1959 Independent Rushing Stats

Record: 132-131-3, .502 W-L% (8th of 12) (Schedule and Results)

SRS: -1.26 (7th of 12), SOS: -1.15 (7th of 12)

Ranked in Preseason AP Poll: 4 (Air Force, Army, Notre Dame and Syracuse)
Ranked in Final AP Poll: 4 (Notre Dame, Penn State, Pitt and Syracuse)

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53 Players

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

53 Players Table
				Rushing				Receiving				Scrimmage
Rk	Player	School	G	Att	Yds	Avg	TD	Rec	Yds	Avg	TD	Plays	Yds	Avg	TD
1	Ernie Davis	Syracuse	10	98	686	7.0		11	94	8.5	0	109	780	7.2	0
2	Ger Schwedes	Syracuse	10	90	567	6.3		15	231	15.4	5	105	798	7.6	5
3	John Maloney	Colgate	8	60	366	6.1	1	5	22	4.4	0	65	388	6.0	1
4	Joe Bellino	Navy	10	99	564	5.7	7	9	100	11.1	1	108	664	6.1	8
5	Keith Lincoln	Washington State	10	124	670	5.4	5	2	36	18.0	0	126	706	5.6	5
6	Dick Bass	Pacific	9	139	742	5.3	7	7	116	16.6	1	146	858	5.9	8
7	Jim Dillard	Oklahoma State	10	111	582	5.2	4	10	125	12.5	0	121	707	5.8	4
8	Art Baker	Syracuse	10	100	507	5.1	2	1	50	50.0	2	101	557	5.5	4
9	Bruce Maher	Detroit Mercy	10	119	595	5.0	9	17	194	11.4	2	136	789	5.8	11
10	Oneal Cuterry	San Jose State	10	100	491	4.9	3	29	378	13.0	4	129	869	6.7	7
11	Theron Nelsen	Idaho	10	73	359	4.9	1	12	73	6.1	0	85	432	5.1	1
12	Jacque MacKinnon	Colgate	9	73	357	4.9	1	15	264	17.6	4	88	621	7.1	5
13	Jim Kerr	Penn State	10	67	320	4.8	4	9	122	13.6	1	76	442	5.8	5
14	Dick Skinner	Holy Cross	10	116	528	4.6	2	4	72	18.0	0	120	600	5.0	2
15	Jim Vollenweider	Miami (FL)	10	81	368	4.5	1	12	137	11.4	0	93	505	5.4	1
16	Bob Anderson	Army	9	76	340	4.5	3	4	25	6.3	1	80	365	4.6	4
17	Willie West	Oregon	10	108	474	4.4	6	17	187	11.0	2	125	661	5.3	8
18	Vernon Sewell	Oklahoma State	10	103	453	4.4	2	13	126	9.7	1	116	579	5.0	3
19	Jim Post	Detroit Mercy	10	79	347	4.4	2	6	110	18.3	2	85	457	5.4	4
20	Bob Rosbaugh	Miami (FL)	10	67	295	4.4	2	23	172	7.5	3	90	467	5.2	5
Rk	Player	School	G	Att	Yds	Avg	TD	Rec	Yds	Avg	TD	Plays	Yds	Avg	TD
21	Jim Webster	Marquette	10	96	416	4.3	4	16	132	8.3	0	112	548	4.9	4
22	Monte Moorberg	Air Force	10	95	408	4.3	3	1	8	8.0	0	96	416	4.3	3
23	George Noonan	Xavier	10	71	303	4.3		11	142	12.9		82	445	5.4	0
24	Bernard Dailey	Colgate	8	57	243	4.3	3					57	243	4.3	3
25	Joe Matalavage	Navy	10	96	404	4.2	4	13	136	10.5	1	109	540	5.0	5
26	Vin Hogan	Boston College	9	74	311	4.2	4	18	258	14.3	2	92	569	6.2	6
27	Jim Cunningham	Pitt	10	80	326	4.1		7	27	3.9	0	87	353	4.1	0
28	Henry Wallace	Pacific	9	108	430	4.0	4	7	92	13.1	0	115	522	4.5	4
29	Mike Quinlan	Air Force	10	96	381	4.0	4	29	373	12.9	3	125	754	6.0	7
30	Leon Horin	Villanova	10	80	317	4.0	4	1	7	7.0	0	81	324	4.0	4
31	Dave Powell	Oregon	10	126	495	3.9	5					126	495	3.9	5
32	Tony Banfield	Oklahoma State	10	120	455	3.8	8	13	156	12.0	3	133	611	4.6	11
33	Hugo Bolin	Boston University	9	79	301	3.8	1	2	33	16.5	0	81	334	4.1	1
34	Fred Pickard	Florida State	10	131	481	3.7	5	8	138	17.3	1	139	619	4.5	6
35	Frank Bouffard	Miami (FL)	10	105	387	3.7	6	7	79	11.3	0	112	466	4.2	6
36	Don Kasso	Oregon State	10	94	345	3.7	5					94	345	3.7	5
37	Dave Grosz	Oregon	10	88	318	3.6	1					88	318	3.6	1
38	Tom Clark	Xavier	10	83	302	3.6		8	81	10.1		91	383	4.2	0
39	Frank Mestnik	Marquette	10	97	339	3.5	6	8	78	9.8	0	105	417	4.0	6
40	Larry Cox	Xavier	10	75	259	3.5		13	90	6.9		88	349	4.0	0
Rk	Player	School	G	Att	Yds	Avg	TD	Rec	Yds	Avg	TD	Plays	Yds	Avg	TD
41	Ray Davis	Detroit Mercy	10	68	241	3.5	4	1	7	7.0	0	69	248	3.6	4
42	Dick Hoak	Penn State	10	68	237	3.5	4	14	167	11.9	0	82	404	4.9	4
43	Vince Palyan	Dayton	10	72	243	3.4	1	2	18	9.0	0	74	261	3.5	1
44	Richie Lucas	Penn State	10	99	325	3.3	6					99	325	3.3	6
45	Pat Botula	Penn State	10	64	209	3.3	3	2	10	5.0	0	66	219	3.3	3
46	Jack Espenship	Florida State	10	75	231	3.1	1	8	90	11.3	0	83	321	3.9	1
47	Paul Cancro	Boston University	9	68	198	2.9	3	10	172	17.2	1	78	370	4.7	4
48	Frank Robotti	Boston College	9	67	194	2.9	2	6	68	11.3	0	73	262	3.6	2
49	Jim Stinnette	Oregon State	10	119	304	2.6	5	1	12	12.0	0	120	316	2.6	5
50	Fran Curci	Miami (FL)	10	102	260	2.5	3					102	260	2.5	3
51	Gary Farnsworth	Idaho	10	78	158	2.0	2					78	158	2.0	2
52	Ken Talkington	Texas Tech	10	65	5	0.1	6					65	5	0.1	6
53	Peter Hall	Marquette	10	93	-34	-0.4	3					93	-34	-0.4	3

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