Cincinnati Bearcats

1978 Roster

NO.	NAME	POS	HEIGHT	WEIGHT	CLASS
72	Curtis Alexander C. Alexander	LB	6'3"	235	SO
25	Don Andriot D. Andriot	DB	6'2"	165	SO
19	Mickey Archer M. Archer	DB	6'0"	185	JR
84	Bruce Baarendse B. Baarendse	TE	6'5"	225	FR
99	Brad Ballard B. Ballard	DL	6'4"	205	FR
16	Chris Bell C. Bell	QB	6'3"	210	FR
88	Farley Bell F. Bell	DL	6'4"	225	JR
15	Mike Bellisari M. Bellisari	FB	5'11"	200	SO
95	Dwayne Berry D. Berry	LB	6'3"	210	SR
5	Mike Blevins M. Blevins	DB	5'10"	195	FR
35	Mike Brookins M. Brookins	LB	6'2"	205	FR
67	Mike Bullock M. Bullock	LB	6'1"	220	SO
10	John Butz J. Butz	DB	6'2"	185	SR
61	Joe Caleca J. Caleca	OL	6'0"	222	SO
71	Joe Carozzoni J. Carozzoni		6'2"	220	FR
36	Mark Carter M. Carter	RB	5'8"	180	FR
57	Kevin Christopher K. Christopher	DL	6'1"	200	FR
22	Mike Clark M. Clark	DB	5'11"	180	SR
55	Fred Cobb F. Cobb	DL	6'4"	215	SR
85	Mike Cusumano M. Cusumano	WR	5'11"	178	SR
42	Jim Daley J. Daley	FB	6'0"	210	SR
8	Robert Danage R. Danage	DB	5'11"	175	FR
86	Joe Eilerman J. Eilerman	TE	6'4"	230	JR
31	Ken Evans K. Evans	QB	6'2"	190	SO
49	Glenn Fabis G. Fabis	DL	6'0"	210	JR
78	Randy Fournier R. Fournier		6'4"	240	SO
12	Mike Frisina M. Frisina	WR	6'3"	185	SR
37	Chip Fry C. Fry	DB	6'2"	195	SO
80	Steve Gantert S. Gantert	TE	6'3"	225	JR
63	Doug Gilbert D. Gilbert	OL	6'3"	225	JR
89	Larry Gill L. Gill	WR	6'3"	170	SO
97	Bo Green B. Green	TE	6'3"	210	FR
32	Mark Griggs M. Griggs	RB	6'2"	178	FR
47	Aaron Hagans A. Hagans	RB	6'2"	185	JR
52	David Handwerker D. Handwerker	OL	6'2"	235	SO
34	Allen Harvin A. Harvin	RB	5'9"	190	FR
64	Scott Heineman S. Heineman	OL	6'2"	225	SO
26	Howard Hill H. Hill	RB	6'0"	170	FR
7	Keith Horne K. Horne	QB	6'4"	180	FR
4	Mark Householder M. Householder	P	5'11"	160	SO
30	Ellis Johnson E. Johnson	RB	6'0"	190	FR
18	Stanley Johnson S. Johnson	DB	5'9"	160	SO
59	George Jones G. Jones	DL	6'2"	220	FR
11	Tony Kapetanis T. Kapetanis	QB	5'11"	180	SO
13	Rich Karlis R. Karlis	K	6'0"	160	SO
14	Dan Kellet D. Kellet	DB	5'11"	185	FR
66	Ed Kloboves E. Kloboves	OL	6'1"	230	JR
54	Howie Kurnick H. Kurnick	DL	6'3"	220	SR
50	Barry Lapinsky B. Lapinsky	LB	6'2"	215	SR
51	Dan Lorenz D. Lorenz	OL	6'1"	205	FR
96	Mike Louis M. Louis	DL	6'2"	200	FR
33	Brad Love B. Love	RB	6'2"	195	FR
65	Doug Marshall D. Marshall	OL	6'2"	225	FR
41	Bob Massong B. Massong	RB	5'10"	170	SO
73	Mark Meyer M. Meyer	OL	6'2"	200	FR
98	Jim Miranda J. Miranda		6'2"	220	FR
87	Eric Molden E. Molden	WR	6'0"	165	SO
58	Willie Moore W. Moore	LB	6'1"	200	FR
17	Tim Morris T. Morris	QB	6'3"	180	SR
6	Terry O'Leary T. O'Leary	DB	5'10"	180	FR
24	Tony Omogrosso T. Omogrosso	DB	6'2"	185	FR
46	Brian Palmer B. Palmer	RB	5'11"	195	FR
2	Phil Peckich P. Peckich	P	5'8"	170	FR
68	Bob Prats B. Prats		6'2"	215	FR
23	Steve Ries S. Ries	DB	6'0"	185	FR
3	Melvin Riley M. Riley	RB	5'11"	202	FR
53	Mike Rock M. Rock	OL	6'3"	230	SR
75	Mike Rogers M. Rogers	OL	6'3"	235	JR
44	Tim Schira T. Schira	DB	6'0"	180	FR
43	Jim Schmidt J. Schmidt	DB	6'0"	190	FR
1	Steve Schultz S. Schultz	K	5'10"	160	JR
91	Simeon Simmons S. Simmons	DL	6'2"	225	SO
70	Al Slusarz A. Slusarz	OL	6'4"	245	SR
9	Craig Smith C. Smith	RB	5'9"	175	SO
48	Lou Smith L. Smith	DL	5'10"	205	SO
21	Ross Smith R. Smith	RB	6'1"	180	SR
90	Earl Souter E. Souter		6'4"	215	SO
56	Vince Sylvester V. Sylvester	OL	5'11"	200	FR
83	Dan Vete D. Vete	DL	6'1"	210	SR
60	Mike Wiles M. Wiles		6'3"	230	SR
20	Dwight Williams D. Williams	DB	6'0"	178	SO
45	Karl Woods K. Woods	LB	6'1"	200	SO
77	Bob Wright B. Wright	OL	6'5"	255	SR
38	Henry Wright H. Wright	FB	6'1"	202	SO
69	Kari Yli-Renko K. Yli-Renko	OL	6'5"	260	FR
79	Jim Yost J. Yost	OL	6'4"	230	SR

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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

Bradley

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

27.0

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	Western Michigan	6	3	.667
3	Buffalo	6	3	.667
4	Toledo	6	2	.750
5	Miami (OH)	5	4	.556
6	Eastern Michigan	4	5	.444
7	Ball State	3	5	.375
8	Kent State	3	6	.333
9	Bowling Green	2	7	.222
10	UMass	4	4	.500
11	Central Michigan	3	5	.375
12	Sacramento State	2	7	.222
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