1976 Independent Rushing Stats

Record: 194-198-3, .495 W-L% (10th of 14) (Schedule and Results)

SRS: -2.15 (8th of 14), SOS: -1.64 (8th of 14)

Ranked in Preseason AP Poll: 3 (Notre Dame, Penn State and Pitt)
Ranked in Final AP Poll: 3 (Notre Dame, Pitt and Rutgers)

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105 Players

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

105 Players Table
				Rushing				Receiving				Scrimmage
Rk	Player	School	G	Att	Yds	Avg	TD	Rec	Yds	Avg	TD	Plays	Yds	Avg	TD
1	Brian Doherty	Holy Cross	11	106	660	6.2	7	3	34	11.3	1	109	694	6.4	8
2	Tony Dorsett	Pitt	11	338	1948	5.8	21	7	73	10.4	1	345	2021	5.9	22
3	Terdell Middleton	Memphis	11	160	919	5.7	5	4	36	9.0	0	164	955	5.8	5
4	Andre Herrera	Southern Illinois	11	287	1588	5.5	16	6	26	4.3	0	293	1614	5.5	16
5	Roscoe Coles	Virginia Tech	11	209	1119	5.4	9	5	31	6.2	0	214	1150	5.4	9
6	Wilbert Haslip	Hawaii	11	139	730	5.3	2	4	21	5.3	1	143	751	5.3	3
7	Ben Garry	Southern Mississippi	11	236	1236	5.2	8	15	126	8.4	0	251	1362	5.4	8
8	Eddie Lee Ivery	Georgia Tech	11	146	754	5.2	6	4	75	18.8	0	150	829	5.5	6
9	Bob Harris	Temple	10	119	618	5.2	3	10	77	7.7	0	129	695	5.4	3
10	Neal Charles	Louisiana-Monroe	11	97	502	5.2	3	2	19	9.5	0	99	521	5.3	3
11	David Turner	San Diego State	11	193	982	5.1	7	13	72	5.5	0	206	1054	5.1	7
12	Glen Kehler	Rutgers	11	151	764	5.1	0					151	764	5.1	0
13	Clarence Williams	South Carolina	11	174	873	5.0	2	23	180	7.8	1	197	1053	5.3	3
14	Earl Vaughn	Syracuse	11	106	530	5.0	2	2	32	16.0	0	108	562	5.2	2
15	Bruce Malverty	Colgate	10	83	418	5.0	4	11	160	14.5	2	94	578	6.1	6
16	David Sims	Georgia Tech	11	163	803	4.9	9					163	803	4.9	9
17	Larry Key	Florida State	11	144	712	4.9	4	15	91	6.1	1	159	803	5.1	5
18	Dwayne Woods	West Virginia	11	121	588	4.9	1	8	50	6.3	0	129	638	4.9	1
19	Mike Guman	Penn State	10	95	470	4.9	6	11	127	11.5	2	106	597	5.6	8
20	Calvin Prince	Louisville	11	213	1028	4.8	10	5	20	4.0	0	218	1048	4.8	10
Rk	Player	School	G	Att	Yds	Avg	TD	Rec	Yds	Avg	TD	Plays	Yds	Avg	TD
21	Steve Geise	Penn State	10	116	560	4.8	3	10	38	3.8	1	126	598	4.7	4
22	Elliott Walker	Pitt	9	74	354	4.8	3	1	4	4.0	0	75	358	4.8	3
23	Mike Bailey	Marshall	11	128	605	4.7	3	3	61	20.3	0	131	666	5.1	3
24	Reuben Gibson	Memphis	11	105	498	4.7	2	1	13	13.0	0	106	511	4.8	2
25	Ollie Brown	San Diego State	11	88	416	4.7	2	13	44	3.4	0	101	460	4.6	2
26	Anthony Anderson	Temple	10	176	803	4.6	2	13	174	13.4	1	189	977	5.2	3
27	Nathan Poole	Louisville	11	109	502	4.6	3	5	15	3.0	0	114	517	4.5	3
28	Al Hunter	Notre Dame	11	233	1058	4.5	12	15	189	12.6	1	248	1247	5.0	13
29	Mark Lassiter	Rutgers	11	168	750	4.5	9	7	148	21.1	1	175	898	5.1	10
30	Tony Melchiorre	Boston College	11	110	491	4.5	2	6	59	9.8	0	116	550	4.7	2
31	Anthony Brown	Boston College	11	91	406	4.5	2	3	32	10.7	1	94	438	4.7	3
32	Mike Chenet	Villanova	11	71	318	4.5	2					71	318	4.5	2
33	Dick Bedesem Jrr	Villanova	11	147	640	4.4	4					147	640	4.4	4
34	Binky Benton	San Diego State	11	136	600	4.4	3	8	41	5.1	0	144	641	4.5	3
35	Bob Avery	Syracuse	11	128	562	4.4	5	1	10	10.0	0	129	572	4.4	5
36	George Heath	Virginia Tech	11	116	512	4.4	3	2	11	5.5	0	118	523	4.4	3
37	Paul Lumley	West Virginia	11	116	509	4.4	3	7	32	4.6	0	123	541	4.4	3
38	David Thomas	Air Force	11	99	440	4.4	8	7	52	7.4	0	106	492	4.6	8
39	Dave Bohannon	Chattanooga	11	95	417	4.4	1	7	56	8.0	0	102	473	4.6	1
40	Zacky Butler	Memphis	11	70	306	4.4	2	2	16	8.0	1	72	322	4.5	3
Rk	Player	School	G	Att	Yds	Avg	TD	Rec	Yds	Avg	TD	Plays	Yds	Avg	TD
41	Ottis Anderson	Miami (FL)	11	213	918	4.3	6	10	121	12.1	0	223	1039	4.7	6
42	Kevin Long	South Carolina	11	174	746	4.3	6	8	72	9.0	2	182	818	4.5	8
43	Vagas Ferguson	Notre Dame	8	81	350	4.3	2	3	27	9.0	1	84	377	4.5	3
44	Chuck Clancy	Southern Mississippi	11	72	313	4.3	2	5	44	8.8	0	77	357	4.6	2
45	Glen Capriola	Boston College	11	240	1003	4.2	7	4	21	5.3	0	244	1024	4.2	7
46	Sylvester Monroe	Dayton	11	234	987	4.2	5	8	148	18.5	2	242	1135	4.7	7
47	Vince Thompson	Villanova	11	197	832	4.2	7					197	832	4.2	7
48	Larry Spinks	Illinois State	11	175	741	4.2	2	10	149	14.9	1	185	890	4.8	3
49	Joe Gattuso	Navy	11	142	591	4.2	7	24	243	10.1	1	166	834	5.0	8
50	Larry Klawinski	Navy	11	93	392	4.2	3	1	9	9.0	0	94	401	4.3	3
51	Lawrence Boyd	Southern Illinois	11	99	406	4.1	0	1	25	25.0	0	100	431	4.3	0
52	Matt Cavanaugh	Pitt	9	86	351	4.1	4					86	351	4.1	4
53	Bucky Shamburger	Georgia Tech	11	84	344	4.1	2	4	46	11.5	0	88	390	4.4	2
54	Paul Adams	Virginia Tech	11	167	675	4.0	6	3	16	5.3	0	170	691	4.1	6
55	Pat Healy	Colgate	10	141	557	4.0	3	12	72	6.0	0	153	629	4.1	3
56	Ken Wood	Air Force	11	123	497	4.0	2	27	159	5.9	1	150	656	4.4	3
57	Walter Easley	West Virginia	11	124	493	4.0	5	4	13	3.3	0	128	506	4.0	5
58	Steve Hunt	Holy Cross	11	122	487	4.0	3	1	10	10.0	0	123	497	4.0	3
59	Tony Pyne	Army	11	109	438	4.0	2	25	248	9.9	1	134	686	5.1	3
60	Greg King	Army	11	99	395	4.0	6	13	114	8.8	0	112	509	4.5	6
Rk	Player	School	G	Att	Yds	Avg	TD	Rec	Yds	Avg	TD	Plays	Yds	Avg	TD
61	Curtis Dickey	Southern Mississippi	11	94	374	4.0	1	5	30	6.0	0	99	404	4.1	1
62	Larry Ewald	Holy Cross	11	88	351	4.0	4					88	351	4.0	4
63	Tony Serge	Villanova	11	83	334	4.0	7					83	334	4.0	7
64	Bill Hurley	Syracuse	11	185	716	3.9	3					185	716	3.9	3
65	Matt Suhey	Penn State	9	125	487	3.9	5	4	17	4.3	0	129	504	3.9	5
66	Bill Kramer	Tulane	11	121	467	3.9	3	17	278	16.4	2	138	745	5.4	5
67	Mike Watterson	Dayton	11	107	420	3.9	2	9	53	5.9	0	116	473	4.1	2
68	Curtiss Williams	Cincinnati	11	102	399	3.9	4	1	8	8.0	0	103	407	4.0	4
69	Norris Birdsong	Hawaii	11	152	574	3.8	7	7	32	4.6	0	159	606	3.8	7
70	John Ziegler	Cincinnati	11	88	334	3.8	2	5	15	3.0	0	93	349	3.8	2
71	JC Felton	Marshall	11	71	268	3.8	0					71	268	3.8	0
72	O.B. Barnett	Indiana State	10	136	499	3.7	3	10	64	6.4	0	146	563	3.9	3
73	Gus Tucker	Cincinnati	11	103	377	3.7	2	5	18	3.6	1	108	395	3.7	3
74	Gary Rudick	Tulane	11	101	372	3.7	1	8	83	10.4	0	109	455	4.2	1
75	Charlie Gross	Villanova	11	78	292	3.7	2	1	3	3.0	0	79	295	3.7	2
76	Mark Lyles	Florida State	11	72	268	3.7	1	5	18	3.6	0	77	286	3.7	1
77	Joe McReynolds	Hawaii	11	103	365	3.5	4	1	18	18.0	0	104	383	3.7	4
78	Mike Doneff	Illinois State	11	79	271	3.4	3	1	17	17.0	0	80	288	3.6	3
79	Mike Fisher	Rutgers	11	138	459	3.3	7	9	119	13.2	1	147	578	3.9	8
80	Dan Cox	Utah State	11	123	410	3.3	1	12	100	8.3	0	135	510	3.8	1
Rk	Player	School	G	Att	Yds	Avg	TD	Rec	Yds	Avg	TD	Plays	Yds	Avg	TD
81	Bob Morton	Holy Cross	11	144	459	3.2	4					144	459	3.2	4
82	Gary Lanier	Georgia Tech	11	83	268	3.2	4					83	268	3.2	4
83	Pete McCoy	Indiana State	10	84	268	3.2	1	1	-5	-5.0	0	85	263	3.1	1
84	Dave Pearre	Indiana State	10	63	193	3.1	3					63	193	3.1	3
85	Jimmy Black	Florida State	11	129	347	2.7	2					129	347	2.7	2
86	Bob Relph	Colgate	10	65	177	2.7	1					65	177	2.7	1
87	Mike Howell	Louisiana-Monroe	10	141	334	2.4	3					141	334	2.4	3
88	Tony Merendino	Chattanooga	11	89	197	2.2	10					89	197	2.2	10
89	E.J. Baker	Miami (FL)	11	100	208	2.1	3					100	208	2.1	3
90	Doug Elstad	Chattanooga	11	94	197	2.1	3					94	197	2.1	3
91	Art Bailey	Cincinnati	11	80	165	2.1	2					80	165	2.1	2
92	Rob Shaw	Air Force	11	83	161	1.9	2					83	161	1.9	2
93	Bud Nelson	Marshall	11	198	293	1.5	3					198	293	1.5	3
94	Dave Ziebart	Air Force	11	85	115	1.4	1					85	115	1.4	1
95	John Kurowski	Navy	11	76	109	1.4	1					76	109	1.4	1
96	Lloyd Patterson	Memphis	11	135	103	0.8	7					135	103	0.8	7
97	Ron Bass	South Carolina	11	131	101	0.8	1					131	101	0.8	1
98	Mitchael Barnes	Virginia Tech	11	80	57	0.7	2					80	57	0.7	2
99	Roch Hontas	Tulane	8	79	43	0.5	1					79	43	0.5	1
100	Bret Kosup	Rutgers	11	74	-1	0.0	3					74	-1	0.0	3
Rk	Player	School	G	Att	Yds	Avg	TD	Rec	Yds	Avg	TD	Plays	Yds	Avg	TD
101	Pat Carey	Temple	9	75	-3	0.0	2					75	-3	0.0	2
102	Dan Kendra	West Virginia	11	73	-16	-0.2	1					73	-16	-0.2	1
103	Ken Alderman	Southern Mississippi	11	101	-49	-0.5	0					101	-49	-0.5	0
104	Leamon Hall	Army	11	100	-53	-0.5	2					100	-53	-0.5	2
105	Bob Lopez	Illinois State	11	80	-61	-0.8	1					80	-61	-0.8	1

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