Pittsburgh Panthers

1961 Roster

NO.	NAME	POS	HEIGHT	WEIGHT	CLASS
79	Ed Adamchik E. Adamchik	OL	6'2"	226	SO
51	Charles Ahlborn C. Ahlborn	OL	6'2"	200	SO
29	Peter Billey P. Billey	RB	5'9"	170	SO
21	Ed Billy E. Billy	RB	5'11"	175	SO
72	Ernest Borghetti E. Borghetti	OL	6'4"	235	SO
66	Jon Botula J. Botula	OL	6'0"	196	SO
60	Tom Brown T. Brown	OL	6'0"	203	JR
54	Paul Cercel P. Cercel	OL	6'1"	210	SO
73	Gerald Cherry G. Cherry	OL	6'0"	225	SO
26	Dennis Chillinsky D. Chillinsky	RB	6'0"	190	SO
40	John Chisdak J. Chisdak	FB	6'0"	185	JR
94	Robert Chisdak R. Chisdak	TE	6'0"	185	SO
25	Ed Clark E. Clark	RB	5'11"	170	JR
32	Bob Clemens B. Clemens	RB	6'1"	200	SR
18	Sam Colella S. Colella	QB	5'10"	178	JR
61	Ralph Conrad R. Conrad	OL	5'11"	210	JR
27	Ray Conway R. Conway	RB	6'0"	180	SO
68	Regis Coustillac R. Coustillac	OL	6'2"	219	SR
28	Fred Cox F. Cox	RB	5'11"	196	SR
96	John Cullen J. Cullen	OL	6'0"	205	SO
98	Dick Dobrowolski D. Dobrowolski	OL	6'0"	215	SO
97	Ronald Dodson R. Dodson	TE	6'0"	195	SO
63	John Draksler J. Draksler	OL	6'1"	215	JR
30	Ed Ferdinand E. Ferdinand	RB	5'10"	185	JR
42	Marshall Goldberg M. Goldberg	RB	5'11"	193	SO
20	John Gregg J. Gregg	RB	6'2"	175	SO
85	Al Grigaliunas A. Grigaliunas	TE	5'1"	190	SO
89	Joe Gudenburr J. Gudenburr	TE	6'1"	185	SO
75	Bob Guzik B. Guzik	OL	6'2"	222	SR
86	Woody Haser W. Haser	TE	6'1"	205	SR
53	John Holzbach J. Holzbach	OL	6'3"	215	JR
59	John Hunter J. Hunter	OL	6'1"	208	SO
64	James Irwin J. Irwin	OL	5'11"	205	SO
87	Steve Jastrzembski S. Jastrzembski	TE	6'3"	203	SR
80	John Jenkins J. Jenkins	TE	6'4"	205	SO
78	Gary Kaltenbach G. Kaltenbach	OL	6'2"	233	JR
88	John Kuprok J. Kuprok	TE	6'1"	199	SR
50	Andy Kuzneski A. Kuzneski	OL	6'2"	211	SR
83	Joe Kuzneski J. Kuzneski	TE	6'3"	180	SO
46	Rick Leeson R. Leeson	FB	6'1"	194	SO
15	Glenn Lehner G. Lehner	QB	5'10"	190	SO
31	Marvin Lippincott M. Lippincott	RB	6'0"	193	SO
84	Robert Long R. Long	TE	6'3"	190	SO
74	John Maczuzak J. Maczuzak	OL	6'5"	220	SO
55	Ronald Marini R. Marini	OL	6'1"	200	SO
10	Paul Martha P. Martha	QB	6'0"	180	SO
95	Dave Mastro D. Mastro	OL	6'5"	218	JR
70	Elmer Merkovsky E. Merkovsky	OL	6'2"	220	SR
76	Robert Ostrosky R. Ostrosky	TE	6'1"	222	SO
24	John Ozimek J. Ozimek	RB	5'10"	185	SO
82	Dan Picciano D. Picciano	TE	6'1"	185	SO
65	Ray Pop R. Pop	OL	6'1"	205	SO
77	John Price J. Price	OL	5'11"	210	SO
11	Phil Pulsineili P. Pulsineili	QB	6'2"	195	SO
	Bob Roeder B. Roeder	RB
22	Robert Roeder R. Roeder	RB	5'11"	185	SO
36	Carmen Ronca C. Ronca	FB	6'0"	190	JR
16	Dick Sanker D. Sanker	QB	6'0"	175	JR
41	Frank Scrip F. Scrip	FB	6'0"	192	JR
44	Lou Slaby L. Slaby	FB	6'3"	225	JR
81	Gene Sobolewski G. Sobolewski	TE	6'2"	190	SO
56	Tom Sopkovich T. Sopkovich	OL	6'3"	194	SO
19	Jerry Straub J. Straub	QB	6'0"	175	SO
45	John Telesky J. Telesky	FB	5'10"	201	SO
14	Jim Traficant J. Traficant	QB	6'0"	190	JR
62	Larry Vignali L. Vignali	OL	5'11"	218	SR
92	Frank Walton F. Walton	TE	5'11"	210	SO
71	Jeff Ware J. Ware	OL	6'1"	215	SO
23	John Yaccino J. Yaccino	RB	5'11"	190	SR
67	John Zabkar J. Zabkar	OL	5'11"	210	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	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

	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