1968 Independent Rushing Stats

Record: 173-135-4, .561 W-L% (2nd of 12) (Schedule and Results)

SRS: -1.30 (7th of 12), SOS: -2.85 (7th of 12)

Ranked in Preseason AP Poll: 4 (Miami (FL), Notre Dame, Penn State and Syracuse)
Ranked in Final AP Poll: 3 (Houston, Notre Dame and Penn State)

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86 Players

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

86 Players Table
				Rushing				Receiving				Scrimmage
Rk	Player	School	G	Att	Yds	Avg	TD	Rec	Yds	Avg	TD	Plays	Yds	Avg	TD
1	Fred Willis	Boston College	9	68	498	7.3	2	15	121	8.1	2	83	619	7.5	4
2	Ken Edwards	Virginia Tech	10	67	465	6.9	4	7	74	10.6	1	74	539	7.3	5
3	Carlos Bell	Houston	10	107	691	6.5	5	2	26	13.0	1	109	717	6.6	6
4	Paul Gipson	Houston	10	242	1550	6.4	13	3	9	3.0	0	245	1559	6.4	13
5	Duane Thomas	West Texas A&M	10	113	708	6.3	4	2	13	6.5	0	115	721	6.3	4
6	Jim Strong	Houston	10	85	538	6.3	4	2	55	27.5	1	87	593	6.8	5
7	Mercury Morris	West Texas A&M	10	260	1571	6.0	17	17	344	20.2	2	277	1915	6.9	19
8	Bob Campbell	Penn State	10	127	751	5.9	7	9	59	6.6	0	136	810	6.0	7
9	Po James	New Mexico State	10	225	1291	5.7	12	7	48	6.9	0	232	1339	5.8	12
10	Lynn Moore	Army	10	65	348	5.4	7	18	188	10.4	1	83	536	6.5	8
11	Charlie Jarvis	Army	10	208	1110	5.3	11	3	28	9.3	0	211	1138	5.4	11
12	Dave Bennett	Boston College	9	156	804	5.2	10	22	276	12.5	6	178	1080	6.1	16
13	Bryant Mitchell	Rutgers	10	238	1204	5.1	9	10	53	5.3	0	248	1257	5.1	9
14	Charlie Pittman	Penn State	10	186	950	5.1	14	14	196	14.0	0	200	1146	5.7	14
15	Ron Dushney	Notre Dame	10	108	540	5.0	4	8	117	14.6	0	116	657	5.7	4
16	Frank Johnston	Southern Mississippi	10	77	388	5.0	4	16	189	11.8	0	93	577	6.2	4
17	John LaLonde	Northern Illinois	10	177	866	4.9	2	4	22	5.5	0	181	888	4.9	2
18	Al Newton	Syracuse	10	125	618	4.9	3	2	13	6.5	0	127	631	5.0	3
19	Tom Bailey	Florida State	10	116	570	4.9	2	21	209	10.0	1	137	779	5.7	3
20	Lynn Martin	New Mexico State	10	75	365	4.9	3	7	62	8.9	0	82	427	5.2	3
Rk	Player	School	G	Att	Yds	Avg	TD	Rec	Yds	Avg	TD	Plays	Yds	Avg	TD
21	Coley O'Brien	Notre Dame	10	64	314	4.9	3	16	272	17.0	4	80	586	7.3	7
22	Rob Young	Idaho	10	206	979	4.8	3	17	79	4.6	1	223	1058	4.7	4
23	Billy Walik	Villanova	10	113	539	4.8	6	19	378	19.9	5	132	917	6.9	11
24	Jim Catone	Boston College	9	79	383	4.8	1	11	156	14.2	2	90	539	6.0	3
25	Bob Gladieux	Notre Dame	10	152	713	4.7	12	37	442	11.9	2	189	1155	6.1	14
26	Johnny Johnson	Southern Mississippi	10	92	433	4.7	2	8	38	4.8	0	100	471	4.7	2
27	John Godbolt	Syracuse	10	68	321	4.7	6	7	68	9.7	0	75	389	5.2	6
28	Altie Taylor	Utah State	10	203	929	4.6	8	10	163	16.3	2	213	1092	5.1	10
29	Warren Bankston	Tulane	10	102	473	4.6	4	8	90	11.3	0	110	563	5.1	4
30	Jeff Guillory	Idaho	10	70	321	4.6	1	20	253	12.7	0	90	574	6.4	1
31	Leon McQuay	Tampa	10	161	706	4.4	5	5	49	9.8	0	166	755	4.5	5
32	Larry Moulton	Southern Mississippi	10	113	497	4.4	4	15	185	12.3	1	128	682	5.3	5
33	Albie Owens	West Texas A&M	10	102	446	4.4	3	1	5	5.0	0	103	451	4.4	3
34	Duke Chappuis	Tulane	10	73	319	4.4	1	1	14	14.0	0	74	333	4.5	1
35	Mel Brown	Rutgers	10	74	319	4.3	0	9	120	13.3	3	83	439	5.3	3
36	Bernie Kress	Dayton	10	231	973	4.2	11	17	259	15.2	1	248	1232	5.0	12
37	Terry Smoot	Virginia Tech	10	196	820	4.2	8	12	62	5.2	0	208	882	4.2	8
38	Dom Fischer	Colgate	10	173	731	4.2	5	8	42	5.3	1	181	773	4.3	6
39	Bruce Bray	Northern Illinois	10	75	313	4.2	2	23	246	10.7	1	98	559	5.7	3
40	John Pittman	Florida State	10	66	277	4.2	0	8	27	3.4	1	74	304	4.1	1
Rk	Player	School	G	Att	Yds	Avg	TD	Rec	Yds	Avg	TD	Plays	Yds	Avg	TD
41	Jeff Zimmerman	Notre Dame	10	63	267	4.2	0	4	24	6.0	0	67	291	4.3	0
42	Ken Rutkowski	Buffalo	10	177	729	4.1	5	24	208	8.7	3	201	937	4.7	8
43	Bob Madden	Dayton	10	164	672	4.1	4	23	434	18.9	3	187	1106	5.9	7
44	Dan Pike	Navy	10	123	500	4.1	4	5	42	8.4	0	128	542	4.2	4
45	Tom Lamb	Holy Cross	10	68	276	4.1	2	12	126	10.5	0	80	402	5.0	2
46	Steve Jutras	Holy Cross	10	161	642	4.0	7	8	56	7.0	1	169	698	4.1	8
47	Jim DeOrio	Air Force	10	110	436	4.0	5	5	33	6.6	0	115	469	4.1	5
48	Al Namanny	Pacific	10	108	432	4.0	2	6	38	6.3	0	114	470	4.1	2
49	Denny Ferris	Pitt	10	120	472	3.9	2	8	103	12.9	0	128	575	4.5	2
50	Frank Nunn	Utah State	10	75	294	3.9	0	3	26	8.7	1	78	320	4.1	1
51	Gene Detwiler	Colgate	10	128	486	3.8	7	5	54	10.8	1	133	540	4.1	8
52	Joe Zelmanski	Buffalo	10	129	474	3.7	9	2	30	15.0	1	131	504	3.8	10
53	Monk Coleman	Tampa	10	93	344	3.7	2	29	311	10.7	4	122	655	5.4	6
54	Bill Byrd	New Mexico State	10	82	301	3.7	1	6	81	13.5	0	88	382	4.3	1
55	Cal Rogers	Pacific	10	80	296	3.7	3	6	46	7.7	0	86	342	4.0	3
56	Pat Patterson	Buffalo	10	101	361	3.6	3	1	10	10.0	0	102	371	3.6	3
57	Bobby Best	Miami (FL)	10	84	301	3.6	3	12	114	9.5	0	96	415	4.3	3
58	Bruce Van Ness	Rutgers	10	81	280	3.5	2	9	135	15.0	0	90	415	4.6	2
59	Bill Gunter	Florida State	10	136	465	3.4	4	7	87	12.4	2	143	552	3.9	6
60	Horace Miller	Northern Illinois	10	93	314	3.4	3	26	227	8.7	0	119	541	4.5	3
Rk	Player	School	G	Att	Yds	Avg	TD	Rec	Yds	Avg	TD	Plays	Yds	Avg	TD
61	Mickey Ackley	Pacific	10	120	394	3.3	6					120	394	3.3	6
62	Tom Cherry	Penn State	10	77	256	3.3	3	6	99	16.5	1	83	355	4.3	4
63	John Sodaski	Villanova	10	181	585	3.2	10					181	585	3.2	10
64	Curtis Martin	Air Force	10	130	418	3.2	6	6	92	15.3	1	136	510	3.8	7
65	Tom Daley	Navy	10	71	210	3.0	0	21	188	9.0	2	92	398	4.3	2
66	Ron Burton	Colgate	10	164	482	2.9	7	5	64	12.8	0	169	546	3.2	7
67	Vincent Opalsky	Miami (FL)	10	152	446	2.9	6	12	97	8.1	0	164	543	3.3	6
68	Tony D'Agata	Holy Cross	10	74	213	2.9	1	1	5	5.0	0	75	218	2.9	1
69	Wayne Francingues	Tulane	10	157	438	2.8	7					157	438	2.8	7
70	Ken Bailey	Houston	10	121	336	2.8	7					121	336	2.8	7
71	Frank Weirath	San Jose State	10	92	250	2.7	2	1	3	3.0	0	93	253	2.7	2
72	Tommy Boutwell	Southern Mississippi	10	135	331	2.5	8	1	2	2.0	0	136	333	2.4	8
73	Steve Lindell	Army	10	104	261	2.5	2					104	261	2.5	2
74	Gary Baxter	Air Force	10	108	263	2.4	7					108	263	2.4	7
75	Loy Hayes	New Mexico State	10	98	238	2.4	0					98	238	2.4	0
76	Al Kincaid	Virginia Tech	10	104	208	2.0	1					104	208	2.0	1
77	Roy Winters	West Texas A&M	10	68	90	1.3	1					68	90	1.3	1
78	Denny Mason	Buffalo	10	85	99	1.2	0					85	99	1.2	0
79	Mark Mowatt	Holy Cross	10	68	30	0.4	0					68	30	0.4	0
80	Mike McNallen	Navy	10	83	-33	-0.4	4					83	-33	-0.4	4
Rk	Player	School	G	Att	Yds	Avg	TD	Rec	Yds	Avg	TD	Plays	Yds	Avg	TD
81	Dave Havern	Pitt	10	93	-54	-0.6	2	1	-4	-4.0	0	94	-58	-0.6	2
82	Phil O'Neil	Holy Cross	10	76	-51	-0.7	3	1	13	13.0	0	77	-38	-0.5	3
83	John Pappas	Utah State	10	87	-77	-0.9	4					87	-77	-0.9	4
84	Steve Olson	Idaho	10	99	-132	-1.3	5					99	-132	-1.3	5
85	David Olivo	Miami (FL)	10	81	-155	-1.9	0					81	-155	-1.9	0
86	Jim Del Gaizo	Tampa	10	65	-129	-2.0	2	34	496	14.6	5	99	367	3.7	7

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