Record: 9-3, .750 W-L% (20th of 129) ▪ Rank: 20th in Final AP Poll
Conference: Ind
(Schedule and Results)
Coach: Bennie Ellender (9-3)
PS/G: 19.0 (76th of 129) ▪ PA/G: 16.2 (37th of 129)
SRS: 9.26 (29th of 129) ▪ SOS: 5.00 (48th of 129)
Bowl Game: Lost Bluebonnet Bowl 47-7 versus Houston
| Passing | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rk | Player | Cmp | Att | Pct | Yds | Y/A | AY/A | TD | Int | Rate |
| 1 | Steve Foley | 58 | 112 | 51.8 | 824 | 7.4 | 6.2 | 7 | 6 | 123.5 |
| 2 | Terry Looney | 33 | 75 | 44.0 | 565 | 7.5 | 6.5 | 5 | 4 | 118.6 |
| Rushing | Receiving | Scrimmage | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rk | Player | Att | Yds | Avg | TD | Rec | Yds | Avg | TD | Plays | Yds | Avg | TD |
| 1 | Doug Bynum | 137 | 589 | 4.3 | 2 | 1 | 29 | 29.0 | 0 | 138 | 618 | 4.5 | 2 |
| 2 | Steve Foley | 135 | 601 | 4.5 | 6 | 135 | 601 | 4.5 | 6 | ||||
| 3 | Ricky Herbert | 84 | 265 | 3.2 | 2 | 84 | 265 | 3.2 | 2 | ||||
| 4 | Eddie Price | 59 | 292 | 4.9 | 3 | 4 | 50 | 12.5 | 0 | 63 | 342 | 5.4 | 3 |
| 5 | Terry Looney | 32 | 38 | 1.2 | 0 | 32 | 38 | 1.2 | 0 | ||||
| 6 | Lyndon Lasiter | 31 | 163 | 5.3 | 1 | 2 | 19 | 9.5 | 0 | 33 | 182 | 5.5 | 1 |
| 7 | Virgil Vaughan | 25 | 136 | 5.4 | 0 | 3 | 20 | 6.7 | 0 | 28 | 156 | 5.6 | 0 |
| 8 | Bill Huber | 12 | 64 | 5.3 | 0 | 12 | 64 | 5.3 | 0 | ||||
| 9 | Tom Fortner | 2 | 23 | 11.5 | 0 | 18 | 273 | 15.2 | 0 | 20 | 296 | 14.8 | 0 |
| 10 | Jaime Garza | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 21 | 261 | 12.4 | 4 | 22 | 261 | 11.9 | 4 |
| 11 | Mike Foley | 18 | 363 | 20.2 | 4 | 18 | 363 | 20.2 | 4 | ||||
| 12 | Tom Thibodeaux | 11 | 145 | 13.2 | 0 | 11 | 145 | 13.2 | 0 | ||||
| 13 | Darwin Willie | 5 | 93 | 18.6 | 1 | 5 | 93 | 18.6 | 1 | ||||
| 14 | Coleman Dupre | 1 | 8 | 8.0 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 8.0 | 0 | ||||