#18 Duke Blue Devils

1953 Roster

NO.	NAME	POS	HEIGHT	WEIGHT	CLASS
27	Bryant Aldridge B. Aldridge	FB	6'1"	185	SO
51	Everett Anderson E. Anderson	OL	6'0"	200	JR
36	Jerry Barger J. Barger	QB	5'10"	174	JR
75	Jesse Birchfield J. Birchfield	OL	6'1"	220	SO
10	Dale Boyd D. Boyd	RB	6'0"	168	SO
66	Bobby Burrows B. Burrows	OL	6'0"	202	SR
48	Fred Campbell F. Campbell	OL	6'2"	209	JR
37	Lloyd Caudle L. Caudle	RB	5'11"	183	SR
22	Bill Conner B. Conner	RB	5'8"	166	JR
88	Harry Conner H. Conner	OL	6'2"	192	SO
83	Sidney Deloatch S. Deloatch	OL	6'1"	208	SO
26	Bobby Dickens B. Dickens	RB	5'10"	175	SO
46	Sam Eberdt S. Eberdt	FB	6'2"	196	JR
80	Ben Eller B. Eller	TE	6'2"	181	JR
78	Ronnie Falls R. Falls	OL	6'0"	200	SO
50	W.D. Fesperman	OL	5'11"	225	SO
44	Hunter Hadley H. Hadley	FB	5'9"	180	SR
64	Joe Hands J. Hands	TE	6'1"	189	JR
63	Jimmy Hardin J. Hardin	TE	6'1"	190	SO
32	Norman Higgins N. Higgins	OL	6'2"	138	SO
76	James Holloman J. Holloman	OL	6'0"	203	SO
38	Dudley Humphrey D. Humphrey	OL	6'1"	205	JR
81	Bernie Jack B. Jack	TE	6'0"	183	SR
34	Jack Kistler J. Kistler	FB	6'2"	210	SR
60	Doug Knotts D. Knotts	OL	6'1"	190	SO
67	Jerry Kocourek J. Kocourek	TE	6'1"	197	SO
56	Milt Konicek M. Konicek	OL	6'5"	228	SO
72	Ed Labry E. Labry	OL	6'1"	195	SO
58	Bob Ladd B. Ladd	FB	5'11"	175	SO
73	Jim Logan J. Logan	OL	6'2"	194	SR
41	Byrd Looper B. Looper	FB	6'0"	190	SR
17	Worth Lutz W. Lutz	QB	6'0"	183	JR
16	Charles Mason C. Mason	QB	6'1"	180	SR
42	Nick McKeithan N. McKeithan	RB	6'1"	187	JR
18	W.D. McRoy	RB	5'10"	185	SR
70	Ed Meadows E. Meadows	OL	6'3"	217	SR
35	Tracy Moon T. Moon	TE	6'1"	166	JR
19	Bob H. Murray B. H. Murray	QB	5'11"	180	SO
71	Jim Nelson J. Nelson	OL	5'11"	210	SO
53	Johnny Palmer J. Palmer	OL	5'10"	188	JR
30	Bob Paschal B. Paschal	RB	5'11"	190	SO
82	Howard Pitt H. Pitt	TE	6'3"	195	SR
33	Mickey Riggs M. Riggs	RB	5'10"	175	SO
74	Martin Rose M. Rose	OL	6'0"	215	SO
77	Leon Siler L. Siler	OL	6'1"	220	SR
45	Jules Skodzinski J. Skodzinski	TE	6'2"	195	JR
49	James Smith J. Smith	RB	5'9"	198	SR
89	Walter Smith W. Smith	OL	6'0"	181	SR
14	Don Snowberger D. Snowberger	OL	6'0"	190	SO
20	Sonny Sorrell S. Sorrell	TE	6'0"	189	SO
15	Riley Stallings R. Stallings	RB	6'0"	180	SO
25	John Thomas J. Thomas	RB	5'9"	180	SR
11	Ralph Torrence R. Torrence	OL	5'11"	207	JR
59	Elbert Whitley E. Whitley	OL	6'2"	197	JR
85	Tom Wood T. Wood	OL	6'2"	198	SO
87	Gene Wyke G. Wyke	RB	5'9"	175	SO

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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	Western Michigan	6	3	.667
3	Buffalo	6	3	.667
4	Toledo	7	2	.778
5	Miami (OH)	5	4	.556
6	Eastern Michigan	4	6	.400
7	Ball State	3	6	.333
8	Kent State	3	6	.333
9	Bowling Green	2	7	.222
10	UMass	5	4	.556
11	Central Michigan	4	5	.444
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