Record: 10-3, .769 W-L% (11th of 105) ▪ Rank: 7th in Final AP Poll
Conference: Big Ten
(Schedule and Results)
Coach: Earle Bruce (10-3)
PS/G: 26.7 (25th of 105) ▪ PA/G: 13.8 (8th of 105)
SRS: 15.04 (12th of 105) ▪ SOS: 4.81 (20th of 105)
Bowl Game: Won Cotton Bowl 28-12 versus Texas A&M
| Passing | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rk | Player | Cmp | Att | Pct | Yds | Y/A | AY/A | TD | Int | Rate |
| 1 | Jim Karsatos | 145 | 272 | 53.3 | 2122 | 7.8 | 7.1 | 13 | 10 | 127.3 |
| 2 | Tom Tupa | 30 | 49 | 61.2 | 398 | 8.1 | 7.5 | 3 | 2 | 141.5 |
| 3 | Vince Workman | 1 | 2 | 50.0 | 10 | 5.0 | 15.0 | 1 | 0 | 257.0 |
| 4 | Everett Ross | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | -45.0 | 0 | 1 | -200.0 |
| Rushing | Receiving | Scrimmage | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rk | Player | Att | Yds | Avg | TD | Rec | Yds | Avg | TD | Plays | Yds | Avg | TD |
| 1 | Vince Workman | 210 | 1030 | 4.9 | 8 | 19 | 157 | 8.3 | 1 | 229 | 1187 | 5.2 | 9 |
| 2 | Jaymes Bryant | 141 | 656 | 4.7 | 3 | 5 | 34 | 6.8 | 0 | 146 | 690 | 4.7 | 3 |
| 3 | George Cooper | 113 | 467 | 4.1 | 6 | 16 | 156 | 9.8 | 0 | 129 | 623 | 4.8 | 6 |
| 4 | Jim Karsatos | 47 | 128 | 2.7 | 3 | 47 | 128 | 2.7 | 3 | ||||
| 5 | Tom Tupa | 23 | 18 | 0.8 | 0 | 23 | 18 | 0.8 | 0 | ||||
| 6 | John Wooldridge | 10 | 30 | 3.0 | 0 | 10 | 30 | 3.0 | 0 | ||||
| 7 | Barry Walker | 9 | 35 | 3.9 | 0 | 9 | 35 | 3.9 | 0 | ||||
| 8 | Jamie Holland | 8 | 3 | 0.4 | 1 | 8 | 142 | 17.8 | 1 | 16 | 145 | 9.1 | 2 |
| 9 | Steve Gresock | 5 | 14 | 2.8 | 0 | 5 | 14 | 2.8 | 0 | ||||
| 10 | Alex Higdon | 3 | 22 | 7.3 | 0 | 2 | 18 | 9.0 | 0 | 5 | 40 | 8.0 | 0 |
| 11 | Ceroy Robinson | 3 | 18 | 6.0 | 0 | 3 | 18 | 6.0 | 0 | ||||
| 12 | Everett Ross | 3 | 16 | 5.3 | 0 | 15 | 291 | 19.4 | 2 | 18 | 307 | 17.1 | 2 |
| 13 | Bill Matlock | 3 | 9 | 3.0 | 0 | 3 | 9 | 3.0 | 0 | ||||
| 14 | Nate Harris | 2 | 7 | 3.5 | 0 | 30 | 496 | 16.5 | 2 | 32 | 503 | 15.7 | 2 |
| 15 | Cris Carter | 1 | 6 | 6.0 | 0 | 69 | 1127 | 16.3 | 11 | 70 | 1133 | 16.2 | 11 |
| 16 | Ed Taggart | 12 | 109 | 9.1 | 0 | 12 | 109 | 9.1 | 0 | ||||