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1979 big-ten Rushing Stats

Record: 58-54-2, .518 W-L% (4th of 14) (Schedule and Results)

SRS: 7.09 (4th of 14), SOS: 6.90 (3rd of 14)

Conference Champion: Ohio State

Ranked in Preseason AP Poll: 3 (Michigan, Michigan State and Purdue)
Ranked in Final AP Poll: 4 (Indiana, Michigan, Ohio State and Purdue)

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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	Garry White	Minnesota	11	135	861	6.4	6	15	152	10.1	2	150	1013	6.8	8
2	Mike Holmes	Illinois	11	147	792	5.4	6	25	127	5.1	0	172	919	5.3	6
3	Lawrence Reid	Michigan	11	103	555	5.4	6	12	132	11.0	1	115	687	6.0	7
4	Butch Woolfolk	Michigan	11	175	927	5.3	13	13	85	6.5	0	188	1012	5.4	13
5	Derek Hughes	Michigan State	11	118	626	5.3	9	10	123	12.3	0	128	749	5.9	9
6	Calvin Murray	Ohio State	11	155	799	5.2	6	17	208	12.2	1	172	1007	5.9	7
7	Dave Mohapp	Wisconsin	11	117	603	5.2	4	12	119	9.9	0	129	722	5.6	4
8	Ricardo Volley	Ohio State	11	110	559	5.1	3	2	20	10.0	0	112	579	5.2	3
9	Chucky Davis	Wisconsin	11	82	407	5.0	4	6	46	7.7	0	88	453	5.1	4
10	Steve Smith	Michigan State	11	204	972	4.8	4	14	99	7.1	0	218	1071	4.9	4
11	Dennis Mosley	Iowa	11	270	1267	4.7	12	21	235	11.2	4	291	1502	5.2	16
12	Stan Edwards	Michigan	11	132	618	4.7	4	11	94	8.5	0	143	712	5.0	4
13	Dean McKillip	Iowa	11	95	407	4.3	6	9	68	7.6	1	104	475	4.6	7
14	Wally Jones	Purdue	11	178	742	4.2	8	25	230	9.2	0	203	972	4.8	8
15	Lonnie Johnson	Indiana	11	151	632	4.2	7	17	202	11.9	2	168	834	5.0	9
16	Marion Barber	Minnesota	11	127	526	4.1	12	23	337	14.7	0	150	863	5.8	12
17	John Macon	Purdue	11	103	425	4.1	1	4	14	3.5	0	107	439	4.1	1
18	Mike Harkrader	Indiana	11	186	736	4.0	5	17	148	8.7	1	203	884	4.4	6
19	Calvin Thomas	Illinois	11	122	469	3.8	1	4	19	4.8	0	126	488	3.9	1
20	Jeff Cohn	Northwestern	8	117	426	3.6	0	1	1	1.0	0	118	427	3.6	0
Rk	Player	School	G	Att	Yds	Avg	TD	Rec	Yds	Avg	TD	Plays	Yds	Avg	TD
21	Mike Augustyniak	Purdue	11	82	295	3.6	4	6	26	4.3	0	88	321	3.6	4
22	Art Schlichter	Ohio State	11	124	436	3.5	9					124	436	3.5	9
23	Mark Carlson	Minnesota	11	71	-39	-0.5	1					71	-39	-0.5	1

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