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1970 Big Eight Conference Rushing Stats

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Record: 49-39-2, .556 W-L% (4th of 13) (Schedule and Results)

SRS: 13.38 (1st of 13), SOS: 11.51 (2nd of 13)

Conference Champion: Nebraska

Ranked in Preseason AP Poll: 4 (Kansas State, Missouri, Nebraska and Oklahoma)
Ranked in Final AP Poll: 2 (Nebraska and Oklahoma)

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27 Players

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

27 Players Table
				Rushing				Receiving				Scrimmage
Rk	Player	School	G	Att	Yds	Avg	TD	Rec	Yds	Avg	TD	Plays	Yds	Avg	TD
1	Joe Wylie	Oklahoma	11	159	984	6.2	12	2	42	21.0	1	161	1026	6.4	13
2	Ward Walsh	Colorado	10	117	679	5.8	3	5	25	5.0	1	122	704	5.8	4
3	James Harrison	Missouri	11	127	702	5.5	4	12	92	7.7	0	139	794	5.7	4
4	John Riggins	Kansas	11	209	1131	5.4	12	7	44	6.3	2	216	1175	5.4	14
5	Jon Keyworth	Colorado	10	125	667	5.3	9	1	7	7.0	0	126	674	5.3	9
6	Joe Moore	Missouri	11	127	610	4.8	6	3	31	10.3	0	130	641	4.9	6
7	Leon Crosswhite	Oklahoma	11	124	568	4.6	2	4	43	10.8	0	128	611	4.8	2
8	Steve Conley	Kansas	11	117	535	4.6	3	6	23	3.8	0	123	558	4.5	3
9	Joe Orduna	Nebraska	11	187	834	4.5	14	11	85	7.7	0	198	919	4.6	14
10	Jeff Kinney	Nebraska	11	146	661	4.5	4	18	179	9.9	1	164	840	5.1	5
11	John Tarver	Colorado	10	137	623	4.5	8					137	623	4.5	8
12	Henry Hawthorne	Kansas State	11	90	399	4.4	5	36	501	13.9	3	126	900	7.1	8
13	Bobby Cole	Oklahoma State	11	167	685	4.1	4	13	118	9.1	1	180	803	4.5	5
14	Jim Bratten	Colorado	10	117	479	4.1	3					117	479	4.1	3
15	Bill Mauser	Missouri	11	126	505	4.0	3	6	37	6.2	0	132	542	4.1	3
16	George Amundson	Iowa State	11	111	440	4.0	7					111	440	4.0	7
17	Roy Bell	Oklahoma	11	82	329	4.0	3	1	10	10.0	0	83	339	4.1	3
18	Bill Butler	Kansas State	11	127	497	3.9	2	12	53	4.4	1	139	550	4.0	3
19	Jimmy Williams	Oklahoma State	11	132	498	3.8	4	3	71	23.7	0	135	569	4.2	4
20	Mike Farmer	Missouri	11	70	265	3.8	5					70	265	3.8	5
Rk	Player	School	G	Att	Yds	Avg	TD	Rec	Yds	Avg	TD	Plays	Yds	Avg	TD
21	Jock Johnson	Iowa State	11	122	434	3.6	1	15	111	7.4	1	137	545	4.0	2
22	Mike Montgomery	Kansas State	11	133	436	3.3	3	51	386	7.6	1	184	822	4.5	4
23	Paul Arendt	Colorado	10	65	169	2.6	2					65	169	2.6	2
24	Dean Carlson	Iowa State	11	69	169	2.4	4					69	169	2.4	4
25	Jack Mildren	Oklahoma	11	175	318	1.8	5					175	318	1.8	5
26	Dan Heck	Kansas	11	98	177	1.8	5					98	177	1.8	5
27	Tony Pounds	Oklahoma State	11	96	-105	-1.1	2					96	-105	-1.1	2

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