1979 Southwest Conference Rushing Stats

Record: 55-45-3, .549 W-L% (3rd of 14) (Schedule and Results)

SRS: 11.11 (1st of 14), SOS: 10.11 (1st of 14)

Conference Champion: Arkansas and Houston

Ranked in Preseason AP Poll: 4 (Arkansas, Houston, Texas and Texas A&M)
Ranked in Final AP Poll: 4 (Arkansas, Baylor, Houston and Texas)

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33 Players

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

33 Players Table
				Rushing				Receiving				Scrimmage
Rk	Player	School	G	Att	Yds	Avg	TD	Rec	Yds	Avg	TD	Plays	Yds	Avg	TD
1	Gary Anderson	Arkansas	11	77	438	5.7	1	19	173	9.1	1	96	611	6.4	2
2	Terald Clark	Houston	11	193	1063	5.5	7	6	80	13.3	2	199	1143	5.7	9
3	Darryl Bowles	Arkansas	11	74	404	5.5	2	2	-3	-1.5	0	76	401	5.3	2
4	John Newhouse	Houston	11	126	678	5.4	4	11	98	8.9	1	137	776	5.7	5
5	David Barrett	Houston	11	79	427	5.4	6	2	15	7.5	0	81	442	5.5	6
6	Walter Abercrombie	Baylor	11	171	886	5.2	6	6	158	26.3	1	177	1044	5.9	7
7	James Hadnot	Texas Tech	11	273	1371	5.0	1	10	93	9.3	0	283	1464	5.2	1
8	Curtis Dickey	Texas A&M	11	172	853	5.0	9	6	50	8.3	0	178	903	5.1	9
9	A.J. Jones	Texas	9	188	918	4.9	10	7	97	13.9	0	195	1015	5.2	10
10	Dennis Gentry	Baylor	11	106	511	4.8	4	5	46	9.2	1	111	557	5.0	5
11	Craig Richardson	TCU	11	71	336	4.7	0	12	104	8.7	0	83	440	5.3	0
12	Charles Wagoner	SMU	11	133	612	4.6	1	12	121	10.1	0	145	733	5.1	1
13	Craig James	SMU	11	168	761	4.5	4	20	206	10.3	0	188	967	5.1	4
14	Roland Sales	Arkansas	11	138	625	4.5	3	14	106	7.6	0	152	731	4.8	3
15	LeRoy King	Texas	10	78	353	4.5	0	5	39	7.8	0	83	392	4.7	0
16	Eric Dickerson	SMU	11	115	477	4.1	6	6	35	5.8	0	121	512	4.2	6
17	Brad Beck	Texas	6	76	294	3.9	2	2	13	6.5	0	78	307	3.9	2
18	Johnny Hector	Texas A&M	11	99	378	3.8	3	4	30	7.5	0	103	408	4.0	3
19	Tim Sanders	Rice	11	92	351	3.8	1	14	94	6.7	0	106	445	4.2	1
20	Earl Cooper	Rice	11	146	536	3.7	5	47	463	9.9	2	193	999	5.2	7
Rk	Player	School	G	Att	Yds	Avg	TD	Rec	Yds	Avg	TD	Plays	Yds	Avg	TD
21	Mike Mosley	Texas A&M	11	135	505	3.7	7	1	18	18.0	0	136	523	3.8	7
22	David Hill	Texas A&M	11	80	297	3.7	3	5	32	6.4	0	85	329	3.9	3
23	Jimmy Allen	TCU	11	147	498	3.4	1	2	19	9.5	0	149	517	3.5	1
24	Delrick Brown	Houston	11	110	377	3.4	2					110	377	3.4	2
25	Donnie Little	Texas	9	126	410	3.3	3					126	410	3.3	3
26	Mike Brannan	Baylor	11	108	356	3.3	3					108	356	3.3	3
27	Kevin Haney	TCU	10	134	421	3.1	4					134	421	3.1	4
28	Mickey Elam	Baylor	11	110	317	2.9	2					110	317	2.9	2
29	Ron Reeves	Texas Tech	11	130	363	2.8	4					130	363	2.8	4
30	Kevin Scanlon	Arkansas	11	120	248	2.1	7					120	248	2.1	7
31	Jim Bob Taylor	SMU	11	102	175	1.7	2					102	175	1.7	2
32	Steve Stamp	TCU	10	94	11	0.1	2					94	11	0.1	2
33	Randy Hertel	Rice	11	78	-195	-2.5	2					78	-195	-2.5	2

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