1970 Independent Rushing Stats

Record: 161-156-3, .508 W-L% (7th of 13) (Schedule and Results)

SRS: -3.53 (9th of 13), SOS: -3.34 (9th of 13)

Ranked in Preseason AP Poll: 4 (Houston, Notre Dame, Penn State and West Virginia)
Ranked in Final AP Poll: 6 (Air Force, Georgia Tech, Houston, Notre Dame, Penn State and Tulane)

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84 Players

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

84 Players Table
				Rushing				Receiving				Scrimmage
Rk	Player	School	G	Att	Yds	Avg	TD	Rec	Yds	Avg	TD	Plays	Yds	Avg	TD
1	Robert Newhouse	Houston	11	123	788	6.4	5	2	4	2.0	0	125	792	6.3	5
2	Bob Gresham	West Virginia	11	140	866	6.2	7	8	94	11.8	1	148	960	6.5	8
3	Jessie Mims	New Mexico State	10	77	479	6.2	4	5	86	17.2	0	82	565	6.9	4
4	Tommy Mozisek	Houston	11	153	935	6.1	11	1	10	10.0	0	154	945	6.1	11
5	Jimmy Quinn	Virginia Tech	11	71	433	6.1	5	30	481	16.0	1	101	914	9.0	6
6	Lydell Mitchell	Penn State	10	134	751	5.6	6	9	110	12.2	0	143	861	6.0	6
7	Dick James	Cincinnati	11	73	401	5.5	1	1	20	20.0	0	74	421	5.7	1
8	Pete Wood	West Virginia	11	131	713	5.4	5	20	135	6.8	2	151	848	5.6	7
9	Gene Comella	Boston College	10	100	540	5.4	1	3	-14	-4.7	0	103	526	5.1	1
10	Brent Cunningham	Georgia Tech	11	144	740	5.1	5	13	128	9.8	2	157	868	5.5	7
11	Steve Cowan	Cincinnati	11	239	1197	5.0	9	3	30	10.0	0	242	1227	5.1	9
12	Bill Byrd	New Mexico State	10	98	488	5.0	3	14	188	13.4	3	112	676	6.0	6
13	John Dobbins	Virginia Tech	11	74	365	4.9	3	6	52	8.7	0	80	417	5.2	3
14	Ralph Thompson	West Texas A&M	10	175	848	4.8	10	16	126	7.9	2	191	974	5.1	12
15	Franco Harris	Penn State	10	142	675	4.8	8	6	66	11.0	0	148	741	5.0	8
16	Joe Wilson	Holy Cross	11	102	492	4.8	6	4	98	24.5	1	106	590	5.6	7
17	Fred Riley	Idaho	11	187	879	4.7	8	20	208	10.4	1	207	1087	5.3	9
18	Larry Moulton	Southern Mississippi	11	164	778	4.7	9	15	109	7.3	1	179	887	5.0	10
19	Ron James	New Mexico State	10	135	641	4.7	4	4	46	11.5	0	139	687	4.9	4
20	Albert Johnson	Cincinnati	11	194	895	4.6	8					194	895	4.6	8
Rk	Player	School	G	Att	Yds	Avg	TD	Rec	Yds	Avg	TD	Plays	Yds	Avg	TD
21	Steve Morgan	Colgate	11	134	610	4.6	7	10	81	8.1	1	144	691	4.8	8
22	Fred Willis	Boston College	10	223	1007	4.5	11	27	222	8.2	5	250	1229	4.9	16
23	David Abercrombie	Tulane	11	219	993	4.5	8	9	62	6.9	0	228	1055	4.6	8
24	Ed Gulyas	Notre Dame	10	118	534	4.5	3	9	189	21.0	2	127	723	5.7	5
25	Mike Wiscombe	Idaho	11	133	590	4.4	6	10	46	4.6	2	143	636	4.4	8
26	Ted Heiskell	Houston	11	110	489	4.4	7	2	19	9.5	0	112	508	4.5	7
27	Brian Bream	Air Force	11	294	1276	4.3	19	19	237	12.5	1	313	1513	4.8	20
28	Andy Pease	Navy	11	92	399	4.3	3	11	99	9.0	0	103	498	4.8	3
29	Olan Thompson	West Texas A&M	10	74	319	4.3	3	7	80	11.4	1	81	399	4.9	4
30	Perry Tiberio	Virginia Tech	11	184	764	4.2	8	13	132	10.2	2	197	896	4.5	10
31	Ed Williams	West Virginia	11	124	524	4.2	5	11	112	10.2	0	135	636	4.7	5
32	Tom Bailey	Florida State	11	121	514	4.2	2	10	89	8.9	0	131	603	4.6	2
33	Roger Praetorius	Syracuse	10	114	474	4.2	3	4	78	19.5	2	118	552	4.7	5
34	John Strycula	Utah State	10	157	644	4.1	3	15	211	14.1	3	172	855	5.0	6
35	Ed Giles	Utah State	10	118	479	4.1	0	4	32	8.0	1	122	511	4.2	1
36	Don Canterna	Navy	11	76	310	4.1	1	6	46	7.7	0	82	356	4.3	1
37	John Faller	Buffalo	11	143	568	4.0	5	10	43	4.3	0	153	611	4.0	5
38	Bill Roden	Army	11	88	355	4.0	1	5	39	7.8	0	93	394	4.2	1
39	Bill Barz	Notre Dame	10	88	352	4.0	4	13	127	9.8	1	101	479	4.7	5
40	Marty Januszkiewicz	Syracuse	10	199	769	3.9	8	4	33	8.3	0	203	802	4.0	8
Rk	Player	School	G	Att	Yds	Avg	TD	Rec	Yds	Avg	TD	Plays	Yds	Avg	TD
41	Tony Esposito	Pitt	10	160	623	3.9	6	10	102	10.2	1	170	725	4.3	7
42	Joe Belasco	Villanova	11	152	587	3.9	6	10	188	18.8	0	162	775	4.8	6
43	Bobby Best	Miami (FL)	11	112	438	3.9		10	46	4.6	0	122	484	4.0	0
44	Larry Robertson	Rutgers	10	101	397	3.9	3	13	107	8.2	1	114	504	4.4	4
45	John Heim	Villanova	11	99	382	3.9	3	7	130	18.6	1	106	512	4.8	4
46	Joel Ramich	Penn State	10	90	353	3.9	3	1	4	4.0	0	91	357	3.9	3
47	Arthur Munroe	Florida State	11	71	279	3.9	2	8	73	9.1	0	79	352	4.5	2
48	Rusty Tucker	West Texas A&M	10	66	259	3.9	2	5	40	8.0	1	71	299	4.2	3
49	Denny Ferris	Pitt	10	158	595	3.8	6	35	506	14.5	3	193	1101	5.7	9
50	John LaLonde	Northern Illinois	10	145	548	3.8	6	8	64	8.0	0	153	612	4.0	6
51	Ramese Faleafine	West Texas A&M	10	132	506	3.8	6	4	18	4.5	0	136	524	3.9	6
52	Bob Marshall	Tulane	11	101	386	3.8	1	9	102	11.3	0	110	488	4.4	1
53	Bob Rudecki	Northern Illinois	10	98	375	3.8	6	6	20	3.3	0	104	395	3.8	6
54	Art Harris	Marshall	9	113	413	3.7	1	29	242	8.3	1	142	655	4.6	2
55	Joe Hood	Marshall	9	106	397	3.7	1	24	402	16.8	2	130	799	6.1	3
56	Steve Ferrughelli	Rutgers	10	100	368	3.7	4	15	137	9.1	0	115	505	4.4	4
57	Joe Zelmanski	Buffalo	11	83	305	3.7	5	11	139	12.6	0	94	444	4.7	5
58	Denny Allan	Notre Dame	10	111	401	3.6	7	11	166	15.1	1	122	567	4.6	8
59	Steve Goehl	Northern Illinois	10	74	260	3.5	1	4	34	8.5	0	78	294	3.8	1
60	Gary Kosins	Dayton	10	344	1172	3.4	18	5	58	11.6	0	349	1230	3.5	18
Rk	Player	School	G	Att	Yds	Avg	TD	Rec	Yds	Avg	TD	Plays	Yds	Avg	TD
61	Ray Ritacco	Army	11	123	417	3.4	0	11	88	8.0	0	134	505	3.8	0
62	Scott Lodde	Holy Cross	11	98	336	3.4	0	8	111	13.9	1	106	447	4.2	1
63	Joe Theismann	Notre Dame	10	124	384	3.1	4	1	7	7.0	0	125	391	3.1	4
64	Doug Kozel	Buffalo	11	113	352	3.1	2	12	94	7.8	0	125	446	3.6	2
65	Eddie Jenkins	Holy Cross	11	69	216	3.1	1	7	149	21.3	1	76	365	4.8	2
66	Tom Sullivan	Miami (FL)	11	156	461	3.0		9	48	5.3	0	165	509	3.1	0
67	Rob Healy	Georgia Tech	11	122	367	3.0	2	5	-4	-0.8	0	127	363	2.9	2
68	Bob Elflein	Navy	11	106	315	3.0	1	8	101	12.6	0	114	416	3.6	1
69	James Jarrett	Florida State	11	71	213	3.0	2	17	147	8.6	1	88	360	4.1	3
70	Randy Peterson	Idaho	11	69	205	3.0	1	7	61	8.7	1	76	266	3.5	2
71	Mark Monty	Holy Cross	11	74	212	2.9	0	11	208	18.9	2	85	420	4.9	2
72	Tommy Warren	Florida State	11	69	164	2.4	1	1	16	16.0	0	70	180	2.6	1
73	Drew Gordon	Villanova	11	70	118	1.7	2					70	118	1.7	2
74	Mike Yancheff	Rutgers	10	89	143	1.6	3					89	143	1.6	3
75	Daryl Woodring	Villanova	11	79	89	1.1	2					79	89	1.1	2
76	Eddie McAshan	Georgia Tech	11	69	71	1.0	0					69	71	1.0	0
77	Rhett Putman	New Mexico State	10	97	87	0.9	3					97	87	0.9	3
78	Tony Adams	Utah State	10	97	45	0.5	4					97	45	0.5	4
79	Ed Holwig	West Texas A&M	10	63	23	0.4	0					63	23	0.4	0
80	Mike Sherwood	West Virginia	11	70	13	0.2	5					70	13	0.2	5
Rk	Player	School	G	Att	Yds	Avg	TD	Rec	Yds	Avg	TD	Plays	Yds	Avg	TD
81	Rick Donegan	Southern Mississippi	11	74	-11	-0.1	1					74	-11	-0.1	1
82	Steve Goepel	Colgate	11	69	-19	-0.3	2					69	-19	-0.3	2
83	Mike McNallen	Navy	11	70	-19	-0.3	2					70	-19	-0.3	2
84	Mike Walker	Tulane	10	95	-26	-0.3	1					95	-26	-0.3	1

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