1959 Big Ten Conference Rushing Stats

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Record: 46-40-5, .533 W-L% (6th of 12) (Schedule and Results)

SRS: 10.78 (2nd of 12), SOS: 9.42 (1st of 12)

Conference Champion: Wisconsin

Ranked in Preseason AP Poll: 6 (Iowa, Michigan State, Northwestern, Ohio State, Purdue and Wisconsin)
Ranked in Final AP Poll: 2 (Illinois and Wisconsin)

29 Players

Players sorted by Yds/Att (minimum 6.25 Att/G, 75% of school games played).

29 Players Table
				Rushing				Receiving				Scrimmage
Rk	Player	School	G	Att	Yds	Avg	TD	Rec	Yds	Avg	TD	Plays	Yds	Avg	TD
1	Bob Ferguson	Ohio State	9	61	371	6.1	2	1	3	3.0	0	62	374	6.0	2
2	Bill Brown	Illinois	9	89	504	5.7		1	-4	-4.0	0	90	500	5.6	0
3	Bob Jeter	Iowa	9	108	609	5.6		10	94	9.4	0	118	703	6.0	0
4	Ron Burton	Northwestern	9	62	348	5.6	4	14	148	10.6	1	76	496	6.5	5
5	Johnny Counts	Illinois	9	80	416	5.2		19	314	16.5	2	99	730	7.4	2
6	Ray Purdin	Northwestern	9	59	306	5.2	3	13	280	21.5	1	72	586	8.1	4
7	Herb Adderley	Michigan State	9	93	419	4.5	2	13	265	20.4	2	106	684	6.5	4
8	Ray Jauch	Iowa	9	74	335	4.5		6	60	10.0	0	80	395	4.9	0
9	Jack Laraway	Purdue	9	65	281	4.3		2	17	8.5	0	67	298	4.4	0
10	Ted Smith	Indiana	9	111	439	4.0						111	439	4.0	0
11	Fred Julian	Michigan	9	72	289	4.0		5	42	8.4		77	331	4.3	0
12	Mark Johnston	Northwestern	9	73	282	3.9	0	4	101	25.3	1	77	383	5.0	1
13	Dale Hackbart*	Wisconsin	10	103	387	3.8	6					103	387	3.8	6
14	Billy Hobbs*	Wisconsin	10	77	292	3.8	2	7	53	7.6	0	84	345	4.1	2
15	Mike Stock	Northwestern	9	109	400	3.7	3	7	37	5.3	0	116	437	3.8	3
16	Tom Robbins	Minnesota	9	93	339	3.6		3	29	9.7	0	96	368	3.8	0
17	Ed Hart*	Wisconsin	10	88	318	3.6	2	6	56	9.3	0	94	374	4.0	2
18	Tom Wiesner*	Wisconsin	10	89	311	3.5	5	5	24	4.8	0	94	335	3.6	5
19	Gary Ballman	Michigan State	9	69	244	3.5	3	4	83	20.8	2	73	327	4.5	5
20	Bob White	Ohio State	9	96	312	3.3	0	1	30	30.0	0	97	342	3.5	0
Rk	Player	School	G	Att	Yds	Avg	TD	Rec	Yds	Avg	TD	Plays	Yds	Avg	TD
21	Darrell Harper	Michigan	9	67	224	3.3		4	33	8.3		71	257	3.6	0
22	Bennie McRae	Michigan	9	76	242	3.2		4	102	25.5		80	344	4.3	0
23	Vic Jones	Indiana	9	124	386	3.1						124	386	3.1	0
24	Don Horn	Iowa	9	66	204	3.1		6	28	4.7	0	72	232	3.2	0
25	Bill Kauth	Minnesota	9	65	202	3.1		8	70	8.8	0	73	272	3.7	0
26	Bob Jarus	Purdue	9	58	169	2.9		3	18	6.0	0	61	187	3.1	0
27	John Henry Jackson	Indiana	9	80	187	2.3						80	187	2.3	0
28	Jerry Fields	Ohio State	9	69	156	2.3	0					69	156	2.3	0
29	Tom Matte	Ohio State	9	92	190	2.1	1					92	190	2.1	1

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