1980 Independent Rushing Stats

Record: 180-156-4, .535 W-L% (2nd of 14) (Schedule and Results)

SRS: 2.16 (7th of 14), SOS: 0.83 (7th of 14)

Ranked in Preseason AP Poll: 4 (Florida State, Notre Dame, Penn State and Pitt)
Ranked in Final AP Poll: 5 (Florida State, Miami (FL), Notre Dame, Penn State and Pitt)

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80 Players

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

80 Players Table
				Rushing				Receiving				Scrimmage
Rk	Player	School	G	Att	Yds	Avg	TD	Rec	Yds	Avg	TD	Plays	Yds	Avg	TD
1	Michael Morton	UNLV	11	79	552	7.0	6	13	153	11.8	1	92	705	7.7	7
2	George Rogers	South Carolina	11	297	1781	6.0	14	7	23	3.3	0	304	1804	5.9	14
3	Booker Moore	Penn State	11	120	707	5.9	4	3	32	10.7	0	123	739	6.0	4
4	Lee English	North Texas	11	111	652	5.9	3	12	147	12.3	0	123	799	6.5	3
5	Richard Williams	Memphis	11	80	438	5.5	4	10	82	8.2	0	90	520	5.8	4
6	Johnnie Wright	South Carolina	11	86	465	5.4	3	2	17	8.5	0	88	482	5.5	3
7	Joel Coles	Penn State	11	75	406	5.4	1	3	24	8.0	0	78	430	5.5	1
8	Rich Erenberg	Colgate	10	93	496	5.3	2	23	293	12.7	2	116	789	6.8	4
9	Marvin Lewis	Tulane	11	80	424	5.3	3	10	50	5.0	0	90	474	5.3	3
10	Mike Hawkins	East Carolina	11	78	415	5.3	3	14	111	7.9	1	92	526	5.7	4
11	James Bettis	Cincinnati	11	212	1106	5.2	2	20	284	14.2	1	232	1390	6.0	3
12	Robert Alexander	West Virginia	12	204	1064	5.2	5	31	329	10.6	0	235	1393	5.9	5
13	Ricky Williams	Florida State	11	73	383	5.2	1	3	31	10.3	0	76	414	5.4	1
14	Nathan Johnson	Louisiana-Monroe	11	151	763	5.1	6	28	163	5.8	0	179	926	5.2	6
15	Joe Morris	Syracuse	11	144	732	5.1	5	3	31	10.3	0	147	763	5.2	5
16	Kevin Duckett	Temple	10	129	651	5.0	3	9	103	11.4	1	138	754	5.5	4
17	Gerald Walker	Army	11	186	917	4.9	6	13	71	5.5	0	199	988	5.0	6
18	Don Craft	Louisville	11	140	687	4.9	5	6	74	12.3	0	146	761	5.2	5
19	Glenn Moore	Syracuse	11	97	480	4.9	3					97	480	4.9	3
20	Brian Slade	Temple	9	94	458	4.9	2	5	46	9.2	0	99	504	5.1	2
Rk	Player	School	G	Att	Yds	Avg	TD	Rec	Yds	Avg	TD	Plays	Yds	Avg	TD
21	Percy Reeves	South Carolina	11	73	360	4.9	3	3	13	4.3	0	76	373	4.9	3
22	Don Ziesel	Villanova	11	142	677	4.8	3	11	67	6.1	0	153	744	4.9	3
23	Ray Crouse	UNLV	11	90	431	4.8	3	11	101	9.2	2	101	532	5.3	5
24	Barry Redden	Richmond	10	247	1151	4.7	10	9	40	4.4	0	256	1191	4.7	10
25	Eddie Meyers	Navy	11	204	957	4.7	3	5	26	5.2	0	209	983	4.7	3
26	Curt Warner	Penn State	11	196	922	4.7	6	13	92	7.1	0	209	1014	4.9	6
27	Jim Stone	Notre Dame	11	192	908	4.7	7	3	29	9.7	0	195	937	4.8	7
28	Randy McMillan	Pitt	11	134	633	4.7	9	17	169	9.9	0	151	802	5.3	9
29	Kevin Tolbert	Navy	11	94	438	4.7	3	2	21	10.5	0	96	459	4.8	3
30	Ted Blackwell	Rutgers	11	162	748	4.6	3	36	276	7.7	3	198	1024	5.2	6
31	Anthony Collins	East Carolina	11	110	503	4.6	7	17	119	7.0	0	127	622	4.9	7
32	Tony Collins	East Carolina	11	110	503	4.6	7	17	119	7.0	0	127	622	4.9	7
33	Tony Wiley	Memphis	11	85	387	4.6	1	3	30	10.0	0	88	417	4.7	1
34	Cyrus Lawrence	Virginia Tech	11	271	1221	4.5	8					271	1221	4.5	8
35	Malcolm Jones	North Texas	11	254	1144	4.5	7	23	250	10.9	1	277	1394	5.0	8
36	Tom McChesney	Colgate	10	122	544	4.5	5	22	283	12.9	2	144	827	5.7	7
37	Reggie Evans	Richmond	11	90	408	4.5	2	6	23	3.8	1	96	431	4.5	3
38	Sam Platt	Florida State	11	224	983	4.4	6	14	111	7.9	0	238	1094	4.6	6
39	Walter Easley	West Virginia	12	189	833	4.4	8	7	52	7.4	0	196	885	4.5	8
40	Phil Carter	Notre Dame	7	186	822	4.4	6	5	27	5.4	0	191	849	4.4	6
Rk	Player	School	G	Att	Yds	Avg	TD	Rec	Yds	Avg	TD	Plays	Yds	Avg	TD
41	Smokey Roan	Miami (FL)	11	152	669	4.4	5	6	32	5.3	0	158	701	4.4	5
42	Ken Mandeville	Syracuse	11	118	516	4.4	4	13	128	9.8	0	131	644	4.9	4
43	Johnnie Edmonds	Virginia Tech	11	92	402	4.4	4					92	402	4.4	4
44	Ronny Cone	Georgia Tech	11	90	400	4.4	2	10	114	11.4	0	100	514	5.1	2
45	Theodore Sutton	East Carolina	11	135	586	4.3	5					135	586	4.3	5
46	Joe McCall	Pitt	11	105	453	4.3	4	15	133	8.9	2	120	586	4.9	6
47	Sherman Myers	Temple	11	74	317	4.3	2	11	148	13.5	2	85	465	5.5	4
48	Terry Harris	Tulane	11	74	315	4.3	1	7	18	2.6	0	81	333	4.1	1
49	Sammy Winder	Southern Mississippi	11	237	996	4.2	20	4	21	5.3	0	241	1017	4.2	20
50	Albert Ray	Rutgers	11	187	778	4.2	3	20	112	5.6	1	207	890	4.3	4
51	Scott Dovel	Virginia Tech	11	86	343	4.0	2	10	74	7.4	1	96	417	4.3	3
52	Kevin Jones	Illinois State	11	81	322	4.0	2	5	23	4.6	0	86	345	4.0	2
53	Shelby Gamble	Boston College	11	181	702	3.9	8	2	17	8.5	0	183	719	3.9	8
54	Mike Sherlock	Navy	11	125	490	3.9	2	7	38	5.4	0	132	528	4.0	2
55	Michael Whiting	Florida State	11	133	500	3.8	6	25	203	8.1	0	158	703	4.4	6
56	Chris Hobbs	Miami (FL)	11	114	437	3.8	1	10	48	4.8	0	124	485	3.9	1
57	Tom Franco	William & Mary	10	115	436	3.8	3	27	167	6.2	0	142	603	4.2	3
58	Reggie Collier	Southern Mississippi	11	127	464	3.7	2	2	9	4.5	0	129	473	3.7	2
59	Dave Warner	Syracuse	11	153	532	3.5	7					153	532	3.5	7
60	David Allen	Georgia Tech	10	134	466	3.5	2	11	87	7.9	0	145	553	3.8	2
Rk	Player	School	G	Att	Yds	Avg	TD	Rec	Yds	Avg	TD	Plays	Yds	Avg	TD
61	Mark Covington	Holy Cross	11	152	516	3.4	4	11	49	4.5	0	163	565	3.5	4
62	Kevin Benjamin	Boston College	11	113	386	3.4	1	10	62	6.2	1	123	448	3.6	2
63	Carlton Nelson	East Carolina	11	89	306	3.4	1					89	306	3.4	1
64	Bill Fenn	Illinois State	11	177	585	3.3	3	4	17	4.3	0	181	602	3.3	3
65	Pat O'Brien	Villanova	11	128	405	3.2	3					128	405	3.2	3
66	Dave Shimshock	Holy Cross	11	80	201	2.5	1	2	29	14.5	0	82	230	2.8	1
67	Steve Casey	Virginia Tech	11	72	168	2.3	1					72	168	2.3	1
68	Jerryl Bennett	Army	11	80	174	2.2	2					80	174	2.2	2
69	Blair Kiel	Notre Dame	11	71	148	2.1	3					71	148	2.1	3
70	Nickie Hall	Tulane	11	135	259	1.9	7					135	259	1.9	7
71	Todd Blackledge	Penn State	11	77	107	1.4	2					77	107	1.4	2
72	Steve Krainock	Richmond	11	72	86	1.2	2					72	86	1.2	2
73	Joe Stevenson	North Texas	11	89	89	1.0	3					89	89	1.0	3
74	Chris Garrity	William & Mary	11	122	61	0.5	2					122	61	0.5	2
75	Larry Gentry	UNLV	11	99	52	0.5	2					99	52	0.5	2
76	Oliver Luck	West Virginia	12	96	16	0.2	3					96	16	0.2	3
77	Darrell Martin	Memphis	11	109	-11	-0.1	0	1	12	12.0	0	110	1	0.0	0
78	Rick Stockstill	Florida State	11	71	-95	-1.3	2	1	31	31.0	0	72	-64	-0.9	2
79	John Loughery	Boston College	11	74	-98	-1.3	3					74	-98	-1.3	3
80	Pat Patterson	Louisville	11	79	-161	-2.0	1					79	-161	-2.0	1

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