Vanderbilt Commodores

1972 Roster

NO.	NAME	POS	HEIGHT	WEIGHT	CLASS
89	George Abernathy G. Abernathy	DL	6'1"	200	SR
	Dave Alsup D. Alsup	OL	5'11"	226	SO
	Blake Anderson B. Anderson	OL	6'0"	225	SO
62	Jim Avery J. Avery	OL	6'0"	220	SR
	Paul Brogdon P. Brogdon	RB
12	Watson Brown W. Brown	QB	6'1"	189	SR
10	Steve Burger S. Burger	QB	5'11"	197	SR
	Bubba Byrd B. Byrd	DB	5'10"	180	SO
80	Gary Chesley G. Chesley	WR	5'8"	173	SR
31	Jay Chesley J. Chesley	RB	6'0"	187	SO
	COry Clark C. Clark	DL	6'0"	202	JR
68	Joe Cook J. Cook	LB	5'11"	210	SR
17	Clifford Culpepper C. Culpepper	DB	6'1"	179	SO
83	Mark Dietrich M. Dietrich	WR	6'2"	172	JR
	Duane Donahoo D. Donahoo	LB	6'0"	216	JR
26	Rick Elder R. Elder	RB	6'0"	192	JR
	Fred Fisher F. Fisher	QB
	Tim Fisk T. Fisk	OL	6'0"	208	SO
47	Greg Fritz G. Fritz	RB	6'0"	186	SO
74	Line Fuge L. Fuge	OL	6'3"	258	JR
40	Martin Garcia M. Garcia	RB	6'0"	193	JR
3	Hawkins Golden H. Golden		5'10"	176	JR
	Pat Hunter P. Hunter	DB	5'11"	194	SO
77	Mark Ilgenfritz M. Ilgenfritz	DL	6'5"	232	JR
5	Wayne Jacobs W. Jacobs	OL	5'11"	219	SR
45	Anthony Joseph A. Joseph	FB	5'9"	184	SO
75	Mike Kirk M. Kirk		6'3"	222	SR
18	Stephen Lainhart S. Lainhart	QB	6'5"	211	JR
32	Bob Latham B. Latham	DL	5'11"	195	SR
15	David Lee D. Lee	QB	6'1"	190	SO
87	Dave Leffers D. Leffers	TE	6'6"	247	SR
	Mark Llewellyn M. Llewellyn	OL	6'4"	217	SO
19	Dan Mahaffey D. Mahaffey	RB	6'0"	181	SO
88	Jim Mahan J. Mahan	TE	6'3"	200	SR
	Dee Margo D. Margo	OL	6'1"	230	JR
82	Doug Martin D. Martin	WR	6'2"	180	SO
37	Dennis Mazar D. Mazar	FB	6'0"	202	JR
55	David McCaskell D. McCaskell	DL	5'11"	238	JR
73	Frank Meyers F. Meyers	OL	6'2"	228	SO
	Buddy Miller B. Miller	OL	6'1"	230	SO
	Jack Milne J. Milne	OL	6'1"	215	SO
61	Gene Moshier G. Moshier	OL	6'2"	217	SO
	Dean Mowat D. Mowat	LB	6'4"	224	SO
25	Doug Nettles D. Nettles	RB	6'0"	174	JR
56	Dave O'Neal D. O'Neal		6'0"	236	SO
81	Robert O'Neal R. O'Neal	TE	5'11"	196	JR
44	Jamie O'Rourke J. O'Rourke	RB	5'11"	186	JR
69	John Ordung J. Ordung		6'0"	213	JR
76	Steve Orech S. Orech		6'2"	253	SO
13	Walter Overton W. Overton	RB	5'11"	167	JR
	Wayne Palmore W. Palmore	RB	6'0"	190	JR
72	Charlie Parrish C. Parrish	OL	6'3"	227	SR
	Ben Paths B. Paths				SO
57	Bo Patton B. Patton	LB	6'0"	210	JR
24	Jeff Peeples J. Peeples	DB	6'3"	200	SR
52	Ken Pittman K. Pittman	LB	6'0"	182	SO
66	Mark Reed M. Reed	DL	6'2"	216	SR
64	Chris Regas C. Regas	OL	6'2"	222	JR
42	John Remmers J. Remmers	FB	5'10"	194	JR
	Joe Reynolds J. Reynolds
	Lonnie Sadler L. Sadler	RB
	Tom Schaffler T. Schaffler	LB	5'11"	183	SO
36	John Schamer J. Schamer	P	6'1"	180	JR
71	L.T. Southall	OL	6'3"	211	JR
70	Steve Stewman S. Stewman	OL	6'6"	250	SO
23	Ken Stone K. Stone	DB	6'1"	179	SR
65	Barrett Sutton B. Sutton	LB	6'1"	220	SR
35	George Tomlinson G. Tomlinson	DB	6'2"	181	SR
16	Tommy Tompkins T. Tompkins	RB	6'0"	192	JR
	Bill Topmiller B. Topmiller	LB	6'3"	187	SO
79	Bob Walsh B. Walsh		6'1"	228	SO
	Bill Wilcox B. Wilcox	RB	6'0"	193	JR
84	Greg Williams G. Williams	DL	6'2"	196	JR
	Scott Wingfield S. Wingfield

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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

Bradley

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

27.0

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	Western Michigan	6	3	.667
3	Buffalo	6	3	.667
4	Toledo	6	2	.750
5	Miami (OH)	5	4	.556
6	Eastern Michigan	4	5	.444
7	Ball State	3	5	.375
8	Kent State	3	6	.333
9	Bowling Green	2	7	.222
10	UMass	4	4	.500
11	Central Michigan	3	5	.375
12	Sacramento State	2	7	.222
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