SMU Mustangs

1954 Roster

NO.	NAME	POS	HEIGHT	WEIGHT	CLASS
54	Burleigh Arnecke B. Arnecke	OL	6'2"	205	JR
70	Herbert Asel H. Asel	OL	6'1"	208	SO
67	Tommy Beal T. Beal	OL	6'0"	196	JR
89	Ed Bernet E. Bernet	DL	6'2"	198	SR
87	Raymond Berry R. Berry	DL	6'2"	192	SR
78	Bob Blakely B. Blakely	OL	6'2"	214	SO
56	Loren Blevins L. Blevins	OL	5'10"	215	SO
84	Mike Brady M. Brady	DL	6'0"	180	SO
88	Robert Brooks R. Brooks	DL	6'2"	182	SO
68	Louis Canant L. Canant	OL	5'10"	215	SO
64	Willie Castleman W. Castleman	OL	5'11"	196	JR
75	Stanley Coker S. Coker	OL	5'10"	222	JR
	Bobby Copeland B. Copeland	RB	5'11"	165	JR
69	Jack Crutcher J. Crutcher	OL	5'10"	198	JR
74	Bruce Dunmore B. Dunmore	OL	6'1"	223	JR
40	Frank Eidom F. Eidom	RB	5'11"	190	SR
36	Jack Espenshied J. Espenshied	RB	5'11"	170	JR
71	David Gary D. Gary	OL	6'0"	215	SO
51	Roger Gary R. Gary	OL	5'11"	190	JR
82	Tommy Gentry T. Gentry	DL	6'2"	181	SO
59	John Gibbs J. Gibbs	OL	6'1"	208	SO
17	Hayes Gilliam H. Gilliam	QB	6'1"	181	JR
73	Forrest Gregg F. Gregg	OL	6'3"	217	JR
60	Rusty Gunn R. Gunn	FB	5'11"	200	JR
	Bob Hailey B. Hailey	OL	6'3"	207	SR
72	Tommy Hairston T. Hairston	OL	6'2"	207	SR
57	Dan Hastings D. Hastings	FB	6'0"	185	SO
61	David Hawk D. Hawk	OL	5'10"	187	JR
14	Jimmie Haynie J. Haynie	QB	6'0"	174	SO
63	Sherwood Hensley S. Hensley	OL	5'10"	168	JR
19	Glen Holliday G. Holliday	QB	6'0"	178	SO
	Tommy Hughes T. Hughes	OL	6'1"	195	SO
80	Lamar Hunt L. Hunt	DL	5'10"	181	JR
85	Earl Johnson E. Johnson	DL	6'3"	205	JR
62	Smitty Keller S. Keller	OL	6'0"	192	SO
26	Buzz Kemble B. Kemble	RB	6'0"	175	SO
18	Bert Keyes B. Keyes	QB	6'0"	173	SO
79	Eric Knebel E. Knebel	OL	6'6"	227	JR
76	Charles Leyendecker C. Leyendecker	OL	6'2"	205	SO
52	Bill Livingstone B. Livingstone	OL	6'3"	198	SO
35	Ross Love R. Love	FB	5'11"	185	SO
55	Early Lucas E. Lucas	OL	5'11"	190	JR
66	Fred Lucas F. Lucas	OL	5'11"	190	JR
22	John Marshall J. Marshall	RB	5'11"	195	JR
37	Don McIIhenny D. McIIhenny	RB	6'1"	195	JR
41	Merlyn Murphey M. Murphey	RB	5'10"	185	JR
81	Doyle Nix D. Nix	DL	6'1"	183	SR
15	Duane Nutt D. Nutt	QB	5'11"	185	SR
20	Hal O'Brien H. O'Brien	FB	6'0"	195	JR
83	Dick Parsons D. Parsons	DL	6'1"	185	JR
42	Jim Perry J. Perry	RB	5'11"	172	SO
58	Louis Reed L. Reed	OL	6'1"	195	JR
	Travis Rider T. Rider	OL	5'11"	176	SO
16	John Roach J. Roach	QB	6'4"	178	JR
38	Ken Roberts K. Roberts	FB	6'2"	195	SO
47	Jim Robertson J. Robertson	FB	6'2"	195	SR
65	Carl Shannon C. Shannon	OL	6'0"	197	JR
50	Jimmy Smith J. Smith	OL	5'10"	185	JR
86	Leighton Steward L. Steward	DL	6'3"	190	SO
	Wilson Thompson W. Thompson	RB	5'11"	165	JR
34	Blake Tucker B. Tucker	RB	5'9"	183	JR
33	Lyle Walker L. Walker	RB	5'10"	172	SO
	L.M. Watson	RB	6'0"	186	JR

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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