| Offensive Starters | | | | | |
| QB | Pete Beathard | 25 | 3 | 9 | 94 for 229, 1,114 yards, 9 td, 14 int, & 32 rushes for 133 yards and 1 td | |
| HB | Woody Campbell* | 23 | Rook | 9 | 110 rushes for 511 yards, 4 td, & 17 catches for 136 yards and 2 td | |
| FB | Hoyle Granger* | 23 | 1 | 14 | 236 rushes for 1,194 yards, 6 td, & 31 catches for 300 yards and 3 td | |
| FL | Ode Burrell | 28 | 3 | 8 | 12 catches for 193 yards, 0 td, & 3 rushes for -3 yards and 0 td | |
| TE | Alvin Reed | 23 | Rook | 2 | 11 catches for 144 yards, 1 td | |
| LE | Charley Frazier | 28 | 5 | 7 | 23 catches for 253 yards, 1 td | |
| LT | Walt Suggs* | 28 | 5 | 14 | | |
| LG | Bob Talamini*+ | 28 | 7 | 14 | 1 fumble recovered | |
| C | Bobby Maples | 25 | 2 | 14 | 1 fumble recovered | |
| RG | Sonny Bishop | 28 | 5 | 11 | | |
| RT | Glen Ray Hines | 24 | 1 | 14 | | |
| Defensive Starters | | | | | |
| LDE | Pat Holmes*+ | 27 | 1 | 14 | 0 interceptions, 1 fumble recovered | |
| LDT | Willie Parker | 22 | Rook | 10 | | |
| RDT | George Rice | 23 | 1 | 14 | 0 interceptions, 2 fumbles recovered | |
| RDE | Bud Marshall | 26 | 2 | 9 | | |
| LLB | George Webster*+ | 22 | Rook | 14 | 1 interception, 1 fumble recovered | |
| MLB | Garland Boyette | 27 | 5 | 14 | | |
| RLB | Olen Underwood | 25 | 2 | 14 | 1 interception, 0 fumbles recovered | |
| LCB | Miller Farr*+ | 24 | 2 | 14 | 10 interceptions, 1 fumble recovered | |
| RCB | W.K. Hicks | 25 | 3 | 14 | 3 interceptions, 1 fumble recovered | |
| SS | Ken Houston | 23 | Rook | 11 | 4 interceptions, 1 fumble recovered | |
| FS | Jim Norton* | 29 | 7 | 14 | 6 interceptions, 3 fumbles recovered | |
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