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

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CFB 2026 Leaders

Pass Yards Leaders

3,169

Atkinson

2,962

Mestemaker

2,880

Jackson

Rush Yards Leaders

1,241

Riley

1,193

White

1,189

Sheppard

Rec Yards Leaders

1,209

Legree

1,200

Smith

1,027

Toney

Pass TD Leaders

29

Mestemaker

28

Stokes

28

Mensah

Rush TD Leaders

19

Hawkins

18

Gutierrez

18

Hellums

Rec TD Leaders

14

Legree

14

Smith

13

Toney

QB Rating Leaders

190.8

Mensah

184.5

Sayin

180.8

Jennings

Sack Leaders

14.0

Bradley

11.0

Zock

10.5

Simmons

CFB 2026 Rankings

PPG Rankings

45.0

44.7

43.9

43.3

41.1

40.8

Opp PPG Rankings

10.9

11.9

12.2

12.4

13.0

13.6

Total Yards Rankings

535.4

533.6

520.7

517.0

516.6

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

325.3

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	Ohio State	6	3	.667
5	Iowa	7	2	.778
6	Wisconsin	6	3	.667
7	USC	7	2	.778
8	Illinois	6	4	.600
9	Northwestern	6	3	.667
10	Minnesota	5	4	.556
11	Penn State	5	4	.556
12	Washington	5	4	.556
13	Michigan	5	4	.556
14	Nebraska	5	4	.556
15	Purdue	3	6	.333
16	Rutgers	2	7	.222
17	Maryland	3	6	.333
18	Michigan State	3	6	.333

	Southeastern	W	L	PCT
1	Georgia	8	1	.889
2	Alabama	7	2	.778
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	5	.444

	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	3	6	.333
10	Sam Houston	1	8	.111

	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	2	.800
5	South Alabama	4	5	.444
6	Appalachian State	5	4	.556
7	Arkansas State	4	5	.444
8	Coastal Carolina	3	6	.333
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	8	1	.889
2	Wake Forest	8	1	.889
3	Louisville	6	3	.667
4	SMU	7	2	.778
5	Duke	7	2	.778
6	Clemson	6	3	.667
7	Pittsburgh	6	4	.600
8	Virginia Tech	6	3	.667
9	North Carolina	5	4	.556
10	Florida State	5	5	.500
11	Stanford	4	5	.444
12	Virginia	4	5	.444
13	NC State	4	5	.444
14	Boston College	4	5	.444
15	California	3	6	.333
16	Syracuse	4	5	.444
17	Georgia Tech	2	7	.222

	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	5	4	.556
6	Florida Atlantic	6	3	.667
7	East Carolina	5	4	.556
8	Tulsa	5	4	.556
9	Tulane	4	5	.444
10	South Florida	6	4	.600
11	Navy	3	6	.333
12	Charlotte	1	8	.111
13	Temple	2	7	.222
14	Rice	1	8	.111

	Independent	W	L	PCT
1	Notre Dame	8	1	.889
2	UConn	4	5	.444

	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	Houston	7	3	.700
5	Arizona	7	2	.778
6	Baylor	6	3	.667
7	Oklahoma State	6	3	.667
8	Arizona State	5	4	.556
9	UCF	5	4	.556
10	West Virginia	5	4	.556
11	Iowa State	4	5	.444
12	Cincinnati	5	4	.556
13	TCU	4	5	.444
14	Colorado	4	6	.400
15	Kansas State	4	5	.444
16	Kansas	3	6	.333