1976 College Football Receiving Stats

161 Players

Players sorted by Yds/Rec (minimum 1.875 Rec/G, 75% of school games played).

161 Players Table
					Receiving				Rushing				Scrimmage
Rk	Player	School	Conf	G	Rec	Yds	Avg	TD	Att	Yds	Avg	TD	Plays	Yds	Avg	TD
1	Jim Smith	Michigan	Big Ten	11	24	662	27.6	6	24	152	6.3	0	48	814	17.0	6
2	Wesley Walker	California	Pac-8	11	23	624	27.1	6	2	43	21.5	0	25	667	26.7	6
3	Scott Wiley	West Texas A&M	MVC	11	22	530	24.1	2	2	-7	-3.5	0	24	523	21.8	2
4	Mike Chronister	Brigham Young	WAC	11	31	706	22.8	7	3	68	22.7	1	34	774	22.8	8
5	Wes Chandler	Florida	SEC	11	44	967	22.0	10	1	3	3.0	0	45	970	21.6	10
6	John Floyd	Louisiana-Monroe	Ind	11	45	986	21.9	5	1	3	3.0	0	46	989	21.5	5
7	Dan Kelleher	Notre Dame	Ind	11	24	522	21.8	4					24	522	21.8	4
8	Ozzie Newsome	Alabama	SEC	11	25	529	21.2	6	2	15	7.5	0	27	544	20.1	6
9	Keith Hartwig	Arizona	WAC	11	54	1134	21.0	10					54	1134	21.0	10
10	Larry Mucker	Arizona State	WAC	11	40	835	20.9	8	2	37	18.5	0	42	872	20.8	8
11	Chuck Malito	Nebraska	Big 8	12	30	615	20.5	4					30	615	20.5	4
12	Mike Andress	Ball State	MAC	11	27	551	20.4	3	22	47	2.1	0	49	598	12.2	3
13	Ricky Rivas	Memphis	Ind	11	26	529	20.3	6	1	-10	-10.0	0	27	519	19.2	6
14	Kurt Unglaub	Florida State	Ind	11	33	665	20.2	4					33	665	20.2	4
15	Randy Simmrin	USC	Pac-8	11	31	626	20.2	5					31	626	20.2	5
16	Eddie Foster	Houston	SWC	11	26	524	20.2	4	4	4	1.0	0	30	528	17.6	4
17	Jack Steptoe	Utah	WAC	11	38	752	19.8	9	1	0	0.0	0	39	752	19.3	9
18	Luther Blue	Iowa State	Big 8	11	33	644	19.5	5					33	644	19.5	5
19	Martin Cox	Vanderbilt	SEC	11	38	738	19.4	3					38	738	19.4	3
20	Kirk Gibson	Michigan State	Big Ten	11	39	748	19.2	7	4	41	10.3	0	43	789	18.3	7
Rk	Player	School	Conf	G	Rec	Yds	Avg	TD	Att	Yds	Avg	TD	Plays	Yds	Avg	TD
21	Shelton Diggs	USC	Pac-8	11	29	557	19.2	8	2	45	22.5	1	31	602	19.4	9
22	Scott Yelvington	Northwestern	Big Ten	11	34	649	19.1	4					34	649	19.1	4
23	Wayne Schwalbach	Central Michigan	MAC	11	26	496	19.1	3	10	72	7.2	0	36	568	15.8	3
24	Rod Foppe	Louisiana Tech	Southland	11	22	416	18.9	7					22	416	18.9	7
25	Sammy Williams	Texas Tech	SWC	11	32	601	18.8	2					32	601	18.8	2
26	Bobby Thomas	Nebraska	Big 8	12	30	561	18.7	7	2	11	5.5	1	32	572	17.9	8
27	Preston Dennard	New Mexico	WAC	11	42	783	18.6	5					42	783	18.6	5
28	Joe Stewart	Missouri	Big 8	11	45	834	18.5	5	11	60	5.5	1	56	894	16.0	6
29	Keith Polito	Colgate	Ind	10	30	555	18.5	6					30	555	18.5	6
30	Mike Renfro	TCU	SWC	11	42	773	18.4	3	2	10	5.0	0	44	783	17.8	3
31	Steve Hoog	Air Force	Ind	11	22	405	18.4	1	2	9	4.5	0	24	414	17.3	1
32	Ernest Gray	Memphis	Ind	11	29	529	18.2	2					29	529	18.2	2
33	Jeff Groth	Bowling Green State	MAC	11	33	598	18.1	4	3	28	9.3	0	36	626	17.4	4
34	Bill Ryckman	Louisiana Tech	Southland	11	77	1382	17.9	10					77	1382	17.9	10
35	David Houser	Rice	SWC	11	52	931	17.9	5					52	931	17.9	5
36	Mike Cordy	Utah	WAC	11	34	601	17.7	1					34	601	17.7	1
37	Mark Twitty	Rutgers	Ind	11	29	514	17.7	2	5	57	11.4	1	34	571	16.8	3
38	Steve Joecken	Miami (OH)	MAC	11	23	404	17.6	2					23	404	17.6	2
39	Chuck White	Maryland	ACC	11	23	402	17.5	4	2	14	7.0	0	25	416	16.6	4
40	Gary Maddocks	San Jose State	PCAA	11	32	557	17.4	4					32	557	17.4	4
Rk	Player	School	Conf	G	Rec	Yds	Avg	TD	Att	Yds	Avg	TD	Plays	Yds	Avg	TD
41	Vernon Wells	TCU	SWC	11	32	556	17.4	3					32	556	17.4	3
42	Eugene Byrd	Michigan State	Big Ten	11	31	539	17.4	3					31	539	17.4	3
43	Gary Dudley	San Jose State	PCAA	11	27	470	17.4	5	2	62	31.0	0	29	532	18.3	5
44	Marcus Williams	Cal State Fullerton	PCAA	11	22	379	17.2	3					22	379	17.2	3
45	Brian Kelly	Washington State	Pac-8	11	44	746	17.0	7					44	746	17.0	7
46	Steve Kuehl	Bowling Green State	MAC	11	21	358	17.0	3	21	95	4.5	0	42	453	10.8	3
47	Tom Cafferty	Oregon	Pac-8	11	21	358	17.0	2					21	358	17.0	2
48	Mike Levenseller	Washington State	Pac-8	11	67	1124	16.8	8	1	0	0.0	0	68	1124	16.5	8
49	Ken Williams	Temple	Ind	10	35	580	16.6	6	1	-5	-5.0	0	36	575	16.0	6
50	Scott Resseguie	Toledo	MAC	11	32	530	16.6	3	1	6	6.0	0	33	536	16.2	3
51	Ed Gillies	California	Pac-8	11	24	399	16.6	1					24	399	16.6	1
52	Phillip Logan	South Carolina	Ind	11	41	678	16.5	6					41	678	16.5	6
53	Cornell Webster	Tulsa	MVC	11	38	622	16.4	1	1	-6	-6.0	0	39	616	15.8	1
54	Dave King	Navy	Ind	11	27	443	16.4	2	18	83	4.6	0	45	526	11.7	2
55	Harry Wilson	Dartmouth	Ivy	9	40	646	16.2	4					40	646	16.2	4
56	Jim Corbett	Pitt	Ind	11	33	528	16.0	2					33	528	16.0	2
57	Kim Featsent	Kent State	MAC	12	26	415	16.0	1					26	415	16.0	1
58	Robert Fisher	SMU	SWC	11	23	369	16.0	2					23	369	16.0	2
59	John Van Der Wouden	Brigham Young	WAC	11	42	669	15.9	8	1	3	3.0	1	43	672	15.6	9
60	Tony Hill	Stanford	Pac-8	11	44	696	15.8	8	1	4	4.0	0	45	700	15.6	8
Rk	Player	School	Conf	G	Rec	Yds	Avg	TD	Att	Yds	Avg	TD	Plays	Yds	Avg	TD
61	Dave Shamblin	Nebraska	Big 8	12	30	468	15.6	3	3	36	12.0	0	33	504	15.3	3
62	Tim Kelly	Pennsylvania	Ivy	9	22	344	15.6	0					22	344	15.6	0
63	Mark Bailey	Northwestern	Big Ten	11	32	496	15.5	4					32	496	15.5	4
64	Steve Lewis	West Virginia	Ind	11	48	737	15.4	6					48	737	15.4	6
65	Ron Turner	Pacific	PCAA	11	21	323	15.4	1	2	4	2.0	0	23	327	14.2	1
66	Paul Williams	Air Force	Ind	11	45	684	15.2	3					45	684	15.2	3
67	Bill Millner	Wake Forest	ACC	11	32	486	15.2	1	1	-10	-10.0	0	33	476	14.4	1
68	Joey Walters	Clemson	ACC	11	26	392	15.1	2					26	392	15.1	2
69	J.T. Hollins	North Texas	Ind	11	22	331	15.0	1					22	331	15.0	1
70	Larry Stokes	Chattanooga	Ind	11	31	461	14.9	2					31	461	14.9	2
71	Dave Oliver	Louisiana	Southland	11	59	876	14.8	10					59	876	14.8	10
72	Kory Coles	Utah State	Ind	11	28	414	14.8	3					28	414	14.8	3
73	Dave Zumbach	Boston College	Ind	11	24	354	14.8	2					24	354	14.8	2
74	Jerry Butler	Clemson	ACC	11	33	484	14.7	4	3	23	7.7	0	36	507	14.1	4
75	Rob Henrickson	Cornell	Ivy	9	22	324	14.7	0	1	3	3.0	0	23	327	14.2	0
76	Greg Hawthorne	Baylor	SWC	11	22	321	14.6	0	39	211	5.4	3	61	532	8.7	3
77	Larry Seivers	Tennessee	SEC	11	51	737	14.5	2					51	737	14.5	2
78	Jeffrey Gowan	Illinois State	Ind	11	48	696	14.5	1	2	-12	-6.0	0	50	684	13.7	1
79	Travis McCord	Drake	MVC	11	32	464	14.5	0					32	464	14.5	0
80	Frank Maxwell	Louisiana-Monroe	Ind	11	45	648	14.4	6					45	648	14.4	6
Rk	Player	School	Conf	G	Rec	Yds	Avg	TD	Att	Yds	Avg	TD	Plays	Yds	Avg	TD
81	Marcus Hatley	Tulsa	MVC	11	35	505	14.4	4	1	-1	-1.0	1	36	504	14.0	5
82	Mike Adams	Miami (FL)	Ind	11	24	345	14.4	3					24	345	14.4	3
83	Ronnie Smith	San Diego State	Ind	11	29	416	14.3	3					29	416	14.3	3
84	Johnny Garnett	Virginia Military Institute	Southern	10	23	329	14.3	1	20	91	4.6	1	43	420	9.8	2
85	John Jefferson	Arizona State	WAC	11	48	681	14.2	5					48	681	14.2	5
86	Ken MacAfee	Notre Dame	Ind	11	34	483	14.2	3					34	483	14.2	3
87	Ray Crisp	Marshall	Ind	11	28	398	14.2	3	12	15	1.3	0	40	413	10.3	3
88	Roy Cooksey	New Mexico State	MVC	11	21	298	14.2	1	22	151	6.9	0	43	449	10.4	1
89	Vince Kinney	Maryland	ACC	11	21	298	14.2	3					21	298	14.2	3
90	Ed Beckman	Florida State	Ind	11	37	521	14.1	3					37	521	14.1	3
91	Clennie Brundidge	Army	Ind	11	47	657	14.0	6					47	657	14.0	6
92	Doug Johnson	The Citadel	Southern	11	30	417	13.9	2					30	417	13.9	2
93	Randy Stage	Cal State Fullerton	PCAA	11	21	291	13.9	0					21	291	13.9	0
94	Tom Winn	Harvard	Ivy	9	19	265	13.9	1	139	656	4.7	2	158	921	5.8	3
95	Dick Graham	Utah	WAC	11	28	387	13.8	2					28	387	13.8	2
96	Doug Cunningham	Rice	SWC	11	57	770	13.5	3					57	770	13.5	3
97	Tom Hall	Duke	ACC	11	44	594	13.5	1					44	594	13.5	1
98	Greg Daly	Utah State	Ind	11	37	498	13.5	4	1	7	7.0	0	38	505	13.3	4
99	Paul Proffitt	Drake	MVC	11	22	297	13.5	3					22	297	13.5	3
100	Scott Phillips	Washington	Pac-8	11	26	348	13.4	2					26	348	13.4	2
Rk	Player	School	Conf	G	Rec	Yds	Avg	TD	Att	Yds	Avg	TD	Plays	Yds	Avg	TD
101	Al Dixon	Iowa State	Big 8	11	25	336	13.4	4					25	336	13.4	4
102	Rickey Brown	Richmond	Southern	11	23	309	13.4	1	5	52	10.4	0	28	361	12.9	1
103	Joe Manderfield	William & Mary	Southern	11	21	282	13.4	1					21	282	13.4	1
104	Mickey Shuler	Penn State	Ind	11	21	281	13.4	3					21	281	13.4	3
105	Joe Dugan	Temple	Ind	10	23	306	13.3	0					23	306	13.3	0
106	Willie Matthews	Bowling Green State	MAC	11	21	279	13.3	3	16	69	4.3	0	37	348	9.4	3
107	David Charles	Wisconsin	Big Ten	11	34	449	13.2	3					34	449	13.2	3
108	Tommy Southard	Furman	Southern	11	39	510	13.1	2	4	70	17.5	0	43	580	13.5	2
109	Bill Kellar	Stanford	Pac-8	11	34	447	13.1	0					34	447	13.1	0
110	Pat Tuttle	Drake	MVC	11	31	406	13.1	5	6	26	4.3	0	37	432	11.7	5
111	Leo Lewis	Missouri	Big 8	11	30	394	13.1	6	9	70	7.8	2	39	464	11.9	8
112	Mark Willis	Long Beach State	PCAA	11	28	365	13.0	2					28	365	13.0	2
113	Manzy King	Kansas State	Big 8	11	21	273	13.0	0	1	5	5.0	0	22	278	12.6	0
114	Vic Rakhshani	San Jose State	PCAA	11	24	307	12.8	3					24	307	12.8	3
115	Frank Johnson	Illinois	Big Ten	11	24	306	12.8	2					24	306	12.8	2
116	Lee Overton	Oregon State	Pac-8	12	30	382	12.7	4	5	6	1.2	0	35	388	11.1	4
117	Dan Fournier	Princeton	Ivy	9	27	342	12.7	0					27	342	12.7	0
118	Larry Spacek	Lamar	Southland	10	22	280	12.7	0					22	280	12.7	0
119	Ken Cloud	William & Mary	Southern	11	22	279	12.7	4					22	279	12.7	4
120	Stanley Sam	New Mexico State	MVC	11	31	392	12.6	2	2	15	7.5	0	33	407	12.3	2
Rk	Player	School	Conf	G	Rec	Yds	Avg	TD	Att	Yds	Avg	TD	Plays	Yds	Avg	TD
121	Jim Schoepfer	Chattanooga	Ind	11	26	328	12.6	2					26	328	12.6	2
122	Gary Haack	Texas A&M	SWC	11	21	265	12.6	2					21	265	12.6	2
123	Tommy Davidson	Baylor	SWC	11	45	559	12.4	4					45	559	12.4	4
124	Bob Farnham	Brown	Ivy	9	41	507	12.4	3					41	507	12.4	3
125	Kevin Spencer	Fresno State	PCAA	11	27	333	12.3	3					27	333	12.3	3
126	Keith Calvin	Indiana	Big Ten	11	26	319	12.3	2	3	12	4.0	0	29	331	11.4	2
127	Mike Fletcher	Hawaii	Ind	11	23	284	12.3	2					23	284	12.3	2
128	Fuzzy Filliez	Marshall	Ind	11	40	488	12.2	4					40	488	12.2	4
129	Kenneth Roy	Rice	SWC	11	40	487	12.2	9					40	487	12.2	9
130	Greg Bauer	Oregon	Pac-8	11	53	632	11.9	2					53	632	11.9	2
131	James Hall	Eastern Michigan	MAC	11	23	273	11.9	2					23	273	11.9	2
132	Rick Morrison	Ball State	MAC	11	36	420	11.7	1	13	178	13.7	1	49	598	12.2	2
133	Steve Young	Wake Forest	ACC	11	36	414	11.5	3					36	414	11.5	3
134	Craig Cerretani	Holy Cross	Ind	11	39	445	11.4	1					39	445	11.4	1
135	Ron Kullas	Minnesota	Big Ten	11	33	372	11.3	1					33	372	11.3	1
136	Mark Brammer	Michigan State	Big Ten	11	24	272	11.3	1					24	272	11.3	1
137	Eason Ramson	Washington State	Pac-8	11	41	457	11.1	1	3	-7	-2.3	0	44	450	10.2	1
138	Jesse Thompson	California	Pac-8	11	37	411	11.1	2					37	411	11.1	2
139	Bob Cicero	Wichita State	MVC	11	28	307	11.0	0					28	307	11.0	0
140	Eamon McEneaney	Cornell	Ivy	9	35	383	10.9	3	1	4	4.0	0	36	387	10.8	3
Rk	Player	School	Conf	G	Rec	Yds	Avg	TD	Att	Yds	Avg	TD	Plays	Yds	Avg	TD
141	Leon Dobbs	Wichita State	MVC	11	37	395	10.7	2					37	395	10.7	2
142	Mike Carter	Princeton	Ivy	9	19	203	10.7	1	76	317	4.2	0	95	520	5.5	1
143	Andy Warner	New Mexico State	MVC	11	23	242	10.5	1					23	242	10.5	1
144	Jim Wicks	Virginia	ACC	11	29	297	10.2	0					29	297	10.2	0
145	Joe Gattuso	Navy	Ind	11	24	243	10.1	1	142	591	4.2	7	166	834	5.0	8
146	Todd Christensen	Brigham Young	WAC	11	51	510	10.0	3	91	353	3.9	2	142	863	6.1	5
147	Tony Pyne	Army	Ind	11	25	248	9.9	1	109	438	4.0	2	134	686	5.1	3
148	Steve Peake	Utah	WAC	11	23	227	9.9	1	133	502	3.8	8	156	729	4.7	9
149	George Freitas	California	Pac-8	11	34	327	9.6	0					34	327	9.6	0
150	Ted Brown	North Carolina State	ACC	11	25	239	9.6	0	198	1088	5.5	13	223	1327	6.0	13
151	Frank Gilliam	Drake	MVC	11	23	205	8.9	0	105	348	3.3	3	128	553	4.3	3
152	Dan Doornink	Washington State	Pac-8	11	53	469	8.8	3	129	422	3.3	5	182	891	4.9	8
153	James Sykes	Rice	SWC	11	76	653	8.6	2	100	435	4.4	5	176	1088	6.2	7
154	Don Stevenson	Stanford	Pac-8	11	23	187	8.1	1	121	452	3.7	1	144	639	4.4	2
155	Clarence Williams	South Carolina	Ind	11	23	180	7.8	1	174	873	5.0	2	197	1053	5.3	3
156	Mike Moseley	Utah	WAC	11	35	246	7.0	1	118	439	3.7	4	153	685	4.5	5
157	Oliver Hillmon	California	Pac-8	11	23	151	6.6	0	112	401	3.6	3	135	552	4.1	3
158	Ken Wood	Air Force	Ind	11	27	159	5.9	1	123	497	4.0	2	150	656	4.4	3
159	Johnny Mason	Pennsylvania	Ivy	9	19	112	5.9	0	74	206	2.8	3	93	318	3.4	3
160	Rickey Watts	Tulsa	MVC	11	32	187	5.8	1	99	464	4.7	4	131	651	5.0	5
Rk	Player	School	Conf	G	Rec	Yds	Avg	TD	Att	Yds	Avg	TD	Plays	Yds	Avg	TD
161	Tom Newton	California	Pac-8	11	23	86	3.7	0	137	546	4.0	6	160	632	4.0	6

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