Williams R. Williams		6'2"	292	SO
98	Kenyatta Williamson K. Williamson		6'3"	260	JR
92	Clifford Wilson C. Wilson		6'4"	254	JR

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