Record: 9-3, .750 W-L% (19th of 110) ▪ Rank: 14th in Final AP Poll
Conference: Big Ten
(Schedule and Results)
Coach: Earle Bruce (9-3)
PS/G: 27.1 (21st of 110) ▪ PA/G: 17.7 (33rd of 110)
SRS: 15.13 (14th of 110) ▪ SOS: 6.71 (8th of 110)
Bowl Game: Won Citrus Bowl 10-7 versus Brigham Young
| Passing | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rk | Player | Cmp | Att | Pct | Yds | Y/A | AY/A | TD | Int | Rate |
| 1 | Jim Karsatos | 177 | 289 | 61.2 | 2311 | 8.0 | 8.1 | 19 | 8 | 144.6 |
| 2 | Tom Tupa | 7 | 13 | 53.8 | 68 | 5.2 | 5.2 | 0 | 0 | 97.8 |
| 3 | Cris Carter | 1 | 2 | 50.0 | 26 | 13.0 | 23.0 | 1 | 0 | 324.2 |
| 4 | Scott Powell | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 5 | Doug Smith | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| Rushing | Receiving | Scrimmage | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rk | Player | Att | Yds | Avg | TD | Rec | Yds | Avg | TD | Plays | Yds | Avg | TD |
| 1 | John Wooldridge | 174 | 820 | 4.7 | 7 | 24 | 231 | 9.6 | 2 | 198 | 1051 | 5.3 | 9 |
| 2 | George Cooper | 129 | 581 | 4.5 | 3 | 16 | 130 | 8.1 | 1 | 145 | 711 | 4.9 | 4 |
| 3 | Vince Workman | 68 | 321 | 4.7 | 3 | 8 | 70 | 8.8 | 0 | 76 | 391 | 5.1 | 3 |
| 4 | Jim Karsatos | 65 | 39 | 0.6 | 2 | 65 | 39 | 0.6 | 2 | ||||
| 5 | Keith Byars | 55 | 213 | 3.9 | 4 | 7 | 44 | 6.3 | 0 | 62 | 257 | 4.1 | 4 |
| 6 | Roman Bates | 15 | 49 | 3.3 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 11.0 | 0 | 16 | 60 | 3.8 | 1 |
| 7 | Barry Walker | 6 | 22 | 3.7 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 4.5 | 0 | 8 | 31 | 3.9 | 0 |
| 8 | Nate Harris | 4 | 15 | 3.8 | 0 | 4 | 15 | 3.8 | 0 | ||||
| 9 | Tom Tupa | 4 | 11 | 2.8 | 0 | 4 | 11 | 2.8 | 0 | ||||
| 10 | Mike Lanese | 3 | 17 | 5.7 | 0 | 31 | 552 | 17.8 | 5 | 34 | 569 | 16.7 | 5 |
| 11 | Doug Smith | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 3 | 52 | 17.3 | 1 | 5 | 52 | 10.4 | 1 |
| 12 | Kevin Delaney | 1 | 7 | 7.0 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 7.0 | 0 | ||||
| 13 | Hayden Humphrey | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 0 | ||||
| 14 | Cris Carter | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 0 | 58 | 950 | 16.4 | 8 | 59 | 951 | 16.1 | 8 |
| 15 | Ed Taggart | 31 | 327 | 10.5 | 3 | 31 | 327 | 10.5 | 3 | ||||
| 16 | John Hutchison | 3 | 24 | 8.0 | 0 | 3 | 24 | 8.0 | 0 | ||||
| 17 | Jim Carroll | 1 | 5 | 5.0 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 5.0 | 0 | ||||