Utah Utes

1954 Roster

NO.	NAME	POS	HEIGHT	WEIGHT	CLASS
81	Tom Adams T. Adams	DL	6'1"	175	JR
77	Donnie Barr D. Barr	OL	6'2"	200	JR
11	Martin Bezyack M. Bezyack	QB	5'10"	170	SO
53	Gail Brown G. Brown	OL	6'2"	185	SR
85	Gene Cross G. Cross	DL	6'1"	180	JR
89	Tom Curtis T. Curtis	DL	6'3"	190	SO
12	Dave Dungan D. Dungan	QB	5'10"	175	JR
17	Richard Evans R. Evans	QB	6'0"	160	SO
65	Chester Franklin C. Franklin	OL	6'1"	190	SO
73	Robert Gawronski R. Gawronski	OL	6'0"	200	SR
86	Dave Germann D. Germann	DL	6'2"	190	JR
42	Jed Gibson J. Gibson	RB	6'1"	185	JR
79	Donnie Greenhalgh D. Greenhalgh	OL	6'4"	205	SO
83	Dave Hamilton D. Hamilton	DL	6'0"	195	JR
75	Donnie Henderson D. Henderson	OL	6'3"	220	SR
21	Jack Howells J. Howells	RB	6'2"	187	SO
78	Dean Howes D. Howes	OL	6'3"	210	SO
62	Tom Johnson T. Johnson	OL	5'10"	157	JR
32	Joe Kine J. Kine	FB	5'8"	165	SR
36	Gary Knudson G. Knudson	FB	6'2"	185	SO
20	Jerry Liston J. Liston	RB	6'1"	170	SO
61	Ray Martinez R. Martinez	OL	5'10"	170	SO
34	Louis Mele L. Mele	FB	5'6"	170	JR
67	LaVere Merritt L. Merritt	OL	6'1"	190	SO
48	Dick Morley D. Morley	RB	6'0"	185	SO
45	Herb Nakken H. Nakken	RB	6'1"	190	JR
87	Orville Nellestein O. Nellestein	DL	6'0"	185	SR
82	Douglas Pallay D. Pallay	DL	6'1"	180	JR
63	Nick Paloukas N. Paloukas	OL	5'10"	180	SO
35	Gene Pantuso G. Pantuso	FB	5'10"	170	JR
51	Bob Pembroke B. Pembroke	OL	6'0"	180	SO
60	Lyle Peterson L. Peterson	OL	6'0"	180	SO
27	Max Pierce M. Pierce	RB	5'11"	165	SR
56	Carl Poglajen C. Poglajen	OL	5'11"	225	SR
24	Phil Ramsey P. Ramsey	RB	5'8"	175	JR
76	Dave Rasmussen D. Rasmussen	OL	6'4"	205	JR
31	Jack Raynor J. Raynor	FB	5'8"	165	SO
72	Pete Riehlman P. Riehlman	OL	6'3"	190	JR
25	Carl Roepke C. Roepke	RB	5'10"	180	JR
68	Skip Ross S. Ross	OL	6'1"	205	SO
66	Lynn Simons L. Simons	OL	6'2"	205	JR
54	Kelly Skinner K. Skinner	OL	6'4"	220	SO
88	Galen Smith G. Smith	DL	6'0"	175	SO
16	Neil Sorensen N. Sorensen	QB	5'9"	155	SR
43	Ken Strong K. Strong	RB	6'1"	190	SO
74	Paul Tanner P. Tanner	OL	6'3"	190	SO
64	Tommy Thompson T. Thompson	OL	6'1"	190	SR
84	Jack Wade J. Wade	DL	6'1"	185	SR
80	Charles Wells C. Wells	DL	6'1"	180	SO

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CFB 2026 Leaders

Pass Yards Leaders

1,848

Atkinson

1,756

Fifita

1,744

Maiava

Rush Yards Leaders

828

Roberts

793

Cook

685

Riley

Rec Yards Leaders

823

Smith

741

Legree

720

Hernandez

Pass TD Leaders

17

Taylor

17

Hoover

16

Atkinson

Rush TD Leaders

12

Baugh

12

Hawkins

10

Daniels

Rec TD Leaders

9

Legree

9

Smith

8

Dixon

QB Rating Leaders

212.2

Mensah

202.0

Stockton

200.5

Hoover

Sack Leaders

8.0

Umanmielen

7.5

Simmons

7.0

Esqillion

CFB 2026 Rankings

PPG Rankings

51.4

49.6

47.5

44.8

Opp PPG Rankings

9.8

10.3

10.6

11.0

11.8

Total Yards Rankings

554.8

547.8

541.2

531.6

524.6

521.4

Rush Yards Rankings

333.2

297.3

295.5

281.5

277.8

263.6

Pass Yards Rankings

377.0

357.0

346.5

341.0

340.0

334.4

Sack Leaders

22.0

21.0

20.0

19.0

18.0

CFB 2026 Standings

	Southeastern	W	L	PCT
1	Alabama	5	0	1.000
2	Georgia	5	0	1.000
3	Texas	4	0	1.000
4	Florida	4	2	.667
5	Kentucky	4	1	.800
6	Mississippi State	4	1	.800
7	Ole Miss	3	1	.750
8	LSU	4	1	.800
9	Missouri	5	1	.833
10	Tennessee	4	1	.800
11	Auburn	3	2	.600
12	Texas A&M	3	3	.500
13	Oklahoma	2	2	.500
14	Vanderbilt	3	2	.600
15	Arkansas	2	3	.400
16	South Carolina	3	3	.500

	Pac-12	W	L	PCT
1	Boise State	4	1	.800
2	Fresno State	4	1	.800
3	Oregon State	3	2	.600
4	San Diego State	2	3	.400
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	Baylor	4	1	.800
4	Utah	4	0	1.000
5	Oklahoma State	4	1	.800
6	Arizona	5	1	.833
7	Houston	4	1	.800
8	Cincinnati	4	1	.800
9	UCF	3	3	.500
10	Arizona State	2	2	.500
11	Iowa State	3	3	.500
12	Kansas State	3	1	.750
13	Kansas	2	2	.500
14	West Virginia	3	3	.500
15	Colorado	2	3	.400
16	TCU	2	3	.400

	Mid-American	W	L	PCT
1	Eastern Michigan	3	3	.500
2	Toledo	4	1	.800
3	Central Michigan	3	2	.600
4	Ohio	3	2	.600
5	Western Michigan	3	2	.600
6	Bowling Green	2	4	.333
7	UMass	4	2	.667
8	Kent State	2	3	.400
9	Buffalo	2	3	.400
10	Miami (OH)	3	3	.500
11	Akron	1	4	.200
12	Ball State	1	5	.167
13	Sacramento State	1	5	.167

	Big 10	W	L	PCT
1	Indiana	6	0	1.000
2	Nebraska	5	1	.833
3	UCLA	4	0	1.000
4	Minnesota	4	1	.800
5	Ohio State	4	1	.800
6	Wisconsin	4	1	.800
7	Oregon	3	1	.750
8	Iowa	5	1	.833
9	USC	5	1	.833
10	Northwestern	4	1	.800
11	Purdue	2	3	.400
12	Michigan	3	2	.600
13	Penn State	3	2	.600
14	Illinois	2	3	.400
15	Maryland	2	3	.400
16	Michigan State	2	3	.400
17	Rutgers	1	4	.200
18	Washington	3	3	.500

	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

	Atlantic Coast	W	L	PCT
1	Miami	5	0	1.000
2	Pittsburgh	5	1	.833
3	Duke	4	0	1.000
4	SMU	4	1	.800
5	Wake Forest	5	1	.833
6	Clemson	3	2	.600
7	Virginia	3	2	.600
8	NC State	3	3	.500
9	Louisville	3	3	.500
10	Virginia Tech	4	1	.800
11	California	2	3	.400
12	Florida State	3	3	.500
13	Stanford	2	3	.400
14	North Carolina	3	2	.600
15	Georgia Tech	1	3	.250
16	Syracuse	2	2	.500
17	Boston College	2	3	.400

	Independent	W	L	PCT
1	Notre Dame	5	0	1.000
2	UConn	2	3	.400

	American Athletic	W	L	PCT
1	UTSA	5	1	.833
2	Florida Atlantic	4	1	.800
3	Memphis	4	1	.800
4	North Texas	3	2	.600
5	UAB	3	2	.600
6	Army	3	2	.600
7	Temple	2	3	.400
8	South Florida	4	2	.667
9	East Carolina	3	2	.600
10	Tulane	2	3	.400
11	Tulsa	3	2	.600
12	Rice	1	5	.167
13	Charlotte	0	5	.000
14	Navy	1	3	.250

	Sun Belt	W	L	PCT
1	James Madison	5	0	1.000
2	South Alabama	4	2	.667
3	Georgia State	4	1	.800
4	Louisiana	4	1	.800
5	Georgia Southern	2	3	.400
6	Troy	3	2	.600
7	Appalachian State	3	2	.600
8	Louisiana Tech	2	2	.500
9	Marshall	3	2	.600
10	Southern Miss	1	4	.200
11	Coastal Carolina	1	4	.200
12	Louisiana-Monroe	0	5	.000
13	Old Dominion	2	4	.333
14	Arkansas State	2	4	.333

	Mountain West	W	L	PCT
1	North Dakota State	5	0	1.000
2	New Mexico	4	1	.800
3	UNLV	3	2	.600
4	Wyoming	3	3	.500
5	Air Force	3	1	.750
6	San Jose State	3	3	.500
7	Northern Illinois	0	4	.000
8	Nevada	1	3	.250
9	UTEP	1	4	.200
10	Hawai'i	1	4	.200