Colorado Buffaloes

1954 Roster

NO.	NAME	POS	HEIGHT	WEIGHT	CLASS
81	Matt Balich M. Balich	TE	6'1"	190	SR
30	John Bayuk J. Bayuk	FB	6'1"	215	SO
34	Jack Becker J. Becker	FB	6'0"	200	SO
11	Byron Bennett B. Bennett	RB	5'8"	165	JR
70	Jim Berger J. Berger	OL	6'0"	200	SO
18	Frank Bernardi F. Bernardi	RB	5'9"	175	SR
55	Dick Brakewood D. Brakewood	OL	6'0"	210	SR
69	Harlan Branby H. Branby	OL	5'11"	195	JR
21	Ron Campbell R. Campbell	RB	6'0"	195	JR
65	Manuel Corsi M. Corsi	OL	6'1"	210	SR
52	Dick Freund D. Freund	OL	6'0"	197	SO
53	Marshall Frink M. Frink	OL	5'11"	185	JR
68	Tom Giek T. Giek	OL	6'0"	205	SO
72	Gail Godby G. Godby	OL	6'1"	207	JR
71	Dick Golder D. Golder	OL	6'2"	200	SO
27	Carroll Hardy C. Hardy	RB	6'0"	185	SR
85	Bob Heap B. Heap	TE	6'0"	190	JR
54	Jon Holm J. Holm	OL	6'0"	190	JR
75	Harry Javernick H. Javernick	OL	6'3"	215	SO
10	Homer Jenkins H. Jenkins	RB	5'10"	170	JR
67	Dave Jones D. Jones	OL	5'9"	205	SO
61	Charles Joslin C. Joslin	OL	6'0"	222	SO
56	Don Karnoscak D. Karnoscak	OL	5'10"	200	JR
74	Bill Kucera B. Kucera	OL	6'0"	215	JR
41	Bill Lamont B. Lamont	QB	5'11"	175	JR
84	Gerald Leahy G. Leahy	TE	6'2"	190	JR
62	Greg Lefferdink G. Lefferdink	OL	5'10"	180	SO
47	Bill Leslie B. Leslie	QB	6'1"	190	SO
51	Rodger Lindwall R. Lindwall	OL	5'11"	192	JR
50	Dick Lott D. Lott	OL	6'2"	198	SO
80	Les Lotz L. Lotz	TE	6'2"	185	SO
89	Dick Lusk D. Lusk	TE	6'2"	203	JR
46	Clark Manwarren C. Manwarren	QB	6'0"	190	SO
44	Sam Maphis S. Maphis	QB	6'0"	185	JR
88	Wally Merz W. Merz	TE	6'3"	215	SO
58	Ralph Meyer R. Meyer	OL	6'1"	210	JR
25	Pete Middlemist P. Middlemist	RB	6'2"	178	JR
43	Bill Morehead B. Morehead	QB	6'0"	175	SO
59	John Mulligan J. Mulligan	OL	6'3"	195	SO
20	Don Neary D. Neary	RB	6'0"	175	SR
14	Bert Nordlie B. Nordlie	RB	6'0"	190	SO
32	Jim Parker J. Parker	FB	6'0"	180	SO
40	Don Piper D. Piper	QB	6'0"	180	JR
83	Ken Polsley K. Polsley	TE	6'3"	180	SO
45	Leubey Popoff L. Popoff	QB	5'10"	191	SR
73	Tom Prosch T. Prosch	OL	6'2"	200	SO
57	Bill Richmond B. Richmond	OL	6'0"	240	SO
42	Norman Ross N. Ross	QB	6'1"	185	JR
63	Sam Salerno S. Salerno	RB	6'2"	210	JR
82	Ken Schlagel K. Schlagel	TE	6'3"	205	SO
79	Walt Schneiter W. Schneiter	OL	6'3"	225	SO
17	Homer Scott H. Scott	RB	6'2"	195	SO
77	Henry Smith H. Smith	OL	6'3"	212	SO
78	Roy Smith R. Smith	OL	5'11"	209	SO
66	Dick Stapp D. Stapp	OL	6'0"	210	SO
38	Dave Syerdfeger D. Syerdfeger	TE	6'0"	175	SO
48	Ron Teubner R. Teubner	OL	5'9"	175	SO
64	Bob Thompson B. Thompson	OL	6'0"	195	JR
37	Charles Thompson C. Thompson	TE	6'4"	215	JR
60	Jim Uhlir J. Uhlir	OL	5'11"	200	SO
87	Howard Vest H. Vest	TE	6'1"	200	SO
36	Gerald Waller G. Waller	OL	6'1"	215	SO
31	Emerson Wilson E. Wilson	FB	6'0"	188	JR
86	Stan Wyatt S. Wyatt	TE	6'0"	190	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