Texas Tech Red Raiders

1961 Roster

NO.	NAME	POS	HEIGHT	WEIGHT	CLASS
63	Nathan Armstrong N. Armstrong	OL	6'2"	199	JR
75	Roy Blair R. Blair	OL	6'1"	195	SO
53	Weldon Brown W. Brown	OL	6'3"	174	SO
	Ed Byrum E. Byrum	RB
24	Jay Dean Byrum J. Dean Byrum	RB	5'9"	175	JR
17	Doug Cannon D. Cannon	QB	5'10"	182	SO
30	H.L. Daniels	FB	5'11"	185	SO
80	Jerry Elbert J. Elbert	TE	6'2"	195	JR
52	Robert Foster R. Foster	OL	5'11"	185	SO
31	George Fraser G. Fraser	FB	6'0"	195	SR
89	Jerry Garrison J. Garrison	TE	6'1"	195	JR
22	Roger Gill R. Gill	RB	6'1"	190	SO
51	Dennis Grimes D. Grimes	OL	6'2"	189	JR
83	Jimmy Hacker J. Hacker	TE	6'1"	165	SO
50	Charles Harrison C. Harrison	OL	5'10"	185	JR
70	Tommy Hayes T. Hayes	OL	6'2"	195	SO
79	Dan Hennig D. Hennig	OL	6'1"	194	SO
60	Bev Herndon B. Herndon	OL	5'10"	170	SO
76	Pat Holmes P. Holmes	OL	6'5"	233	SR
44	Coolidge Hunt C. Hunt	FB	6'3"	195	JR
84	Larry Jones L. Jones	TE	5'11"	170	JR
85	Douglas Lillard D. Lillard	TE	5'11"	170	SO
40	Charles Lipsey C. Lipsey	RB	5'9"	165	SO
16	Johnny Lovelace J. Lovelace	QB	6'4"	210	JR
29	Charles McEntire C. McEntire	RB	5'11"	185	JR
73	Ronnie McWilliams R. McWilliams	OL	6'0"	195	SO
88	Cary Miller C. Miller	TE	6'0"	188	SO
65	Ken Milliken K. Milliken	OL	6'1"	190	JR
64	Kelly Mitchell K. Mitchell	OL	6'1"	195	JR
74	Larry Mullins L. Mullins	OL	6'3"	205	SR
67	Jackie Nichols J. Nichols	OL	5'10"	182	SO
81	David Parks D. Parks	TE	6'2"	190	SO
25	Dick Polson D. Polson	RB	5'11"	183	SR
86	Jim Potter J. Potter	TE	6'1"	176	SO
41	David Rankin D. Rankin	RB	6'2"	177	SO
68	Walter Rankin W. Rankin	OL	6'2"	190	SO
42	Wayne Scott W. Scott	RB	5'9"	160	SO
72	Bill Shaha B. Shaha	OL	5'10"	195	SO
18	Allen Shuler A. Shuler	QB	6'1"	178	JR
78	Richard Stafford R. Stafford	OL	6'4"	225	SR
62	Albert Swening A. Swening	OL	5'11"	186	SO
20	Bake Turner B. Turner	RB	6'2"	175	SR
71	Dennis Watkins D. Watkins	OL	6'1"	195	SO
54	Jimmy Wells J. Wells	OL	5'10"	187	SO
49	C.W. Williams	FB	6'0"	179	JR
69	Richard Willis R. Willis	OL	6'2"	204	SO
82	Bob Witucki B. Witucki	TE	6'3"	205	SR
21	Bill Worley B. Worley	RB	5'9"	155	SO

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CFB 2026 Leaders

Pass Yards Leaders

3,169

Atkinson

3,076

Mensah

2,973

Jennings

Rush Yards Leaders

1,335

Flora

1,320

Sheppard

1,241

Riley

Rec Yards Leaders

1,317

Smith

1,209

Legree

1,045

Hatcher

Pass TD Leaders

29

Mensah

29

Mestemaker

28

Stokes

Rush TD Leaders

19

Sheppard

19

Hawkins

18

Gutierrez

Rec TD Leaders

15

Smith

14

Legree

13

Toney

QB Rating Leaders

186.8

Mensah

184.5

Sayin

180.1

Stockton

Sack Leaders

14.0

Bradley

11.5

Dean

11.0

Zock

CFB 2026 Rankings

PPG Rankings

44.7

44.1

43.9

41.1

40.8

Opp PPG Rankings

10.9

11.9

12.2

12.4

13.6

14.0

Total Yards Rankings

535.4

533.6

520.7

518.1

517.0

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

331.0

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	Iowa	7	2	.778
5	USC	7	2	.778
6	Ohio State	7	3	.700
7	Wisconsin	6	4	.600
8	Illinois	6	4	.600
9	Northwestern	6	4	.600
10	Minnesota	5	4	.556
11	Penn State	5	4	.556
12	Washington	5	4	.556
13	Michigan	5	4	.556
14	Nebraska	6	4	.600
15	Purdue	3	6	.333
16	Rutgers	2	8	.200
17	Maryland	4	6	.400
18	Michigan State	3	6	.333

	Southeastern	W	L	PCT
1	Georgia	8	1	.889
2	Alabama	8	2	.800
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	6	.400

	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	4	6	.400
10	Sam Houston	1	9	.100

	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	3	.727
5	South Alabama	4	5	.444
6	Appalachian State	5	4	.556
7	Arkansas State	4	6	.400
8	Coastal Carolina	4	6	.400
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	9	1	.900
2	Wake Forest	9	1	.900
3	Louisville	6	3	.667
4	SMU	7	3	.700
5	Duke	7	3	.700
6	Clemson	6	4	.600
7	Virginia Tech	6	3	.667
8	Florida State	5	5	.500
9	Pittsburgh	6	4	.600
10	North Carolina	5	4	.556
11	Stanford	4	5	.444
12	Virginia	4	5	.444
13	NC State	4	6	.400
14	Boston College	4	5	.444
15	California	3	6	.333
16	Syracuse	5	5	.500
17	Georgia Tech	3	7	.300

	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	6	4	.600
6	Florida Atlantic	6	3	.667
7	East Carolina	6	4	.600
8	Tulsa	5	4	.556
9	Tulane	4	5	.444
10	South Florida	6	4	.600
11	Navy	3	6	.333
12	Charlotte	1	9	.100
13	Temple	2	8	.200
14	Rice	1	8	.111

	Independent	W	L	PCT
1	Notre Dame	8	1	.889
2	UConn	5	5	.500

	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	Arizona	7	2	.778
5	Baylor	6	3	.667
6	Oklahoma State	6	3	.667
7	Houston	7	3	.700
8	Arizona State	5	4	.556
9	UCF	5	4	.556
10	West Virginia	5	4	.556
11	Iowa State	5	5	.500
12	Cincinnati	5	5	.500
13	TCU	5	5	.500
14	Colorado	4	6	.400
15	Kansas State	4	6	.400
16	Kansas	3	6	.333