1969 Independent Rushing Stats

Record: 135-129-5, .511 W-L% (7th of 13) (Schedule and Results)

SRS: -1.10 (7th of 13), SOS: -1.33 (7th of 13)

Ranked in Preseason AP Poll: 3 (Houston, Notre Dame and Penn State)
Ranked in Final AP Poll: 4 (Houston, Notre Dame, Penn State and West Virginia)

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81 Players

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

81 Players Table
				Rushing				Receiving				Scrimmage
Rk	Player	School	G	Att	Yds	Avg	TD	Rec	Yds	Avg	TD	Plays	Yds	Avg	TD
1	Billy Walik	Villanova	9	64	569	8.9	7	9	164	18.2	3	73	733	10.0	10
2	Jim Strong	Houston	10	190	1293	6.8	11	7	92	13.1	1	197	1385	7.0	12
3	Mickey Kerins	Villanova	9	72	476	6.6	0	9	74	8.2	1	81	550	6.8	1
4	Bob Gresham	West Virginia	10	190	1057	5.6	8	15	147	9.8	1	205	1204	5.9	9
5	Franco Harris	Penn State	10	115	643	5.6	10	12	189	15.8	0	127	832	6.6	10
6	Ted Heiskell	Houston	10	158	870	5.5	8	1	3	3.0	0	159	873	5.5	8
7	Lydell Mitchell	Penn State	10	113	616	5.5	6	13	206	15.8	0	126	822	6.5	6
8	Duane Thomas	West Texas A&M	10	199	1072	5.4	10	4	39	9.8	0	203	1111	5.5	10
9	Lynn Moore	Army	10	187	983	5.3	9	8	44	5.5	0	195	1027	5.3	9
10	Tony Vitale	Dayton	10	103	546	5.3	3	8	79	9.9	1	111	625	5.6	4
11	John Faller	Buffalo	9	99	506	5.1	5	9	83	9.2	0	108	589	5.5	5
12	Ed Ziegler	Notre Dame	10	94	483	5.1	2	7	116	16.6	2	101	599	5.9	4
13	Mike Wiscombe	Idaho	10	69	345	5.0	0	5	38	7.6	0	74	383	5.2	0
14	Fred Willis	Boston College	9	128	610	4.8	6	19	207	10.9	4	147	817	5.6	10
15	Charlie Pittman	Penn State	10	149	706	4.7	10	10	127	12.7	1	159	833	5.2	11
16	Perry Tiberio	Virginia Tech	10	92	435	4.7	2	11	172	15.6	1	103	607	5.9	3
17	Po James	New Mexico State	10	257	1182	4.6	7	8	67	8.4	0	265	1249	4.7	7
18	Al Newton	Syracuse	10	154	689	4.5	4	10	84	8.4	0	164	773	4.7	4
19	Greg Allen	Syracuse	10	81	362	4.5	1	15	212	14.1	0	96	574	6.0	1
20	Jim Braxton	West Virginia	10	179	783	4.4	11	8	62	7.8	1	187	845	4.5	12
Rk	Player	School	G	Att	Yds	Avg	TD	Rec	Yds	Avg	TD	Plays	Yds	Avg	TD
21	Tom Bailey	Florida State	10	144	630	4.4	2	18	231	12.8	1	162	861	5.3	3
22	Bruce Bray	Northern Illinois	10	101	442	4.4	3	13	65	5.0	0	114	507	4.4	3
23	Frank Doctor	Idaho	10	91	397	4.4	2	8	34	4.3	0	99	431	4.4	2
24	Pat Patterson	Buffalo	9	78	342	4.4	1	11	84	7.6	1	89	426	4.8	2
25	Ron Marchetti	Navy	10	72	318	4.4	3	4	37	9.3	1	76	355	4.7	4
26	Ken Edwards	Virginia Tech	10	67	298	4.4	5					67	298	4.4	5
27	John LaLonde	Northern Illinois	10	187	813	4.3	6	10	103	10.3	1	197	916	4.6	7
28	Steve Ferrughelli	Rutgers	9	131	564	4.3	1	18	109	6.1	1	149	673	4.5	2
29	Olan Thompson	West Texas A&M	10	118	505	4.3	5	19	231	12.2	0	137	736	5.4	5
30	Curtis Martin	Air Force	10	111	478	4.3	1	9	110	12.2	0	120	588	4.9	1
31	Larry Robertson	Rutgers	9	95	405	4.3	5	14	149	10.6	1	109	554	5.1	6
32	Joe Zelmanski	Buffalo	9	128	540	4.2	3	8	131	16.4	0	136	671	4.9	3
33	Vincent Opalsky	Miami (FL)	10	109	453	4.2		8	44	5.5	0	117	497	4.2	0
34	Jim Catone	Boston College	9	104	434	4.2	3	28	281	10.0	5	132	715	5.4	8
35	Denny Allan	Notre Dame	10	148	612	4.1	9	11	199	18.1	0	159	811	5.1	9
36	Gary Mullins	Houston	10	97	398	4.1	8					97	398	4.1	8
37	Tony Moro	Dayton	10	73	298	4.1	2	12	122	10.2	1	85	420	4.9	3
38	Ray Ritacco	Army	10	65	266	4.1	2	3	35	11.7	1	68	301	4.4	3
39	Gary Kosins	Dayton	10	198	783	4.0	9	9	74	8.2	1	207	857	4.1	10
40	Jim DeOrio	Air Force	10	124	493	4.0	3	1	15	15.0	0	125	508	4.1	3
Rk	Player	School	G	Att	Yds	Avg	TD	Rec	Yds	Avg	TD	Plays	Yds	Avg	TD
41	Bill Barz	Notre Dame	10	90	362	4.0	5	24	262	10.9	2	114	624	5.5	7
42	Bill Byrd	New Mexico State	10	89	354	4.0	2	9	146	16.2	1	98	500	5.1	3
43	Tom Sullivan	Miami (FL)	10	79	319	4.0		9	86	9.6	0	88	405	4.6	0
44	Brent Cunningham	Georgia Tech	10	118	459	3.9	0	6	52	8.7	1	124	511	4.1	1
45	Hank Andrzejczak	Army	10	97	378	3.9	2	1	6	6.0	0	98	384	3.9	2
46	Duke Chappuis	Tulane	10	72	280	3.9	2	5	35	7.0	0	77	315	4.1	2
47	Terry Smoot	Virginia Tech	10	246	940	3.8	11	18	161	8.9	1	264	1101	4.2	12
48	Larry Moulton	Southern Mississippi	10	157	604	3.8	5	18	120	6.7	1	175	724	4.1	6
49	George Tribble	Utah State	10	124	469	3.8	1	9	84	9.3	0	133	553	4.2	1
50	Andy Huff	Notre Dame	10	69	265	3.8	5	4	28	7.0	1	73	293	4.0	6
51	Tony Esposito	Pitt	10	201	743	3.7	4	10	84	8.4	2	211	827	3.9	6
52	Denny Ferris	Pitt	10	127	459	3.6	5	14	219	15.6	2	141	678	4.8	7
53	Bruce Van Ness	Rutgers	9	105	375	3.6	4	24	244	10.2	4	129	619	4.8	8
54	Rhett Putman	New Mexico State	10	94	335	3.6	4					94	335	3.6	4
55	Bill Thomas	Boston College	9	60	214	3.6	0	11	99	9.0	1	71	313	4.4	1
56	John Strycula	Utah State	10	122	433	3.5	3	20	242	12.1	0	142	675	4.8	3
57	Arthur Munroe	Florida State	10	83	284	3.4	3	8	110	13.8	0	91	394	4.3	3
58	David Abercrombie	Tulane	10	65	221	3.4	2					65	221	3.4	2
59	Dom Fischer	Colgate	9	223	734	3.3	8	6	53	8.8	0	229	787	3.4	8
60	Ivy Williams	Xavier	10	163	542	3.3	1	11	82	7.5	0	174	624	3.6	1
Rk	Player	School	G	Att	Yds	Avg	TD	Rec	Yds	Avg	TD	Plays	Yds	Avg	TD
61	Joe Theismann	Notre Dame	10	116	378	3.3	6					116	378	3.3	6
62	Frank Johnston	Southern Mississippi	10	75	233	3.1	1	12	74	6.2	0	87	307	3.5	1
63	John Stopper	Villanova	9	66	207	3.1	2	8	81	10.1	0	74	288	3.9	2
64	Gene Spiotta	Georgia Tech	10	85	248	2.9	1	8	77	9.6	0	93	325	3.5	1
65	Dan Pike	Navy	10	117	329	2.8	2	16	96	6.0	0	133	425	3.2	2
66	Clarence Redic	West Texas A&M	10	110	274	2.5	4	1	-10	-10.0	0	111	264	2.4	4
67	Steve Parker	Northern Illinois	10	124	281	2.3	5					124	281	2.3	5
68	Bernie Wall	Army	10	83	182	2.2	0					83	182	2.2	0
69	John Hathaway	Idaho	10	63	125	2.0	0	7	70	10.0	0	70	195	2.8	0
70	John Haynes	Dayton	10	70	125	1.8	2					70	125	1.8	2
71	Randy Zur	Syracuse	10	112	195	1.7	4					112	195	1.7	4
72	Charlie Dudish	Georgia Tech	10	79	137	1.7	2					79	137	1.7	2
73	Jeff Guillory	Idaho	10	76	128	1.7	0	9	17	1.9	0	85	145	1.7	0
74	Mick Murtha	Buffalo	9	62	91	1.5	3					62	91	1.5	3
75	Gary Baxter	Air Force	10	98	109	1.1	6					98	109	1.1	6
76	Drew Gordon	Villanova	9	101	48	0.5	6					101	48	0.5	6
77	Dave Myers	Xavier	10	109	-32	-0.3	3					109	-32	-0.3	3
78	Dave Holman	Utah State	10	99	-33	-0.3	1					99	-33	-0.3	1
79	Steve Goepel	Colgate	9	109	-37	-0.3	5					109	-37	-0.3	5
80	Mike McNallen	Navy	10	85	-195	-2.3	1					85	-195	-2.3	1
Rk	Player	School	G	Att	Yds	Avg	TD	Rec	Yds	Avg	TD	Plays	Yds	Avg	TD
81	Bill Cappleman	Florida State	10	73	-332	-4.5	0					73	-332	-4.5	0

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