Cincinnati Bearcats

1972 Roster

NO.	NAME	POS	HEIGHT	WEIGHT	CLASS
20	Santo Atkinson S. Atkinson	RB	6'0"	180	SO
66	Ed Bolis E. Bolis	LB	6'3"	205	SR
	Don Bonelli D. Bonelli	FB	6'1"	190	JR
	Ben Bope B. Bope	QB	6'3"	185	SO
	Dave Brickler D. Brickler	DB	6'2"	195	SR
	Charles Britton C. Britton	DB	5'10"	150	SO
50	Don Brockman D. Brockman	OL	6'1"	210	JR
	Tom Brooks T. Brooks	OL	6'1"	210	JR
43	Greg Butler G. Butler	LB	6'1"	190	JR
81	Terry Canard T. Canard	WR	6'3"	185	SO
	Dave Cardwell D. Cardwell	WR	6'1"	185	SO
	Tim Carras T. Carras	DB	5'9"	165	SO
38	Sal Casola S. Casola	K	5'10"	165	JR
23	Nick Catanella N. Catanella	DB	6'0"	160	SR
	Clark Chambers C. Chambers	TE	6'2"	225	SR
58	Bob Cherkiss B. Cherkiss	OL	6'2"	215	SO
59	Mike Clark M. Clark	OL	6'3"	245	FR
45	Hosea Craggette H. Craggette	WR	6'0"	165	SR
32	Quincy Daniels Q. Daniels	RB	6'1"	187	JR
16	Rick Daniels R. Daniels	LB	6'1"	195	FR
85	Lee DeBell L. DeBell		6'2"	210	FR
	John Dougherty J. Dougherty		6'0"	220	JR
	Mark Driscoll M. Driscoll	K	6'0"	180	SO
	Glenn Eisaman G. Eisaman	OL	6'3"	215	SO
42	Clem Fennell C. Fennell	WR	5'9"	175	SR
77	Marion Ford M. Ford		6'0"	205	JR
61	Tom Forrest T. Forrest	OL	6'4"	240	JR
86	Bill Fowler B. Fowler	DL	6'2"	215	FR
	Jim Freland J. Freland	OL	6'1"	215	SO
74	Joe Garofolo J. Garofolo		6'1"	225	FR
88	Zeke Harden Z. Harden	WR	6'2"	185	JR
33	Reggie Harrison R. Harrison	RB	6'0"	210	JR
78	Jim Hoeh J. Hoeh		6'4"	215	SO
67	Denny Holthaus D. Holthaus	OL	6'3"	235	SR
21	Billy Hunter B. Hunter	DB	6'2"	180	SR
	Rickie Hurt R. Hurt	DB	5'11"	185	SO
31	Norm Jacobs N. Jacobs	FB	6'1"	200	SO
40	Dick James D. James	FB	6'2"	195	SR
87	Gary Jenkins G. Jenkins	FB	6'0"	205	SR
68	Evan Jolitz E. Jolitz	LB	6'2"	200	JR
71	Ed Jones E. Jones	OL	6'3"	225	FR
	Rick Katzeff R. Katzeff	DL	5'10"	190	JR
84	Jimmy Kelly J. Kelly	WR	5'11"	180	FR
35	Mike Kleinhenz M. Kleinhenz	LB	6'3"	195	JR
54	Joe Laurie J. Laurie	LB	5'10"	187	SR
	Mark Leverone M. Leverone	LB	6'0"	215	SO
75	Dave Lewis D. Lewis	OL	5'11"	210	SR
26	Tom Liggins T. Liggins	FB	5'10"	190	FR
	Ted Linebaugh T. Linebaugh	OL	6'4"	220	SO
	Richard Lingo R. Lingo		6'1"	215	JR
65	Al Mason A. Mason	LB	6'1"	210	SR
	Mike McFadden M. McFadden	WR	6'2"	175	SO
80	Bob Menke B. Menke	TE	6'4"	210	JR
64	John Misali J. Misali	OL	5'11"	200	JR
24	Keith Moore K. Moore	DB	6'2"	175	SO
60	Mike Morgan M. Morgan	OL	6'3"	222	SO
63	Mike Morrissey M. Morrissey	LB	6'1"	200	SO
22	Eric Mumford E. Mumford	DB	6'2"	173	SR
52	Ralph Myers R. Myers	OL	6'4"	240	FR
69	Al Nation A. Nation	OL	6'3"	220	JR
44	Jerry Niederhelman J. Niederhelman	LB	5'11"	205	FR
	Greg Oetjen G. Oetjen	DL	6'4"	195	JR
10	Kas Oganowski K. Oganowski	QB	6'2"	190	SR
	Bob Petty B. Petty	FB	6'2"	210	SO
	Duane Rauch D. Rauch	OL	6'3"	225	JR
34	Stan Rigsbee S. Rigsbee	DB	6'1"	180	SO
51	Tom Rose T. Rose	OL	6'3"	190	SO
73	Carl Sanders C. Sanders		6'4"	245	FR
39	Clarence Sanders C. Sanders	LB	6'3"	210	FR
15	John Schlosser J. Schlosser	QB	6'2"	215	FR
70	Paul Schutte P. Schutte		6'2"	220	SR
12	Mike Shoemaker M. Shoemaker	QB	6'1"	175	SO
53	Craig Smith C. Smith	OL	6'1"	238	SR
41	Ron Sorensen R. Sorensen	DL	6'2"	200	JR
76	Heiner Steffen H. Steffen	TE	6'4"	210	FR
72	John Stetson J. Stetson		6'3"	220	SR
89	Charley Stovall C. Stovall	DL	6'4"	225	SR
30	Rick Taylor R. Taylor	DB	6'0"	165	SR
	Bill Velotta B. Velotta	DL	6'2"	200	SO
79	Dave Vodika D. Vodika	OL	6'6"	245	SR
25	Bill Vorderbrueggen B. Vorderbrueggen	LB	6'3"	195	FR
	Ken Voshell K. Voshell	DB	6'0"	170	SR
82	Jeff West J. West	TE	6'3"	195	SO
	Mike White M. White	WR	6'2"	200	JR

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CFB 2026 Leaders

Pass Yards Leaders

2,977

Atkinson

2,649

Mestemaker

2,577

Jackson

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

25

Stokes

25

Atkinson

25

Mensah

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

40.4

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

329.6

324.1

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	Appalachian State	5	3	.625
3	South Alabama	4	4	.500
4	James Madison	7	2	.778
5	Louisiana	5	3	.625
6	Georgia Southern	4	4	.500
7	Arkansas State	4	4	.500
8	Coastal Carolina	3	5	.375
9	Troy	4	4	.500
10	Georgia State	4	4	.500
11	Southern Miss	3	5	.375
12	Marshall	5	3	.625
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

	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

	American Athletic	W	L	PCT
1	UTSA	7	1	.875
2	North Texas	6	2	.750
3	Memphis	7	2	.778
4	Army	5	3	.625
5	South Florida	6	2	.750
6	UAB	4	4	.500
7	Florida Atlantic	5	3	.625
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

	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