VMI Keydets

1979 Roster

NO.		NAME	POS	HEIGHT	WEIGHT	CLASS	BIRTHPLACE
		Floyd Allen F. Allen	RB
		Mike Alston M. Alston	DB
		John Bangley J. Bangley	QB
		Walt Bellamy W. Bellamy	DB
		Frank Brown F. Brown	QB
		Tim Cox T. Cox	LB
		Louis Darden L. Darden	P
		Mike Eden M. Eden	DB
		Dan Fritz D. Fritz	P
		Teddy Gottwald T. Gottwald	WR
		Mike Hall M. Hall	TE
		Butch Hostetter B. Hostetter	RB
		Larry Hupertz L. Hupertz	QB
		Oliver James O. James	WR
		Craig Jones C. Jones	K
		Bruce Kitchen B. Kitchen	LB
		Tim Nitz T. Nitz	QB
		Bill Pfeiffer B. Pfeiffer	OL
		Brian Quisenberry B. Quisenberry	TE
		Louis Rolan L. Rolan	WR
		Robert Savage R. Savage	WR
		Carl Showalter C. Showalter	RB
		Jeff Washington J. Washington	RB
		Jeff White J. White	WR
		Sam Woolwine S. Woolwine	RB

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CFB 2026 Leaders

Pass Yards Leaders

2,257

Atkinson

2,045

Maiava

1,868

Jackson

Rush Yards Leaders

828

Roberts

793

Cook

743

Sheppard

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

44.8

44.2

44.0

43.4

Opp PPG Rankings

9.8

10.3

10.6

11.0

11.8

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

254.0

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

	Southeastern	W	L	PCT
1	Alabama	5	0	1.000
2	Georgia	5	0	1.000
3	Texas	4	1	.800
4	Florida	4	2	.667
5	Kentucky	5	1	.833
6	Mississippi State	4	1	.800
7	Ole Miss	4	1	.800
8	LSU	4	2	.667
9	Missouri	5	1	.833
10	Tennessee	5	1	.833
11	Auburn	3	2	.600
12	Texas A&M	3	3	.500
13	Oklahoma	3	2	.600
14	Vanderbilt	3	3	.500
15	Arkansas	2	4	.333
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	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	Baylor	4	1	.800
4	Utah	4	0	1.000
5	Oklahoma State	4	1	.800
6	Arizona	5	1	.833
7	Houston	5	1	.833
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	2	.600
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	4	3	.571
2	Toledo	4	2	.667
3	Central Michigan	3	3	.500
4	Ohio	4	2	.667
5	Western Michigan	4	2	.667
6	Bowling Green	2	4	.333
7	UMass	4	2	.667
8	Kent State	2	4	.333
9	Buffalo	3	3	.500
10	Miami (OH)	3	3	.500
11	Akron	1	5	.167
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	5	0	1.000
4	Minnesota	4	1	.800
5	Ohio State	5	1	.833
6	Wisconsin	4	1	.800
7	Oregon	3	2	.600
8	Iowa	5	1	.833
9	USC	6	1	.857
10	Northwestern	4	1	.800
11	Purdue	2	3	.400
12	Michigan	3	2	.600
13	Penn State	3	3	.500
14	Illinois	3	3	.500
15	Maryland	2	4	.333
16	Michigan State	2	4	.333
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	1	.800
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	2	.667
11	California	3	3	.500
12	Florida State	3	3	.500
13	Stanford	2	4	.333
14	North Carolina	3	2	.600
15	Georgia Tech	2	3	.400
16	Syracuse	2	2	.500
17	Boston College	2	3	.400

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

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

	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	2	.667
5	Georgia Southern	2	3	.400
6	Troy	3	2	.600
7	Appalachian State	3	2	.600
8	Louisiana Tech	3	2	.600
9	Marshall	3	3	.500
10	Southern Miss	1	4	.200
11	Coastal Carolina	2	4	.333
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	1	.833
2	New Mexico	4	1	.800
3	UNLV	4	2	.667
4	Wyoming	3	3	.500
5	Air Force	4	1	.800
6	San Jose State	3	3	.500
7	Northern Illinois	0	5	.000
8	Nevada	2	3	.400
9	UTEP	1	5	.167
10	Hawai'i	1	4	.200