1976 Big Ten Conference Rushing Stats

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Record: 55-55-2, .500 W-L% (8th of 14) (Schedule and Results)

SRS: 7.84 (3rd of 14), SOS: 7.95 (2nd of 14)

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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30 Players

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

30 Players Table
				Rushing				Receiving				Scrimmage
Rk	Player	School	G	Att	Yds	Avg	TD	Rec	Yds	Avg	TD	Plays	Yds	Avg	TD
1	Rob Lytle	Michigan	11	203	1402	6.9	13	9	81	9.0	2	212	1483	7.0	15
2	Rick Leach	Michigan	11	101	604	6.0	10					101	604	6.0	10
3	Harlan Huckleby	Michigan	11	152	902	5.9	11					152	902	5.9	11
4	Russell Davis	Michigan	11	95	557	5.9	5	2	27	13.5	1	97	584	6.0	6
5	Jeff Logan	Ohio State	11	204	1169	5.7	5	5	44	8.8	0	209	1213	5.8	5
6	Mike Harkrader	Indiana	11	192	1003	5.2	2	5	37	7.4	0	197	1040	5.3	2
7	Scott Dierking	Purdue	11	201	1000	5.0	11	8	92	11.5	0	209	1092	5.2	11
8	Richard Baes	Michigan State	11	187	931	5.0	7	20	125	6.3	0	207	1056	5.1	7
9	John Skibinski	Purdue	11	173	871	5.0	4	13	118	9.1	0	186	989	5.3	4
10	Ira Matthews	Wisconsin	11	106	535	5.0	6	19	238	12.5	1	125	773	6.2	7
11	Larry Canada	Wisconsin	11	221	993	4.5	6	12	101	8.4	0	233	1094	4.7	6
12	Ric Enis	Indiana	11	157	675	4.3	5	8	29	3.6	0	165	704	4.3	5
13	Ernie Sheeler	Iowa	11	85	362	4.3	3	5	52	10.4	0	90	414	4.6	3
14	Chubby Phillips	Illinois	11	154	651	4.2	7	9	108	12.0	0	163	759	4.7	7
15	Pete Johnson	Ohio State	11	172	698	4.1	18	4	41	10.3	0	176	739	4.2	18
16	Kent Kitzmann	Minnesota	11	168	696	4.1	1	7	41	5.9	1	175	737	4.2	2
17	Jon Lazar	Iowa	11	95	392	4.1	3	7	85	12.1	0	102	477	4.7	3
18	James Coleman	Illinois	11	170	687	4.0	9	10	169	16.9	1	180	856	4.8	10
19	Tom Renn	Iowa	11	91	355	3.9	3	5	41	8.2	0	96	396	4.1	3
20	Rod Gerald	Ohio State	11	102	384	3.8	6					102	384	3.8	6
Rk	Player	School	G	Att	Yds	Avg	TD	Rec	Yds	Avg	TD	Plays	Yds	Avg	TD
21	Steve Breault	Minnesota	11	85	327	3.8	0	3	22	7.3	0	88	349	4.0	0
22	Greg Boykin	Northwestern	8	105	385	3.7	0	5	40	8.0	0	110	425	3.9	0
23	Pat Geegan	Northwestern	11	154	537	3.5	3	8	84	10.5	0	162	621	3.8	3
24	Jim Whims	Northwestern	11	126	405	3.2	2	6	81	13.5	0	132	486	3.7	2
25	Tony Dungy	Minnesota	11	109	348	3.2	5					109	348	3.2	5
26	Mark Vitali	Purdue	11	100	317	3.2	8					100	317	3.2	8
27	Butch Caldwell	Iowa	11	125	389	3.1	4					125	389	3.1	4
28	Levi Jackson	Michigan State	10	80	244	3.1	1	9	126	14.0	2	89	370	4.2	3
29	Scott Arnett	Indiana	11	78	157	2.0	2					78	157	2.0	2
30	Randy Dean	Northwestern	10	91	177	1.9	1					91	177	1.9	1

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