Illinois Fighting Illini

1949 Roster

NO.	NAME	POS	HEIGHT	WEIGHT	CLASS
74	Marvin Berschet M. Berschet	OL	6'2"	196	SO
52	Charles Boerio C. Boerio	OL	5'11"	189	SO
30	Charles Brown C. Brown	OL	6'0"	205	JR
49	Lyle Button L. Button	OL	6'0"	224	SR
70	Leo Cahill L. Cahill	OL	6'0"	187	SR
26	Ronald Clark R. Clark	RB	5'11"	162	SO
56	Joseph Cole J. Cole	OL	6'2"	191	SO
65	Jack Doherty J. Doherty	OL	6'3"	212	SO
37	Paul Douglass P. Douglass	RB	6'1"	176	JR
34	Marshall Dusenbury M. Dusenbury	FB	6'0"	189	SO
16	Don Engels D. Engels	QB	6'2"	187	SO
81	Mack Follmer M. Follmer	TE	6'4"	188	SO
33	Charles Fox C. Fox	TE	5'11"	186	JR
60	Don Gnidovic D. Gnidovic	OL	5'11"	180	SO
11	Charles Gottfried C. Gottfried	OL	6'0"	194	SR
16	Gene Hansen G. Hansen	TE	6'1"	186	SO
29	Joseph Hayer J. Hayer	OL	5'10"	187	SR
89	Amos Jones A. Jones	TE	6'1"	191	JR
48	John Karras J. Karras	RB	5'11"	181	SO
73	Walt Kersulis W. Kersulis	TE	6'4"	193	SR
10	Tony Klimek T. Klimek	TE	5'11"	187	JR
15	Bernie Krueger B. Krueger	QB	5'10"	172	SR
42	Don Laz D. Laz	RB	6'2"	180	JR
41	Lou Levanti L. Levanti	OL	6'2"	192	SR
50	Lynn Lynch L. Lynch	OL	6'2"	199	JR
20	Fred Major Jr. F. Major Jr.	QB	6'1"	169	JR
87	Robert Malinsky R. Malinsky	RB	5'10"	170	JR
45	Aldo Martignago A. Martignago	OL	5'11"	191	SR
61	Ted Moody T. Moody	OL	5'11"	192	SO
71	Richard Mueller R. Mueller	OL	6'2"	193	JR
24	Herb Neathery H. Neathery	RB	6'0"	172	SO
67	Russ Nestor R. Nestor	OL	5'11"	216	SO
79	Bill Noonan B. Noonan	OL	6'0"	208	SO
54	Sam Piazza S. Piazza	RB	5'10"	156	JR
39	Elie Popa E. Popa	FB	5'10"	174	SO
47	Richard Raklovits R. Raklovits	RB	5'10"	173	JR
32	Robert Rylowicz R. Rylowicz	RB	6'0"	180	SO
83	Merle Schlosser M. Schlosser	TE	6'0"	189	SR
84	Burt Schmidt B. Schmidt	FB	5'11"	191	SR
76	Robert Scott R. Scott	OL	6'3"	206	SO
64	Wayne Siegert W. Siegert	OL	6'3"	211	JR
28	Jerry Slack J. Slack	FB	6'0"	183	SO
86	Marshall Smith M. Smith	TE	6'2"	193	JR
36	Russ Steger R. Steger	FB	6'1"	194	SR
46	Donald Stevens D. Stevens	RB	5'9"	171	SO
44	Richard Stevenson R. Stevenson	TE	6'2"	185	JR
21	Tom Stewart T. Stewart	QB	6'0"	172	SR
69	Charles Studley C. Studley	OL	5'11"	189	SO
18	Al Tate A. Tate	OL	6'1"	191	JR
75	Charles Ulrich Jr. C. Ulrich Jr.	OL	6'3"	202	SO
68	Rudy Valentino R. Valentino	OL	5'10"	183	SO
62	William Vohaska W. Vohaska	OL	5'11"	179	JR
25	John Vukelich J. Vukelich	RB	6'0"	184	SO
17	Kenneth Young K. Young	TE	6'3"	195	JR

CFB 2025 Leaders

Pass Yards Leaders

4,379

Mestemaker

3,711

Maiava

3,683

Minicucci

Rush Yards Leaders

1,661

Cook

1,649

Hardy

1,451

Johnson

Rec Yards Leaders

1,291

Scudero

1,276

Bell

1,264

Young

Pass TD Leaders

34

Mestemaker

33

Mendoza

31

Sayin

Rush TD Leaders

25

Hawkins

21

Lacy

18

Hellums

Rec TD Leaders

14

Brown

13

Bell

12

Harris

QB Rating Leaders

182.1

Sayin

181.4

Mendoza

171.5

Pavia

Sack Leaders

14.5

Tucker

13.5

Bailey

12.5

Smith

CFB 2025 Rankings

PPG Rankings

45.1

42.5

42.0

41.9

41.1

40.5

Opp PPG Rankings

8.2

10.8

10.9

13.0

13.3

15.2

Total Yards Rankings

512.4

498.0

488.7

480.3

478.6

475.8

Rush Yards Rankings

289.3

269.8

261.4

254.9

246.9

241.5

Pass Yards Rankings

340.2

318.0

312.4

309.6

296.0

292.8

Sack Leaders

45.0

43.0

41.0

39.0

CFB 2025 Standings

	Atlantic Coast	W	L	PCT
1	Duke	8	5	.615
2	Virginia	11	3	.786
3	Miami	11	2	.846
4	Pittsburgh	8	5	.615
5	SMU	8	4	.667
6	Georgia Tech	9	4	.692
7	California	7	6	.538
8	Clemson	7	6	.538
9	NC State	8	5	.615
10	Louisville	9	4	.692
11	Wake Forest	8	4	.667
12	Stanford	4	8	.333
13	Florida State	5	7	.417
14	North Carolina	4	8	.333
15	Virginia Tech	3	9	.250
16	Boston College	2	10	.167
17	Syracuse	3	9	.250

	Southeastern	W	L	PCT
1	Georgia	12	1	.923
2	Alabama	11	3	.786
3	Ole Miss	12	1	.923
4	Texas A&M	11	2	.846
5	Texas	9	3	.750
6	Oklahoma	10	3	.769
7	Vanderbilt	10	2	.833
8	Missouri	8	5	.615
9	Tennessee	8	5	.615
10	LSU	7	6	.538
11	Kentucky	5	7	.417
12	Florida	4	8	.333
13	Auburn	5	7	.417
14	Mississippi State	5	7	.417
15	South Carolina	4	8	.333
16	Arkansas	2	10	.167

	Big 10	W	L	PCT
1	Indiana	13	0	1.000
2	Ohio State	12	1	.923
3	Oregon	12	1	.923
4	Michigan	9	3	.750
5	USC	9	4	.692
6	Iowa	8	4	.667
7	Illinois	9	4	.692
8	Minnesota	8	5	.615
9	Washington	9	4	.692
10	Nebraska	7	5	.583
11	Northwestern	7	6	.538
12	Penn State	7	6	.538
13	UCLA	3	9	.250
14	Rutgers	5	7	.417
15	Wisconsin	4	8	.333
16	Maryland	4	8	.333
17	Michigan State	4	8	.333
18	Purdue	2	10	.167

	Mountain West	W	L	PCT
1	UNLV	10	4	.714
2	New Mexico	9	4	.692
3	San Diego State	9	4	.692
4	Boise State	9	5	.643
5	Fresno State	9	4	.692
6	Hawaii	9	4	.692
7	Utah State	6	7	.462
8	Air Force	4	8	.333
9	Wyoming	4	8	.333
10	Nevada	3	9	.250
11	San José State	3	9	.250
12	Colorado State	2	10	.167

	American Athletic	W	L	PCT
1	North Texas	12	2	.857
2	Tulane	11	3	.786
3	Navy	10	2	.833
4	South Florida	9	4	.692
5	East Carolina	9	4	.692
6	Memphis	8	5	.615
7	Army	7	6	.538
8	UTSA	7	6	.538
9	Temple	5	7	.417
10	Florida Atlantic	4	8	.333
11	Rice	5	7	.417
12	UAB	4	8	.333
13	Tulsa	4	8	.333
14	Charlotte	1	11	.083

	Independent	W	L	PCT
1	Notre Dame	10	2	.833
2	UConn	9	4	.692

	Big 12	W	L	PCT
1	Texas Tech	12	1	.923
2	BYU	12	2	.857
3	Utah	10	2	.833
4	Houston	10	3	.769
5	Arizona	9	3	.750
6	Arizona State	8	4	.667
7	Iowa State	8	4	.667
8	Kansas State	6	6	.500
9	TCU	9	4	.692
10	Cincinnati	7	5	.583
11	Baylor	5	7	.417
12	Kansas	5	7	.417
13	UCF	5	7	.417
14	West Virginia	4	8	.333
15	Colorado	3	9	.250
16	Oklahoma State	1	11	.083

	Pac-12	W	L	PCT
1	Washington State	7	6	.538
2	Oregon State	2	10	.167

	Mid-American	W	L	PCT
1	Western Michigan	10	4	.714
2	Miami (OH)	7	7	.500
3	Ohio	9	4	.692
4	Toledo	8	5	.615
5	Central Michigan	7	6	.538
6	Akron	5	7	.417
7	Buffalo	5	7	.417
8	Kent State	5	7	.417
9	Eastern Michigan	4	8	.333
10	Ball State	4	8	.333
11	Bowling Green	4	8	.333
12	Northern Illinois	3	9	.250
13	UMass	0	12	.000

	Sun Belt	W	L	PCT
1	JMU	12	2	.857
2	Troy	8	6	.571
3	Old Dominion	10	3	.769
4	Southern Miss	7	6	.538
5	Coastal Carolina	6	7	.462
6	Louisiana	6	7	.462
7	Georgia Southern	7	6	.538
8	Arkansas State	7	6	.538
9	Marshall	5	7	.417
10	Texas State	6	6	.500
11	Appalachian State	5	8	.385
12	South Alabama	4	8	.333
13	Georgia State	1	11	.083
14	Louisiana-Monroe	3	9	.250

	Conference USA	W	L	PCT
1	Kennesaw State	10	4	.714
2	Jacksonville State	9	5	.643
3	Western Kentucky	9	4	.692
4	Louisiana Tech	8	5	.615
5	Missouri State	7	6	.538
6	FIU	7	6	.538
7	Delaware	7	6	.538
8	Liberty	4	8	.333
9	Middle Tennessee	3	9	.250
10	New Mexico State	4	8	.333
11	UTEP	2	10	.167
12	Sam Houston	2	10	.167