Texas Tech Red Raiders

1978 Roster

NO.	NAME	POS	HEIGHT	WEIGHT	CLASS
18	Tres Adami T. Adami	QB	6'0"	196	SR
3	Bill Adams B. Adams		5'11"	150	JR
41	Hans Bischof H. Bischof	LB	6'2"	205	SO
74	Mike Bozeman M. Bozeman	OL	6'3"	234	SO
	Maury Buford M. Buford	P
73	Robert Caughlin R. Caughlin	OL	6'2"	269	SO
45	Jeff Copeland J. Copeland	LB	6'2"	219	JR
38	Billy Cummings B. Cummings	DB	5'6"	154	SO
71	L.M. Cummings	OL	6'3"	216	SO
20	Steve Dawson S. Dawson	RB	6'1"	195	SO
39	Leonard Duncan L. Duncan	DB	5'11"	188	SO
33	Don Earl D. Earl	RB	5'7"	175	SO
63	Jackie Ellis J. Ellis	OL	6'4"	215	SO
14	Richy Ethridge R. Ethridge	QB	6'0"	195	SO
84	Mike Farst M. Farst	TE	6'0"	202	JR
24	Larry Flowers L. Flowers	DB	6'1"	184	JR
70	Mark Gesch M. Gesch	OL	6'4"	265	SO
52	Jamie Giles J. Giles	DL	6'2"	250	SO
5	John Greve J. Greve		5'11"	177	SO
86	James Hadnot J. Hadnot	TE	6'2"	236	JR
83	Mark Harrelson M. Harrelson	TE	6'1"	215	SO
64	Denny Harris D. Harris	OL	6'1"	235	FR
	Mike Hawkes M. Hawkes	TE	6'1"	196	SR
77	Jeff Hendley J. Hendley		6'5"	230	SO
68	David Hill D. Hill		6'3"	251	JR
59	Steve Holifield S. Holifield	LB	6'0"	214	SO
	Kenneth James K. James	RB
12	Johnny Johnson J. Johnson	QB	6'1"	191	JR
16	Mark Johnson M. Johnson	QB	6'0"	187	JR
10	Eric Jones E. Jones	P	6'0"	180	SO
	Rex Jones R. Jones	QB	5'11"	175	SO
47	Roger Jones R. Jones	DL	6'3"	185	JR
28	Russell Kellner R. Kellner	DB	6'3"	183	JR
43	Don Kelly D. Kelly	LB	6'0"	217	SR
44	Ricky Kempf R. Kempf	LB	6'1"	205	JR
78	Tracy Kensing T. Kensing		6'5"	230	SO
65	Dane Kerns D. Kerns		6'7"	261	JR
85	Howie Lewis H. Lewis	WR	6'5"	204	JR
48	Rusty Maroney R. Maroney	DL	6'2"	210	SO
62	Larry Martin L. Martin	OL	5'11"	222	JR
49	Jeff McKinney J. McKinney	LB	6'2"	220	SO
88	Gordon Michaelis G. Michaelis	TE	6'3"	232	SO
54	Travis Mileur T. Mileur	OL	6'3"	209	SR
35	Eddie Monaco E. Monaco	RB	5'11"	202	JR
80	Michael Morris M. Morris	WR	5'11"	173	SO
87	Brian Nelson B. Nelson	WR	5'11"	180	SR
81	Edwin Newsome E. Newsome	WR	5'11"	160	JR
30	Mark Olbert M. Olbert	RB	5'11"	190	FR
34	Tim Orr T. Orr	RB	6'5"	210	SO
	Randy Page R. Page	WR
29	Mike Patterson M. Patterson	DB	5'11"	177	SR
66	James Person J. Person	OL	6'3"	235	JR
26	Johnny Quinney J. Quinney	DB	6'0"	200	JR
51	Curtis Reed C. Reed	DL	5'11"	232	SR
	Ron Reeves R. Reeves	QB
	Paul Rodgers P. Rodgers	DB
31	Ted Sample T. Sample	RB	6'0"	200	SO
23	Willie Stephens W. Stephens	DB	6'1"	179	JR
15	David Stone D. Stone	QB	6'2"	190	SO
	Alan Swann A. Swann	DB
53	Kim Taliaferro K. Taliaferro	OL	6'2"	243	SR
27	Freddie Taylor F. Taylor	DB	5'11"	174	JR
46	Andrew Thomas A. Thomas	DL	6'3"	211	JR
40	Olan Tisdale O. Tisdale	DL	6'5"	226	SR
25	Larry Toon L. Toon	DB	5'11"	179	SO
82	Godfrey Turner G. Turner	WR	6'0"	185	SR
22	Greg Tyler G. Tyler	DB	6'0"	185	SO
76	Jim Verden J. Verden		6'3"	240	SO
50	Joe Walstad J. Walstad	OL	6'3"	255	JR
75	Ken Walter K. Walter	OL	6'4"	228	JR
	Mike Walter M. Walter	OL	6'0"	244	SO
	Ted Watts T. Watts	DB
	Phil Weatherall P. Weatherall	RB
72	Conway Wheat C. Wheat	OL	6'3"	265	SO
7	Russell Wheatley R. Wheatley		5'11"	180	JR
58	Jim Wosoba J. Wosoba	OL	6'3"	215	SO

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CFB 2026 Leaders

Pass Yards Leaders

2,257

Atkinson

2,045

Maiava

1,868

Jackson

Rush Yards Leaders

835

Riley

828

Roberts

793

Cook

Rec Yards Leaders

932

Legree

916

Smith

720

Hernandez

Pass TD Leaders

21

Atkinson

18

Maiava

17

Taylor

Rush TD Leaders

12

Baugh

12

Hawkins

10

Daniels

Rec TD Leaders

12

Legree

11

Smith

9

Dixon

QB Rating Leaders

212.2

Mensah

200.5

Hoover

198.6

Stockton

Sack Leaders

9.5

Simmons

8.0

Umanmielen

7.0

Esqillion

CFB 2026 Rankings

PPG Rankings

49.6

46.2

44.2

44.0

43.4

42.8

Opp PPG Rankings

9.8

10.3

10.6

11.0

11.8

12.2

Total Yards Rankings

554.8

533.8

531.6

524.8

522.3

521.4

Rush Yards Rankings

333.2

325.6

299.4

295.5

263.6

253.2

Pass Yards Rankings

391.2

347.0

341.0

337.8

334.4

322.4

Sack Leaders

24.0

22.0

20.0

19.0

CFB 2026 Standings

	Pac-12	W	L	PCT
1	Boise State	5	1	.833
2	Oregon State	4	2	.667
3	Fresno State	4	2	.667
4	San Diego State	2	4	.333
5	Utah State	2	4	.333
6	Colorado State	2	3	.400
7	Texas State	2	3	.400
8	Washington State	1	5	.167

	Big 12	W	L	PCT
1	BYU	5	0	1.000
2	Texas Tech	5	0	1.000
3	Utah	5	0	1.000
4	Baylor	4	1	.800
5	Oklahoma State	4	1	.800
6	Arizona	5	1	.833
7	Houston	5	1	.833
8	Cincinnati	4	1	.800
9	Arizona State	3	2	.600
10	Iowa State	3	3	.500
11	UCF	3	3	.500
12	Kansas State	3	2	.600
13	Colorado	2	3	.400
14	Kansas	2	3	.400
15	TCU	2	3	.400
16	West Virginia	3	3	.500

	Mid-American	W	L	PCT
1	Eastern Michigan	4	3	.571
2	Ohio	4	2	.667
3	Western Michigan	4	2	.667
4	Bowling Green	2	4	.333
5	Buffalo	3	3	.500
6	Toledo	4	2	.667
7	Central Michigan	3	3	.500
8	Miami (OH)	3	3	.500
9	UMass	4	2	.667
10	Kent State	2	4	.333
11	Akron	1	5	.167
12	Ball State	1	5	.167
13	Sacramento State	1	5	.167

	Southeastern	W	L	PCT
1	Georgia	6	0	1.000
2	Alabama	5	1	.833
3	Kentucky	5	1	.833
4	Mississippi State	4	1	.800
5	Missouri	5	1	.833
6	Tennessee	5	1	.833
7	Ole Miss	4	1	.800
8	Oklahoma	3	2	.600
9	Florida	4	2	.667
10	Texas	4	1	.800
11	LSU	4	2	.667
12	Auburn	3	2	.600
13	South Carolina	3	3	.500
14	Texas A&M	3	3	.500
15	Vanderbilt	3	3	.500
16	Arkansas	2	4	.333

	Big 10	W	L	PCT
1	Indiana	6	0	1.000
2	UCLA	5	0	1.000
3	Ohio State	5	1	.833
4	Wisconsin	4	1	.800
5	USC	6	1	.857
6	Purdue	3	3	.500
7	Iowa	5	1	.833
8	Nebraska	5	1	.833
9	Minnesota	4	2	.667
10	Northwestern	4	1	.800
11	Oregon	3	2	.600
12	Illinois	3	3	.500
13	Michigan	3	2	.600
14	Rutgers	1	4	.200
15	Penn State	3	3	.500
16	Washington	3	3	.500
17	Maryland	2	4	.333
18	Michigan State	2	4	.333

	Conference USA	W	L	PCT
1	Liberty	5	1	.833
2	Jacksonville State	4	2	.667
3	Florida International	3	2	.600
4	New Mexico State	2	4	.333
5	Western Kentucky	2	4	.333
6	Delaware	2	3	.400
7	Middle Tennessee	2	3	.400
8	Kennesaw State	1	4	.200
9	Missouri State	1	4	.200
10	Sam Houston	1	4	.200

	American Athletic	W	L	PCT
1	Memphis	5	1	.833
2	UTSA	5	1	.833
3	North Texas	4	2	.667
4	Florida Atlantic	4	1	.800
5	East Carolina	3	2	.600
6	Army	3	2	.600
7	UAB	3	3	.500
8	Temple	2	4	.333
9	South Florida	4	2	.667
10	Navy	2	3	.400
11	Tulane	2	3	.400
12	Tulsa	3	3	.500
13	Rice	1	5	.167
14	Charlotte	0	6	.000

	Atlantic Coast	W	L	PCT
1	Miami	5	0	1.000
2	Wake Forest	5	1	.833
3	Clemson	3	2	.600
4	Pittsburgh	5	1	.833
5	SMU	4	1	.800
6	Virginia	4	2	.667
7	California	3	3	.500
8	Georgia Tech	2	3	.400
9	Louisville	3	3	.500
10	Duke	4	1	.800
11	North Carolina	3	2	.600
12	Virginia Tech	4	2	.667
13	Florida State	3	3	.500
14	NC State	3	3	.500
15	Stanford	2	4	.333
16	Boston College	2	3	.400
17	Syracuse	2	3	.400

	Mountain West	W	L	PCT
1	UNLV	4	2	.667
2	New Mexico	4	1	.800
3	North Dakota State	5	1	.833
4	Air Force	4	1	.800
5	Wyoming	3	3	.500
6	San Jose State	3	3	.500
7	Nevada	2	3	.400
8	Northern Illinois	0	5	.000
9	UTEP	1	5	.167
10	Hawai'i	1	5	.167

	Independent	W	L	PCT
1	Notre Dame	6	0	1.000
2	UConn	3	3	.500

	Sun Belt	W	L	PCT
1	James Madison	6	0	1.000
2	South Alabama	4	2	.667
3	Georgia State	4	1	.800
4	Louisiana Tech	3	2	.600
5	Troy	3	2	.600
6	Louisiana	4	2	.667
7	Georgia Southern	2	4	.333
8	Coastal Carolina	2	4	.333
9	Old Dominion	2	4	.333
10	Appalachian State	3	2	.600
11	Southern Miss	1	4	.200
12	Louisiana-Monroe	0	5	.000
13	Marshall	3	3	.500
14	Arkansas State	2	4	.333