1979 Independent Rushing Stats

Record: 183-175-10, .511 W-L% (7th of 14) (Schedule and Results)

SRS: -0.68 (8th of 14), SOS: -0.42 (7th of 14)

Ranked in Preseason AP Poll: 4 (Florida State, Notre Dame, Penn State and Pitt)
Ranked in Final AP Poll: 4 (Florida State, Penn State, Pitt and Temple)

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99 Players

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

99 Players Table
				Rushing				Receiving				Scrimmage
Rk	Player	School	G	Att	Yds	Avg	TD	Rec	Yds	Avg	TD	Plays	Yds	Avg	TD
1	Sam Harrell	East Carolina	11	81	596	7.4	7	9	61	6.8	0	90	657	7.3	7
2	Tony Collins	East Carolina	11	154	1130	7.3	14	11	92	8.4	0	165	1222	7.4	14
3	Theodore Sutton	East Carolina	11	120	817	6.8	7	2	27	13.5	0	122	844	6.9	7
4	Michael Morton	UNLV	12	143	881	6.2	8	16	242	15.1	3	159	1123	7.1	11
5	Eddie Meyers	Navy	11	106	651	6.1	5	5	29	5.8	0	111	680	6.1	5
6	Mike Sherlock	Navy	11	96	590	6.1	4	2	22	11.0	0	98	612	6.2	4
7	Joe Morris	Syracuse	11	238	1372	5.8	7	4	38	9.5	0	242	1410	5.8	7
8	Reggie Reginelli	Tulane	11	85	487	5.7	2	26	192	7.4	0	111	679	6.1	2
9	Robert Alexander	West Virginia	11	118	656	5.6	2	9	50	5.6	0	127	706	5.6	2
10	Leon Walker	UNLV	12	109	612	5.6	2	6	50	8.3	1	115	662	5.8	3
11	Kevin Duckett	Temple	11	111	608	5.5	7	1	16	16.0	0	112	624	5.6	7
12	Don Ziesel	Villanova	11	106	587	5.5	7	5	71	14.2	1	111	658	5.9	8
13	George Rogers	South Carolina	11	286	1548	5.4	8	11	122	11.1	1	297	1670	5.6	9
14	Mark Bright	Temple	11	193	1036	5.4	7	11	196	17.8	0	204	1232	6.0	7
15	Matt Suhey	Penn State	11	185	973	5.3	6	13	99	7.6	1	198	1072	5.4	7
16	Kenny Lewis	Virginia Tech	11	141	748	5.3	4	3	-8	-2.7	0	144	740	5.1	4
17	Albert Ray	Rutgers	11	107	567	5.3	5	13	85	6.5	0	120	652	5.4	5
18	Spencer Clark	South Carolina	11	105	558	5.3	6	0	0		0	105	558	5.3	6
19	Ted Blackwell	Rutgers	11	100	527	5.3	3	9	97	10.8	0	109	624	5.7	3
20	Joe Delaney	Northwestern State	9	139	717	5.2	6	21	174	8.3	1	160	891	5.6	7
Rk	Player	School	G	Att	Yds	Avg	TD	Rec	Yds	Avg	TD	Plays	Yds	Avg	TD
21	Malcolm Jones	North Texas	11	95	498	5.2	6	12	138	11.5	1	107	636	5.9	7
22	Shawn Passman	Villanova	11	85	430	5.1	3					85	430	5.1	3
23	Mickey Fitzgerald	Virginia Tech	11	80	401	5.0	2	5	54	10.8	0	85	455	5.4	2
24	Bernard Jackson	North Texas	11	152	749	4.9	5	12	77	6.4	0	164	826	5.0	5
25	Ronny Cone	Georgia Tech	11	126	617	4.9	4	6	42	7.0	0	132	659	5.0	4
26	Marv Christian	Tulane	11	120	582	4.9	8	24	121	5.0	0	144	703	4.9	8
27	Brett Davis	UNLV	12	115	562	4.9	2	8	88	11.0	3	123	650	5.3	5
28	Vagas Ferguson	Notre Dame	11	301	1437	4.8	17	14	72	5.1	0	315	1509	4.8	17
29	Michael Whiting	Florida State	11	109	522	4.8	2	20	161	8.1	0	129	683	5.3	2
30	Barry Redden	Richmond	11	88	420	4.8	1	6	19	3.2	0	94	439	4.7	1
31	Shelby Gamble	Boston College	11	164	776	4.7	8	1	17	17.0	0	165	793	4.8	8
32	Leo Cage	Memphis	11	128	599	4.7	3	12	47	3.9	0	140	646	4.6	3
33	Curt Warner	Penn State	11	84	391	4.7	2	10	129	12.9	1	94	520	5.5	3
34	Eldridge Dixon	West Virginia	11	101	461	4.6	4	5	37	7.4	0	106	498	4.7	4
35	James Bettis	Cincinnati	11	75	343	4.6	0	5	39	7.8	0	80	382	4.8	0
36	Mark Lyles	Florida State	11	225	1011	4.5	8	25	211	8.4	1	250	1222	4.9	9
37	Cyrus Lawrence	Virginia Tech	11	177	791	4.5	9	3	16	5.3	0	180	807	4.5	9
38	Shelby Ball	Air Force	11	129	575	4.5	1	4	21	5.3	0	133	596	4.5	1
39	Jay Palazola	Boston College	11	103	468	4.5	2					103	468	4.5	2
40	Steve Callahan	Navy	11	73	329	4.5	2	5	52	10.4	0	78	381	4.9	2
Rk	Player	School	G	Att	Yds	Avg	TD	Rec	Yds	Avg	TD	Plays	Yds	Avg	TD
41	Brett Knecht	Northwestern State	9	68	305	4.5	1	4	24	6.0	0	72	329	4.6	1
42	Mark Schroeder	Northwestern State	9	62	279	4.5	2	8	53	6.6	1	70	332	4.7	3
43	Dan Conway	Boston College	11	196	856	4.4	6	15	98	6.5	0	211	954	4.5	6
44	Randy McMillan	Pitt	11	165	721	4.4	9	13	186	14.3	1	178	907	5.1	10
45	Sammy Winder	Southern Mississippi	11	173	749	4.3	3	1	7	7.0	0	174	756	4.3	3
46	Greg Hickman	Louisville	11	150	648	4.3	4	1	4	4.0	0	151	652	4.3	4
47	Leander Green	East Carolina	11	147	632	4.3	12					147	632	4.3	12
48	George Johns	Louisiana-Monroe	11	140	602	4.3	5	2	11	5.5	0	142	613	4.3	5
49	Booker Moore	Penn State	11	131	555	4.2	9	8	73	9.1	0	139	628	4.5	9
50	Mike Doneff	Illinois State	11	118	486	4.1	2	5	30	6.0	0	123	516	4.2	2
51	Mike Fortson	Air Force	11	87	354	4.1	0	27	177	6.6	0	114	531	4.7	0
52	Bill Fenn	Illinois State	11	280	1106	4.0	8	4	38	9.5	0	284	1144	4.0	8
53	Bill Hurley	Syracuse	11	203	813	4.0	12					203	813	4.0	12
54	Mike Gold	Villanova	11	123	487	4.0	3	6	60	10.0	0	129	547	4.2	3
55	David Dorn	Rutgers	11	90	356	4.0	7	27	468	17.3	5	117	824	7.0	12
56	Don Craft	Louisville	11	86	347	4.0	2	6	79	13.2	0	92	426	4.6	2
57	Keith Best	William & Mary	10	82	326	4.0	1	1	14	14.0	0	83	340	4.1	1
58	Alvis Lang	William & Mary	11	151	590	3.9	4	9	62	6.9	1	160	652	4.1	5
59	Chris Hobbs	Miami (FL)	11	105	406	3.9	2	16	141	8.8	0	121	547	4.5	2
60	Rooster Jones	Pitt	11	98	382	3.9	6	19	116	6.1	0	117	498	4.3	6
Rk	Player	School	G	Att	Yds	Avg	TD	Rec	Yds	Avg	TD	Plays	Yds	Avg	TD
61	Crocky Nangle	Holy Cross	11	94	368	3.9	6	2	4	2.0	0	96	372	3.9	6
62	Steve Dorsey	South Carolina	11	87	340	3.9	1	2	13	6.5	0	89	353	4.0	1
63	Calvin Jones	Southern Mississippi	11	79	307	3.9	0					79	307	3.9	0
64	Larry Ewald	Holy Cross	11	160	614	3.8	4	14	139	9.9	0	174	753	4.3	4
65	Ricky Floyd	Southern Mississippi	11	120	461	3.8	12	1	17	17.0	0	121	478	4.0	12
66	Ken Mandeville	Syracuse	11	105	397	3.8	5					105	397	3.8	5
67	Jimmy Hill	Army	11	118	441	3.7	1	7	27	3.9	0	125	468	3.7	1
68	Jesse Williams	Richmond	11	112	417	3.7	1	7	57	8.1	0	119	474	4.0	1
69	Tiko Beal	Southern Mississippi	11	107	397	3.7	7	1	16	16.0	0	108	413	3.8	7
70	Clarence Gaines	William & Mary	10	95	348	3.7	1	2	14	7.0	0	97	362	3.7	1
71	Angelo Colosimo	Colgate	10	153	557	3.6	3	13	214	16.5	3	166	771	4.6	6
72	Nathan Johnson	Louisiana-Monroe	11	153	549	3.6	7	14	133	9.5	0	167	682	4.1	7
73	Richard Locke	Memphis	11	143	515	3.6	4	9	55	6.1	1	152	570	3.8	5
74	Bo Thomas	Georgia Tech	11	99	360	3.6	0	17	151	8.9	0	116	511	4.4	0
75	Bryant Moore	Rutgers	11	83	301	3.6	2	3	28	9.3	0	86	329	3.8	2
76	Jim Freeman	Colgate	10	76	276	3.6	1	25	283	11.3	4	101	559	5.5	5
77	Lester Johnson	Rutgers	11	69	237	3.4	3	9	38	4.2	0	78	275	3.5	3
78	Pat O'Brien	Villanova	11	142	462	3.3	4					142	462	3.3	4
79	Bo Haden	Louisville	11	104	338	3.3	3	6	69	11.5	0	110	407	3.7	3
80	Freddy Jacobs	Pitt	11	83	272	3.3	1	19	175	9.2	1	102	447	4.4	2
Rk	Player	School	G	Att	Yds	Avg	TD	Rec	Yds	Avg	TD	Plays	Yds	Avg	TD
81	Smokey Roan	Miami (FL)	11	97	307	3.2	4	19	132	6.9	0	116	439	3.8	4
82	Duane Flowers	Navy	11	78	252	3.2	1	1	17	17.0	0	79	269	3.4	1
83	Larry Gentry	UNLV	12	92	254	2.8	7					92	254	2.8	7
84	John Marzo	Colgate	10	64	160	2.5	1					64	160	2.5	1
85	Oliver Luck	West Virginia	11	204	407	2.0	5					204	407	2.0	5
86	Dave Ziebart	Air Force	11	134	256	1.9	2	1	15	15.0	0	135	271	2.0	2
87	Steve Casey	Virginia Tech	11	105	203	1.9	3					105	203	1.9	3
88	Kevin Betts	Memphis	11	104	200	1.9	4					104	200	1.9	4
89	Bob Powers	Navy	11	96	128	1.3	3					96	128	1.3	3
90	Jerryl Bennett	Army	11	83	96	1.2	0					83	96	1.2	0
91	Garry Harper	South Carolina	11	78	92	1.2	6					78	92	1.2	6
92	Roch Hontas	Tulane	11	91	97	1.1	1					91	97	1.1	1
93	Mike Kelley	Georgia Tech	11	99	56	0.6	1					99	56	0.6	1
94	Chris Garrity	William & Mary	11	86	52	0.6	2					86	52	0.6	2
95	Tony Kapetanis	Cincinnati	11	93	46	0.5	11					93	46	0.5	11
96	Dane McDaniel	Southern Mississippi	11	90	34	0.4	2	1	20	20.0	0	91	54	0.6	2
97	Mike Rodrigue	Miami (FL)	11	76	-3	0.0	2					76	-3	0.0	2
98	Kenny Philibert	Northwestern State	9	59	-27	-0.5	1					59	-27	-0.5	1
99	Jordan Case	North Texas	11	89	-52	-0.6	3					89	-52	-0.6	3

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