1973 Big Ten Conference Rushing Stats

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Record: 52-56-2, .482 W-L% (10th of 13) (Schedule and Results)

SRS: 10.29 (3rd of 13), SOS: 10.19 (2nd of 13)

Conference Champion: Michigan and Ohio State

Ranked in Preseason AP Poll: 2 (Michigan and Ohio State)
Ranked in Final AP Poll: 2 (Michigan and Ohio State)

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38 Players

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

38 Players Table
				Rushing				Receiving				Scrimmage
Rk	Player	School	G	Att	Yds	Avg	TD	Rec	Yds	Avg	TD	Plays	Yds	Avg	TD
1	Archie Griffin	Ohio State	10	225	1428	6.3	6	5	32	6.4	1	230	1460	6.3	7
2	Rick Upchurch	Minnesota	11	141	841	6.0	9	4	33	8.3	0	145	874	6.0	9
3	Chuck Heater	Michigan	11	114	666	5.8	6	1	21	21.0	0	115	687	6.0	6
4	Cornelius Greene	Ohio State	10	119	675	5.7	11					119	675	5.7	11
5	Ken Starch	Wisconsin	11	117	632	5.4	2	7	47	6.7	0	124	679	5.5	2
6	Gordon Bell	Michigan	11	88	464	5.3	4	2	8	4.0	0	90	472	5.2	4
7	Larry Powell	Minnesota	11	95	481	5.1	4	6	-4	-0.7	0	101	477	4.7	4
8	Billy Marek	Wisconsin	11	241	1207	5.0	13	5	91	18.2	1	246	1298	5.3	14
9	Gil Chapman	Michigan	11	111	542	4.9	6	2	14	7.0	0	113	556	4.9	6
10	Courtney Snyder	Indiana	11	87	424	4.9	1	7	31	4.4	0	94	455	4.8	1
11	Jim Jensen	Iowa	11	111	509	4.6	5	5	33	6.6	1	116	542	4.7	6
12	Steve Greene	Illinois	11	77	354	4.6	1	8	50	6.3	1	85	404	4.8	2
13	Stan Key	Northwestern	11	197	894	4.5	6	7	28	4.0	0	204	922	4.5	6
14	Jim Trimble	Northwestern	11	69	311	4.5	1	6	28	4.7	0	75	339	4.5	1
15	Clarence Bullock	Michigan State	9	113	496	4.4	0					113	496	4.4	0
16	Lonnie Perrin	Illinois	11	90	398	4.4	1	3	30	10.0	0	93	428	4.6	1
17	Pete Gross	Purdue	11	133	560	4.2	4	4	25	6.3	0	137	585	4.3	4
18	Dennis Franklin	Michigan	11	101	425	4.2	6					101	425	4.2	6
19	John King	Minnesota	11	131	533	4.1	4	1	0	0.0	0	132	533	4.0	4
20	Rich Boothe	Northwestern	11	101	416	4.1	1	2	12	6.0	0	103	428	4.2	1
Rk	Player	School	G	Att	Yds	Avg	TD	Rec	Yds	Avg	TD	Plays	Yds	Avg	TD
21	Bruce Elia	Ohio State	10	98	402	4.1	13	1	2	2.0	0	99	404	4.1	13
22	Eddie Jenkins	Illinois	11	93	379	4.1	4	19	198	10.4	0	112	577	5.2	4
23	Mike Northington	Purdue	11	126	502	4.0	7	3	19	6.3	0	129	521	4.0	7
24	Ed Shuttlesworth	Michigan	11	193	745	3.9	9	1	8	8.0	0	194	753	3.9	9
25	Bo Bobrowski	Purdue	11	139	549	3.9	8	1	11	11.0	0	140	560	4.0	8
26	Ken Starling	Indiana	11	180	676	3.8	2	6	59	9.8	0	186	735	4.0	2
27	George Uremovich	Illinois	11	141	519	3.7	2	11	127	11.5	0	152	646	4.3	2
28	Mike Holt	Michigan State	11	95	352	3.7	1	2	21	10.5	0	97	373	3.8	1
29	Dennis Cremeens	Indiana	11	100	355	3.6	5	6	33	5.5	1	106	388	3.7	6
30	Greg Boykin	Northwestern	11	98	350	3.6	3	2	7	3.5	0	100	357	3.6	3
31	Mark Fetter	Iowa	11	73	263	3.6	1	7	43	6.1	1	80	306	3.8	2
32	Tyrone Wilson	Michigan State	9	71	256	3.6	2	2	9	4.5	0	73	265	3.6	2
33	John Lawing	Minnesota	11	119	407	3.4	5					119	407	3.4	5
34	Butch Caldwell	Iowa	11	91	312	3.4	4					91	312	3.4	4
35	Charles Baggett	Michigan State	8	98	313	3.2	3					98	313	3.2	3
36	David Brown	Michigan State	11	103	314	3.0	3	7	51	7.3	1	110	365	3.3	4
37	Tony Dungy	Minnesota	11	74	156	2.1	3					74	156	2.1	3
38	Willie Jones	Indiana	11	71	7	0.1	3					71	7	0.1	3

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