Wake Forest Demon Deacons

1953 Roster

NO.	NAME	POS	HEIGHT	WEIGHT	CLASS
	Doug Alexander D. Alexander	QB	6'0"	185	SO
45	Bob Bartholomew B. Bartholomew	OL	6'2"	210	SO
17	John Behrman J. Behrman	RB	5'11"	180	SO
15	James Bland J. Bland	FB	5'11"	196	SR
19	Bob Brincefield B. Brincefield	RB	5'9"	163	JR
50	Cliff Brookshire C. Brookshire	OL	5'11"	210	JR
21	Ed Chaney E. Chaney	FB	5'9"	190	JR
12	Bill Churm B. Churm	RB	5'9"	175	SR
	John Coles J. Coles	OL	5'10"	195	SR
23	Nick Consoles N. Consoles	QB	6'1"	180	SO
28	Claude Croston C. Croston	TE	5'11"	190	SO
32	Joe Dupree J. Dupree	OL	6'0"	185	SO
47	Tommy Frank T. Frank	OL	6'3"	195	SO
18	Bob Frederick B. Frederick	RB	6'0"	185	JR
58	Donnie Garrison D. Garrison	OL	6'0"	195	JR
22	Charles George C. George	QB	5'10"	190	SR
51	Jim Hall J. Hall	OL	5'11"	210	SO
14	Burt Harrison B. Harrison	RB	5'11"	180	SO
16	John Herrlein J. Herrlein	RB	5'9"	160	JR
24	Bruce Hillenbrand B. Hillenbrand	RB	5'9"	185	SR
	Deane Hillenbrand D. Hillenbrand	FB	5'10"	185	SO
34	Gerald Huth G. Huth	OL	5'11"	206	SO
13	Paul Kelly P. Kelly	OL	5'11"	170	SO
57	Bob Koontz B. Koontz	TE	5'11"	195	JR
56	George Koufalexis G. Koufalexis	OL	5'10"	225	SO
36	Wesley Ledford W. Ledford	TE	6'4"	200	SR
55	David Lee D. Lee	TE	6'1"	195	SO
	Jim Lewis J. Lewis	OL	6'0"	190	SO
29	Lowell Littleton L. Littleton	OL	6'1"	200	SO
44	Nick Maravic N. Maravic	FB	6'0"	210	JR
27	Dick Marshall D. Marshall	RB	5'9"	170	SO
11	Harry Mazman H. Mazman	RB	5'9"	164	SO
42	Bill McLean B. McLean	OL	6'2"	220	SO
	Bob Morgan B. Morgan	QB	6'1"	170	JR
	Tom Murray T. Murray	RB	6'0"	180	SO
35	Bob Ondilla B. Ondilla	TE	5'11"	195	SR
20	John Parham J. Parham	RB	6'0"	175	SO
43	Ralph Pellecchia R. Pellecchia	OL	5'11"	188	SO
46	Coy Privette C. Privette	OL	5'11"	190	JR
60	Fred Santangelo F. Santangelo	OL	5'11"	215	SR
	Earl Shields E. Shields	OL	5'11"	210	SO
48	Mike Soltis M. Soltis	OL	6'2"	205	JR
	R.L. Stocks	TE	6'1"	200	SO
39	Ed Stowers E. Stowers	TE	6'0"	210	JR
59	Tom Swatzel T. Swatzel	OL	6'5"	235	JR
31	Bench Tench B. Tench	QB	6'2"	195	SO
41	Charles Topping C. Topping	TE	6'2"	200	SO
37	Tony Trentini T. Trentini	OL	5'11"	210	SO
54	James Turner J. Turner	OL	6'0"	195	JR
38	Marco Viola M. Viola	OL	5'11"	200	SO
53	Tommy Waggoner T. Waggoner	TE	6'0"	190	SO
	Earl Ware E. Ware	TE	5'10"	185	JR
33	Tommy Whims T. Whims	TE	6'0"	185	SO
30	Joe White J. White	QB	6'1"	185	JR

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CFB 2026 Leaders

Pass Yards Leaders

1,499

Maiava

1,453

Jennings

1,423

Atkinson

Rush Yards Leaders

644

Sheppard

600

Baugh

592

Riley

Rec Yards Leaders

617

Smith

585

Legree

564

Toney

Pass TD Leaders

14

Taylor

14

Mensah

14

Maiava

Rush TD Leaders

11

Baugh

9

Hawkins

9

Knight

Rec TD Leaders

7

Duff

7

Dixon

7

Smith

QB Rating Leaders

228.2

Mensah

209.1

Stockton

204.6

Hoover

Sack Leaders

7.5

Simmons

7.0

Umanmielen

6.5

Hopkins

CFB 2026 Rankings

PPG Rankings

54.8

53.5

51.8

48.0

47.5

45.0

Opp PPG Rankings

8.0

8.3

8.5

9.0

9.8

10.3

Total Yards Rankings

588.8

550.8

548.3

533.3

532.8

523.8

Rush Yards Rankings

355.7

333.7

332.3

294.8

281.5

281.3

Pass Yards Rankings

392.5

365.3

365.0

361.3

347.3

346.5

Sack Leaders

18.0

17.0

15.0

CFB 2026 Standings

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

	Pac-12	W	L	PCT
1	Boise State	3	1	.750
2	Fresno State	3	1	.750
3	Colorado State	2	2	.500
4	Oregon State	2	2	.500
5	Texas State	2	2	.500
6	San Diego State	1	3	.250
7	Utah State	1	3	.250
8	Washington State	1	3	.250

	Big 10	W	L	PCT
1	UCLA	4	0	1.000
2	Indiana	4	0	1.000
3	Iowa	4	0	1.000
4	Nebraska	4	0	1.000
5	Minnesota	3	1	.750
6	Ohio State	3	1	.750
7	Oregon	3	1	.750
8	Wisconsin	3	1	.750
9	USC	4	1	.800
10	Michigan	3	1	.750
11	Penn State	3	1	.750
12	Washington	3	1	.750
13	Northwestern	2	1	.667
14	Illinois	2	2	.500
15	Maryland	2	2	.500
16	Michigan State	2	2	.500
17	Purdue	1	3	.250
18	Rutgers	1	3	.250

	Big 12	W	L	PCT
1	Cincinnati	4	0	1.000
2	Texas Tech	4	0	1.000
3	Utah	4	0	1.000
4	BYU	3	0	1.000
5	Baylor	3	1	.750
6	Oklahoma State	3	1	.750
7	UCF	3	1	.750
8	Arizona State	2	1	.667
9	Arizona	3	1	.750
10	Houston	3	1	.750
11	Kansas State	3	1	.750
12	West Virginia	3	1	.750
13	Colorado	2	2	.500
14	Iowa State	2	2	.500
15	TCU	2	2	.500
16	Kansas	1	2	.333

	Mid-American	W	L	PCT
1	UMass	4	0	1.000
2	Kent State	2	2	.500
3	Eastern Michigan	2	3	.400
4	Toledo	3	1	.750
5	Buffalo	2	2	.500
6	Central Michigan	2	2	.500
7	Miami (OH)	2	2	.500
8	Ohio	2	2	.500
9	Western Michigan	2	2	.500
10	Akron	1	3	.250
11	Bowling Green	0	4	.000
12	Ball State	1	3	.250
13	Sacramento State	1	4	.200

	Atlantic Coast	W	L	PCT
1	Miami	4	0	1.000
2	Clemson	3	1	.750
3	Duke	4	0	1.000
4	Pittsburgh	4	0	1.000
5	Virginia Tech	4	0	1.000
6	Virginia	3	1	.750
7	Wake Forest	3	1	.750
8	Louisville	2	2	.500
9	SMU	3	1	.750
10	California	2	2	.500
11	Stanford	2	2	.500
12	North Carolina	2	1	.667
13	Boston College	2	2	.500
14	Florida State	2	2	.500
15	NC State	2	2	.500
16	Georgia Tech	1	3	.250
17	Syracuse	1	2	.333

	Independent	W	L	PCT
1	Notre Dame	4	0	1.000
2	UConn	2	2	.500

	American Athletic	W	L	PCT
1	South Florida	4	0	1.000
2	Florida Atlantic	3	1	.750
3	UAB	2	2	.500
4	Army	2	1	.667
5	Memphis	3	1	.750
6	Tulsa	3	1	.750
7	UTSA	3	1	.750
8	East Carolina	2	2	.500
9	North Texas	2	2	.500
10	Tulane	2	2	.500
11	Rice	1	3	.250
12	Charlotte	0	4	.000
13	Temple	1	3	.250
14	Navy	1	2	.333

	Conference USA	W	L	PCT
1	Jacksonville State	3	2	.600
2	Liberty	3	1	.750
3	Delaware	2	2	.500
4	Florida International	2	2	.500
5	Kennesaw State	1	3	.250
6	Missouri State	1	3	.250
7	New Mexico State	1	3	.250
8	Sam Houston	1	3	.250
9	Western Kentucky	1	3	.250
10	Middle Tennessee	2	2	.500

	Sun Belt	W	L	PCT
1	James Madison	4	0	1.000
2	Louisiana	3	1	.750
3	Appalachian State	3	1	.750
4	South Alabama	2	2	.500
5	Georgia State	3	1	.750
6	Marshall	3	1	.750
7	Arkansas State	2	2	.500
8	Troy	2	2	.500
9	Georgia Southern	1	3	.250
10	Louisiana Tech	1	2	.333
11	Southern Miss	1	3	.250
12	Coastal Carolina	1	3	.250
13	Old Dominion	1	3	.250
14	Louisiana-Monroe	0	4	.000

	Mountain West	W	L	PCT
1	North Dakota State	4	0	1.000
2	UNLV	2	2	.500
3	Wyoming	2	2	.500
4	Air Force	2	1	.667
5	New Mexico	3	1	.750
6	San Jose State	2	2	.500
7	UTEP	1	3	.250
8	Northern Illinois	0	4	.000
9	Nevada	1	3	.250
10	Hawai'i	1	3	.250