1957 College Football Receiving Stats

1956 CFB Receiving Stats 1958 CFB Receiving Stats

Champions:
Ohio State (FWAA, UPI)
Auburn (AP)

Heisman Memorial Trophy: John David Crow (Texas A&M)

FWAA Coach of the Year Award: Woody Hayes (Ohio State)

AP Preseason #1: Oklahoma

AP Final #1: Auburn

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39 Players

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

39 Players Table
					Receiving				Rushing				Scrimmage
Rk	Player	School	Conf	G	Rec	Yds	Avg	TD	Att	Yds	Avg	TD	Plays	Yds	Avg	TD
1	Buddy Dial	Rice	SWC	10	21	508	24.2	4					21	508	24.2	4
2	Paul Maguire	The Citadel	Southern	10	20	428	21.4	2					20	428	21.4	2
3	Dick Scherer	Pitt	Ind	10	20	403	20.2	4					20	403	20.2	4
4	Dick Berardino	Holy Cross	Ind	9	22	420	19.1	4					22	420	19.1	4
5	Jack Fanning	Washington State	PCC	10	24	457	19.0	9	7	40	5.7	0	31	497	16.0	9
6	Craig Wall	Davidson	Southern	8	24	446	18.6	6					24	446	18.6	6
7	Les Walters	Penn State	Ind	9	24	440	18.3	5	1	9	9.0	0	25	449	18.0	5
8	Jerry Mertens	Drake	Ind	8	29	509	17.6	6					29	509	17.6	6
9	Clancey Osborne	Arizona State	BIAA	10	20	351	17.6	3					20	351	17.6	3
10	Dave Moss	Dartmouth	Ivy	9	23	385	16.7	3	1	5	5.0		24	390	16.3	3
11	Bobby Jordan	Virginia Military Institute	Southern	10	19	317	16.7	4	92	427	4.6		111	744	6.7	4
12	Jim Gibbons	Iowa	Big Ten	9	36	587	16.3	4					36	587	16.3	4
13	Dick Wallen	UCLA	PCC	10	20	303	15.2	3	3	8	2.7	0	23	311	13.5	3
14	Wimp Hewgley	Wyoming	Skyline	10	19	289	15.2	2					19	289	15.2	2
15	Fred Dugan	Dayton	Ind	10	37	546	14.8	3	10	19	1.9	1	47	565	12.0	4
16	Boyd Dowler	Colorado	Big 7	10	26	380	14.6	2	12	-12	-1.0	1	38	368	9.7	3
17	Chuck Chatfield	Pacific	Ind	10	28	404	14.4	1	6	12	2.0	0	34	416	12.2	1
18	Stuart Vaughan	Utah	Skyline	10	53	756	14.3	5	28	117	4.2	0	81	873	10.8	5
19	Gary Kapp	Utah State	Skyline	10	45	635	14.1	4					45	635	14.1	4
20	Dave Kaiser	Michigan State	Big Ten	9	19	267	14.1	1					19	267	14.1	1
Rk	Player	School	Conf	G	Rec	Yds	Avg	TD	Att	Yds	Avg	TD	Plays	Yds	Avg	TD
21	Larry Myers	Montana	Skyline	9	25	349	14.0	2					25	349	14.0	2
22	Tom Jozwiak	Air Force	Ind	10	20	272	13.6	2					20	272	13.6	2
23	Claude Chaney	Dayton	Ind	10	20	263	13.2	4	99	545	5.5	5	119	808	6.8	9
24	Larry Aldrich	Idaho	PCC	9	18	234	13.0	0					18	234	13.0	0
25	Ron Lind	Drake	Ind	8	27	347	12.9	2	101	520	5.1	3	128	867	6.8	5
26	Alfred Jamison	Colgate	Ind	8	33	420	12.7	6					33	420	12.7	6
27	Bob DeGrant	Oregon State	PCC	10	19	239	12.6	3					19	239	12.6	3
28	Don Ellingsen	Washington State	PCC	10	45	559	12.4	3	2	10	5.0	0	47	569	12.1	3
29	Pete Jokanovich	Navy	Ind	10	28	339	12.1	0					28	339	12.1	0
30	Joel Honeycutt	Hardin-Simmons	BIAA	10	22	258	11.7	3	34	95	2.8	0	56	353	6.3	3
31	Gene Leek	Arizona	BIAA	10	29	310	10.7	1					29	310	10.7	1
32	Tom Hooper	Harvard	Ivy	8	16	171	10.7	2					16	171	10.7	2
33	Ron Stover	Oregon	PCC	10	24	247	10.3	2					24	247	10.3	2
34	Bob Nellums	Florida State	Ind	10	21	217	10.3	2	57	223	3.9	2	78	440	5.6	4
35	Tom Avery	Furman	Southern	10	19	191	10.1	4					19	191	10.1	4
36	Lon Slaughter	SMU	SWC	10	21	203	9.7	2	20	78	3.9	1	41	281	6.9	3
37	Fred Polzer	Virginia	ACC	10	23	215	9.3	4					23	215	9.3	4
38	Overton Curtis	Utah State	Skyline	10	24	193	8.0	1	146	616	4.2	7	170	809	4.8	8
39	Jack Redhair	Arizona	BIAA	10	25	188	7.5	0	8	43	5.4	0	33	231	7.0	0