| Offensive Starters | | | | | |
| QB | Otto Graham* | 31 | 6 | 12 | 181 for 364, 2,816 yards, 20 td, 24 int, & 42 rushes for 130 yards and 4 td | |
| FB | Marion Motley | 32 | 6 | 10 | 104 rushes for 444 yards, 1 td, & 13 catches for 213 yards and 2 td | |
| LH | Ken Carpenter | 26 | 2 | 7 | 72 rushes for 408 yards, 3 td, & 16 catches for 136 yards and 1 td | |
| RH | Dub Jones* | 28 | 6 | 12 | 65 rushes for 270 yards, 2 td, & 43 catches for 651 yards and 4 td | |
| LE | Mac Speedie* | 32 | 6 | 12 | 62 catches for 911 yards, 5 td | |
| LT | Lou Groza*+ | 28 | 6 | 12 | 1 fumble recovered | |
| LG | Abe Gibron* | 27 | 3 | 11 | | |
| C | Frank Gatski+ | 33 | 6 | 12 | | |
| RG | Lin Houston | 31 | 6 | 11 | 1 fumble recovered | |
| RT | John Sandusky | 27 | 2 | 11 | 1 fumble recovered | |
| RE | Pete Brewster | 22 | Rook | 4 | 4 catches for 117 yards, 1 td | |
| Defensive Starters | | | | | |
| LDE | George Young | 28 | 6 | 12 | 0 interceptions, 3 fumbles recovered | |
| LDT | Bob Gain | 23 | Rook | 6 | | |
| MG | Bill Willis*+ | 31 | 6 | 12 | | |
| RDT | Derrell Palmer | 30 | 6 | 1 | | |
| RDE | Len Ford*+ | 26 | 4 | 12 | 0 interceptions, 2 fumbles recovered | |
| LLB | Walt Michaels | 23 | 1 | 11 | 4 interceptions, 0 fumbles recovered | |
| MLB | Tommy Thompson | 25 | 3 | 12 | 1 interception, 3 fumbles recovered | |
| RLB | Hal Herring | 28 | 3 | 12 | 0 interceptions, 1 fumble recovered | |
| LDH | Warren Lahr | 29 | 3 | 12 | 5 interceptions, 0 fumbles recovered | |
| RDH | Tommy James | 29 | 5 | 12 | 4 interceptions, 0 fumbles recovered | |
| S | Bert Rechichar | 22 | Rook | 12 | 6 interceptions, 1 fumble recovered | |
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