Illinois Fighting Illini

1952 Roster

NO.	NAME	POS	HEIGHT	WEIGHT	CLASS
37	Pete Bachouros P. Bachouros	RB	5'9"	170	SR
16	Dave Bauer D. Bauer	QB	5'11"	178	JR
70	John Bauer J. Bauer	OL	6'4"	235	JR
73	Dan Bednarek D. Bednarek	OL	6'0"	202	SO
63	Robert Bishop R. Bishop	OL	5'11"	192	JR
51	Herb Borman H. Borman	OL	6'0"	185	JR
81	John Broerman J. Broerman	TE	6'2"	195	SR
27	Al Brosky A. Brosky	RB	5'11"	172	SR
67	James Catlin J. Catlin	OL	6'0"	194	SR
41	Clarence DeMoss C. DeMoss	RB	5'10"	178	SO
33	Austin Duke A. Duke	RB	5'8"	179	SO
76	Bernie Elsner B. Elsner	OL	6'4"	216	JR
54	Don Ernst D. Ernst	OL	6'0"	186	JR
12	Elry Falkenstein E. Falkenstein	QB	5'10"	175	JR
43	James Ferguson J. Ferguson	RB	5'7"	158	SO
24	Dale Foster D. Foster	RB	5'10"	165	SO
89	Paul Furimsky P. Furimsky	TE	6'0"	205	SO
15	Robert Gongola R. Gongola	QB	6'3"	178	SO
52	Joseph Hall J. Hall	OL	5'10"	170	JR
57	Joe Holladay J. Holladay	OL	5'11"	182	JR
35	Charles Holmes C. Holmes	FB	6'0"	180	SO
74	Dick Kohlhagen D. Kohlhagen	OL	6'2"	195	JR
62	Robert Lenzini R. Lenzini	OL	5'11"	198	JR
50	Paul Luhrsen P. Luhrsen	OL	6'2"	209	JR
39	Jerry Maisenbacher J. Maisenbacher	FB	5'10"	180	FR
25	Kenneth Miller K. Miller	FB	6'2"	198	JR
71	Richard Miller R. Miller	OL	6'3"	208	SO
66	Thomas Murphy T. Murphy	OL	5'11"	189	SR
23	Gene Muzzarelli G. Muzzarelli	RB	5'9"	170	SO
45	Herb Neathery H. Neathery	RB	6'0"	181	SR
10	Tommy O'Connell T. O'Connell	QB	5'11"	178	JR
78	Pete Palmer P. Palmer	OL	6'3"	227	JR
83	John Ryan J. Ryan	TE	6'1"	190	JR
55	Dan Sabino D. Sabino	OL	6'2"	191	SR
38	Jasper Sanfilipo J. Sanfilipo	FB	5'7"	183	JR
88	Robert Scott R. Scott	TE	6'2"	183	SO
61	Jan Smid J. Smid	OL	5'11"	196	SO
84	Rex Smith R. Smith	TE	6'2"	200	SR
44	Jack Sopkin J. Sopkin	RB	5'8"	170	FR
86	Lawrence Stevens L. Stevens	TE	6'0"	189	SR
34	Baird Stewart B. Stewart	FB	5'11"	185	JR
64	Bruce Struckman B. Struckman	OL	6'0"	187	SO
68	Malcolm Svensson M. Svensson	OL	6'0"	190	FR
72	Donald Tate D. Tate	OL	6'0"	200	SO
36	William Tate W. Tate	FB	6'1"	188	SR
60	Don Valentine D. Valentine	OL	6'0"	191	SO
69	Walter Vernasco W. Vernasco	OL	5'11"	197	SO
87	Cliff Waldbeser C. Waldbeser	TE	6'1"	189	JR
40	Stanley Wallace S. Wallace	TE	6'3"	193	JR
79	Robert Weddell R. Weddell	OL	6'2"	212	SR
85	Dean Willman D. Willman	TE	6'1"	187	SO
80	Frank Wodziak F. Wodziak	TE	6'1"	189	SR
75	Roger Wolf R. Wolf	OL	6'0"	210	SO
20	Howard Workowski H. Workowski	RB	5'11"	181	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