BYU Cougars

1961 Roster

NO.	NAME	POS	HEIGHT	WEIGHT	CLASS
12	Paul Allen P. Allen	RB	6'0"	183	SR
10	Rick Ashmore R. Ashmore	RB	6'0"	180	SO
65	Bob Barrow B. Barrow		5'8"	175	SO
31	Gary Beckstead G. Beckstead	FB	6'0"	190	JR
20	Gordon Blackham G. Blackham		5'11"	190	SO
54	Mike Brady M. Brady	OL	5'11"	175	JR
77	George Burrows G. Burrows		6'4"	258	SO
82	Dave Cass D. Cass	WR	6'2"	182	SO
63	Mike Conrad M. Conrad		5'7"	205	JR
59	Steve Dangerfield S. Dangerfield	OL	6'0"	189	SR
26	Dick Darling D. Darling		5'11"	198	JR
67	Roger DuPaix R. DuPaix		5'11"	178	JR
40	Eldon Fortie E. Fortie	RB	5'11"	158	JR
30	Bill Francis B. Francis	FB	5'11"	170	SO
81	Gene Frantz G. Frantz		6'3"	190	JR
11	Dion Frazier D. Frazier	RB	5'10"	185	JR
28	Larry Geisler L. Geisler		5'10"	170	SO
	Marshall Hall M. Hall	RB
64	Bruce Handley B. Handley		6'0"	194	SO
70	Max Hatfield M. Hatfield		6'1"	202	SO
85	Jim Hawkins J. Hawkins		6'1"	201	SO
74	Kent Horne K. Horne		6'2"	258	SR
69	Layne Hynek L. Hynek		6'0"	185	SO
43	Bill Jackson B. Jackson	RB	6'0"	176	SO
80	Jim Kimmel J. Kimmel	WR	6'0"	175	SO
72	Paul Knoblauch P. Knoblauch		6'0"	195	SO
62	Bruce Kochevar B. Kochevar		6'0"	183	SR
60	Bryon Lake B. Lake		6'0"	200	SO
	Jeff Livingston J. Livingston	WR
34	John Malarsie J. Malarsie	FB	5'11"	174	SO
44	Doran Merkley D. Merkley	RB	6'2"	195	SO
33	Bill Nelson B. Nelson	FB	5'10"	168	SO
73	Ron Nielson R. Nielson		6'2"	218	SR
89	Don Peterson D. Peterson		6'4"	205	SR
21	Glenn Pond G. Pond		6'1"	215	SO
14	Bruce Samples B. Samples	RB	5'8"	176	JR
61	Wayland Sheppard W. Sheppard		6'0"	193	SR
83	Lloyd Smith L. Smith		5'11"	178	SO
76	Devon Stone D. Stone		5'9"	200	SO
87	Clark Stringham C. Stringham		6'2"	194	JR
78	Steve Sullivan S. Sullivan		6'1"	192	SR
51	Dan Taylor D. Taylor	OL	6'2"	187	JR
36	Tillmann Turley T. Turley	FB	6'1"	201	JR
75	Scott Wartena S. Wartena		6'1"	212	SO
71	Val Weenig V. Weenig		6'2"	203	JR
84	Dick Wood D. Wood	WR	6'0"	183	SO
41	Bill Wright B. Wright	RB	6'0"	184	JR

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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