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1979 Big Eight Conference Rushing Stats

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Record: 47-44-0, .516 W-L% (6th of 14) (Schedule and Results)

SRS: 6.41 (5th of 14), SOS: 5.76 (6th of 14)

Conference Champion: Oklahoma

Ranked in Preseason AP Poll: 3 (Missouri, Nebraska and Oklahoma)
Ranked in Final AP Poll: 2 (Nebraska and Oklahoma)

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25 Players

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

25 Players Table
				Rushing				Receiving				Scrimmage
Rk	Player	School	G	Att	Yds	Avg	TD	Rec	Yds	Avg	TD	Plays	Yds	Avg	TD
1	Jarvis Redwine	Nebraska	11	148	1042	7.0	8	6	29	4.8	1	154	1071	7.0	9
2	Billy Sims	Oklahoma	11	224	1506	6.7	22	1	42	42.0	0	225	1548	6.9	22
3	Stanley Wilson	Oklahoma	11	76	491	6.5	1	4	41	10.3	1	80	532	6.7	2
4	Craig Johnson	Nebraska	11	94	530	5.6	6	2	12	6.0	0	96	542	5.6	6
5	Andra Franklin	Nebraska	11	98	543	5.5	4	2	19	9.5	0	100	562	5.6	4
6	Lance Olander	Colorado	11	88	440	5.0	0	12	144	12.0	0	100	584	5.8	0
7	Gerry Ellis	Missouri	11	121	584	4.8	8	23	285	12.4	1	144	869	6.0	9
8	Worley Taylor	Oklahoma State	11	216	994	4.6	3	20	193	9.7	1	236	1187	5.0	4
9	I.M. Hipp	Nebraska	11	125	577	4.6	4	5	13	2.6	0	130	590	4.5	4
10	L.J. Brown	Kansas State	11	148	668	4.5	5	20	145	7.3	0	168	813	4.8	5
11	Harry Sydney	Kansas	11	123	541	4.4	3	20	149	7.5	1	143	690	4.8	4
12	James Wilder	Missouri	11	155	645	4.2	3	20	143	7.2	0	175	788	4.5	3
13	Jack Seabrooke	Iowa State	11	105	441	4.2	2	9	52	5.8	0	114	493	4.3	2
14	Willie Beebe	Colorado	11	101	408	4.0	3	21	137	6.5	0	122	545	4.5	3
15	Keith Dearring	Kansas State	11	70	282	4.0	0	11	157	14.3	0	81	439	5.4	0
16	J.C. Watts	Oklahoma	11	123	455	3.7	10					123	455	3.7	10
17	Roosevelt Duncan	Kansas State	11	87	326	3.7	1	9	70	7.8	0	96	396	4.1	1
18	Walter Mack	Kansas	11	72	257	3.6	2	2	4	2.0	0	74	261	3.5	2
19	Dan Goodwin	Iowa State	11	91	316	3.5	2	11	87	7.9	0	102	403	4.0	2
20	Mike Higgins	Kansas	11	105	348	3.3	4	9	48	5.3	0	114	396	3.5	4
Rk	Player	School	G	Att	Yds	Avg	TD	Rec	Yds	Avg	TD	Plays	Yds	Avg	TD
21	Mike Payne	Iowa State	11	108	331	3.1	2	10	59	5.9	1	118	390	3.3	3
22	Phil Bradley	Missouri	11	131	316	2.4	3					131	316	2.4	3
23	Charles Davis	Colorado	11	83	175	2.1	1	4	39	9.8	0	87	214	2.5	1
24	Harold Bailey	Oklahoma State	11	83	88	1.1	2	1	4	4.0	1	84	92	1.1	3
25	Bill Solomon	Colorado	11	95	18	0.2	3					95	18	0.2	3

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