1968 Big Ten Conference Rushing Stats

Record: 50-50-0, .500 W-L% (7th of 12) (Schedule and Results)

SRS: 7.19 (4th of 12), SOS: 7.85 (3rd of 12)

Conference Champion: Ohio State

Ranked in Preseason AP Poll: 4 (Indiana, Minnesota, Ohio State and Purdue)
Ranked in Final AP Poll: 3 (Michigan, Ohio State and Purdue)

32 Players

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

32 Players Table
				Rushing				Receiving				Scrimmage
Rk	Player	School	G	Att	Yds	Avg	TD	Rec	Yds	Avg	TD	Plays	Yds	Avg	TD
1	Bob Pernell	Indiana	10	98	606	6.2	4	3	33	11.0	1	101	639	6.3	5
2	Ed Podolak	Iowa	10	154	937	6.1	8	12	188	15.7	1	166	1125	6.8	9
3	Ron Johnson	Michigan	10	255	1391	5.5	19	15	177	11.8	0	270	1568	5.8	19
4	Jim Kirkpatrick	Purdue	10	69	370	5.4	3	10	99	9.9	0	79	469	5.9	3
5	Leroy Keyes	Purdue	10	193	1003	5.2	14	33	428	13.0	1	226	1431	6.3	15
6	Tim Sullivan	Iowa	10	131	682	5.2	7	7	69	9.9	1	138	751	5.4	8
7	John Isenbarger	Indiana	10	130	669	5.1	5	7	113	16.1	1	137	782	5.7	6
8	Barry Mayer	Minnesota	10	130	662	5.1	3	6	28	4.7	0	136	690	5.1	3
9	Rick Thompson	Indiana	10	77	371	4.8	2					77	371	4.8	2
10	Jim Otis*	Ohio State	10	219	985	4.5	17	10	82	8.2	0	229	1067	4.7	17
11	Jim Carter	Minnesota	10	96	423	4.4	8	9	37	4.1	2	105	460	4.4	10
12	Tom Love	Michigan State	10	177	729	4.1	5	2	17	8.5	0	179	746	4.2	5
13	Rex Kern*	Ohio State	10	131	534	4.1	8					131	534	4.1	8
14	Rich Johnson	Illinois	10	243	973	4.0	5	10	68	6.8	0	253	1041	4.1	5
15	Perry Williams	Purdue	10	138	553	4.0	9	7	71	10.1	0	145	624	4.3	9
16	Dave Brungard*	Ohio State	10	66	261	4.0	1	2	38	19.0	2	68	299	4.4	3
17	Ken Bargo	Illinois	10	76	297	3.9	1	4	26	6.5	0	80	323	4.0	1
18	Bob Olson	Northwestern	8	90	342	3.8	1	4	63	15.8	0	94	405	4.3	1
19	Garvie Craw	Michigan	10	81	307	3.8	1					81	307	3.8	1
20	George Kemp	Minnesota	10	75	288	3.8	0	13	124	9.5	0	88	412	4.7	0
Rk	Player	School	G	Att	Yds	Avg	TD	Rec	Yds	Avg	TD	Plays	Yds	Avg	TD
21	Wayne Todd	Wisconsin	10	100	364	3.6	0					100	364	3.6	0
22	Don Highsmith	Michigan State	10	116	396	3.4	2	2	21	10.5	0	118	417	3.5	2
23	John Smith	Wisconsin	10	100	339	3.4	0	2	14	7.0	0	102	353	3.5	0
24	Chico Kurzawski	Northwestern	10	90	299	3.3	2	13	152	11.7	1	103	451	4.4	3
25	Bill Triplett	Michigan State	10	114	298	2.6	6					114	298	2.6	6
26	Harry Gonso	Indiana	10	151	323	2.1	4	1	16	16.0	0	152	339	2.2	4
27	Dennis Brown	Michigan	10	115	215	1.9	1					115	215	1.9	1
28	Larry Lawrence	Iowa	10	104	161	1.5	10					104	161	1.5	10
29	Dave Shelbourne	Northwestern	10	118	156	1.3	1	1	8	8.0	0	119	164	1.4	1
30	Bob Naponic	Illinois	10	147	171	1.2	5					147	171	1.2	5
31	Bill Feraco	Michigan State	10	63	78	1.2	7					63	78	1.2	7
32	John Ryan	Wisconsin	10	84	73	0.9	3					84	73	0.9	3

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