Washington State Cougars

1961 Roster

NO.	NAME	POS	HEIGHT	WEIGHT	CLASS
20	Mike Abbott M. Abbott	TE	6'0"	167	JR
	Leroy Babbitt L. Babbitt	OL	5'9"	210	SR
74	Glenn Baker G. Baker	OL	6'3"	225	SO
45	Louis Blakely L. Blakely	FB	5'10"	185	SR
26	Jim Boylan J. Boylan	RB	6'1"	170	SR
	Al Branco A. Branco	OL	6'0"	205	JR
44	John Browne J. Browne	FB	5'10"	180	SO
52	Roy Busse R. Busse	OL	6'1"	210	SO
40	Hugh Campbell H. Campbell	TE	6'1"	190	JR
35	Jerry Campbell J. Campbell	RB	5'8"	175	SR
	Mike Carboni M. Carboni	TE	6'1"	180	SO
	Bruce Carter B. Carter	OL	6'2"	200	SO
65	Lorin Christean L. Christean	OL	6'3"	215	JR
75	Bob Colleran B. Colleran	OL	6'0"	230	SR
62	Jerry Conine J. Conine	OL	5'11"	205	JR
30	Tim Connors T. Connors	RB	5'10"	175	JR
	Bill Cook B. Cook	TE	6'3"	215	SO
66	John Cooley J. Cooley	OL	6'2"	215	SO
60	Pat Crook P. Crook	OL	5'9"	205	SR
67	Blain Eliot B. Eliot	OL	6'2"	215	SO
50	Tom Erlandson T. Erlandson	OL	6'2"	215	SR
53	George Foster G. Foster	OL	6'2"	205	SO
	Bill Gaydosh B. Gaydosh	RB	5'11"	185	SO
	Gery Gehrmann G. Gehrmann	OL	6'2"	210	JR
	Bob Giachino B. Giachino	OL	5'8"	197	JR
	Ken Graham K. Graham	RB	6'0"	200	SO
39	Harold Haddock H. Haddock	RB	5'11"	195	JR
	Tom Hoffman T. Hoffman	OL	6'3"	225	JR
78	Bob Hoien B. Hoien	OL	6'3"	247	SR
	Bob James B. James	TE	6'0"	185	SO
70	Jim Jensen J. Jensen	OL	6'4"	208	SR
	Ralph Jones R. Jones	TE	6'2"	210	SO
51	Dean Kalahar D. Kalahar	OL	6'0"	195	SO
37	Dave Kerrone D. Kerrone	RB	5'10"	185	SR
23	Don Knight D. Knight	QB	6'1"	190	SO
84	Ron Langhans R. Langhans	TE	5'11"	205	JR
	Gary Lewis G. Lewis	RB	6'3"	218	SO
	Lynn Lupfer L. Lupfer	OL	6'1"	215	SO
87	Mike Martin M. Martin	TE	6'3"	225	SR
10	Dave Mathieson D. Mathieson	QB	6'1"	205	SO
71	Lloyd McCoy L. McCoy	OL	6'1"	225	SO
	Herm McKee H. McKee	FB	6'3"	210	SO
24	Mel Melin M. Melin	QB	6'0"	195	SR
42	George Reed G. Reed	FB	5'10"	205	JR
	Larry Reisbig L. Reisbig	TE	6'1"	205	SO
	Mike Rowe M. Rowe	OL	6'1"	215	SO
86	Paul Rushfeldt P. Rushfeldt	TE	6'0"	200	JR
32	Pete Schenck P. Schenck	RB	6'2"	185	SR
81	Steve Simmons S. Simmons	TE	6'3"	195	SO
	Wendell Wardell W. Wardell	OL	6'5"	230	SO
89	Harvey West H. West	TE	6'0"	215	SR
	John Wyffels J. Wyffels	OL	6'0"	235	JR
	John Zaring J. Zaring	RB	6'1"	195	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