BYU Cougars

1959 Roster

NO.	NAME	POS	HEIGHT	WEIGHT	CLASS
23	Paul Allen P. Allen	RB	6'0"	175	SO
87	Gale Anderson G. Anderson	DL	6'1"	200	SO
70	Dave Barrus D. Barrus	OL	6'2"	213	JR
15	Bud Belnap B. Belnap	QB	5'10"	178	JR
79	Roy Bennion R. Bennion	OL	6'4"	228	SR
64	Art Brown A. Brown	OL	6'0"	195	JR
71	Bill Brown B. Brown	OL	6'2"	212	SO
20	Burt Bullock B. Bullock	RB	5'9"	170	SR
63	Milan Christley M. Christley	OL	6'1"	223	SR
80	Tom Cole T. Cole	DL	6'2"	195	SR
59	Steve Dangerfield S. Dangerfield	OL	6'0"	185	SO
66	Lonnie Dennis L. Dennis	OL	6'1"	221	SR
10	Gary Dunn G. Dunn	QB	6'1"	202	JR
65	Paul Eckel P. Eckel	OL	6'1"	197	SR
86	Russ Felt R. Felt	DL	6'3"	180	SO
73	Norris Fish N. Fish	OL	6'2"	210	JR
45	Dion Frazier D. Frazier	RB	5'10"	170	SO
26	Paul Garcia P. Garcia	RB	5'9"	167	SO
24	Jack Gifford J. Gifford	RB	5'11"	180	JR
43	Dale Grant D. Grant	RB	6'0"	172	JR
52	Larry Harrison L. Harrison	OL	6'4"	200	JR
	Harold Hawkins H. Hawkins	WR
61	Howard Homan H. Homan	OL	6'1"	190	JR
75	Kent Horne K. Horne	OL	6'1"	245	JR
46	Keith Hubbs K. Hubbs	RB	6'1"	170	SR
33	Ron Jacobsen R. Jacobsen	FB	6'1"	190	JR
83	Milt Johnson M. Johnson	DL	6'3"	185	SO
17	Jackie Jordan J. Jordan	QB	5'10"	160	JR
77	John Kapele J. Kapele	OL	6'0"	230	SR
90	Fred Leavitt F. Leavitt	DL	6'1"	195	SR
41	Hal Lewis H. Lewis	RB	5'9"	154	JR
50	Dick Magoffin D. Magoffin	OL	6'0"	201	JR
81	Lynn Mathie L. Mathie	DL	6'2"	176	JR
	Nyle McFarlane N. McFarlane	RB
44	Joe McGinn J. McGinn	RB	5'8"	151	SR
72	Ron Nielsen R. Nielsen	OL	6'1"	215	JR
84	LeRoy Overstreet L. Overstreet	DL	6'4"	190	JR
89	Don Peterson D. Peterson	DL	6'4"	200	SO
68	Norm Putnam N. Putnam	OL	6'2"	206	SR
22	Howard Ringwood H. Ringwood	RB	6'0"	185	SR
60	Fautautau Salonoa F. Salonoa	OL	5'11"	228	SO
28	Verl Shell V. Shell	RB	6'0"	161	SR
51	Wayland Sheppard W. Sheppard	OL	6'0"	198	SO
71	Jim Shumway J. Shumway	OL	6'0"	241	JR
78	Merlin Smith M. Smith	OL	6'3"	200	JR
14	Ron Startin R. Startin	QB	6'1"	185	SR
30	Lynn Stewart L. Stewart	FB	6'1"	180	SO
62	Steve Sullivan S. Sullivan	OL	6'0"	197	SO
	George Suttles G. Suttles	RB
34	Roy Tidwell R. Tidwell	FB	6'0"	195	JR
76	Wes Vorwaller W. Vorwaller	OL	6'1"	209	JR
32	Eddie Young E. Young	FB	6'0"	185	JR
36	LeGrand Young L. Young	FB	6'0"	195	SR

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CFB 2026 Leaders

Pass Yards Leaders

2,977

Atkinson

2,746

Veltkamp

2,649

Mestemaker

Rush Yards Leaders

1,054

White

1,049

Riley

1,005

Roberts

Rec Yards Leaders

1,110

Legree

1,067

Smith

1,027

Toney

Pass TD Leaders

27

Veltkamp

25

Stokes

25

Atkinson

Rush TD Leaders

17

Hellums

16

Hawkins

14

Sheppard

Rec TD Leaders

14

Legree

13

Toney

13

Smith

QB Rating Leaders

202.7

Mensah

184.5

Sayin

178.5

Stokes

Sack Leaders

10.5

Simmons

10.0

Osunsanmi

9.0

Zock

CFB 2026 Rankings

PPG Rankings

47.6

43.8

41.1

41.0

40.6

40.4

Opp PPG Rankings

11.9

12.4

12.5

13.4

Total Yards Rankings

540.5

534.9

529.6

517.4

514.0

510.0

Rush Yards Rankings

342.5

341.0

295.8

271.4

261.6

250.8

Pass Yards Rankings

383.4

348.9

338.8

332.4

324.1

318.0

Sack Leaders

35.0

34.0

32.0

31.0

28.0

CFB 2026 Standings

	Pac-12	W	L	PCT
1	Boise State	7	1	.875
2	Oregon State	5	3	.625
3	San Diego State	4	5	.444
4	Texas State	4	4	.500
5	Fresno State	5	3	.625
6	Utah State	3	5	.375
7	Colorado State	3	5	.375
8	Washington State	1	8	.111

	Big 10	W	L	PCT
1	UCLA	8	0	1.000
2	Indiana	8	1	.889
3	Ohio State	6	2	.750
4	USC	7	2	.778
5	Illinois	5	3	.625
6	Minnesota	5	3	.625
7	Iowa	6	2	.750
8	Oregon	5	3	.625
9	Northwestern	6	2	.750
10	Wisconsin	5	3	.625
11	Washington	5	3	.625
12	Michigan	5	3	.625
13	Nebraska	5	3	.625
14	Purdue	3	5	.375
15	Penn State	4	4	.500
16	Rutgers	2	6	.250
17	Maryland	2	6	.250
18	Michigan State	2	6	.250

	Southeastern	W	L	PCT
1	Georgia	7	1	.875
2	Kentucky	7	1	.875
3	Alabama	6	2	.750
4	Ole Miss	6	2	.750
5	Texas	6	2	.750
6	LSU	6	2	.750
7	Missouri	6	2	.750
8	Tennessee	6	2	.750
9	South Carolina	5	3	.625
10	Florida	5	3	.625
11	Oklahoma	4	4	.500
12	Auburn	4	4	.500
13	Mississippi State	4	4	.500
14	Texas A&M	4	4	.500
15	Arkansas	3	5	.375
16	Vanderbilt	3	5	.375

	Conference USA	W	L	PCT
1	Liberty	7	1	.875
2	Jacksonville State	6	2	.750
3	Delaware	4	4	.500
4	New Mexico State	3	5	.375
5	Middle Tennessee	4	4	.500
6	Western Kentucky	3	5	.375
7	Missouri State	3	5	.375
8	Florida International	3	5	.375
9	Kennesaw State	2	6	.250
10	Sam Houston	1	7	.125

	Sun Belt	W	L	PCT
1	Louisiana Tech	6	2	.750
2	Georgia Southern	4	4	.500
3	Louisiana	5	3	.625
4	James Madison	8	2	.800
5	South Alabama	4	4	.500
6	Appalachian State	5	3	.625
7	Arkansas State	4	4	.500
8	Coastal Carolina	3	5	.375
9	Troy	4	4	.500
10	Marshall	5	3	.625
11	Southern Miss	3	6	.333
12	Georgia State	4	4	.500
13	Louisiana-Monroe	1	7	.125
14	Old Dominion	2	7	.222

	Atlantic Coast	W	L	PCT
1	Miami	8	0	1.000
2	Wake Forest	7	1	.875
3	Louisville	5	3	.625
4	SMU	6	2	.750
5	Virginia Tech	6	2	.750
6	Duke	6	2	.750
7	Clemson	5	3	.625
8	Pittsburgh	6	3	.667
9	Boston College	4	4	.500
10	NC State	4	4	.500
11	North Carolina	4	4	.500
12	Virginia	4	5	.444
13	California	3	6	.333
14	Syracuse	4	4	.500
15	Stanford	4	5	.444
16	Florida State	3	5	.375
17	Georgia Tech	2	6	.250

	Mountain West	W	L	PCT
1	New Mexico	7	1	.875
2	Wyoming	5	3	.625
3	UNLV	5	3	.625
4	North Dakota State	7	2	.778
5	Air Force	6	2	.750
6	Nevada	3	5	.375
7	San Jose State	4	5	.444
8	Hawai'i	2	6	.250
9	UTEP	1	7	.125
10	Northern Illinois	0	8	.000

	American Athletic	W	L	PCT
1	North Texas	6	2	.750
2	Memphis	7	2	.778
3	UTSA	7	2	.778
4	Army	5	3	.625
5	Florida Atlantic	6	3	.667
6	South Florida	6	2	.750
7	UAB	4	4	.500
8	East Carolina	4	4	.500
9	Tulane	4	4	.500
10	Charlotte	1	7	.125
11	Tulsa	4	4	.500
12	Temple	2	6	.250
13	Navy	2	6	.250
14	Rice	1	7	.125

	Independent	W	L	PCT
1	Notre Dame	7	1	.875
2	UConn	4	4	.500

	Mid-American	W	L	PCT
1	Ohio	7	2	.778
2	Toledo	7	2	.778
3	Western Michigan	6	3	.667
4	Buffalo	6	3	.667
5	Miami (OH)	5	4	.556
6	Eastern Michigan	4	6	.400
7	UMass	5	4	.556
8	Kent State	3	6	.333
9	Ball State	3	6	.333
10	Central Michigan	4	5	.444
11	Bowling Green	2	7	.222
12	Sacramento State	2	8	.200
13	Akron	1	8	.111

	Big 12	W	L	PCT
1	Utah	8	0	1.000
2	BYU	7	1	.875
3	Texas Tech	7	1	.875
4	Houston	6	2	.750
5	Arizona	6	2	.750
6	Baylor	5	3	.625
7	Oklahoma State	5	3	.625
8	West Virginia	5	3	.625
9	Iowa State	4	4	.500
10	UCF	4	4	.500
11	Cincinnati	5	3	.625
12	Arizona State	4	4	.500
13	TCU	4	4	.500
14	Colorado	3	5	.375
15	Kansas State	4	4	.500
16	Kansas	3	5	.375