Houston Cougars

1954 Roster

NO.	NAME	POS	HEIGHT	WEIGHT	CLASS
70	Don Akerman D. Akerman	OL	6'5"	240	SO
78	Dalva Allen D. Allen	OL	6'4"	225	SO
40	Tommie Bailes T. Bailes	FB	5'11"	205	SR
61	Jack Barnes J. Barnes	OL	5'9"	185	SR
33	Jim Baughman J. Baughman	RB	5'9"	180	SR
69	Jim Blackstone J. Blackstone	OL	5'10"	225	JR
25	Donald Bloom D. Bloom	RB	5'10"	175	SR
21	Jim Bourgois J. Bourgois	RB	5'10"	185	SO
83	Joe Bill Bradley J. Bill Bradley	DL	6'0"	190	SO
75	Rod Carpenter R. Carpenter	OL	5'11"	215	JR
64	Nick Cavazos N. Cavazos	OL	6'0"	230	JR
30	Ronnie Corbell R. Corbell	RB	6'0"	165	SO
41	James Craves J. Craves	FB	6'1"	188	SO
67	Verle Cray V. Cray	OL	5'9"	220	SR
35	Dan Crimmins D. Crimmins	RB	5'11"	178	SO
87	John Dean J. Dean	DL	6'0"	190	JR
77	John Dearen J. Dearen	OL	6'3"	210	SO
11	Jimmy Dickey J. Dickey	QB	5'11"	170	JR
54	Tom Dimmick T. Dimmick	OL	6'6"	235	JR
82	Ronnie Emberg R. Emberg	DL	6'3"	210	SO
18	Don Flynn D. Flynn	QB	5'11"	185	SO
86	Donald Folks D. Folks	DL	6'2"	215	SR
20	Jerry Franks J. Franks	RB	6'0"	175	SO
62	Coy Gammage C. Gammage	OL	6'1"	210	SO
79	Wayne Geddes W. Geddes	OL	6'3"	220	JR
15	Teddy Gray T. Gray	QB	6'0"	170	JR
84	Roland Hallmark R. Hallmark	DL	6'0"	180	SO
44	Max Harding M. Harding	FB	5'11"	190	JR
24	Donn Hargrove D. Hargrove	RB	6'0"	180	JR
14	Al Hawthorne A. Hawthorne	QB	5'5"	160	SO
73	Tom Hendrickson T. Hendrickson	OL	6'3"	205	SO
85	George Hynes G. Hynes	DL	6'0"	185	SR
72	Lavell Isbell L. Isbell	OL	6'2"	215	JR
43	Curley Johnson C. Johnson	FB	5'11"	185	SO
52	Dick Loftus D. Loftus	OL	6'1"	200	SO
23	Douglas Lynn D. Lynn	DL	5'11"	175	JR
55	Billy McIIroy B. McIIroy	OL	6'2"	210	JR
51	Dick McKinney D. McKinney	OL	6'2"	190	SO
71	Gene Meyer G. Meyer	OL	6'4"	215	SO
45	Jack Patteson J. Patteson	FB	5'11"	195	SR
12	Frank Paul F. Paul	QB	6'0"	180	SO
38	Billy Polson B. Polson	RB	5'11"	175	SR
74	Joe Raitano J. Raitano	OL	6'0"	225	SO
81	Gerald Reed G. Reed	DL	6'2"	190	SO
66	Wayne Shoemaker W. Shoemaker	OL	5'11"	210	JR
10	Newton Shows N. Shows	QB	6'2"	190	SR
22	Joe Bob Smith J. Bob Smith	RB	6'1"	185	SO
31	Kennie Stegall K. Stegall	RB	5'9"	165	JR
60	Buddy Terry B. Terry	OL	6'1"	250	SO
36	Weldon Tiedt W. Tiedt	RB	5'10"	180	SO
80	Robert Turnbull R. Turnbull	DL	6'1"	185	SO
50	Edgar Willhelm E. Willhelm	OL	6'0"	205	SR
88	Ben Wilson B. Wilson	DL	6'2"	210	JR
89	Kenneth Wind K. Wind	DL	6'2"	195	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