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Notre Dame Fighting Irish

1954 Roster

NO.	NAME	POS	HEIGHT	WEIGHT	CLASS
71	Byron Beams B. Beams	OL	6'4"	218	SO
8	Jim Bigelow J. Bigelow	QB	5'11"	170	SR
79	Joseph Bihn J. Bihn	OL	6'2"	208	SO
62	Pat Bisceglia P. Bisceglia	OL	5'10"	192	JR
48	Joseph T. Bosse J. T. Bosse	OL	6'2"	200	SO
	Tom Carey T. Carey	QB
56	Edward Cook E. Cook	OL	6'1"	217	SR
6	Larry Cooke L. Cooke	QB	6'0"	180	SO
55	Bob Coyne B. Coyne	OL	6'1"	200	SO
64	Tom Cunningham T. Cunningham	OL	6'0"	195	SO
47	Dave Davin D. Davin	TE	6'4"	190	SO
87	Jack Dumas J. Dumas	TE	6'3"	185	JR
82	Wayne Edmonds W. Edmonds	OL	6'0"	207	JR
32	Dick Fitzgerald D. Fitzgerald	RB	5'11"	190	SR
63	Dick Frasor D. Frasor	OL	5'11"	185	JR
34	John Gaffney J. Gaffney	FB	6'1"	190	JR
	Don George D. George	TE
81	Donald H. George D. H. George	TE	6'4"	202	SO
21	Gerald Gerami G. Gerami	RB	5'9"	170	SO
35	Jim Gormley J. Gormley	RB	5'10"	185	SO
76	George Groble G. Groble	OL	6'2"	208	SO
3	Ralph Guglielmi R. Guglielmi	QB	6'0"	190	SR
42	Joe Heap J. Heap	RB	5'11"	180	SR
49	Richard J. Hendricks R. J. Hendricks	RB	6'1"	180	JR
5	Paul Hornung P. Hornung	QB	6'2"	190	SO
24	Thomas Hughes T. Hughes	OL	6'0"	180	SO
89	Gene Kapish G. Kapish	TE	6'1"	187	JR
78	John Kegaly J. Kegaly	OL	6'3"	210	JR
	Dick Keller D. Keller	RB
40	Richard Keller R. Keller	RB	6'0"	160	JR
58	Jack King J. King	OL	5'10"	195	SO
91	Robert Lasch R. Lasch	OL	6'3"	225	JR
65	Jack Lee J. Lee	OL	5'11"	195	SR
72	Ray Lemek R. Lemek	OL	6'1"	205	JR
85	Louis Loncaric L. Loncaric	OL	6'3"	187	SO
43	Joe Markowski J. Markowski	FB	6'0"	185	JR
70	Eugene J. Martell E. J. Martell	OL	6'3"	224	JR
90	Paul Matz P. Matz	TE	6'1"	190	SR
11	John McDonnell J. McDonnell	RB	5'11"	165	SO
61	John McMullan J. McMullan	OL	5'10"	203	SO
51	James Mense J. Mense	OL	5'11"	206	JR
19	Jim Milota J. Milota	RB	5'10"	170	SO
73	Robert Mondron R. Mondron	OL	6'3"	202	SO
17	Jim Morse J. Morse	RB	5'11"	175	SO
80	Jim Munro J. Munro	TE	6'0"	193	SO
39	Ed Murphy E. Murphy	OL	6'2"	200	SO
68	Patrick Nakfoor P. Nakfoor	TE	6'4"	225	JR
77	George D. Nicula G. D. Nicula	OL	6'2"	210	JR
50	Pete Noznesky P. Noznesky	TE	6'0"	175	SO
67	Samuel Palumbo S. Palumbo	OL	6'0"	212	SR
75	Anthony Pasquesi A. Pasquesi	OL	6'4"	220	SR
41	Frank Pinn F. Pinn	FB	5'10"	185	SO
37	Nicholas S. Raich N. S. Raich	FB	5'10"	188	JR
	Nick Raich N. Raich	RB
74	Robert Ready R. Ready	OL	6'3"	220	SR
59	Michael Regan M. Regan	TE	6'2"	212	JR
18	Paul Reynolds P. Reynolds	RB	6'0"	182	JR
16	William Rigali W. Rigali	RB	5'10"	175	SO
83	Bob Scannell B. Scannell	TE	6'0"	190	SO
9	Don Schaefer D. Schaefer	QB	5'11"	187	JR
86	Paul Schramm P. Schramm	TE	6'2"	198	SO
33	Dan Shannon D. Shannon	TE	6'0"	198	SR
12	Sherrill Sipes S. Sipes	RB	6'0"	185	SO
69	Frank Stanitzek F. Stanitzek	OL	5'10"	205	SO
22	Dean Studer D. Studer	RB	5'11"	180	SO
	Dick Szymanski D. Szymanski	OL
52	Richard Szymanski R. Szymanski	OL	6'2"	215	SR
60	Frank Varrichione F. Varrichione	OL	6'0"	225	SR
28	Donald Williams D. Williams	FB	5'10"	180	JR
38	George Wilson G. Wilson	FB	5'11"	190	JR
20	Jack Witucki J. Witucki	FB	6'1"	182	SO
84	Benedict J. Zajeski B. J. Zajeski	OL	6'3"	205	JR
66	Thomas Zervas T. Zervas	OL	6'1"	205	SO

CFB 2025 Leaders

Pass Yards Leaders

4,379

Mestemaker

3,973

Mensah

3,711

Maiava

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

Mensah

34

Mestemaker

33

Mendoza

Rush TD Leaders

25

Hawkins

21

Lacy

18

Hellums

Rec TD Leaders

14

Brown

13

Bell

12

Smith

QB Rating Leaders

181.4

Mendoza

177.5

Sayin

170.4

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

41.3

40.5

Opp PPG Rankings

9.3

10.8

10.9

13.1

13.3

15.4

Total Yards Rankings

512.4

498.0

488.7

482.9

480.3

475.8

Rush Yards Rankings

289.3

266.3

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

46.0

45.0

43.0

41.0

CFB 2025 Standings

	Atlantic Coast	W	L	PCT
1	Duke	9	5	.643
2	Virginia	11	3	.786
3	Miami	12	2	.857
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	10	3	.769
6	Oklahoma	10	3	.769
7	Vanderbilt	10	3	.769
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	2	.857
3	Oregon	12	1	.923
4	Michigan	9	4	.692
5	USC	9	4	.692
6	Iowa	9	4	.692
7	Illinois	9	4	.692
8	Minnesota	8	5	.615
9	Washington	9	4	.692
10	Nebraska	7	6	.538
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	11	2	.846
4	Houston	10	3	.769
5	Arizona	9	3	.750
6	Arizona State	8	5	.615
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