Record: 8-5, .615 W-L% (35th of 111)
Conference: Big Ten
(Schedule and Results)
Coach: Barry Alvarez (8-5)
PS/G: 29.0 (36th of 111) ▪ PA/G: 18.7 (25th of 111)
SRS: 8.99 (26th of 111) ▪ SOS: 2.07 (57th of 111)
Bowl Game: Won Copper Bowl 38-10 versus Utah
| Passing | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rk | Player | Cmp | Att | Pct | Yds | Y/A | AY/A | TD | Int | Rate |
| 1 | Mike Samuel | 148 | 254 | 58.3 | 1752 | 6.9 | 5.8 | 8 | 10 | 118.7 |
| 2 | Scott Kavanagh | 4 | 6 | 66.7 | 31 | 5.2 | 8.5 | 1 | 0 | 165.1 |
| Rushing | Receiving | Scrimmage | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rk | Player | Att | Yds | Avg | TD | Rec | Yds | Avg | TD | Plays | Yds | Avg | TD |
| 1 | Ron Dayne | 325 | 2109 | 6.5 | 21 | 14 | 133 | 9.5 | 0 | 339 | 2242 | 6.6 | 21 |
| 2 | Carl McCullough | 117 | 534 | 4.6 | 3 | 9 | 42 | 4.7 | 0 | 126 | 576 | 4.6 | 3 |
| 3 | Mike Samuel | 83 | 155 | 1.9 | 5 | 83 | 155 | 1.9 | 5 | ||||
| 4 | Aaron Stecker | 36 | 292 | 8.1 | 3 | 7 | 49 | 7.0 | 0 | 43 | 341 | 7.9 | 3 |
| 5 | Cecil Martin | 12 | 63 | 5.3 | 2 | 12 | 78 | 6.5 | 1 | 24 | 141 | 5.9 | 3 |
| 6 | Charles Williams | 8 | 56 | 7.0 | 0 | 8 | 56 | 7.0 | 0 | ||||
| 7 | John Waerig | 2 | 12 | 6.0 | 0 | 2 | 12 | 6.0 | 0 | ||||
| 8 | Scott Kavanagh | 2 | -13 | -6.5 | 0 | 2 | -13 | -6.5 | 0 | ||||
| 9 | Ahmad Merritt | 1 | 32 | 32.0 | 0 | 15 | 215 | 14.3 | 2 | 16 | 247 | 15.4 | 2 |
| 10 | Donald Hayes | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 0 | 44 | 629 | 14.3 | 1 | 45 | 631 | 14.0 | 1 |
| 11 | Tony Simmons | 20 | 346 | 17.3 | 3 | 20 | 346 | 17.3 | 3 | ||||
| 12 | Kevin Lyles | 20 | 169 | 8.5 | 2 | 20 | 169 | 8.5 | 2 | ||||
| 13 | Willie Austin | 4 | 80 | 20.0 | 0 | 4 | 80 | 20.0 | 0 | ||||
| 14 | Eric Grams | 4 | 32 | 8.0 | 0 | 4 | 32 | 8.0 | 0 | ||||
| 15 | Ryan Sondrup | 2 | 3 | 1.5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 1.5 | 0 | ||||
| 16 | Demetrius Brown | 1 | 7 | 7.0 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 7.0 | 0 | ||||