1956 Independent Rushing Stats

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Record: 97-97-14, .500 W-L% (6th of 12) (Schedule and Results)

SRS: -2.84 (8th of 12), SOS: -2.59 (7th of 12)

Ranked in Preseason AP Poll: 4 (Army, Miami (FL), Notre Dame and Pitt)
Ranked in Final AP Poll: 4 (Miami (FL), Navy, Pitt and Syracuse)

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49 Players

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

49 Players Table
				Rushing				Receiving				Scrimmage
Rk	Player	School	G	Att	Yds	Avg	TD	Rec	Yds	Avg	TD	Plays	Yds	Avg	TD
1	Jim Brown	Syracuse	8	158	986	6.2	13	5	56	11.2	1	163	1042	6.4	14
2	Dick Bass	Pacific	10	101	611	6.0	7	8	71	8.9	0	109	682	6.3	7
3	John Call	Colgate	8	82	479	5.8	9	15	231	15.4	2	97	710	7.3	11
4	Bobby Renn	Florida State	10	105	596	5.7	2	5	60	12.0	2	110	656	6.0	4
5	Alan Miller	Boston College	9	73	419	5.7	3	3	4	1.3	0	76	423	5.6	3
6	Bruce Gilmore	Penn State	9	72	406	5.6	3	1	8	8.0	0	73	414	5.7	3
7	Bob Kyasky	Army	9	129	707	5.5	11					129	707	5.5	11
8	Dick Murtland	Army	7	63	344	5.5	5	1	10	10.0	0	64	354	5.5	5
9	Doug Duncan	Texas Tech	10	67	360	5.4						67	360	5.4	0
10	Billy Kane	Penn State	9	105	544	5.2	7	16	232	14.5	0	121	776	6.4	7
11	Paul Gober	Navy	9	71	354	5.0	2	8	97	12.1	0	79	451	5.7	2
12	Harvel Pollard	San Jose State	10	65	320	4.9	2	6	83	13.8	1	71	403	5.7	3
13	Jim DeFabio	Dayton	10	68	322	4.7		6	47	7.8	0	74	369	5.0	0
14	Tom Green	Pacific	10	99	459	4.6	1	1	16	16.0	0	100	475	4.8	1
15	Dick Dagampat	Navy	9	64	295	4.6	3	6	32	5.3	0	70	327	4.7	3
16	Don Bosseler	Miami (FL)	10	161	723	4.5	4	4	46	11.5	0	165	769	4.7	4
17	Paul Hornung	Notre Dame	10	94	420	4.5	6	3	26	8.7	0	97	446	4.6	6
18	Mike Morales	Army	8	65	295	4.5	0	1	3	3.0	0	66	298	4.5	0
19	Jack Larscheid	Pacific	10	63	282	4.5	2	15	200	13.3	1	78	482	6.2	3
20	Ray Alberigi	Penn State	9	115	506	4.4	0	4	86	21.5	1	119	592	5.0	1
Rk	Player	School	G	Att	Yds	Avg	TD	Rec	Yds	Avg	TD	Plays	Yds	Avg	TD
21	Jack Devereaux	Villanova	9	90	398	4.4	1	1	6	6.0	0	91	404	4.4	1
22	Edward Whitehair	Colgate	9	90	395	4.4	5	3	37	12.3	0	93	432	4.6	5
23	Ned Oldham	Navy	9	90	393	4.4	3	11	237	21.5	4	101	630	6.2	7
24	Buford Waterhouse	Drake	9	87	387	4.4	7	10	97	9.7	2	97	484	5.0	9
25	Lee Hermsen	Marquette	9	58	258	4.4	1	3	4	1.3	1	61	262	4.3	2
26	Corny Salvaterra	Pitt	10	108	464	4.3	5					108	464	4.3	5
27	Bernie Teliszewski	Boston College	9	89	381	4.3	6	1	-6	-6.0	0	90	375	4.2	6
28	Jim Theodore	Pitt	10	88	371	4.2	2	1	16	16.0	0	89	387	4.3	2
29	Bob Del Rosa	Cincinnati	9	57	242	4.2	3	2	65	32.5	1	59	307	5.2	4
30	Claude Chaney	Dayton	10	78	316	4.1		8	118	14.8	1	86	434	5.0	1
31	Gene Bentley	Texas Tech	10	65	267	4.1						65	267	4.1	0
32	Al Robinson	Marquette	9	65	264	4.1	0	1	-7	-7.0	0	66	257	3.9	0
33	Lee Corso	Florida State	10	88	356	4.0	3	3	46	15.3	0	91	402	4.4	3
34	Buck Metts	Florida State	10	81	328	4.0	3	12	158	13.2	0	93	486	5.2	3
35	Ron Lind	Drake	9	70	282	4.0	4	8	98	12.3	2	78	380	4.9	6
36	Jim Ridlon	Syracuse	8	71	267	3.8	1	8	153	19.1	2	79	420	5.3	3
37	John Bauer	Villanova	9	90	327	3.6	3	9	111	12.3	2	99	438	4.4	5
38	Billy Smith	Dayton	10	109	380	3.5		8	71	8.9	1	117	451	3.9	1
39	Roger LaBrasca	Drake	9	103	327	3.2	5	1	5	5.0	0	104	332	3.2	5
40	Billy Austin	Rutgers	10	123	380	3.1	4	1	29	29.0	0	124	409	3.3	4
Rk	Player	School	G	Att	Yds	Avg	TD	Rec	Yds	Avg	TD	Plays	Yds	Avg	TD
41	Tom Newell	Drake	9	65	190	2.9	1					65	190	2.9	1
42	Jimmy Dean	Boston University	8	59	174	2.9	1	4	37	9.3	0	63	211	3.3	1
43	Don Williams	Texas Tech	10	82	201	2.5						82	201	2.5	0
44	Jim Morse	Notre Dame	10	68	148	2.2	0	20	442	22.1	1	88	590	6.7	1
45	Terry Ward	Marquette	9	57	122	2.1	0	8	91	11.4	0	65	213	3.3	0
46	Joe Morrison	Cincinnati	9	61	124	2.0	3					61	124	2.0	3
47	Bill Smithers	Holy Cross	9	61	97	1.6	1	1	46	46.0	0	62	143	2.3	1
48	Bob O'Connor	Marquette	9	62	50	0.8	1					62	50	0.8	1
49	William Gatyas	Rutgers	10	72	38	0.5	0	1	3	3.0	0	73	41	0.6	0

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