Vanderbilt Commodores

1953 Roster

NO.	NAME	POS	HEIGHT	WEIGHT	CLASS
40	Bill Ahrens B. Ahrens	FB	6'1"	190	SO
35	Don Bailey D. Bailey	RB	5'9"	174	JR
85	Harold Brown H. Brown	TE	6'0"	190	JR
26	Danny Byers D. Byers	RB	5'11"	169	JR
56	Bob Cappelletti B. Cappelletti	RB	5'8"	165	JR
53	Jim Cunnigham J. Cunnigham	OL	6'1"	185	SO
10	Jim DeMain J. DeMain	QB	5'11"	175	SR
75	Art Demmas A. Demmas	OL	6'2"	208	SO
64	Con Demmas C. Demmas	OL	6'1"	195	SO
43	John Dodd J. Dodd	FB	6'1"	182	SO
68	Larry Frank L. Frank	OL	5'11"	194	SO
66	Bobby Goodall B. Goodall	OL	5'11"	190	JR
65	John Hall J. Hall	OL	5'10"	177	JR
87	Charlie Hawkins C. Hawkins	TE	6'3"	205	SR
52	Barry Heywood B. Heywood	OL	6'2"	190	SO
13	Billy Holmes B. Holmes	QB	6'0"	180	SO
24	Charles Horton C. Horton	RB	6'0"	177	SO
72	Jim Horton J. Horton	OL	6'1"	210	JR
44	Don Hunt D. Hunt	FB	5'11"	185	SO
86	Earl Jalufka E. Jalufka	TE	6'1"	180	SO
77	Erwin Jones E. Jones	OL	6'4"	209	SR
74	Roy Keathley R. Keathley	OL	6'0"	198	JR
12	Bill Krietemeyer B. Krietemeyer	QB	6'2"	210	SO
62	Lambert Lamberson L. Lamberson	OL	5'8"	174	SO
88	Robert Laws R. Laws	TE	6'0"	190	FR
14	Jim Looney J. Looney	QB	6'0"	185	JR
83	Ben McKinnon B. McKinnon	TE	6'3"	204	JR
78	Jack Miron J. Miron	OL	6'3"	211	JR
42	Chuck Newman C. Newman	FB	6'0"	200	SR
70	Andy Novak A. Novak	OL	5'11"	195	SR
34	Donald Orr D. Orr	RB	6'0"	174	SO
55	Jason Papuchis J. Papuchis	OL	6'1"	185	JR
45	Steve Pepoy S. Pepoy	FB	5'11"	186	SO
69	Donald Plonk D. Plonk	OL	6'1"	195	FR
23	Charlie Rolfe C. Rolfe	RB	6'1"	195	SO
25	Buddy Stack B. Stack	RB	6'0"	170	SO
80	Joe Stephenson J. Stephenson	TE	6'1"	192	SO
50	Larry Stone L. Stone	OL	6'1"	195	SR
33	Floyd Teas F. Teas	RB	6'3"	197	SO
63	Carroll Toups C. Toups	OL	5'10"	200	SO
84	Henry Tyler H. Tyler	TE	6'3"	195	FR
73	Buck Watson B. Watson	OL	6'3"	225	JR
60	Pete Williams P. Williams	OL	6'1"	185	JR
76	Tom Woodroof T. Woodroof	OL	6'1"	227	SO
67	Morris Yates M. Yates	OL	5'9"	180	FR

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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