1997 Western Athletic Conference Rushing Stats

Record: 90-97, .481 W-L% (6th of 11) (Schedule and Results)

SRS: -4.03 (7th of 11), SOS: -2.89 (7th of 11)

Division Champions: New Mexico (Mountain) and Colorado State (Pacific)
Conference Champion: Colorado State (Won Championship Game 41-13)

Ranked in Preseason AP Poll: 1 (Brigham Young)
Ranked in Final AP Poll: 1 (Colorado State)

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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	Kevin McDougal	Colorado State	12	150	1111	7.4	13	12	100	8.3	1	162	1211	7.5	14
2	Michael Perry	Rice	11	162	1034	6.4	10	1	44	44.0	1	163	1078	6.6	11
3	Damon Washington	Colorado State	12	180	1112	6.2	8	14	73	5.2	0	194	1185	6.1	8
4	Benji Wood	Rice	11	172	936	5.4	16	1	2	2.0	0	173	938	5.4	16
5	Chris Fuamatu-Ma'afala	Utah	11	154	814	5.3	4	4	39	9.8	1	158	853	5.4	5
6	Kelsey Adams	SMU	9	125	660	5.3	9	2	2	1.0	1	127	662	5.2	10
7	Charlie Higgins	Tulsa	11	202	1043	5.2	11	27	265	9.8	1	229	1308	5.7	12
8	Jemal Singleton	Air Force	12	83	429	5.2	1	5	46	9.2	0	88	475	5.4	1
9	Jaime Kimbrough	Fresno State	12	95	484	5.1	2	36	368	10.2	5	131	852	6.5	7
10	Coury Hankins	UNLV	11	127	641	5.0	2	9	72	8.0	0	136	713	5.2	2
11	James Wofford	UNLV	8	124	624	5.0	4	13	158	12.2	1	137	782	5.7	5
12	Chad Nelson	Rice	11	196	953	4.9	7					196	953	4.9	7
13	Carlos Meeks	San Jose State	9	105	503	4.8	3	5	87	17.4	2	110	590	5.4	5
14	Brian McKenzie	Brigham Young	11	218	1004	4.6	12	15	123	8.2	0	233	1127	4.8	12
15	Juan Johnson	Utah	11	181	838	4.6	7	5	24	4.8	1	186	862	4.6	8
16	Jonas Lewis	San Diego State	12	226	1020	4.5	6	6	36	6.0	0	232	1056	4.6	6
17	Basil Mitchell	TCU	11	159	719	4.5	3	22	226	10.3	2	181	945	5.2	5
18	Marques Brigham	Wyoming	10	153	696	4.5	6	2	0	0.0	0	155	696	4.5	6
19	Lennox Gordon	New Mexico	9	111	494	4.5	4	11	39	3.5	0	122	533	4.4	4
20	Michael Pittman	Fresno State	11	238	1057	4.4	8	32	255	8.0	2	270	1312	4.9	10
Rk	Player	School	G	Att	Yds	Avg	TD	Rec	Yds	Avg	TD	Plays	Yds	Avg	TD
21	Donte Womack	SMU	9	181	775	4.3	4	7	50	7.1	0	188	825	4.4	4
22	LaDainian Tomlinson	TCU	11	126	538	4.3	6	11	109	9.9	0	137	647	4.7	6
23	Charles Tharp	Hawaii	12	195	796	4.1	7	42	435	10.4	1	237	1231	5.2	8
24	Elzie Johnson	UTEP	11	127	526	4.1	2	18	112	6.2	1	145	638	4.4	3
25	Ramon Flanigan	SMU	11	104	422	4.1	6					104	422	4.1	6
26	Chris Shelton	New Mexico	12	96	396	4.1	1	5	38	7.6	1	101	434	4.3	2
27	Mike Jenkins	Wyoming	11	152	605	4.0	10	25	341	13.6	2	177	946	5.3	12
28	Spanky Gilliam	Air Force	12	188	741	3.9	6	2	13	6.5	0	190	754	4.0	6
29	Graham Leigh	New Mexico	12	135	528	3.9	8					135	528	3.9	8
30	Paul Smith	UTEP	11	115	432	3.8	2	8	84	10.5	0	123	516	4.2	2
31	Donte Scarbrough	San Jose State	8	86	294	3.4	1	10	90	9.0	0	96	384	4.0	1
32	Joseph Polk	UTEP	11	143	471	3.3	3	3	41	13.7	0	146	512	3.5	3
33	Blane Morgan	Air Force	12	192	565	2.9	6					192	565	2.9	6

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