Record: 9-3, .750 W-L% (13th of 110) ▪ Rank: 13th in Final AP Poll
Conference: Big Ten
(Schedule and Results)
Coach: Earle Bruce (9-3)
PS/G: 32.6 (4th of 110) ▪ PA/G: 16.7 (24th of 110)
SRS: 12.00 (12th of 110) ▪ SOS: 2.00 (56th of 110)
Bowl Game: Lost Rose Bowl 20-17 versus Southern California
| Passing | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rk | Player | Cmp | Att | Pct | Yds | Y/A | AY/A | TD | Int | Rate |
| 1 | Mike Tomczak | 145 | 244 | 59.4 | 1952 | 8.0 | 6.8 | 10 | 11 | 131.1 |
| 2 | Jim Karsatos | 23 | 38 | 60.5 | 334 | 8.8 | 7.5 | 2 | 2 | 141.2 |
| 3 | Keith Byars | 1 | 1 | 100.0 | 35 | 35.0 | 55.0 | 1 | 0 | 724.0 |
| Rushing | Receiving | Scrimmage | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rk | Player | Att | Yds | Avg | TD | Rec | Yds | Avg | TD | Plays | Yds | Avg | TD |
| 1 | Keith Byars | 336 | 1764 | 5.3 | 22 | 42 | 479 | 11.4 | 2 | 378 | 2243 | 5.9 | 24 |
| 2 | John Wooldridge | 108 | 633 | 5.9 | 4 | 9 | 120 | 13.3 | 0 | 117 | 753 | 6.4 | 4 |
| 3 | Mike Tomczak | 44 | -1 | 0.0 | 1 | 44 | -1 | 0.0 | 1 | ||||
| 4 | Roman Bates | 35 | 152 | 4.3 | 2 | 35 | 152 | 4.3 | 2 | ||||
| 5 | Barry Walker | 30 | 154 | 5.1 | 1 | 4 | 28 | 7.0 | 0 | 34 | 182 | 5.4 | 1 |
| 6 | George Cooper | 11 | 49 | 4.5 | 0 | 11 | 49 | 4.5 | 0 | ||||
| 7 | Tim Coleman | 11 | 37 | 3.4 | 0 | 11 | 37 | 3.4 | 0 | ||||
| 8 | Jim Karsatos | 10 | 15 | 1.5 | 1 | 10 | 15 | 1.5 | 1 | ||||
| 9 | Kevin Delaney | 7 | 30 | 4.3 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 7.0 | 0 | 8 | 37 | 4.6 | 2 |
| 10 | Mike Lanese | 6 | 59 | 9.8 | 2 | 41 | 618 | 15.1 | 1 | 47 | 677 | 14.4 | 3 |
| 11 | Jamie Holland | 3 | 7 | 2.3 | 0 | 2 | 20 | 10.0 | 0 | 5 | 27 | 5.4 | 0 |
| 12 | Tom Tupa | 3 | -23 | -7.7 | 0 | 3 | -23 | -7.7 | 0 | ||||
| 13 | Dino Dawson | 2 | 7 | 3.5 | 0 | 4 | 129 | 32.3 | 2 | 6 | 136 | 22.7 | 2 |
| 14 | Ken Blair | 2 | 2 | 1.0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1.0 | 0 | ||||
| 15 | Cris Carter | 41 | 648 | 15.8 | 8 | 41 | 648 | 15.8 | 8 | ||||
| 16 | Ed Taggart | 14 | 139 | 9.9 | 0 | 14 | 139 | 9.9 | 0 | ||||
| 17 | Doug Smith | 9 | 119 | 13.2 | 0 | 9 | 119 | 13.2 | 0 | ||||
| 18 | Alex Higdon | 1 | 12 | 12.0 | 0 | 1 | 12 | 12.0 | 0 | ||||
| 19 | Judd Groza | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 0 | ||||