Washington State Cougars

1953 Roster

NO.	NAME	POS	HEIGHT	WEIGHT	CLASS
35	Chuck Beckel C. Beckel	FB	6'1"	196	JR
39	Wayne Berry W. Berry	RB	6'0"	178	SR
67	Gerald Brockey G. Brockey	OL	5'8"	204	SO
78	Ted Brose T. Brose	OL	6'2"	218	JR
10	Bob Burkhart B. Burkhart	QB	5'11"	217	SR
9	Terry Campbell T. Campbell	RB	5'11"	168	SR
51	Herb Carlson H. Carlson	OL	6'0"	195	SR
73	Ernest Cecaci E. Cecaci	OL	5'11"	192	SR
60	Ed Clark E. Clark	RB	5'11"	180	SO
24	Jerry Corrigan J. Corrigan	FB	5'9"	175	SO
87	Chuck England C. England	TE	6'2"	190	JR
53	Ralph Fristad R. Fristad	OL	6'2"	180	SO
65	Phil Gardner P. Gardner	OL	5'10"	187	SR
17	Red Golden R. Golden	QB	6'0"	197	JR
76	Tom Gunnari T. Gunnari	OL	6'1"	215	SO
8	Everett Gust E. Gust	QB	5'11"	183	SO
31	James Hagerty J. Hagerty	RB	6'0"	182	SO
5	Jack Hardman J. Hardman	RB	5'10"	190	JR
23	Vaughn Hitchcock V. Hitchcock	FB	6'0"	191	SO
88	Bill Holmes B. Holmes	TE	6'1"	190	SR
52	Leland Hutsell L. Hutsell	OL	5'11"	195	JR
71	Jack Inions J. Inions	OL	6'2"	220	SO
20	Bob Iverson B. Iverson	RB	6'0"	181	SO
32	Dewey Keith D. Keith	FB	6'0"	185	SO
76	Bob Kindsvater B. Kindsvater	OL	6'0"	190	SO
18	Doug Leifeste D. Leifeste	QB	6'0"	199	SO
72	Allan Loreen A. Loreen	OL	6'5"	245	SO
71	Howard McCants H. McCants	TE	6'8"	235	SR
27	Dick Medlock D. Medlock	RB	5'8"	169	SO
84	Arnold Pelleur A. Pelleur	TE	6'2"	211	SO
81	Robert Peringer R. Peringer	TE	6'3"	190	SR
50	Skip Pixley S. Pixley	OL	6'0"	220	SO
79	Joe Powloski J. Powloski	OL	6'0"	198	JR
37	Merton Purnell M. Purnell	RB	5'11"	173	JR
85	Russ Quackenbush R. Quackenbush	TE	6'3"	180	SO
33	Dennis Rath D. Rath	RB	6'0"	184	SO
62	Gottlieb Ribary G. Ribary	OL	6'0"	195	JR
83	Doug Riggs D. Riggs	TE	6'2"	190	SO
42	Frank Sarno F. Sarno	QB	5'10"	205	SO
74	Milt Schwenk M. Schwenk	OL	6'2"	230	SR
84	Jim St. Geme J. St. Geme	TE	5'10"	178	SO
89	Howell Steele H. Steele	TE	6'2"	197	JR
53	Chuck Stone C. Stone	OL	6'2"	180	SO
68	Ray Story R. Story	OL	5'9"	187	SO
69	Carl Strand C. Strand	OL	5'10"	202	SO
82	Jim Sullivan J. Sullivan	OL	6'0"	200	JR
64	Mel Thompson M. Thompson	OL	5'10"	187	SR
22	Duke Washington D. Washington	RB	5'11"	187	JR
66	Frank Watkins F. Watkins	OL	5'10"	185	SO
77	Duane Weitz D. Weitz	OL	6'3"	205	SR
75	Jim Welch J. Welch	OL	5'10"	203	SO

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CFB 2026 Leaders

Pass Yards Leaders

2,977

Atkinson

2,746

Veltkamp

2,649

Mestemaker

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

27

Veltkamp

25

Stokes

25

Atkinson

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

40.6

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

324.1

318.0

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	Georgia Southern	4	4	.500
3	Louisiana	5	3	.625
4	James Madison	8	2	.800
5	South Alabama	4	4	.500
6	Appalachian State	5	3	.625
7	Arkansas State	4	4	.500
8	Coastal Carolina	3	5	.375
9	Troy	4	4	.500
10	Marshall	5	3	.625
11	Southern Miss	3	6	.333
12	Georgia State	4	4	.500
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

	American Athletic	W	L	PCT
1	North Texas	6	2	.750
2	Memphis	7	2	.778
3	UTSA	7	2	.778
4	Army	5	3	.625
5	Florida Atlantic	6	3	.667
6	South Florida	6	2	.750
7	UAB	4	4	.500
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

	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

	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