North Carolina Tar Heels

1953 Roster

NO.	NAME	POS	HEIGHT	WEIGHT	CLASS
64	Tom Adler T. Adler	TE	6'1"	205	SR
79	Will Alexander W. Alexander	OL	5'11"	170	JR
68	Harry Anderson H. Anderson	TE	6'2"	180	JR
31	Carmen Annillo C. Annillo	RB	5'9"	180	SR
66	Bill Baker B. Baker	TE	6'3"	205	SR
85	Ralph Beaver R. Beaver	OL	6'3"	220	JR
24	Louis Britt L. Britt	QB	6'1"	164	JR
95	Doug Bruton D. Bruton	OL	6'2"	190	SR
34	Leonard Bullock L. Bullock	RB	6'1"	175	SO
88	Chris Carpenter C. Carpenter	OL	6'0"	180	JR
41	Harold Davidson H. Davidson	FB	6'1"	198	JR
72	Thad Eure T. Eure	OL	6'3"	218	SR
78	George Foti G. Foti	OL	6'0"	195	JR
73	Francis Fredere F. Fredere	OL	6'4"	226	SR
62	Will Frye W. Frye	TE	6'0"	190	SO
39	Connie Gravitte C. Gravitte	RB	6'0"	195	JR
75	Miles Gregory M. Gregory	OL	5'10"	180	SR
36	Billy Hawks B. Hawks	RB	5'10"	180	SR
45	Billy Joe Johnson B. Joe Johnson	FB	5'11"	175	SO
35	ken Keller k. Keller	RB	5'10"	180	SO
51	Bill Kirkman B. Kirkman	OL	6'0"	190	JR
61	Dick Kocornik D. Kocornik	TE	6'4"	207	SR
55	Bill Koman B. Koman	OL	6'2"	190	SO
30	Dick Lackey D. Lackey	FB	6'0"	185	SR
87	John Lambert J. Lambert	OL	6'2"	195	SO
60	Norman Lane N. Lane	TE	6'2"	190	SO
29	Albert Long A. Long	QB	6'0"	180	SO
26	Ed Loughlin E. Loughlin	QB	6'1"	175	SO
67	Dan Mainer D. Mainer	TE	5'11"	185	JR
83	Steve Marcinko S. Marcinko	OL	6'0"	195	JR
44	Nick Marcopulos N. Marcopulos	FB	5'11"	190	SO
86	Tom Maultsby T. Maultsby	OL	6'0"	195	SO
81	James McCreedy J. McCreedy	OL	6'3"	200	SO
23	Charlie Motta C. Motta	QB	5'11"	175	SR
54	Dave Mullens D. Mullens	OL	6'3"	200	SR
32	Vince Murray V. Murray	RB	6'0"	175	SO
74	Jimmy Neville J. Neville	OL	5'9"	185	JR
27	Marshall Newman M. Newman	QB	6'0"	185	SO
65	Jeff Newton J. Newton	TE	6'2"	170	SR
82	Steve Opitz S. Opitz	OL	6'2"	195	JR
33	Larry Parker L. Parker	RB	6'0"	185	JR
70	Ed Patterson E. Patterson	OL	5'10"	195	JR
71	Roland Perdue R. Perdue	OL	6'1"	195	SO
40	Charlie Poindexter C. Poindexter	RB	5'10"	175	JR
21	Fred Porginski F. Porginski	RB	5'9"	165	SO
93	Barry Pruss B. Pruss	OL	6'0"	210	SR
48	Sonny Ridenhour S. Ridenhour	RB	5'10"	170	JR
63	Julian Rogers J. Rogers	TE	6'2"	195	SO
52	Junior Seawell J. Seawell	OL	6'1"	200	SR
58	Hudson Shoulars H. Shoulars	TE	6'0"	195	SO
25	E.C. Smith	RB	5'11"	185	SO
69	Dick Starner D. Starner	TE	6'2"	190	JR
43	George Wallin G. Wallin	FB	6'0"	190	JR
56	Van Weatherspoon V. Weatherspoon	TE	5'11"	175	SR
47	Bob White B. White	FB	5'9"	180	JR
20	Billy Williams B. Williams	RB	5'10"	180	SR
37	Flo Worrell F. Worrell	RB	6'0"	185	SO
76	Ken Yarborough K. Yarborough	OL	6'3"	216	SR

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