Record: 160-149-4, .518 W-L% (6th of 14) (Schedule and Results)
SRS: 2.81 (7th of 14) ▪ SOS: 2.15 (7th of 14)
Ranked in Preseason AP Poll: 4 (Florida State, Notre Dame, Penn State and Pittsburgh)
Ranked in Final AP Poll: 4 (Miami (FL), Penn State, Pittsburgh and West Virginia)
| Receiving | Rushing | Scrimmage | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rk | Player | School | Rec | Yds | Avg | TD | Att | Yds | Avg | TD | Plays | Yds | Avg | TD |
| 1 | Mark Clayton | Louisville | 27 | 596 | 22.1 | 3 | 7 | 21 | 3.0 | 0 | 34 | 617 | 18.1 | 3 |
| 2 | Tracy Hall | Temple | 19 | 410 | 21.6 | 1 | 19 | 410 | 21.6 | 1 | ||||
| 3 | Rich Hollins* | West Virginia | 37 | 754 | 20.4 | 6 | 37 | 754 | 20.4 | 6 | ||||
| 4 | Jim Sandusky | Nevada-Las Vegas | 68 | 1346 | 19.8 | 6 | 1 | -9 | -9.0 | 0 | 69 | 1337 | 19.4 | 6 |
| 5 | Brian Brennan | Boston College | 37 | 726 | 19.6 | 3 | 11 | 77 | 7.0 | 1 | 48 | 803 | 16.7 | 4 |
| 6 | Deno Foster | Cincinnati | 22 | 427 | 19.4 | 3 | 22 | 427 | 19.4 | 3 | ||||
| 7 | Rich Scherer | Richmond | 22 | 424 | 19.3 | 4 | 22 | 424 | 19.3 | 4 | ||||
| 8 | Phil Williams | Florida State | 22 | 413 | 18.8 | 1 | 22 | 413 | 18.8 | 1 | ||||
| 9 | Mike Giacolone | Virginia Tech | 28 | 514 | 18.4 | 7 | 28 | 514 | 18.4 | 7 | ||||
| 10 | Gregg Garrity | Penn State | 23 | 415 | 18.0 | 1 | 23 | 415 | 18.0 | 1 | ||||
| 11 | Alfred Kinney | Louisiana-Monroe | 44 | 782 | 17.8 | 9 | 2 | -18 | -9.0 | 0 | 46 | 764 | 16.6 | 9 |
| 12 | Nolan Franz | Tulane | 35 | 611 | 17.5 | 3 | 35 | 611 | 17.5 | 3 | ||||
| 13 | Larry Brodsky | Miami (FL) | 37 | 631 | 17.1 | 4 | 1 | -8 | -8.0 | 0 | 38 | 623 | 16.4 | 4 |
| 14 | Julius Dawkins* | Pittsburgh | 46 | 767 | 16.7 | 16 | 46 | 767 | 16.7 | 16 | ||||
| 15 | Horace Smith | South Carolina | 27 | 451 | 16.7 | 3 | 27 | 451 | 16.7 | 3 | ||||
| 16 | Barry Compton* | Pittsburgh | 23 | 385 | 16.7 | 5 | 3 | 12 | 4.0 | 0 | 26 | 397 | 15.3 | 5 |
| 17 | Jeff Spek | Nevada-Las Vegas | 54 | 895 | 16.6 | 2 | 54 | 895 | 16.6 | 2 | ||||
| 18 | Mike Rodrigue | Miami (FL) | 29 | 478 | 16.5 | 3 | 4 | 30 | 7.5 | 1 | 33 | 508 | 15.4 | 4 |
| 19 | Paul Zambuto | Syracuse | 22 | 337 | 15.3 | 3 | 22 | 337 | 15.3 | 3 | ||||
| 20 | Brian Kelley | Holy Cross | 26 | 387 | 14.9 | 1 | 26 | 387 | 14.9 | 1 | ||||
| Receiving | Rushing | Scrimmage | ||||||||||||
| Rk | Player | School | Rec | Yds | Avg | TD | Att | Yds | Avg | TD | Plays | Yds | Avg | TD |
| 21 | Joey Evans | Louisiana-Monroe | 21 | 312 | 14.9 | 0 | 21 | 312 | 14.9 | 0 | ||||
| 22 | Tom Rogers | Colgate | 52 | 768 | 14.8 | 4 | 52 | 768 | 14.8 | 4 | ||||
| 23 | Greg Papajohn | Navy | 35 | 517 | 14.8 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 2.0 | 0 | 37 | 521 | 14.1 | 1 |
| 24 | Clayton White | Richmond | 33 | 482 | 14.6 | 4 | 33 | 482 | 14.6 | 4 | ||||
| 25 | Willie Sydnor | Syracuse | 29 | 418 | 14.4 | 2 | 1 | -2 | -2.0 | 0 | 30 | 416 | 13.9 | 2 |
| 26 | Tony Hunter | Notre Dame | 28 | 397 | 14.2 | 2 | 27 | 68 | 2.5 | 1 | 55 | 465 | 8.5 | 3 |
| 27 | Mitch Renfro | Louisiana-Monroe | 21 | 289 | 13.8 | 3 | 21 | 289 | 13.8 | 3 | ||||
| 28 | Mark Rush | Miami (FL) | 26 | 356 | 13.7 | 2 | 60 | 185 | 3.1 | 2 | 86 | 541 | 6.3 | 4 |
| 29 | Kevin Jackson | Richmond | 32 | 432 | 13.5 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 2.0 | 0 | 34 | 436 | 12.8 | 4 |
| 30 | Dennis McKinnon | Florida State | 28 | 377 | 13.5 | 4 | 2 | 24 | 12.0 | 0 | 30 | 401 | 13.4 | 4 |
| 31 | Ken Whisenhunt | Georgia Tech | 22 | 295 | 13.4 | 2 | 5 | 13 | 2.6 | 0 | 27 | 308 | 11.4 | 2 |
| 32 | Kurt Wrigley | William & Mary | 53 | 706 | 13.3 | 7 | 53 | 706 | 13.3 | 7 | ||||
| 33 | Scott Nizolek | Boston College | 31 | 406 | 13.1 | 4 | 31 | 406 | 13.1 | 4 | ||||
| 34 | Pete Harvey | North Texas | 57 | 743 | 13.0 | 3 | 57 | 743 | 13.0 | 3 | ||||
| 35 | Michael Morton | Nevada-Las Vegas | 55 | 682 | 12.4 | 5 | 123 | 692 | 5.6 | 4 | 178 | 1374 | 7.7 | 9 |
| 36 | Marty Chalk | Syracuse | 21 | 261 | 12.4 | 0 | 21 | 261 | 12.4 | 0 | ||||
| 37 | John Brown* | Pittsburgh | 43 | 530 | 12.3 | 8 | 43 | 530 | 12.3 | 8 | ||||
| 38 | Bobby Lewis | Louisiana-Monroe | 33 | 391 | 11.8 | 7 | 2 | -6 | -3.0 | 0 | 35 | 385 | 11.0 | 7 |
| 39 | Marvin Walker | North Texas | 32 | 373 | 11.7 | 0 | 32 | 373 | 11.7 | 0 | ||||
| 40 | Mike Redding | Holy Cross | 31 | 363 | 11.7 | 0 | 31 | 363 | 11.7 | 0 | ||||
| Receiving | Rushing | Scrimmage | ||||||||||||
| Rk | Player | School | Rec | Yds | Avg | TD | Att | Yds | Avg | TD | Plays | Yds | Avg | TD |
| 41 | Rodney Holman | Tulane | 27 | 313 | 11.6 | 2 | 27 | 313 | 11.6 | 2 | ||||
| 42 | Terry Malone | Holy Cross | 23 | 259 | 11.3 | 0 | 23 | 259 | 11.3 | 0 | ||||
| 43 | Mike Sutton | William & Mary | 33 | 354 | 10.7 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 0 | 34 | 357 | 10.5 | 0 |
| 44 | Harold Harmon | Temple | 21 | 222 | 10.6 | 0 | 127 | 493 | 3.9 | 2 | 148 | 715 | 4.8 | 2 |
| 45 | Gerald Lucear | Temple | 47 | 493 | 10.5 | 2 | 1 | -5 | -5.0 | 0 | 48 | 488 | 10.2 | 2 |
| 46 | Steve Pfirman | Rutgers | 24 | 246 | 10.3 | 1 | 24 | 246 | 10.3 | 1 | ||||
| 47 | Tom McChesney | Colgate | 20 | 203 | 10.2 | 2 | 90 | 404 | 4.5 | 3 | 110 | 607 | 5.5 | 5 |
| 48 | Bryan Thomas* | Pittsburgh | 46 | 451 | 9.8 | 0 | 217 | 1132 | 5.2 | 7 | 263 | 1583 | 6.0 | 7 |
| 49 | Marvin Lewis | Tulane | 22 | 209 | 9.5 | 1 | 198 | 860 | 4.3 | 9 | 220 | 1069 | 4.9 | 10 |
| 50 | Mark Raugh* | West Virginia | 64 | 601 | 9.4 | 3 | 64 | 601 | 9.4 | 3 | ||||
| 51 | Glenn Dennison | Miami (FL) | 29 | 270 | 9.3 | 0 | 29 | 270 | 9.3 | 0 | ||||
| 52 | Dewayne Robinson | Louisiana-Monroe | 23 | 209 | 9.1 | 1 | 80 | 463 | 5.8 | 3 | 103 | 672 | 6.5 | 4 |
| 53 | Wayne DiBartola* | Pittsburgh | 37 | 312 | 8.4 | 2 | 158 | 716 | 4.5 | 3 | 195 | 1028 | 5.3 | 5 |
| 54 | Don Craft | Louisville | 25 | 207 | 8.3 | 2 | 136 | 475 | 3.5 | 5 | 161 | 682 | 4.2 | 7 |
| 55 | Elvin Spears | Louisiana-Monroe | 29 | 217 | 7.5 | 1 | 37 | 111 | 3.0 | 2 | 66 | 328 | 5.0 | 3 |
| 56 | Albert Ray | Rutgers | 31 | 228 | 7.4 | 0 | 180 | 679 | 3.8 | 0 | 211 | 907 | 4.3 | 0 |
| 57 | Michael Whiting | Florida State | 29 | 211 | 7.3 | 2 | 111 | 461 | 4.2 | 4 | 140 | 672 | 4.8 | 6 |
| 58 | Mickey Walczak* | West Virginia | 49 | 338 | 6.9 | 6 | 73 | 274 | 3.8 | 2 | 122 | 612 | 5.0 | 8 |
| 59 | Robert Lavette | Georgia Tech | 45 | 307 | 6.8 | 0 | 188 | 866 | 4.6 | 7 | 233 | 1173 | 5.0 | 7 |
| 60 | Gerald Walker | Army | 24 | 158 | 6.6 | 1 | 240 | 1053 | 4.4 | 7 | 264 | 1211 | 4.6 | 8 |
| Receiving | Rushing | Scrimmage | ||||||||||||
| Rk | Player | School | Rec | Yds | Avg | TD | Att | Yds | Avg | TD | Plays | Yds | Avg | TD |
| 61 | Jeff Powell | William & Mary | 34 | 183 | 5.4 | 1 | 125 | 428 | 3.4 | 4 | 159 | 611 | 3.8 | 5 |