Cincinnati Bearcats

1959 Roster

NO.	NAME	POS	HEIGHT	WEIGHT	CLASS
	Paul Allison P. Allison	OL	6'2"	212	SR
81	Charles Baloga C. Baloga	TE	6'1"	188	SO
33	Ed Banks E. Banks	FB	5'10"	201	SO
20	Bill Bertram B. Bertram	RB	5'9"	171	SR
55	Ben Blascovich B. Blascovich	OL	6'0"	212	SR
64	Frank Blasick F. Blasick	OL	6'0"	190	SO
72	Ken Byers K. Byers	OL	6'1"	220	SO
83	Dave Canary D. Canary	TE	5'11"	183	SR
23	Andy Chiodi A. Chiodi	RB	5'9"	172	SO
60	Ken Conatser K. Conatser	OL	6'1"	189	SO
14	Howard Converse H. Converse	QB	6'1"	187	JR
73	Larry Doyle L. Doyle	OL	6'3"	216	JR
52	Larry Ellison L. Ellison	RB	6'2"	184	JR
	Dick Estadt D. Estadt	TE	6'3"	192	SO
45	Tom Farrell T. Farrell	RB	6'0"	190	SO
65	Ron Franz R. Franz	TE	6'1"	198	SR
61	John Giannandrea J. Giannandrea	OL	5'11"	197	SR
34	John Grad J. Grad	FB	5'11"	180	SO
58	Bill Graves B. Graves	OL	6'1"	208	SR
70	Dick Grimm D. Grimm	OL	6'2"	218	SO
50	Dave Gwynne D. Gwynne	OL	6'0"	194	SR
	Joe Hebbeler J. Hebbeler	OL	5'10"	203	SR
82	Barry Hess B. Hess	TE	6'1"	181	SO
21	Dave Johnson D. Johnson	RB	6'0"	185	SO
32	Bob Kantor B. Kantor	FB	6'0"	189	JR
	Michael Kattus M. Kattus	TE	6'2"	201	SO
	Walt Koehler W. Koehler	OL	6'0"	205	SR
79	Ron Kostelnik R. Kostelnik	OL	6'4"	232	SO
40	Ed Kovac E. Kovac	RB	6'0"	195	SR
12	John Leach J. Leach	QB	6'2"	190	JR
16	Jack Lee J. Lee	QB	6'0"	175	SR
80	Jim Leo J. Leo	TE	6'1"	216	SR
66	Leon Love L. Love	OL	6'1"	208	JR
67	Paul Maxwell P. Maxwell	OL	6'0"	184	SO
89	Bob McCutcheon B. McCutcheon	TE	6'1"	191	SO
22	Ron Mendell R. Mendell	FB	6'0"	199	JR
75	Max Messner M. Messner	OL	6'2"	227	SR
54	Dick Meyer D. Meyer	OL	5'10"	202	SO
88	Jerry Morris J. Morris	TE	6'2"	199	SO
53	Chas Neff C. Neff	OL	6'1"	222	SO
44	Fred Oblak F. Oblak	RB	5'9"	187	SO
85	Tom Pacl T. Pacl	TE	6'0"	190	JR
42	Hurdie Phillips H. Phillips	RB	5'0"	165	SO
59	Ron Poole R. Poole	OL	6'1"	221	JR
25	Steve Rasso S. Rasso	RB	5'11"	179	SR
86	Don Reinhold D. Reinhold	TE	6'1"	188	SR
57	Tom Reinstatler T. Reinstatler	OL	6'2"	192	SO
32	Dave Ritchie D. Ritchie	FB	6'1"	199	JR
51	Don Ross D. Ross	OL	5'11"	191	SO
74	Jim Ross J. Ross	OL	6'1"	231	JR
77	Gus Schmidt G. Schmidt	OL	6'3"	214	SO
	Carl Seymour C. Seymour	QB	6'0"	185	SR
11	Roland Shadd R. Shadd	QB	5'11"	154	JR
30	Charles Shuff C. Shuff	FB	6'0"	192	SO
76	Rudy Simko R. Simko	OL	6'3"	232	SO
78	Dave Six D. Six	OL	6'5"	221	SO
	Jack Stowers J. Stowers	OL	5'10"	186	SR
87	Henry Stroh H. Stroh	TE	6'4"	213	SO
15	Lamar Switzer L. Switzer	QB	5'11"	178	JR
71	Jim Thrush J. Thrush	OL	6'4"	207	SO
68	Ed Tkatch E. Tkatch	OL	6'0"	196	SO
69	Tom Tkatch T. Tkatch	OL	6'0"	194	SO
41	Jack Van Buren J. Van Buren	RB	5'9"	168	SO
84	Dick Vidic D. Vidic	TE	6'1"	195	SR
	Tom Wagner T. Wagner	OL	6'0"	202	SR
	Terry Whelan T. Whelan	TE	6'1"	187	SR
63	Ed Wolf E. Wolf	OL	6'0"	195	SO
24	Joe Zima J. Zima	RB	5'10"	172	SO

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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