Wake Forest Demon Deacons

1961 Roster

NO.	NAME	POS	HEIGHT	WEIGHT	CLASS
67	John Badoud J. Badoud	OL	5'11"	192	JR
79	Leonard Baxley L. Baxley	DL	6'2"	187	SO
27	James Bedgood J. Bedgood	RB	6'0"	169	SO
12	Tommy Blanton T. Blanton	QB	5'11"	162	SO
21	Charles Brewer C. Brewer	RB	6'0"	180	JR
18	Wally Bridwell W. Bridwell	QB	5'10"	163	SO
83	Rich Cameron R. Cameron	DL	6'4"	193	SO
55	Bill Carlisle B. Carlisle	OL	5'11"	203	SO
31	Pete Chiaccio P. Chiaccio	FB	6'0"	203	SO
51	Larry Coker L. Coker	OL	6'1"	191	SR
45	Jim Connelly J. Connelly	RB	5'11"	179	SO
71	Wesley Cox W. Cox	OL	6'1"	230	JR
52	Tommy Egge T. Egge	OL	6'2"	196	SO
78	Larry Evans L. Evans	OL	6'2"	218	SO
81	Wilbert Faircloth W. Faircloth	DL	6'3"	200	SO
54	William Faircloth W. Faircloth	OL	6'2"	207	SO
24	Donnie Frederick D. Frederick	RB	5'10"	175	JR
25	Winston Futch W. Futch	RB	6'0"	165	SR
66	John Hanka J. Hanka	OL	6'4"	204	SO
62	Tom Hartman T. Hartman	OL	6'1"	215	JR
85	Bill Hull B. Hull	DL	6'6"	220	SR
60	Bob Irwin B. Irwin	OL	6'1"	205	JR
26	Harold Jackson H. Jackson	RB	5'11"	180	SO
74	John Jurkovee J. Jurkovee	OL	6'3"	222	SO
50	Ron kadon R. kadon	OL	6'0"	196	SO
70	Tom Lally T. Lally	OL	6'1"	228	SO
88	Ed Leinss E. Leinss	DL	6'1"	186	SO
73	kent Martin k. Martin	OL	6'3"	245	JR
65	Paul Martineau P. Martineau	OL	6'1"	220	SR
89	James Mattox J. Mattox	DL	6'3"	191	SO
32	Bruce McDonnell B. McDonnell	FB	6'1"	185	SR
42	Neal McDuffie N. McDuffie	RB	5'10"	185	SO
41	Bruce McLean B. McLean	FB	5'10"	185	JR
34	Bob Miller B. Miller	FB	5'10"	185	SO
53	Bill Moore B. Moore	OL	6'0"	208	SO
22	Johnny Morris J. Morris	RB	5'10"	150	SR
84	Brent Mudd B. Mudd	DL	6'0"	190	JR
77	Bruce Nation B. Nation	OL	6'2"	204	SR
87	Henry Newton H. Newton	DL	6'2"	195	JR
68	Ed Pitoniak E. Pitoniak	OL	6'0"	195	SO
11	Chuck Reiley C. Reiley	QB	5'10"	172	SR
86	Dennis Revell D. Revell	DL	6'1"	175	SO
82	Bill Ruby B. Ruby	DL	5'11"	190	SR
36	Gerald Rudelitsch G. Rudelitsch	FB	6'2"	198	SO
63	Paul Shearer P. Shearer	OL	6'0"	205	SO
69	Bill Shendow B. Shendow	OL	5'9"	194	JR
64	Fred Smith F. Smith	OL	5'11"	197	SO
19	Ronnie Smith R. Smith	QB	6'4"	195	SO
80	Jim Tejeck J. Tejeck	DL	6'1"	193	SO
40	Jack Tesh J. Tesh	RB	6'0"	198	SR
23	Bruce Valley B. Valley	RB	5'10"	174	SO
20	Alan White A. White	RB	5'11"	182	SR
38	Craven Williams C. Williams	FB	6'1"	192	JR
76	Jimmy Williams J. Williams	OL	6'4"	216	SR
61	Bennett Williamson B. Williamson	OL	6'3"	218	SR

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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