1972 independent Rushing Stats

Record: 168-183-8, .479 W-L% (9th of 13) (Schedule and Results)

SRS: -3.17 (9th of 13), SOS: -2.34 (8th of 13)

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

81 Players

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

81 Players Table
				Rushing				Receiving				Scrimmage
Rk	Player	School	G	Att	Yds	Avg	TD	Rec	Yds	Avg	TD	Plays	Yds	Avg	TD
1	Eric Penick	Notre Dame	9	124	727	5.9	5	2	9	4.5	0	126	736	5.8	5
2	Puddin Jones	Houston	11	222	1216	5.5	10	6	53	8.8	2	228	1269	5.6	12
3	Cleveland Cooper	Navy	11	192	1046	5.4	4					192	1046	5.4	4
4	Morris LaGrand	Tampa	11	87	465	5.3	4	2	14	7.0	0	89	479	5.4	4
5	Butch Sawyer	Utah State	11	86	459	5.3	4	12	140	11.7	1	98	599	6.1	5
6	Gary Diminick	Notre Dame	10	71	377	5.3	2	14	143	10.2	1	85	520	6.1	3
7	Kerry Marbury	West Virginia	11	137	706	5.2	16	13	119	9.2	1	150	825	5.5	17
8	Ernie DuBose	Tampa	11	112	579	5.2	5	9	116	12.9	1	121	695	5.7	6
9	Mike Esposito	Boston College	11	182	930	5.1	7	16	165	10.3	2	198	1095	5.5	9
10	Dexter Bussey	UT Arlington	11	169	862	5.1	8	14	90	6.4	0	183	952	5.2	8
11	Tom Parr	Colgate	10	145	721	5.0	12					145	721	5.0	12
12	Mark Van Eeghen	Colgate	10	130	656	5.0	2	12	184	15.3	1	142	840	5.9	3
13	Tom Smith	Miami (FL)	11	91	457	5.0	3	6	41	6.8	0	97	498	5.1	3
14	Reggie Cherry	Houston	11	86	430	5.0	2	2	7	3.5	0	88	437	5.0	2
15	Hodges Mitchell	Florida State	11	192	944	4.9	3	9	68	7.6	0	201	1012	5.0	3
16	Reggie Harrison	Cincinnati	11	173	844	4.9	6	7	38	5.4	0	180	882	4.9	6
17	Marty Januszkiewicz	Syracuse	11	126	618	4.9	5	5	59	11.8	0	131	677	5.2	5
18	Ed Farmer	Villanova	11	118	573	4.9	1	18	139	7.7	1	136	712	5.2	2
19	Andy Huff	Notre Dame	10	115	567	4.9	10	9	102	11.3	0	124	669	5.4	10
20	John Cappelletti	Penn State	11	233	1117	4.8	12	16	138	8.6	1	249	1255	5.0	13
Rk	Player	School	G	Att	Yds	Avg	TD	Rec	Yds	Avg	TD	Plays	Yds	Avg	TD
21	Joe Wilson	Holy Cross	10	183	885	4.8	7	9	90	10.0	1	192	975	5.1	8
22	Phil Bennett	Boston College	11	149	721	4.8	6	12	74	6.2	0	161	795	4.9	6
23	Alan Pittman	Tampa	11	107	514	4.8	2	5	62	12.4	1	112	576	5.1	3
24	Paul Loughran	Temple	9	125	593	4.7	4	24	197	8.2	2	149	790	5.3	6
25	Doug Bynum	Tulane	11	108	507	4.7	0	1	10	10.0	0	109	517	4.7	0
26	Mike Davison	Florida State	11	80	372	4.7	5	24	198	8.3	1	104	570	5.5	6
27	Bruce Simpson	Army	10	78	368	4.7	3	6	62	10.3	0	84	430	5.1	3
28	Steve Buchanan	Holy Cross	10	162	741	4.6	4	9	75	8.3	0	171	816	4.8	4
29	Russ Brown	Colgate	10	98	450	4.6	1	10	76	7.6	1	108	526	4.9	2
30	Bernard Rembert	Idaho	11	125	561	4.5	5	8	19	2.4	0	133	580	4.4	5
31	Chuck Foreman	Miami (FL)	11	107	484	4.5	3	37	557	15.1	3	144	1041	7.2	6
32	J.J. Jennings	Rutgers	11	287	1262	4.4	9	6	35	5.8	0	293	1297	4.4	9
33	Bill Berry	Air Force	10	106	462	4.4	2	14	200	14.3	2	120	662	5.5	4
34	Mike Hogan	Chattanooga	11	100	437	4.4	1	6	59	9.8	0	106	496	4.7	1
35	Bill Englert	Pitt	11	81	354	4.4	0	20	213	10.7	2	101	567	5.6	2
36	Paul Orndorff	Tampa	11	79	350	4.4	4	16	152	9.5	0	95	502	5.3	4
37	Dan Howard	Navy	11	131	557	4.3	6	2	14	7.0	1	133	571	4.3	7
38	Henry Hynoski	Temple	9	77	331	4.3	2	2	19	9.5	0	79	350	4.4	2
39	Bob Hines	Army	10	202	844	4.2	5	13	105	8.1	0	215	949	4.4	5
40	Fred Solomon	Tampa	11	129	547	4.2	5	2	10	5.0	0	131	557	4.3	5
Rk	Player	School	G	Att	Yds	Avg	TD	Rec	Yds	Avg	TD	Plays	Yds	Avg	TD
41	Doyle Orange	Southern Mississippi	11	221	905	4.1	9	14	162	11.6	0	235	1067	4.5	9
42	Roger Praetorius	Syracuse	11	144	593	4.1	4	12	88	7.3	0	156	681	4.4	4
43	Dick James	Cincinnati	11	121	495	4.1	0	20	177	8.9	4	141	672	4.8	4
44	Lionel Shaw	Villanova	11	113	468	4.1	2	1	-2	-2.0	0	114	466	4.1	2
45	Ron Shycko	Rutgers	11	106	432	4.1	4	5	38	7.6	0	111	470	4.2	4
46	Eddie Price	Tulane	11	99	401	4.1	0	7	20	2.9	0	106	421	4.0	0
47	Jerry Hughes	Utah State	11	171	679	4.0	5	41	639	15.6	4	212	1318	6.2	9
48	Greg Horne	Georgia Tech	11	139	558	4.0	4	2	12	6.0	0	141	570	4.0	4
49	Brian Chiles	West Virginia	11	97	385	4.0	5	10	128	12.8	1	107	513	4.8	6
50	Jerry Hall	Idaho	11	93	375	4.0	2	6	11	1.8	0	99	386	3.9	2
51	Tom Clements	Notre Dame	10	86	341	4.0	4					86	341	4.0	4
52	Sid Sims	UT Arlington	11	137	525	3.8	1	6	41	6.8	0	143	566	4.0	1
53	Mike Mark	Air Force	10	97	373	3.8	5	7	45	6.4	0	104	418	4.0	5
54	Joel Carlson	Air Force	10	176	650	3.7	8	13	146	11.2	1	189	796	4.2	9
55	Stan Ostrowski	Pitt	11	140	514	3.7	3	18	255	14.2	1	158	769	4.9	4
56	Jay Lynn Hodgin	South Carolina	11	188	675	3.6	8	2	21	10.5	0	190	696	3.7	8
57	Denny Whitehead	Dayton	11	166	591	3.6	6	4	45	11.3	0	170	636	3.7	6
58	Ned Burks	Marshall	10	96	346	3.6	1	2	14	7.0	0	98	360	3.7	1
59	Terence Wells	Southern Mississippi	11	73	261	3.6	2	16	90	5.6	0	89	351	3.9	2
60	Steve Foley	Tulane	11	115	405	3.5	5					115	405	3.5	5
Rk	Player	School	G	Att	Yds	Avg	TD	Rec	Yds	Avg	TD	Plays	Yds	Avg	TD
61	Paul Byrne	Colgate	10	73	252	3.5	2	3	34	11.3	0	76	286	3.8	2
62	James Barber	Virginia Tech	11	186	624	3.4	13	35	278	7.9	0	221	902	4.1	13
63	Walt Wingard	Dayton	11	95	315	3.3	5	6	39	6.5	0	101	354	3.5	5
64	Frank Smith	Boston College	11	92	306	3.3	2	4	58	14.5	0	96	364	3.8	2
65	Pete James	Chattanooga	11	83	263	3.2	3	3	16	5.3	0	86	279	3.2	3
66	Gary Marangi	Boston College	11	78	246	3.2	2					78	246	3.2	2
67	Mike Autrey	Idaho	11	100	305	3.1	1	11	89	8.1	1	111	394	3.5	2
68	D.C. Nobles	Houston	11	93	289	3.1	7					93	289	3.1	7
69	Rich Haynie	Air Force	10	72	223	3.1	3					72	223	3.1	3
70	Pat Ragon	Xavier	11	117	348	3.0	5	16	111	6.9	0	133	459	3.5	5
71	Terry Gardner	Marshall	10	99	293	3.0	1	4	25	6.3	0	103	318	3.1	1
72	Duane Holland	Villanova	11	69	200	2.9	0	11	91	8.3	0	80	291	3.6	0
73	Tony Adams	Utah State	11	71	156	2.2	3					71	156	2.2	3
74	Vic Morriss	UT Arlington	11	93	199	2.1	1					93	199	2.1	1
75	John Hufnagel	Penn State	11	102	162	1.6	6					102	162	1.6	6
76	Ed Carney	Miami (FL)	11	108	83	0.8	5					108	83	0.8	5
77	Buddy Palazzo	Southern Mississippi	11	105	25	0.2	0					105	25	0.2	0
78	Mickey Brokas	Chattanooga	11	112	-4	0.0	3					112	-4	0.0	3
79	Bob Woodruff	Syracuse	11	73	-24	-0.3	1					73	-24	-0.3	1
80	Reggie Oliver	Marshall	10	63	-58	-0.9	0					63	-58	-0.9	0
Rk	Player	School	G	Att	Yds	Avg	TD	Rec	Yds	Avg	TD	Plays	Yds	Avg	TD
81	Ken Polke	Dayton	11	88	-168	-1.9	0					88	-168	-1.9	0

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