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1961 Big Eight Conference Rushing Stats

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Record: 42-37-3, .530 W-L% (5th of 12) (Schedule and Results)

SRS: 5.24 (4th of 12), SOS: 4.27 (5th of 12)

Conference Champion: Colorado

Ranked in Preseason AP Poll: 1 (Kansas)
Ranked in Final AP Poll: 1 (Colorado)

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23 Players

Players sorted by Yds/Att (minimum 6.25 Att/G, 75% of school games played).

23 Players Table
				Rushing				Receiving				Scrimmage
Rk	Player	School	G	Att	Yds	Avg	TD	Rec	Yds	Avg	TD	Plays	Yds	Avg	TD
1	Mike McClellan	Oklahoma	10	82	508	6.2	2	10	125	12.5	1	92	633	6.9	3
2	Bill Harris	Colorado	10	82	434	5.3	4	6	102	17.0	1	88	536	6.1	5
3	Ken Coleman	Kansas	10	110	549	5.0	6	4	61	15.3	0	114	610	5.4	6
4	Jim Dillard	Oklahoma State	10	128	627	4.9	4	14	71	5.1	0	142	698	4.9	4
5	Bill Thornton	Nebraska	10	127	618	4.9		2	12	6.0	0	129	630	4.9	0
6	Ted Woods	Colorado	10	107	525	4.9	2	6	54	9.0	0	113	579	5.1	2
7	Phil Lohmann	Oklahoma	10	98	436	4.4	1	2	21	10.5	0	100	457	4.6	1
8	Curtis McClinton	Kansas	10	122	516	4.2	7	9	151	16.8	2	131	667	5.1	9
9	Loren Schweninger	Colorado	10	122	512	4.2	3	6	63	10.5	0	128	575	4.5	3
10	Andy Russell	Missouri	10	100	412	4.1	2	7	100	14.3	0	107	512	4.8	2
11	Dave Hoover	Iowa State	10	79	327	4.1	4					79	327	4.1	4
12	Dave Hoppmann	Iowa State	10	229	920	4.0	5					229	920	4.0	5
13	Bill McFarland	Oklahoma State	10	82	331	4.0	7	1	8	8.0	0	83	339	4.1	7
14	Dick Beattie	Oklahoma	10	65	252	3.9	0					65	252	3.9	0
15	Joel Searles	Kansas State	10	73	252	3.5	0	1	8	8.0	0	74	260	3.5	0
16	Bill Gallagher	Kansas State	10	68	230	3.4	1	1	4	4.0	0	69	234	3.4	1
17	Jimmy Carpenter	Oklahoma	10	105	342	3.3	4	12	143	11.9	0	117	485	4.1	4
18	Bill Tobin	Missouri	10	87	236	2.7	2	7	66	9.4	1	94	302	3.2	3
19	John Hadl	Kansas	10	128	293	2.3	6	1	-6	-6.0		129	287	2.2	6
20	Bob Page	Oklahoma	10	73	166	2.3	6					73	166	2.3	6
Rk	Player	School	G	Att	Yds	Avg	TD	Rec	Yds	Avg	TD	Plays	Yds	Avg	TD
21	Ron Taylor	Missouri	10	71	86	1.2	4					71	86	1.2	4
22	Dennis Claridge	Nebraska	10	63	75	1.2		1	6	6.0	0	64	81	1.3	0
23	Larry Corrigan	Kansas State	10	73	-62	-0.8	1					73	-62	-0.8	1

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