1959 College Football Receiving Stats

1958 CFB Receiving Stats 1960 CFB Receiving Stats

Champions: Syracuse (AP, FWAA, NFF, UPI)

Heisman Memorial Trophy: Billy Cannon (LSU)

FWAA Coach of the Year Award: Ben Schwartzwalder (Syracuse)

AP Preseason #1: LSU

AP Final #1: Syracuse

68 Players

Players sorted by Yds/Rec (minimum 1.875 Rec/G, 75% of school games played).

68 Players Table
					Receiving				Rushing				Scrimmage
Rk	Player	School	Conf	G	Rec	Yds	Avg	TD	Att	Yds	Avg	TD	Plays	Yds	Avg	TD
1	Bake Turner	Texas Tech	Ind	10	22	444	20.2	3	25	86	3.4	1	47	530	11.3	4
2	Dick Evans	Virginia Military Institute	Southern	10	35	698	19.9	9					35	698	19.9	9
3	Gail Cogdill	Washington State	Ind	10	28	531	19.0	6	4	26	6.5	0	32	557	17.4	6
4	Bobby Allen	Wake Forest	ACC	10	25	462	18.5	4					25	462	18.5	4
5	Si Woods	Marquette	Ind	10	20	367	18.4	1	10	80	8.0	0	30	447	14.9	1
6	Bob Simms	Rutgers	Ind	9	19	345	18.2	3					19	345	18.2	3
7	Bill Smythe	George Washington	Southern	9	26	468	18.0	1					26	468	18.0	1
8	Russell Hill	Texas A&M	SWC	10	19	341	17.9	1					19	341	17.9	1
9	Ben Robinson	Stanford	AAWU	10	34	595	17.5	2					34	595	17.5	2
10	Pete Manning	Wake Forest	ACC	10	21	363	17.3	2					21	363	17.3	2
11	Paul Maguire	The Citadel	Southern	10	32	549	17.2	10					32	549	17.2	10
12	Marv Luster	UCLA	AAWU	10	22	366	16.6	5					22	366	16.6	5
13	Johnny Counts	Illinois	Big Ten	9	19	314	16.5	2	80	416	5.2		99	730	7.4	2
14	Al Goldstein	North Carolina	ACC	10	20	328	16.4	2					20	328	16.4	2
15	Bob Kelly	New Mexico State	BIAA	6	20	327	16.4	5					20	327	16.4	5
16	George Andrie	Marquette	Ind	10	22	357	16.2	3					22	357	16.2	3
17	Bob Federspiel	Columbia	Ivy	9	20	312	15.6	3					20	312	15.6	3
18	John Kappas	Xavier	Ind	10	21	325	15.5						21	325	15.5	0
19	Jim Mullen	Xavier	Ind	10	31	469	15.1						31	469	15.1	0
20	Jim Leo	Cincinnati	MVC	10	27	398	14.7	1					27	398	14.7	1
Rk	Player	School	Conf	G	Rec	Yds	Avg	TD	Att	Yds	Avg	TD	Plays	Yds	Avg	TD
21	Tom Hall	Minnesota	Big Ten	9	22	322	14.6	2					22	322	14.6	2
22	Don Norton	Iowa	Big Ten	9	30	428	14.3	4					30	428	14.3	4
23	Vin Hogan	Boston College	Ind	9	18	258	14.3	2	74	311	4.2	4	92	569	6.2	6
24	Bill Carpenter	Army	Ind	9	43	591	13.7	3	0	0		1	43	591	13.7	4
25	Pervis Atkins	New Mexico State	BIAA	10	22	301	13.7	3	130	971	7.5	13	152	1272	8.4	16
26	Billy Dodson	Oklahoma State	Ind	10	21	286	13.6	2					21	286	13.6	2
27	Jim Daniel	Florida State	Ind	10	22	296	13.5	3					22	296	13.5	3
28	Danny House	Davidson	Southern	9	42	563	13.4	3					42	563	13.4	3
29	John Lands	Montana	Skyline	9	26	349	13.4	1	1	-16	-16.0	0	27	333	12.3	1
30	Robert Johnson	Michigan	Big Ten	9	20	264	13.2						20	264	13.2	0
31	Jeff Langston	Iowa	Big Ten	9	17	224	13.2	2					17	224	13.2	2
32	Oneal Cuterry	San Jose State	Ind	10	29	378	13.0	4	100	491	4.9	3	129	869	6.7	7
33	Roger Hale	William & Mary	Southern	10	21	274	13.0	4	66	271	4.1	2	87	545	6.3	6
34	Mike Quinlan	Air Force	Ind	10	29	373	12.9	3	96	381	4.0	4	125	754	6.0	7
35	Don Webb	Iowa State	Big 7	10	24	309	12.9	2					24	309	12.9	2
36	Buddy Kelly	Tulsa	MVC	10	21	270	12.9	3					21	270	12.9	3
37	Fred Oblek	Cincinnati	MVC	10	24	306	12.8	3	51	254	5.0	3	75	560	7.5	6
38	Chris Burford	Stanford	AAWU	10	61	757	12.4	6	1	0	0.0		62	757	12.2	6
39	Glynn Gregory	SMU	SWC	10	30	369	12.3	2	50	269	5.4	1	80	638	8.0	3
40	Larry Hubbard	Marquette	Ind	10	20	245	12.3	2					20	245	12.3	2
Rk	Player	School	Conf	G	Rec	Yds	Avg	TD	Att	Yds	Avg	TD	Plays	Yds	Avg	TD
41	E.A. Sims	New Mexico State	BIAA	10	19	234	12.3	2				1	19	234	12.3	3
42	Bill Miller	Miami (FL)	Ind	10	33	395	12.0	1					33	395	12.0	1
43	Sammy Oates	Hardin-Simmons	BIAA	10	26	312	12.0	1					26	312	12.0	1
44	Charlie Olobri	Brown	Ivy	9	18	214	11.9	0					18	214	11.9	0
45	Claude Gibson	North Carolina State	ACC	10	19	224	11.8	0	36	104	2.9	0	55	328	6.0	0
46	Tom Chapman	Detroit Mercy	Ind	10	23	270	11.7	0					23	270	11.7	0
47	Fred Hedgecoke	West Texas A&M	BIAA	10	21	246	11.7	4					21	246	11.7	4
48	Sam Hardage	Air Force	Ind	10	19	222	11.7	3					19	222	11.7	3
49	Don Ellersick	Washington State	Ind	10	26	302	11.6	2	24	134	5.6	0	50	436	8.7	2
50	Roger Zailskas	Army	Ind	9	18	208	11.6	0	17	59	3.5	0	35	267	7.6	0
51	Dick Pariseau	Navy	Ind	10	20	228	11.4	1	22	51	2.3	2	42	279	6.6	3
52	Bob Coolbaugh	Richmond	Southern	10	26	295	11.3	3					26	295	11.3	3
53	Bob Brickey	Air Force	Ind	10	24	265	11.0	0					24	265	11.0	0
54	Jim Blair	Princeton	Ivy	9	22	238	10.8	1					22	238	10.8	1
55	Ed Kovac	Cincinnati	MVC	10	31	332	10.7	5	134	515	3.8	9	165	847	5.1	14
56	Phil Lane	Air Force	Ind	10	20	214	10.7	0	43	179	4.2	0	63	393	6.2	0
57	Bill Voss	Hardin-Simmons	BIAA	10	29	306	10.6	4					29	306	10.6	4
58	Brerry Jones	Virginia	ACC	10	20	207	10.4	1					20	207	10.4	1
59	Bud Whitehead	Florida State	Ind	10	31	320	10.3	2	46	148	3.2	1	77	468	6.1	3
60	Frank Wilson	Utah	Skyline	10	21	215	10.2	4	98	559	5.7	8	119	774	6.5	12
Rk	Player	School	Conf	G	Rec	Yds	Avg	TD	Att	Yds	Avg	TD	Plays	Yds	Avg	TD
61	Charles Bowers	Hardin-Simmons	BIAA	10	20	204	10.2	0	86	619	7.2	3	106	823	7.8	3
62	Alan Rozycki	Dartmouth	Ivy	9	25	252	10.1	5	92	361	3.9	1	117	613	5.2	6
63	Dale Evans	Kansas State	Big 7	10	23	224	9.7	3	70	245	3.5		93	469	5.0	3
64	Ronnie Bull	Baylor	SWC	10	20	183	9.2	2	91	459	5.0	3	111	642	5.8	5
65	Jim Norton	Idaho	Ind	10	27	244	9.0	1					27	244	9.0	1
66	Mack Burton	San Jose State	Ind	10	24	193	8.0	1	42	183	4.4	2	66	376	5.7	3
67	Ron Podwika	North Carolina State	ACC	10	23	181	7.9	0	96	379	3.9	5	119	560	4.7	5
68	Bob Rosbaugh	Miami (FL)	Ind	10	23	172	7.5	3	67	295	4.4	2	90	467	5.2	5