Vanderbilt Commodores

1953 Roster

NO.	NAME	POS	HEIGHT	WEIGHT	CLASS
40	Bill Ahrens B. Ahrens	FB	6'1"	190	SO
35	Don Bailey D. Bailey	RB	5'9"	174	JR
85	Harold Brown H. Brown	TE	6'0"	190	JR
26	Danny Byers D. Byers	RB	5'11"	169	JR
56	Bob Cappelletti B. Cappelletti	RB	5'8"	165	JR
53	Jim Cunnigham J. Cunnigham	OL	6'1"	185	SO
10	Jim DeMain J. DeMain	QB	5'11"	175	SR
75	Art Demmas A. Demmas	OL	6'2"	208	SO
64	Con Demmas C. Demmas	OL	6'1"	195	SO
43	John Dodd J. Dodd	FB	6'1"	182	SO
68	Larry Frank L. Frank	OL	5'11"	194	SO
66	Bobby Goodall B. Goodall	OL	5'11"	190	JR
65	John Hall J. Hall	OL	5'10"	177	JR
87	Charlie Hawkins C. Hawkins	TE	6'3"	205	SR
52	Barry Heywood B. Heywood	OL	6'2"	190	SO
13	Billy Holmes B. Holmes	QB	6'0"	180	SO
24	Charles Horton C. Horton	RB	6'0"	177	SO
72	Jim Horton J. Horton	OL	6'1"	210	JR
44	Don Hunt D. Hunt	FB	5'11"	185	SO
86	Earl Jalufka E. Jalufka	TE	6'1"	180	SO
77	Erwin Jones E. Jones	OL	6'4"	209	SR
74	Roy Keathley R. Keathley	OL	6'0"	198	JR
12	Bill Krietemeyer B. Krietemeyer	QB	6'2"	210	SO
62	Lambert Lamberson L. Lamberson	OL	5'8"	174	SO
88	Robert Laws R. Laws	TE	6'0"	190	FR
14	Jim Looney J. Looney	QB	6'0"	185	JR
83	Ben McKinnon B. McKinnon	TE	6'3"	204	JR
78	Jack Miron J. Miron	OL	6'3"	211	JR
42	Chuck Newman C. Newman	FB	6'0"	200	SR
70	Andy Novak A. Novak	OL	5'11"	195	SR
34	Donald Orr D. Orr	RB	6'0"	174	SO
55	Jason Papuchis J. Papuchis	OL	6'1"	185	JR
45	Steve Pepoy S. Pepoy	FB	5'11"	186	SO
69	Donald Plonk D. Plonk	OL	6'1"	195	FR
23	Charlie Rolfe C. Rolfe	RB	6'1"	195	SO
25	Buddy Stack B. Stack	RB	6'0"	170	SO
80	Joe Stephenson J. Stephenson	TE	6'1"	192	SO
50	Larry Stone L. Stone	OL	6'1"	195	SR
33	Floyd Teas F. Teas	RB	6'3"	197	SO
63	Carroll Toups C. Toups	OL	5'10"	200	SO
84	Henry Tyler H. Tyler	TE	6'3"	195	FR
73	Buck Watson B. Watson	OL	6'3"	225	JR
60	Pete Williams P. Williams	OL	6'1"	185	JR
76	Tom Woodroof T. Woodroof	OL	6'1"	227	SO
67	Morris Yates M. Yates	OL	5'9"	180	FR

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