1971 independent Rushing Stats

Record: 188-176-5, .516 W-L% (5th of 13) (Schedule and Results)

SRS: -0.96 (8th of 13), SOS: -1.21 (8th of 13)

Ranked in Preseason AP Poll: 4 (Georgia Tech, Notre Dame, Penn State and Syracuse)
Ranked in Final AP Poll: 3 (Houston, Notre Dame and Penn State)

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96 Players

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

96 Players Table
				Rushing				Receiving				Scrimmage
Rk	Player	School	G	Att	Yds	Avg	TD	Rec	Yds	Avg	TD	Plays	Yds	Avg	TD
1	Fred Solomon	Tampa	11	86	570	6.6	5					86	570	6.6	5
2	Robert Newhouse	Houston	11	277	1757	6.3	12	3	35	11.7	0	280	1792	6.4	12
3	Lydell Mitchell	Penn State	11	254	1567	6.2	26	16	154	9.6	3	270	1721	6.4	29
4	Kerry Marbury	West Virginia	11	145	890	6.1	6	14	45	3.2	0	159	935	5.9	6
5	John Heim	Villanova	11	121	740	6.1	1	20	297	14.9	2	141	1037	7.4	3
6	Franco Harris	Penn State	11	123	684	5.6	6	10	97	9.7	1	133	781	5.9	7
7	Alan Pittman	Tampa	11	77	429	5.6	4	1	-1	-1.0	0	78	428	5.5	4
8	Larry Sherrer	Hawaii	11	204	1129	5.5	15	8	97	12.1	1	212	1226	5.8	16
9	Joe Wilson	Holy Cross	10	177	973	5.5	9	8	114	14.3	0	185	1087	5.9	9
10	James Barber	Virginia Tech	11	93	501	5.4	9	10	107	10.7	0	103	608	5.9	9
11	Ralph Folkes	Colgate	10	82	444	5.4	3	1	1	1.0	0	83	445	5.4	3
12	Tom Bougus	Boston College	11	199	1058	5.3	6	6	29	4.8	0	205	1087	5.3	6
13	Mark Van Eeghen	Colgate	10	160	846	5.3	11					160	846	5.3	11
14	Tommy Mozisek	Houston	11	134	692	5.2	3					134	692	5.2	3
15	Tom Sullivan	Miami (FL)	11	150	761	5.1	2	18	198	11.0	0	168	959	5.7	2
16	Mel Riggins	Cincinnati	11	131	663	5.1	2					131	663	5.1	2
17	Ralph Brown	New Mexico State	11	113	575	5.1	2	15	254	16.9	3	128	829	6.5	5
18	Chuck Foreman	Miami (FL)	11	191	951	5.0	10	7	72	10.3	0	198	1023	5.2	10
19	Pete Wood	West Virginia	11	145	724	5.0	10	7	51	7.3	1	152	775	5.1	11
20	Bill Thomas	Boston College	11	119	598	5.0	2	9	81	9.0	1	128	679	5.3	3
Rk	Player	School	G	Att	Yds	Avg	TD	Rec	Yds	Avg	TD	Plays	Yds	Avg	TD
21	Brian Chiles	West Virginia	11	97	486	5.0	6	1	2	2.0	0	98	488	5.0	6
22	Paul Magalski	Florida State	11	106	516	4.9	3	3	29	9.7	1	109	545	5.0	4
23	Bill Foley	Southern Mississippi	11	71	338	4.8	3	24	152	6.3	0	95	490	5.2	3
24	Frank Doctor	Idaho	11	164	772	4.7	3	18	151	8.4	0	182	923	5.1	3
25	Reggie Harrison	Cincinnati	11	100	470	4.7	8	5	60	12.0	1	105	530	5.0	9
26	Rich Matijevich	Virginia Tech	11	75	349	4.7	1	9	50	5.6	0	84	399	4.8	1
27	John Cieszkowski	Notre Dame	9	69	316	4.6	2					69	316	4.6	2
28	Paul Orndorff	Tampa	11	111	503	4.5	4	5	26	5.2	0	116	529	4.6	4
29	Albert Banks	Xavier	10	130	570	4.4	2	13	96	7.4	0	143	666	4.7	2
30	John Hufnagel	Penn State	11	79	346	4.4	3					79	346	4.4	3
31	Arthur Munroe	Florida State	11	78	341	4.4	1	12	113	9.4	0	90	454	5.0	1
32	Dick James	Cincinnati	11	76	336	4.4	1					76	336	4.4	1
33	William Martin	Chattanooga	11	127	548	4.3	3	12	58	4.8	1	139	606	4.4	4
34	Paul Loughran	Temple	9	108	468	4.3	5	20	198	9.9	3	128	666	5.2	8
35	Bob Marshall	Tulane	11	81	345	4.3	1	11	159	14.5	1	92	504	5.5	2
36	Bob Minnix	Notre Dame	9	78	337	4.3	5	5	29	5.8	0	83	366	4.4	5
37	Jack Collins	New Mexico State	11	71	307	4.3	1	10	158	15.8	1	81	465	5.7	2
38	Andy Huff	Notre Dame	9	68	295	4.3	2	4	39	9.8	0	72	334	4.6	2
39	Mark Kellar	Northern Illinois	11	168	710	4.2	7	2	26	13.0	1	170	736	4.3	8
40	Roger Praetorius	Syracuse	11	169	705	4.2	11	7	93	13.3	0	176	798	4.5	11
Rk	Player	School	G	Att	Yds	Avg	TD	Rec	Yds	Avg	TD	Plays	Yds	Avg	TD
41	Marty Januszkiewicz	Syracuse	11	148	623	4.2	2	8	30	3.8	0	156	653	4.2	2
42	Kevin Brennan	Air Force	10	92	383	4.2	3	6	28	4.7	0	98	411	4.2	3
43	Tom Parr	Colgate	10	161	667	4.1	11					161	667	4.1	11
44	Greg Horne	Georgia Tech	11	123	500	4.1	2	6	53	8.8	1	129	553	4.3	3
45	Ivy Williams	Xavier	10	118	484	4.1	6	21	170	8.1	1	139	654	4.7	7
46	Rob Healy	Georgia Tech	11	96	395	4.1	3	13	50	3.8	0	109	445	4.1	3
47	Willie Miller	Tampa	11	85	352	4.1	2	1	15	15.0	0	86	367	4.3	2
48	Tom Sloan	Temple	6	79	326	4.1	3	7	63	9.0	0	86	389	4.5	3
49	Ed Giles	Utah State	11	128	510	4.0	3	7	48	6.9	0	135	558	4.1	3
50	David Sessoms	Chattanooga	11	101	406	4.0	3	16	59	3.7	3	117	465	4.0	6
51	Don Mahi	Hawaii	11	95	379	4.0	4	7	134	19.1	1	102	513	5.0	5
52	Bill Donaldson	Rutgers	11	84	337	4.0	1	9	45	5.0	1	93	382	4.1	2
53	Luke Solomon	Villanova	11	81	326	4.0	0	8	74	9.3	0	89	400	4.5	0
54	Ricky Hebert	Tulane	11	210	819	3.9	5	3	19	6.3	0	213	838	3.9	5
55	Po James	New Mexico State	11	200	771	3.9	10	9	56	6.2	1	209	827	4.0	11
56	Steve Morgan	Colgate	10	113	442	3.9	3	1	9	9.0	0	114	451	4.0	3
57	Eddie Jenkins	Holy Cross	10	117	444	3.8	3	10	113	11.3	0	127	557	4.4	3
58	Fred Riley	Idaho	11	151	560	3.7	7	15	200	13.3	1	166	760	4.6	8
59	Paul Felinczak	Pitt	11	85	313	3.7	2	3	22	7.3	0	88	335	3.8	2
60	Larry Parker	Notre Dame	10	80	299	3.7	2	10	109	10.9	0	90	408	4.5	2
Rk	Player	School	G	Att	Yds	Avg	TD	Rec	Yds	Avg	TD	Plays	Yds	Avg	TD
61	Gary Kosins	Dayton	11	237	857	3.6	12	6	63	10.5	1	243	920	3.8	13
62	Jerry Hughes	Utah State	11	130	465	3.6	8	7	101	14.4	2	137	566	4.1	10
63	Ray Ritacco	Army	10	118	427	3.6	2	4	52	13.0	0	122	479	3.9	2
64	Lou Julian	Pitt	11	101	368	3.6	2	2	6	3.0	0	103	374	3.6	2
65	Doyle Orange	Southern Mississippi	11	146	505	3.5	12	8	82	10.3	0	154	587	3.8	12
66	Dan Howard	Navy	11	118	411	3.5	1	6	42	7.0	0	124	453	3.7	1
67	Andy Pease	Navy	11	114	394	3.5	3	5	24	4.8	1	119	418	3.5	4
68	Bruce Simpson	Army	10	108	377	3.5	1	1	6	6.0	1	109	383	3.5	2
69	Dan Lorenzini	Temple	9	57	202	3.5	3	2	5	2.5	0	59	207	3.5	3
70	Brian Bream	Air Force	10	221	734	3.3	3	18	223	12.4	0	239	957	4.0	3
71	Cliff Brown	Notre Dame	9	77	253	3.3	2					77	253	3.3	2
72	Albert Johnson	Cincinnati	11	172	556	3.2	5					172	556	3.2	5
73	Bob Hines	Army	10	75	237	3.2	3	3	7	2.3	1	78	244	3.1	4
74	Byron Florence	Northern Illinois	11	177	544	3.1	3	16	91	5.7	0	193	635	3.3	3
75	Larry Robertson	Rutgers	11	133	405	3.0	4	23	314	13.7	3	156	719	4.6	7
76	Brent Cunningham	Georgia Tech	11	84	247	2.9	1	22	172	7.8	1	106	419	4.0	2
77	Ron Krechting	Dayton	11	92	257	2.8	4					92	257	2.8	4
78	Jack DeGrenier	UT Arlington	11	90	249	2.8	1	8	112	14.0	2	98	361	3.7	3
79	Sid Sims	UT Arlington	11	84	235	2.8	0	6	43	7.2	1	90	278	3.1	1
80	John Strycula	Utah State	11	122	335	2.7	0	15	237	15.8	1	137	572	4.2	1
Rk	Player	School	G	Att	Yds	Avg	TD	Rec	Yds	Avg	TD	Plays	Yds	Avg	TD
81	Dexter Bussey	UT Arlington	11	72	175	2.4	0	4	19	4.8	0	76	194	2.6	0
82	Gary Mullins	Houston	11	87	148	1.7	7					87	148	1.7	7
83	Tony Adams	Utah State	11	97	160	1.6	3	1	9	9.0	0	98	169	1.7	3
84	Ray Rippman	Boston College	11	92	142	1.5	3					92	142	1.5	3
85	Rich Haynie	Air Force	10	67	97	1.4	3					67	97	1.4	3
86	Eddie McAshan	Georgia Tech	11	80	104	1.3	2					80	104	1.3	2
87	Bernie Galiffa	West Virginia	11	69	86	1.2	5					69	86	1.2	5
88	Bob Woodruff	Syracuse	11	94	72	0.8	3					94	72	0.8	3
89	John Hornibrook	Miami (FL)	11	123	79	0.6	4					123	79	0.6	4
90	Mike Walker	Tulane	11	82	44	0.5	1					82	44	0.5	1
91	Reggie Oliver	Marshall	10	64	12	0.2	1					64	12	0.2	1
92	Terry Drugan	Northern Illinois	11	88	6	0.1	0					88	6	0.1	0
93	Dave Walsh	Marshall	10	63	-4	-0.1	2					63	-4	-0.1	2
94	Mickey Brokas	Chattanooga	11	97	-82	-0.8	2					97	-82	-0.8	2
95	Paul Smith	Xavier	10	69	-78	-1.1	3					69	-78	-1.1	3
96	Drew Gordon	Villanova	11	81	-149	-1.8	1					81	-149	-1.8	1

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