Washington State Cougars

1954 Roster

NO.	NAME	POS	HEIGHT	WEIGHT	CLASS
37	Chuck Beckel C. Beckel	FB	6'1"	190	SR
75	Gerry Brockey G. Brockey	OL	5'8"	195	JR
78	Ted Brose T. Brose	OL	6'2"	205	SR
	Merle Butler M. Butler	OL	6'1"	190	SO
17	Ed Clark E. Clark	RB	6'0"	180	JR
82	John Clark J. Clark	TE	6'2"	190	SO
	Robert Cope R. Cope	RB	5'10"	180	SO
	Gene Egbert G. Egbert	RB	5'10"	165	SO
	John Fristad J. Fristad	OL	6'2"	185	JR
89	Don Gest D. Gest	TE	6'3"	210	SO
	John Gorow J. Gorow	OL	6'3"	205	SO
72	Jim Grinols J. Grinols	OL	6'0"	205	SO
76	Tom Gunnan T. Gunnan	OL	6'1"	210	JR
27	Everett Gust E. Gust	QB	5'11"	175	JR
31	Jim Hagerty J. Hagerty	RB	6'0"	180	JR
	Jack Hardman J. Hardman	RB	5'10"	190	JR
23	Vaughan Hitchcock V. Hitchcock	FB	6'0"	190	JR
52	Lee Hutsell L. Hutsell	OL	5'11"	185	SR
77	Jack Inions J. Inions	OL	6'1"	220	SO
20	Bob Iverson B. Iverson	QB	6'0"	175	JR
87	Ron Jacobson R. Jacobson	TE	6'2"	190	SO
24	Dewey Keith D. Keith	RB	6'0"	185	JR
88	Bob Kindsvater B. Kindsvater	TE	6'0"	185	SO
44	Bill Kramer B. Kramer	RB	5'10"	180	SO
60	Doug Leifeste D. Leifeste	OL	5'11"	200	JR
	Clyde Meek C. Meek	OL	5'8"	185	SO
46	Bob Miller B. Miller	RB	6'2"	200	SO
65	Robert Mock R. Mock	OL	6'2"	200	SO
51	Bruce Nevitt B. Nevitt	OL	6'2"	210	JR
84	Amie Pelluer A. Pelluer	TE	6'3"	205	JR
81	Bob Peringer B. Peringer	TE	6'2"	185	JR
50	Skip Pixley S. Pixley	OL	6'0"	205	JR
79	Joe Polowski J. Polowski	OL	6'0"	200	SR
73	Tom Proteau T. Proteau	OL	6'2"	215	JR
37	Mert Pumell M. Pumell	RB	5'11"	180	SR
85	Russ Quackenbush R. Quackenbush	TE	6'3"	180	JR
33	Dennis Rath D. Rath	RB	6'0"	190	JR
62	Gottlieb Ribary IX G. Ribary IX	OL	6'0"	200	SR
83	Doug Riggs D. Riggs	TE	6'2"	195	JR
42	Frank Sarno F. Sarno	QB	5'10"	200	JR
53	Kevin Scanlan K. Scanlan	OL	6'0"	190	SO
10	Jim St. Geme J. St. Geme	QB	5'10"	180	JR
68	Ray Story R. Story	OL	5'10"	190	SO
	Gail Strait G. Strait	QB	6'0"	185	SO
69	Carl Strand C. Strand	OL	5'10"	195	JR
	Lew Stueck L. Stueck	FB	5'11"	190	SO
	Valjean Thurman V. Thurman	OL	6'1"	200	SO
39	Pete Toomey P. Toomey	RB	6'2"	185	JR
	Lew Turner L. Turner	TE	6'2"	195	SO
64	Don Verhey D. Verhey	OL	6'2"	200	SO
22	Duke Washington D. Washington	FB	5'11"	190	SR
66	Frank Watkins F. Watkins	OL	5'10"	190	JR
74	Larry Weir L. Weir	OL	5'11"	175	SO
67	Jim Welch J. Welch	OL	5'10"	200	JR
	Tom Widmer T. Widmer	OL	6'0"	180	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